Sophie Petzal
@sonicscrewup.bsky.social
TV writer, ‘BLOOD’, ‘HOLLINGTON DRIVE’, THE LAST KINGDOM’, ‘MEDICI’, other things you’ve not seen. They gave me a Writers Guild Award once. Mostly post about Arsenal.
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Sophie Petzal
@sonicscrewup.bsky.social
· Sep 23
"Gripping" Adrian Dunbar thriller that "wastes no time in ratcheting up the tension" gets new UK home
Something to tide you over until Line of Duty s7 gets announced...
www.digitalspy.com
News to me (I didn’t even go looking, google algorithmed me the story, incredible) but Blood is coming to Netflix if you never watched it and want to. www.digitalspy.com/tv/a67998771...
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plz, the UK, a crumb of Pitt
The Pitt got greenlit for a season 3, out next February, and the announcement has very funny comment from HBO chairman Casey Bloys that’s like “yeah, turns out if you just make a TV show like how we used to make TV shows you can have a 15+ episode season every year 🤷♂️”
February 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
plz, the UK, a crumb of Pitt
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Gaming articles be like "Game gets long awaited expansion" and its just a mod, its always a mod
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Gaming articles be like "Game gets long awaited expansion" and its just a mod, its always a mod
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A #TPTV Exclusive Event!! PETER CUSHING: WEEKEND IN WHITSTABLE Sat 23rd & Sun 24th May 2026. An event celebrating the life and career of a screen legend! Tickets are very limited so book now - call 0808 178 8212 or online here: buff.ly/mLDl6jP
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A #TPTV Exclusive Event!! PETER CUSHING: WEEKEND IN WHITSTABLE Sat 23rd & Sun 24th May 2026. An event celebrating the life and career of a screen legend! Tickets are very limited so book now - call 0808 178 8212 or online here: buff.ly/mLDl6jP
Also I HEART Alfie
The music in this season of bridgerton is fabulous. That scene with Sophie and Alfie outside the drawing room is so sweeping and romantic.
February 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Also I HEART Alfie
The music in this season of bridgerton is fabulous. That scene with Sophie and Alfie outside the drawing room is so sweeping and romantic.
February 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The music in this season of bridgerton is fabulous. That scene with Sophie and Alfie outside the drawing room is so sweeping and romantic.
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Chelsea have progressed from their last three League Cup semi-final ties, but have gone on to lose the final each time. They last went out at this stage of the competition in 2017-18 against Arsenal.
#ARSCHE
#ARSCHE
February 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Chelsea have progressed from their last three League Cup semi-final ties, but have gone on to lose the final each time. They last went out at this stage of the competition in 2017-18 against Arsenal.
#ARSCHE
#ARSCHE
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Example: we don’t need no stinking PayPal imposing domestic American moral panics on us in Europe. We do payments far, far better than anything America has. And we certainly don’t want members of the International Criminal Court being debanked by the Trump regime.
PayPal ban on York firm’s Cuban coffee imports
A YORK company had half of its business put on hold after payment system PayPal froze its account for selling Cuban coffee.
www.yorkpress.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Example: we don’t need no stinking PayPal imposing domestic American moral panics on us in Europe. We do payments far, far better than anything America has. And we certainly don’t want members of the International Criminal Court being debanked by the Trump regime.
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The thing is, little of American tech is very difficult. It just requires the will to move from the status quo and to something sovereign. China has been doing this for a while, and it’s time for Europe to do the same.
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
The thing is, little of American tech is very difficult. It just requires the will to move from the status quo and to something sovereign. China has been doing this for a while, and it’s time for Europe to do the same.
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“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
Europe just started building a ‘kill switch’ for U.S. tech — and the market isn’t priced for it, says this strategist — MarketWatch
Zoom and Microsoft are among those companies that could lose business, says Matthew Tuttle
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February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
“The main event is this: the world is building optionality away from U.S. policy and platform dependence. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it — because it’s showing up in procurement decisions, supply chains, defense budgets, and capital flows”
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just to play devil's advocate here: what if being a paedophile billionaire was Good? - my latest for The Daily Telegraph
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
just to play devil's advocate here: what if being a paedophile billionaire was Good? - my latest for The Daily Telegraph
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yo, upcoming Actor's Award and Oscar winners...
...your music industry peers are teaching you a lesson or two tonight about speaking out for whats right
...your music industry peers are teaching you a lesson or two tonight about speaking out for whats right
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
yo, upcoming Actor's Award and Oscar winners...
