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Leftie with a bit of time on my hands at the moment.
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Some sort of adaptable ape

Trade unions, politics, cinema, games, books n that.
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jim.londoncentric.media
800 words on newspaper economics in a era where no one will pulp a magazine
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
Just finished this. An absolute joy to hear two people who just love films. Some of which are futuristic prison breaks.
simonbrew.bsky.social Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 7d
An episode in which I spend more time than I should pitching Sam Raimi a futuristic prison movie...

filmstories.co.uk/podcast/podc...
February 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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edmorrish.bsky.social
let me tell you this: margaret thatcher would not have stood by peter mandelson for being friends with jeffrey epstein!

she would have befriended epstein *herself*, had home over to christmas dinner several times, and knighted him against official advice!
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 7d
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Also whenever you see that Epstein spent 13 months in jail for child sex trafficking , don’t merely be shocked by the brevity of the sentence , he was also allowed back home for approximately 12 hours every day
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 8d
It is not shocking that a sexual abuser, relentless criminal and transparent liar should reach the highest office in the land - what is shocking is that this was entirely evident and still people voted for him
President Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend told Alexis that she was approximately 13-14 years old when this occurred and the friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex. The friend was allegedly hit in the face after she laughed about biting President Trump. The friend said she was also abused by Epstein Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein reported she has a friend, who was a personal assistant to Epstein in Florida from 1986 Unill 1991 or 1992. This friend shared names of some of the guests at Epstein's parties, to include Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein's Wife Donald Trump Bill Clinton At age 16, while modeling, caller attended 8 parties at Epstein's New York residence. On one occasion, caller reported she was sexually assaulted by Epstein. On another occasion, two twin brothers, Allen and Oren, lured caller and her friend upstairs but they escaped back downstairs. Caller stated Oren raped her best friend and a third brother, Tal, raped a 14 year old girl named Caller named other individuals involved in "big orgy parties" with her, other young girls, and older Victoria's Secret models, including Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Allen, Oren, Tal (LNU, possibly identifiable as Alexander brothers) Epstein's "British Socialite" Bill Clinton Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein Online complainant reported she was a victim and witness to a sex trafficking ring at the Trump Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA between 1995- 1996. Complainant reported Ghislaine Maxwell as the madam and broker for sex parties, clients of whom included Epstein, Robin Leach, and Donald Trump. Complainant reported participating in orgies and that some girls went missing, rumored to have been murdered and buried at the facility. Complainant reported being threatened by Trump's then head of security that, if she ever talked of what went on there or who she saw, he would end up as fertilizer for the back nine holes like the other cunts.* Do…
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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stjv.fr
🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
Ubisoft is no more, long live Ubisoft! On January 21, 2026, Yves Guillemot announced the end of remote work, closure of several studios, cancellation of projects, and a new 200€ million “cost-cutting” plan. We were informed of this at the same time as the press — as none of these changes had been discussed during the mandatory consultations with the works councils a few days earlier! On January 26, 2026, management announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan that will affect 200 people at Ubisoft’s headquarters. We are promised autonomy for « Creative Houses », but what about autonomy for employees? We have been negotiating for over a year on remote work policy, sometimes under difficult conditions. An agreement has been in place since September in some studios. Trampled underfoot! We are told about responsibilities, but those who wield this word so easily do not take any responsibility for the consequences of their catastrophic management. We are not fooled: rather than taking financial responsibility for layoffs, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. It’s outrageous. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. Ubisoft’s unions are calling for a massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees on the 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026. NO to their anti-remote-work obsession to “cost-cutting” plans on employees’ backs to top-down decisions to coercive control on our working conditions YES to our leaders truly taking their responsibilities to management’s duty of sincerity in the face of its failings It is time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or the work of hundreds of people! Without us, Ubisoft would never have conquered and transformed video games as it has. WE ARE UBISOFT.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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matthighton.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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greatdismal.bsky.social
The extent of Renfrew Christie’s heroism, and what it accomplished, is astonishing!
stinapag.bsky.social ‘stina is a shiny special one🧀 @stinapag.bsky.social · 25d
Holy hell. The description of death row in apartheid South Africa was one of the most harrowing things I've ever read.

Also.

This guy wasn't fucking around.
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD.

A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside.

You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.
A dog who has fallen out with her husband and step-children for the final time and is feeling the special kind of freedom that can only come from hot-wiring a vehicle belonging to a local tradesman and setting off into a bright winter's day, unencumbered by personal belongings, with no particular destination in mind.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
A big bumper anniversary for the strike map project and gang.
strikemap.org Strike Map @strikemap.org · Dec 22
At 8.04am on 22 December 2020 we launched #StrikeMap.

Below is our first ever post 👇

5 years, putting struggle on the map
5 years, supporting striking workers
5 years, building solidarity

Grab a copy of our 'story so far' photobook here: bit.ly/SM5yearhardback
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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emilyoram.bsky.social
Me and my friends would’ve killed the Grinch with hammers I can tell you that much
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
I find it *incomprehensible* that people can claim they are "fighting for the rights of women and girls" and not apparently acknowledge that - at the very least - many many reasonable women and girls *disagree with them about this*.
mimmymum.bsky.social Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · Dec 12
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
The Telegraph Graham Linehan My trans critics are cowards. Yes, Ardal O'Hanlon - that includes yOu I expected more from my friend of 25 years. But he would rather condemn me than fight for the rights of women and girls I expected more from Ardal. I never thought he would intone the catechism. "I still get on great with everyone," he said in a recent interview with The Times, "though I haven't seen much of the show's creator, Graham Linehan, and am baffled as to why he got involved in the culture wars. I feel sorry for him - he's entitled to his opinions, but the way he presented them made it confrontational. When I read that, I phoned him immediately. When people betray me, I always make the mistake of phoning them straight away. My heart was thumping in my chest as I found his number and gave him a faux-polite, "Hey Ardal, how's it going?". My anger was already boiling. I knew exactly what he would say - the exact same things Bill Bailey said when I phoned him, the exact same things Amelia Bullmore said when I wrote to her. I knew, and I phoned anyway, because I can't help myself. And when he started reading from the same script as all the others, I lost my temper. At some point, Ardal said, "I just disagree with you." I would have said all this to him on the phone, but I was so angry I could not get any of it out. In fact, at one point I said, "You're on my f--ing s--t list." Ridiculous, of course, but unfortunately true. Like Father Ted at the Golden Cleric Awards, I keep a tally of every person who took the easy path and watched me twist in the wind. I can't help it. I remember them all. Tim Heidecker saying I'd gone down a "rabbit hole". David O'Doherty, who didn't have the guts to speak to me. My own brother-in-law publicly calling me insane. Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee. People who knew me, people who had my phone number, people who could have asked, people who assumed the worst because doing otherwise would have exposed them to the same treatment I was receiving. In condemning me, to use Douglas Murray's line, they raise a little flag outside their home so the mob will pass them by. And every time one of them hands a journalist another little quote - another "baffled," another "sorry," another "he's awful, but I hope he's okay" - they get to carry on with their lives while mine gets smaller. None of them
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
Deeply sad news
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Dec 13
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
I've included this as a reply to yesterday's post about the Rockstar comment, but here's IWGB's full response this morning.
chrisbratt.bsky.social Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · Dec 12
IWGB: "Rockstar’s latest statement is littered with falsehoods and disinformation - they have given multiple, conflicting reasons to explain why the workers were fired, as if attempting to reverse engineer a rationale for the dismissals. Once again, they have chosen to mischaracterise... 1/3
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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matthighton.bsky.social
AI Ghost of Christmas Future: You’re absolutely right, with some minor dietary adjustments and some targeted new year layoffs, you could definitely avoid this fate.

Would you like me to work up a quick five step plan?
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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thedailyshow.com
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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hleehurley.com
Nigel Farage didn't racially abuse anyone in a hurtful way and Graham Linehan doesn't harass trans people.

The UK today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
justicar.xyz Glenn White @justicar.xyz · Nov 22
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
maxnichols.bsky.social Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · Nov 21
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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tadethompson.bsky.social
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
I'm concerned that the prize fund of Come Dine With Me hasn't at all kept pace with inflation. Ignoring the inflation from the time of actually shooting the episodes until airing - the prize fund should be around £1785 . @channel4tv.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
Like film? In London? You should already know about this - but if you've not got your tickets, you know what to do.
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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simonbrew.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone amplifying this. It's massively appreciated.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
More or less accurate than Timothy Claypole or Rentaghost?
A screen shot of an article from the Radio Times showing the TV comedy series Ghosts, staring not a single actual phantom, with the caption 'How accurate is the BBC sitcom Ghosts? History experts and creatives weigh in'
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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bethesdaunion.bsky.social
We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
mindssconeblank.bsky.social
Got called a chubby lefty on YouTube, so proud - I used to be a morbidly obese lefty.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM