Josh
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Films I watched for the first time in 2025;
January 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Films I watched for the first time in 2025;
Shows I watched in 2025
Pluribus - 10/10
Adolescence - 9/10
Black Mirror: Series 7 - 8/10
Those About to Die - 6/10
The War Between the Land and the Sea - 6/10
Doctor Who: Series 15 - 5/10
Stranger Things 5 - 2/10
Feels like a correlation between quality and originality, idk
Pluribus - 10/10
Adolescence - 9/10
Black Mirror: Series 7 - 8/10
Those About to Die - 6/10
The War Between the Land and the Sea - 6/10
Doctor Who: Series 15 - 5/10
Stranger Things 5 - 2/10
Feels like a correlation between quality and originality, idk
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Shows I watched in 2025
Pluribus - 10/10
Adolescence - 9/10
Black Mirror: Series 7 - 8/10
Those About to Die - 6/10
The War Between the Land and the Sea - 6/10
Doctor Who: Series 15 - 5/10
Stranger Things 5 - 2/10
Feels like a correlation between quality and originality, idk
Pluribus - 10/10
Adolescence - 9/10
Black Mirror: Series 7 - 8/10
Those About to Die - 6/10
The War Between the Land and the Sea - 6/10
Doctor Who: Series 15 - 5/10
Stranger Things 5 - 2/10
Feels like a correlation between quality and originality, idk
The showrunners: “the middle parts can be bad as long as you stick the ending”
... and then never did a show fail so hard at sticking the ending. A trash final episode in a trashier final season. One of the all-time biggest drop-offs in quality I think I've ever watched.
... and then never did a show fail so hard at sticking the ending. A trash final episode in a trashier final season. One of the all-time biggest drop-offs in quality I think I've ever watched.
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The showrunners: “the middle parts can be bad as long as you stick the ending”
... and then never did a show fail so hard at sticking the ending. A trash final episode in a trashier final season. One of the all-time biggest drop-offs in quality I think I've ever watched.
... and then never did a show fail so hard at sticking the ending. A trash final episode in a trashier final season. One of the all-time biggest drop-offs in quality I think I've ever watched.
With only one episode left, it's fair to say Stranger Things 5 is sludge. Dull, overdone, over-expositioned, overpopulated sentimental guff.
I really liked Season 4. The chasm in writing quality as they rush for an ending despite having episodes as long as these, is astonishing.
I really liked Season 4. The chasm in writing quality as they rush for an ending despite having episodes as long as these, is astonishing.
December 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
With only one episode left, it's fair to say Stranger Things 5 is sludge. Dull, overdone, over-expositioned, overpopulated sentimental guff.
I really liked Season 4. The chasm in writing quality as they rush for an ending despite having episodes as long as these, is astonishing.
I really liked Season 4. The chasm in writing quality as they rush for an ending despite having episodes as long as these, is astonishing.
Why does advent calendar chocolate always hit different?
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Why does advent calendar chocolate always hit different?
A solid first two episodes gave way to two mediocre episodes after. 3 and 4 pull the story in utterly different and twisty directions, but at the complete expense of pace, focus, characterisation, themes, and coherence. Like a jumble of many good ingredients but no refinement at all. A shame.
Really enjoyed the first two episodes of The War Between the Land and the Sea. Not perfect, but really well made, you can see where the Disney money went at last, and the writing is mostly solid as well - honestly, where the hell has this Russell T Davies been (Pete McTighe is always good)?
December 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A solid first two episodes gave way to two mediocre episodes after. 3 and 4 pull the story in utterly different and twisty directions, but at the complete expense of pace, focus, characterisation, themes, and coherence. Like a jumble of many good ingredients but no refinement at all. A shame.
It's done it. This is my favourite show of the year, and could yet be more than that.
Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan deserve all the recognition and awards.
Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan deserve all the recognition and awards.
Just checked out Pluribus and it's the best new show I've started in some time. Hints of X Files and Black Mirror about it, with the trademark Vince Gilligan style.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's done it. This is my favourite show of the year, and could yet be more than that.
Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan deserve all the recognition and awards.
Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan deserve all the recognition and awards.
🎸 on cameras for amy macdonald in glasgow this week 🏴
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🎸 on cameras for amy macdonald in glasgow this week 🏴
This is a lot of words just to say they're really going to take rule-breaking and politicising the contest seriously - next time.
Get in the bin. 70th anniversary of a peace-promoting contest looking the other way as one of its entrants warmongers.
Get in the bin. 70th anniversary of a peace-promoting contest looking the other way as one of its entrants warmongers.
📝 Eurovision Director Martin Green has published a letter to the Eurovision fans
"We will ensure that all participating broadcasters respect the rules of the competition and if they don’t you have a personal pledge from me, we will not tolerate it and call it out"
"We will ensure that all participating broadcasters respect the rules of the competition and if they don’t you have a personal pledge from me, we will not tolerate it and call it out"
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is a lot of words just to say they're really going to take rule-breaking and politicising the contest seriously - next time.
Get in the bin. 70th anniversary of a peace-promoting contest looking the other way as one of its entrants warmongers.
Get in the bin. 70th anniversary of a peace-promoting contest looking the other way as one of its entrants warmongers.
I know this is such a boring, cynical, almost obvious thing to say, but it really doesn't feel at all Christmassy this year - like, more than even the usual unChristmassy vibes. Literally everyone seems to just be ignoring it, or waiting to get it over with.
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I know this is such a boring, cynical, almost obvious thing to say, but it really doesn't feel at all Christmassy this year - like, more than even the usual unChristmassy vibes. Literally everyone seems to just be ignoring it, or waiting to get it over with.
Not surprising when Samsung chuck in a stylus but remove the bulk of its functionality, when they downgrade 10x telephoto lenses to just 5x, design their camera around AI software rather than good hardware (Apple are also guilty), and ditch the curved screen.
www.phonearena.com/news/s25-ult...
www.phonearena.com/news/s25-ult...
Bad omen for Galaxy S26 Ultra: Galaxy S25 Ultra has already fallen off the popularity cliff
The Galaxy S25 Ultra is no longer a popular choice for flagship buyers, while the iPhone 16 series continues to reign supreme.
www.phonearena.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Not surprising when Samsung chuck in a stylus but remove the bulk of its functionality, when they downgrade 10x telephoto lenses to just 5x, design their camera around AI software rather than good hardware (Apple are also guilty), and ditch the curved screen.
www.phonearena.com/news/s25-ult...
www.phonearena.com/news/s25-ult...
Really enjoyed the first two episodes of The War Between the Land and the Sea. Not perfect, but really well made, you can see where the Disney money went at last, and the writing is mostly solid as well - honestly, where the hell has this Russell T Davies been (Pete McTighe is always good)?
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Really enjoyed the first two episodes of The War Between the Land and the Sea. Not perfect, but really well made, you can see where the Disney money went at last, and the writing is mostly solid as well - honestly, where the hell has this Russell T Davies been (Pete McTighe is always good)?
Reform in a nutshell. £49,000 on a bunch of flags, and another £16,000 just to put them up.
Local services will keep eroding, but hey, we've got some flags on poles.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Local services will keep eroding, but hey, we've got some flags on poles.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK council's £75,000 flags project begins
A total of 164 union jack flags will be displayed in 82 locations under the scheme.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reform in a nutshell. £49,000 on a bunch of flags, and another £16,000 just to put them up.
Local services will keep eroding, but hey, we've got some flags on poles.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Local services will keep eroding, but hey, we've got some flags on poles.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The slow burn tale of another unhinged billionaire who loves risking huge sums of money, because he doesn't see what that does to his employees in the real world, or the dangers it creates around unregulated tech.
Meta is a slop company that needs to burn faster.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/b...
Meta is a slop company that needs to burn faster.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/b...
The metaverse is cooked, and Wall Street couldn’t be happier | CNN Business
It appears Meta may finally be ready to put the metaverse out of its misery.
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The slow burn tale of another unhinged billionaire who loves risking huge sums of money, because he doesn't see what that does to his employees in the real world, or the dangers it creates around unregulated tech.
Meta is a slop company that needs to burn faster.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/b...
Meta is a slop company that needs to burn faster.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/b...
Not quite the message you'd want for your 70th anniversary, but fuck Eurovision. Fully behind the countries that have done the right thing here... as usual, far too much to expect the UK to be even in the right ball park as good principles.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia boycott Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
They, and other members of the European Broadcasting Union, had called for Israel to be excluded over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Not quite the message you'd want for your 70th anniversary, but fuck Eurovision. Fully behind the countries that have done the right thing here... as usual, far too much to expect the UK to be even in the right ball park as good principles.
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...
Just checked out Pluribus and it's the best new show I've started in some time. Hints of X Files and Black Mirror about it, with the trademark Vince Gilligan style.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just checked out Pluribus and it's the best new show I've started in some time. Hints of X Files and Black Mirror about it, with the trademark Vince Gilligan style.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
Rhea Seehorn is superb.
Well worth checking out.
'Your Party' trying to do what the Green Party is doing, but in the most backwards way imaginable
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
'Your Party' trying to do what the Green Party is doing, but in the most backwards way imaginable
Let's start an over 30 selfie thread
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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Let's start an over 30 selfie thread
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Up to date with Stranger Things 5, got to say it's the weakest season by far so far. One solid episode versus three that dragged.
There's a few great bits in there, but for every great bit and decent character moment are three others slowing and dulling the whole thing down.
There's a few great bits in there, but for every great bit and decent character moment are three others slowing and dulling the whole thing down.
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Up to date with Stranger Things 5, got to say it's the weakest season by far so far. One solid episode versus three that dragged.
There's a few great bits in there, but for every great bit and decent character moment are three others slowing and dulling the whole thing down.
There's a few great bits in there, but for every great bit and decent character moment are three others slowing and dulling the whole thing down.
An apologist could barely describe the budget as modest. Most see it for what it is - a pretty ineffectual one to get a nod of appeasement from middle class centrists who don't know a thing about the state of the UK beyond their mortgage or small business.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood | Martin Kettle
The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
An apologist could barely describe the budget as modest. Most see it for what it is - a pretty ineffectual one to get a nod of appeasement from middle class centrists who don't know a thing about the state of the UK beyond their mortgage or small business.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The narrative is already out there, the memes are already circling around the right wing fringes of tiktok, and Ricky Gervais has probably already taken notes to put it in his ongoing comedy tour.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan
The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The narrative is already out there, the memes are already circling around the right wing fringes of tiktok, and Ricky Gervais has probably already taken notes to put it in his ongoing comedy tour.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
Maybe Starmer would be less perplexed on why his niece faced a homophobic hate crime if he stopped and admitted the role he and his government has played in eroding safety for LGBTQ people.
Nearly all pledges towards LGBTQ people ditched. Labour aren't welcome at Pride.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Nearly all pledges towards LGBTQ people ditched. Labour aren't welcome at Pride.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Maybe Starmer would be less perplexed on why his niece faced a homophobic hate crime if he stopped and admitted the role he and his government has played in eroding safety for LGBTQ people.
Nearly all pledges towards LGBTQ people ditched. Labour aren't welcome at Pride.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Nearly all pledges towards LGBTQ people ditched. Labour aren't welcome at Pride.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Generation gaslit, more like
✅ Surge in tuition fees
✅ Maintenance becoming a loan
✅ Inaccessible housing market
✅ Pension age *will* rise
✅ Since 2010, <65s are £1.4kpa worse off...
✅ ... 65+ are £900pa better off
✅ National Insurance hikes hit the young
www.bbc.com/news/article...
✅ Surge in tuition fees
✅ Maintenance becoming a loan
✅ Inaccessible housing market
✅ Pension age *will* rise
✅ Since 2010, <65s are £1.4kpa worse off...
✅ ... 65+ are £900pa better off
✅ National Insurance hikes hit the young
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Could the Budget help turn Generation Z into generation debt?
There's growing concern that current tax and spending policies help pensioners, but are unfair on younger generations.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Generation gaslit, more like
✅ Surge in tuition fees
✅ Maintenance becoming a loan
✅ Inaccessible housing market
✅ Pension age *will* rise
✅ Since 2010, <65s are £1.4kpa worse off...
✅ ... 65+ are £900pa better off
✅ National Insurance hikes hit the young
www.bbc.com/news/article...
✅ Surge in tuition fees
✅ Maintenance becoming a loan
✅ Inaccessible housing market
✅ Pension age *will* rise
✅ Since 2010, <65s are £1.4kpa worse off...
✅ ... 65+ are £900pa better off
✅ National Insurance hikes hit the young
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A country has lots of wealth but also lots of poverty, and we're still confused as to how or why?
Wealth inequality is a disgusting stain on any country. It's criminal in a country as wealthy as the UK. No wonder the place is so angry and miserable.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealth inequality is a disgusting stain on any country. It's criminal in a country as wealthy as the UK. No wonder the place is so angry and miserable.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
Britain is one of the world’s richest countries. So why do a third of its children live in poverty? | CNN
Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.
edition.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A country has lots of wealth but also lots of poverty, and we're still confused as to how or why?
Wealth inequality is a disgusting stain on any country. It's criminal in a country as wealthy as the UK. No wonder the place is so angry and miserable.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealth inequality is a disgusting stain on any country. It's criminal in a country as wealthy as the UK. No wonder the place is so angry and miserable.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...