...your music industry peers are teaching you a lesson or two tonight about speaking out for whats right
...your music industry peers are teaching you a lesson or two tonight about speaking out for whats right
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer has urged House of Lords to urgently modernise disciplinary procedures so that Peter Mandelson can be stripped of his peerage and removed from upper chamber.
February 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has urged House of Lords to urgently modernise disciplinary procedures so that Peter Mandelson can be stripped of his peerage and removed from upper chamber.
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-in... Someone's finally adapting Sex Criminals
Lucky Chap and Big Sick duo prep Prime Video drama
Eight-part series based on Sex Criminals greenlit by Amazon's Peter Friedlander
www.broadcastnow.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-in... Someone's finally adapting Sex Criminals
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That game was perfect. Spurs were humiliated for 45 minutes and City dropped points.
February 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
That game was perfect. Spurs were humiliated for 45 minutes and City dropped points.
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Arsenal's 2nd goal yesterday has been overturned from an own goal to a Madueke goal.
A goal and an assist for Madueke yesterday then.
A goal and an assist for Madueke yesterday then.
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Arsenal's 2nd goal yesterday has been overturned from an own goal to a Madueke goal.
A goal and an assist for Madueke yesterday then.
A goal and an assist for Madueke yesterday then.
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Kendrick Lamar’s straightforward, punchy, and unsurprising album "GNX" can’t be understood without revisiting his battle with Drake, Spencer Kornhaber wrote in 2024:
Kendrick Lamar Makes His Point Clearer
On his new album, GNX, a rapper who’s obsessed with excellence tries to entertain the masses.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Kendrick Lamar’s straightforward, punchy, and unsurprising album "GNX" can’t be understood without revisiting his battle with Drake, Spencer Kornhaber wrote in 2024:
She’s a fucking troll. Such an embarrassment.
#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane?
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
She’s a fucking troll. Such an embarrassment.
GREAT season opener for Bridgerton. I have high hopes for this season. In both senses of the word. I also way prefer Benedict as a character to Colin. Sorry Colin.
(Don’t come at me with spoilers I’m watching one ep at a time).
(Don’t come at me with spoilers I’m watching one ep at a time).
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
GREAT season opener for Bridgerton. I have high hopes for this season. In both senses of the word. I also way prefer Benedict as a character to Colin. Sorry Colin.
(Don’t come at me with spoilers I’m watching one ep at a time).
(Don’t come at me with spoilers I’m watching one ep at a time).
I don’t really understand the whole Epstein files drip feed release thing. Like they’re some sort of Beyoncé album. It all feels a bit ghoulish.
February 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I don’t really understand the whole Epstein files drip feed release thing. Like they’re some sort of Beyoncé album. It all feels a bit ghoulish.
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Sadly this is probably season ending or close, severity dependent. Idk if a loan solves much, maybe you can find someone decent. Would think Rice/Kai/Ø/Eze end up splitting the minutes but idk
🚨 Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino expected to miss considerable period with suspected broken bone in foot. #AFC surveying market for potential loan as short-term cover for 29yo Spain intl; no guarantee anything materialises before deadline 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
Arsenal’s Mikel Merino expected to be out for considerable period with foot injury
The 29-year-old has sustained a suspected broken bone in his foot.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Sadly this is probably season ending or close, severity dependent. Idk if a loan solves much, maybe you can find someone decent. Would think Rice/Kai/Ø/Eze end up splitting the minutes but idk
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I hate the captive princess narrative so much. It tends to be applied disproportionately to women who are considered conventionally attractive, eg Melania Trump. The fact is that women who choose to marry awful men are usually awful themselves. That’s why they like those men. Adult women have agency
I would like everyone to understand that Talulah Riley was with Elon Musk because she wanted to be there and they had much in common. She was not some poor put upon woke darling trapped with a monster.
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I hate the captive princess narrative so much. It tends to be applied disproportionately to women who are considered conventionally attractive, eg Melania Trump. The fact is that women who choose to marry awful men are usually awful themselves. That’s why they like those men. Adult women have agency
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My dear friend Nader alerted me to two Iranian members of the Arsenal family, Aref Jafarzadeh and Amir Housein, who were killed while seeking freedom in Iran. We remember them. ❤️
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
My dear friend Nader alerted me to two Iranian members of the Arsenal family, Aref Jafarzadeh and Amir Housein, who were killed while seeking freedom in Iran. We remember them. ❤️