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...
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. ❤️
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absolutely fuck this sideways so hard a fucking kidney pops out
AI “deadbots” aim to replace the dead—and raise plenty of ethical issues, Charley Burlock argues. “Perhaps the biggest question is how such a product might shift our experience of personal grief and collective memory.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
absolutely fuck this sideways so hard a fucking kidney pops out
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🎶 Arsenal fans are on a bender, Thomas Frank is a silver member 🎶
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🎶 Arsenal fans are on a bender, Thomas Frank is a silver member 🎶
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Thomas Frank is a silver member ❤️🎶
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Thomas Frank is a silver member ❤️🎶
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You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
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So the NYT calls this movie, that is on track to lose $50-60 million, a "strong showing".
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
‘Melania’ Arrives With Strong Box Office Showing for a Documentary
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 AM
So the NYT calls this movie, that is on track to lose $50-60 million, a "strong showing".
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
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...they told her no, didn't they
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
...they told her no, didn't they
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I know this is missing the point of your post but, what is it about Reeves, Phillipson and Mahmoond and the "ministerial bob" they've adopted?
Have they all looked at Darth Vader and thought- I'll have me some of that?
Have they all looked at Darth Vader and thought- I'll have me some of that?
February 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I know this is missing the point of your post but, what is it about Reeves, Phillipson and Mahmoond and the "ministerial bob" they've adopted?
Have they all looked at Darth Vader and thought- I'll have me some of that?
Have they all looked at Darth Vader and thought- I'll have me some of that?
Another stupid idiot move by stupid idiot Rachel Reeves and her awful haircut, as a member of the something-for-nothing-generation, to come out defending one of the greatest injustices the younger generation faces, in a time where we want - supposedly - ‘growth’, resulting in the Streisand Effect.
February 1, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Another stupid idiot move by stupid idiot Rachel Reeves and her awful haircut, as a member of the something-for-nothing-generation, to come out defending one of the greatest injustices the younger generation faces, in a time where we want - supposedly - ‘growth’, resulting in the Streisand Effect.
I really do think the pundits watch a different game to me sometimes. Jesus scores every time he plays, yet the podcasts are like ‘he’s washed.’
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I really do think the pundits watch a different game to me sometimes. Jesus scores every time he plays, yet the podcasts are like ‘he’s washed.’
Knew that would work
Why do we never score in the second half
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Knew that would work
Why do we never score in the second half
January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Why do we never score in the second half
Have they subbed Saka already…? Not watching
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Have they subbed Saka already…? Not watching