Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
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Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
· Nov 26
BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎
From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
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From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/70jw...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
open.spotify.com
What was meant to be a short, fun, bonus little episode, ended up - yes, short and fun - but also one of the most interesting topics, deepest dives, and interconnected mazes I have navigated.
One of my favourite episodes so far, I think.
One of my favourite episodes so far, I think.
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🚨🚨I'll be speaking to @catheriner.bsky.social today about Venezuela on my podcast. She was Britain's ambassador to Venezuela and met Chavez and Maduro. So, somebody who actually knows this subject intimately!🚨🚨
Episode should be out late tonight. Watch this space:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Episode should be out late tonight. Watch this space:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell
Politics Podcast · Updated weekly · Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell is a geopolitics podcast. Every week we give the listener access to the best informed people to help you understand this turbule...
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🚨🚨I'll be speaking to @catheriner.bsky.social today about Venezuela on my podcast. She was Britain's ambassador to Venezuela and met Chavez and Maduro. So, somebody who actually knows this subject intimately!🚨🚨
Episode should be out late tonight. Watch this space:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Episode should be out late tonight. Watch this space:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Alex looks into his ball .... Apparently...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
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🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
Optimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/01/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Alex looks into his ball .... Apparently...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
Reposted by Alex Andreou
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
Optimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/01/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:43 AM
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
And, yes, we predicted the mad thing that happened, but, no, we didn't re-record the ep. Because - actually - WTF can one "comment", other than sigh, tut, or despair?
Instead, we have @snellarthur.bsky.social recording a Behind The Lines Special today, with a guest who has worthwhile things to say.
Instead, we have @snellarthur.bsky.social recording a Behind The Lines Special today, with a guest who has worthwhile things to say.
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
Optimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/01/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 AM
And, yes, we predicted the mad thing that happened, but, no, we didn't re-record the ep. Because - actually - WTF can one "comment", other than sigh, tut, or despair?
Instead, we have @snellarthur.bsky.social recording a Behind The Lines Special today, with a guest who has worthwhile things to say.
Instead, we have @snellarthur.bsky.social recording a Behind The Lines Special today, with a guest who has worthwhile things to say.
He is starting wars between naps, ffs, and still nobody will say "the Emperor is naked".
January 4, 2026 at 4:46 AM
He is starting wars between naps, ffs, and still nobody will say "the Emperor is naked".
Reposted by Alex Andreou
This Sunday was always going to be a general look forward into 2026. But Arthur is doing an emergency ep of Behind The Lines on Venezuela, with a great guest for tomorrow evening. @snellarthur.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
This Sunday was always going to be a general look forward into 2026. But Arthur is doing an emergency ep of Behind The Lines on Venezuela, with a great guest for tomorrow evening. @snellarthur.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump just posted this photo of the sharpest minds in our intelligence community hard at work during the Venezuelan operation.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Trump announcing to the world that the US will only let a puppet take over Venezuela.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Trump announcing to the world that the US will only let a puppet take over Venezuela.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
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Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
Reposted by Alex Andreou
This was a fun episode and so fun to get a wee shout out. I had forgotten I’d alerted them to Kylie’s Wokeness earlier this year. Imagine going to see Kylie and thinking you’re going to be in the company of conservative, trad people
🤣🤣🤣
I’ve seen Kylie a few times, she’s a joy 🤩
🤣🤣🤣
I’ve seen Kylie a few times, she’s a joy 🤩
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This was a fun episode and so fun to get a wee shout out. I had forgotten I’d alerted them to Kylie’s Wokeness earlier this year. Imagine going to see Kylie and thinking you’re going to be in the company of conservative, trad people
🤣🤣🤣
I’ve seen Kylie a few times, she’s a joy 🤩
🤣🤣🤣
I’ve seen Kylie a few times, she’s a joy 🤩
Reposted by Alex Andreou
This was just a little burst of happiness, a mid all the other miserable news. God bless Steve, the intrepid beaver. Everybody should listen to this. It’s chicken soup for the soul.
January 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
This was just a little burst of happiness, a mid all the other miserable news. God bless Steve, the intrepid beaver. Everybody should listen to this. It’s chicken soup for the soul.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Honestly I think it’s even worse in the UK with London (though weirdly *only* London) than it is in America with coastal cities.
Do other countries have this weird notion that you’re not a “real” representative of the nation if you live in an urban center? Like do the French say Parisians aren’t really French? Are you considered not a real German if you live in Berlin? Or is this mainly a weird American thing?
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Honestly I think it’s even worse in the UK with London (though weirdly *only* London) than it is in America with coastal cities.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
The US once again in the grips of a national "controversy" invented out of thin air by the dumbest, most confidently wrong grifters in the history of humanity.
Just different flavors of gamergate and Comet Pizza, over and over again, forever.
Just different flavors of gamergate and Comet Pizza, over and over again, forever.
Nick Shirley thinks that daycares are unlocked and have "reception" areas 😆 😭
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The US once again in the grips of a national "controversy" invented out of thin air by the dumbest, most confidently wrong grifters in the history of humanity.
Just different flavors of gamergate and Comet Pizza, over and over again, forever.
Just different flavors of gamergate and Comet Pizza, over and over again, forever.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Imagine trying to catch the US Defence Sec, during the short window after "tetchy", because he hasn't drunk enough yet, but before "maudlin", after he's had too much - so that he might read a status report from the battle front of a fkn war.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 1, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Imagine trying to catch the US Defence Sec, during the short window after "tetchy", because he hasn't drunk enough yet, but before "maudlin", after he's had too much - so that he might read a status report from the battle front of a fkn war.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Alex Andreou
There's also a new website 😂 www.trumpkennedycenter.org
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
There's also a new website 😂 www.trumpkennedycenter.org
"I write this letter, as I wrote my original letter ... simply because, in the light of having worked for nearly fifty years in education and mental health, I regard these pupils’ accounts to be painfully authentic and sadly consistent with Farage’s previously recorded views and behaviours."
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"I write this letter, as I wrote my original letter ... simply because, in the light of having worked for nearly fifty years in education and mental health, I regard these pupils’ accounts to be painfully authentic and sadly consistent with Farage’s previously recorded views and behaviours."
Well, I AM SORRY, but if you serve up "gay growth", as the very first story, things will go downhill from there. I am only human.
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Well, I AM SORRY, but if you serve up "gay growth", as the very first story, things will go downhill from there. I am only human.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Give this a listen ⤵️
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Give this a listen ⤵️
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
Reposted by Alex Andreou
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Reposted by Alex Andreou
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