Paddy Duffy
@paddyduffy.bsky.social
That's showbiz, baby!TV producer, international trivia man, badass MC. Panellist on Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz.
The last five years of western foreign policy has been kicking down doors to unmitigated horror. Yet all the usual suspects will be shocked when traditional bad actors walk through them.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The last five years of western foreign policy has been kicking down doors to unmitigated horror. Yet all the usual suspects will be shocked when traditional bad actors walk through them.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
Finally got rid of the artist formerly known as Twitter. I kept it only for past posterity for a few months but it's just too reprehensible for all that now. I hope everyone involved gets a life-altering dose of scutter.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Finally got rid of the artist formerly known as Twitter. I kept it only for past posterity for a few months but it's just too reprehensible for all that now. I hope everyone involved gets a life-altering dose of scutter.
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This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
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Nine Delights 2026
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Nine Delights 2026
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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New York City has a new mayor
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
New York City has a new mayor
Alright let's go 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Alright let's go 2026!
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I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
Time to start messing with the bras means time to clock off from socials for a bit - Merry Christmas all!
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Time to start messing with the bras means time to clock off from socials for a bit - Merry Christmas all!
The more I watch Home Alone and see all the fancy stuff they have, the more I think Peter McAllister was in the drugs trade.
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The more I watch Home Alone and see all the fancy stuff they have, the more I think Peter McAllister was in the drugs trade.
I will be at the vanguard of the Telly Savalas thing
predictions for youth culture in 2026:
- grabbing nettles with bare hands
- saying "who loves ya, baby" like telly savalas
- sudden interest in "the supercosmos," the universe that surrounds our own
- chainmail vs platemail subcultures clash
- grabbing nettles with bare hands
- saying "who loves ya, baby" like telly savalas
- sudden interest in "the supercosmos," the universe that surrounds our own
- chainmail vs platemail subcultures clash
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I will be at the vanguard of the Telly Savalas thing
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
I can't be the only person who, when doing a football game in career mode, checks out Rightmove to see what the house situation is like near whatever club I'm about to join. Can I?!
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I can't be the only person who, when doing a football game in career mode, checks out Rightmove to see what the house situation is like near whatever club I'm about to join. Can I?!
It's just after midday. I'm still in bed. Columbo is on and the guest stars are Robert Vaughn, Dean Stockwell, and Patrick Macnee. This is the true meaning of Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's just after midday. I'm still in bed. Columbo is on and the guest stars are Robert Vaughn, Dean Stockwell, and Patrick Macnee. This is the true meaning of Christmas.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Congress’s three favorite lines:
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
1. Sorry we can’t do anything, we’re in the minority
2. Sorry we can’t do anything, we need a supermajority
3. Sorry we can’t do anything, our party’s in the White House and we have to support the president
Time for the most load bearing holiday of the year!
December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Time for the most load bearing holiday of the year!
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‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The Nativity, Frew says, is about “a refugee child who had to go to Egypt for safety'
The Rt Rev Rosie Frew has composed a special Christmas reflection for Herald readers. She talks to our Writer at Large about the need to love those…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Hunger strikers will have died in British prisons once again by the time the Dáil returns, unless there's action taken.
They will have been killed by a British injustice system, that arms, supports, and funds genocide.
The conspiracy of silence must be ended, and their very basic demands met.
They will have been killed by a British injustice system, that arms, supports, and funds genocide.
The conspiracy of silence must be ended, and their very basic demands met.
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Hunger strikers will have died in British prisons once again by the time the Dáil returns, unless there's action taken.
They will have been killed by a British injustice system, that arms, supports, and funds genocide.
The conspiracy of silence must be ended, and their very basic demands met.
They will have been killed by a British injustice system, that arms, supports, and funds genocide.
The conspiracy of silence must be ended, and their very basic demands met.
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
I kinda loathe a lot of the cozy crime stuff but I am absolutely all in for this
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The Sheep Detectives | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I kinda loathe a lot of the cozy crime stuff but I am absolutely all in for this
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1) Fuck this kind of reporting and fuck this guy with his shitpatter t-shirt 2) the only person in Blackburn who should have any beef with Diversity is Susan Boyle
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
1) Fuck this kind of reporting and fuck this guy with his shitpatter t-shirt 2) the only person in Blackburn who should have any beef with Diversity is Susan Boyle
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot