kieran garland
@kieranjohng.bsky.social
actor. shambles. working for characters since 2002
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kieran garland
@kieranjohng.bsky.social
· Sep 23
will be in The Upside Down for a bit
Stranger Things now booking til April
Stranger Things now booking til April
morbid interest in the latest Tony Blair doc rewarded by an essential, Blarite gem: don't lose your temper except on purpose
February 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
morbid interest in the latest Tony Blair doc rewarded by an essential, Blarite gem: don't lose your temper except on purpose
a lot of people answering this have clearly never seen The Passion of the Christ
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
a lot of people answering this have clearly never seen The Passion of the Christ
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People have actually been throwing dildos at ICE in Minnesota
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
People have actually been throwing dildos at ICE in Minnesota
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
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As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
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Can cities survive without the anonymity they give people?
Genuine question.
Genuine question.
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
February 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Can cities survive without the anonymity they give people?
Genuine question.
Genuine question.
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An entrepreneurial politician would translate this into tangible public good for voters to understand. How many hospitals could it pay for? How many police officers?
New economic research: "We estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time."
The Economic Costs of Brexit on the UK | Econofact
Brexit has had a substantial economic impact on the United Kingdom, with adverse effects on investment, productivity, employment, and growth.
econofact.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
An entrepreneurial politician would translate this into tangible public good for voters to understand. How many hospitals could it pay for? How many police officers?
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this labour government man . . .
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
this labour government man . . .
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you've lost 60% of your voters & coverted 0% of reform ones - yes, that is an actual statistic, 0%
but sure, keep at it, i'm sure this latest wheeze will bring em all over
but sure, keep at it, i'm sure this latest wheeze will bring em all over
February 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
you've lost 60% of your voters & coverted 0% of reform ones - yes, that is an actual statistic, 0%
but sure, keep at it, i'm sure this latest wheeze will bring em all over
but sure, keep at it, i'm sure this latest wheeze will bring em all over
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Trump ran on mass deportations. What he didn't run on - but is necessary for such pogroms to succeed - is hiring violent racists and sending them, untrained, to round up immigrants.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Trump ran on mass deportations. What he didn't run on - but is necessary for such pogroms to succeed - is hiring violent racists and sending them, untrained, to round up immigrants.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
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For your weekend listening pleasure. I did the Top Traders podcast. These folks ask the best questions. Got into loads of interesting stuff. Enjoy: www.toptradersunplugged.com/podcast/when...
When Capitalism Reboots and Crashes Again ft. Mark Blyth
Mark Blyth dissects the end of neoliberalism, rising power blocs, deficits, migration, and why the global order is sliding into a harsher phase.
www.toptradersunplugged.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
For your weekend listening pleasure. I did the Top Traders podcast. These folks ask the best questions. Got into loads of interesting stuff. Enjoy: www.toptradersunplugged.com/podcast/when...
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Britain's arts our one of our proudest and best exports.
And yet again (as is so often the case) Brexit is killing the industry.
"A cultural cul-de-sac"
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/spotlight-boss-brexit-has-left-performers-in-a-cultural-cul-de-sac
And yet again (as is so often the case) Brexit is killing the industry.
"A cultural cul-de-sac"
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/spotlight-boss-brexit-has-left-performers-in-a-cultural-cul-de-sac
Spotlight boss: Brexit has left performers in a cultural cul-de-sac
Leaders at Spotlight and Equity flagged the damage that Brexit is doing to touring theatre in Europe, warning that the i
www.thestage.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Britain's arts our one of our proudest and best exports.
And yet again (as is so often the case) Brexit is killing the industry.
"A cultural cul-de-sac"
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/spotlight-boss-brexit-has-left-performers-in-a-cultural-cul-de-sac
And yet again (as is so often the case) Brexit is killing the industry.
"A cultural cul-de-sac"
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/spotlight-boss-brexit-has-left-performers-in-a-cultural-cul-de-sac
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it's catching on
"The other iron law of reactionary centrism...is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrong
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
it's catching on
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I never knew that Shakespeare was believed to have written revisions to this play, like Tarantino punching up Crimson Tide
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I never knew that Shakespeare was believed to have written revisions to this play, like Tarantino punching up Crimson Tide
😆
Kemi Badenoch's mouse scurrying past live on TV
You tell me.
February 5, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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My erudition is very limited, and many of you will have better literary examples, but what is happening in the US at the moment seems to be Isherwood’s Berlin stories re-written for the American urban experience by Shirley Jackson.
How every thing we see hints at wider cruelties.
How every thing we see hints at wider cruelties.
January 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
My erudition is very limited, and many of you will have better literary examples, but what is happening in the US at the moment seems to be Isherwood’s Berlin stories re-written for the American urban experience by Shirley Jackson.
How every thing we see hints at wider cruelties.
How every thing we see hints at wider cruelties.
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My unsolicited advice on how to see more movies 🧵
That’s a LOT of cinema trips for a month. I stand in awe.
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
My unsolicited advice on how to see more movies 🧵
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Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind, Schitts Creek and so many more. What a wonderful career and a wonderful actress.
a woman with red hair is making a funny face and says day-o!
ALT: a woman with red hair is making a funny face and says day-o!
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Beetlejuice, A Mighty Wind, Schitts Creek and so many more. What a wonderful career and a wonderful actress.
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O'Hara was one of those actors who convinced everyone, even if they knew nothing about her actual life, that she would be a great hang. A contagious sense of fun and play
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
O'Hara was one of those actors who convinced everyone, even if they knew nothing about her actual life, that she would be a great hang. A contagious sense of fun and play
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Oh man. Someone with so many routes into the culture, from the Christopher Guest movies to Beetlejuice to Home Alone to Schitt's Creek to The Studio (plus my early fave After Hours)
www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...
www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...
Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Oh man. Someone with so many routes into the culture, from the Christopher Guest movies to Beetlejuice to Home Alone to Schitt's Creek to The Studio (plus my early fave After Hours)
www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...
www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...
you couldn't make it through a couple of pints with a single one of these cunts
I read this, and I am freshly reminded that one of the most important insights in humanism is that this our one and only life.
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
you couldn't make it through a couple of pints with a single one of these cunts
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We are Christopher Isherwood, listening on the wireless to warnings that Berliners will die unless they stop the rhetoric about the secret police.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
We are Christopher Isherwood, listening on the wireless to warnings that Berliners will die unless they stop the rhetoric about the secret police.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”