Andrew Garvey
@amgarvey.bsky.social
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Andrew Garvey
@amgarvey.bsky.social
· Apr 12
Look hard enough in any old European church and you can find something very, very death metal.
St Sebaldskirche, Nuremberg.
St Sebaldskirche, Nuremberg.
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Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
RFK Jr. is living in a pretend anti-vax world
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Unfortunately, he is wreaking havoc in the real one.
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Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy
The right is desperately seeking to make a martyr out of Lucy Connolly in order to distract from the real victims of the hate she helped to spread, argues Otto English
bylinetimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The arrogance and cluelessness of this singularly grotesque heap of TRT, dog shit and worm food.
Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."
September 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The arrogance and cluelessness of this singularly grotesque heap of TRT, dog shit and worm food.
My ★★★★ review of The Rule of Jenny Pen on Letterboxd boxd.it/aX1yDJ
A ★★★★ review of The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024)
A deeply uncomfortable, sad and troubling film about elder abuse, an uncaring 'care' system and the infantilisation of older people. Geoffrey Rush is brilliant as the judge who, after a stroke, finds ...
boxd.it
September 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My ★★★★ review of The Rule of Jenny Pen on Letterboxd boxd.it/aX1yDJ
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Why the strange reluctance of Labour to stand up for ethnic minorities is damaging integration policies and weirdly also Labours own prospectives to win another election.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Why the strange reluctance of Labour to stand up for ethnic minorities is damaging integration policies and weirdly also Labours own prospectives to win another election.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
This, by @anandmenon.bsky.social is nailing it.
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Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
August 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
So many nonces and their defenders in American politics.
August 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
So many nonces and their defenders in American politics.
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Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
SUPERMAN
1. Superman (2025)
2. Superman II (1980)
3. Superman (1978)
4. Superman Returns (2006)
5. Man of Steel (2013)
6. Batman v Superman (2016)
7. Justice League (2017)
8. Superman IV (1987)
9. Superman III (1983)
SUPERMEN
1. Reeve
2. Corenswet
3. Routh
4. Cavill
1. Superman (2025)
2. Superman II (1980)
3. Superman (1978)
4. Superman Returns (2006)
5. Man of Steel (2013)
6. Batman v Superman (2016)
7. Justice League (2017)
8. Superman IV (1987)
9. Superman III (1983)
SUPERMEN
1. Reeve
2. Corenswet
3. Routh
4. Cavill
August 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
SUPERMAN
1. Superman (2025)
2. Superman II (1980)
3. Superman (1978)
4. Superman Returns (2006)
5. Man of Steel (2013)
6. Batman v Superman (2016)
7. Justice League (2017)
8. Superman IV (1987)
9. Superman III (1983)
SUPERMEN
1. Reeve
2. Corenswet
3. Routh
4. Cavill
1. Superman (2025)
2. Superman II (1980)
3. Superman (1978)
4. Superman Returns (2006)
5. Man of Steel (2013)
6. Batman v Superman (2016)
7. Justice League (2017)
8. Superman IV (1987)
9. Superman III (1983)
SUPERMEN
1. Reeve
2. Corenswet
3. Routh
4. Cavill
My ★★★★ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Letterboxd boxd.it/ayDe5D
A ★★★★ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
I watch a lot of superhero films. I probably tend to overrate them as I'm a big fan but I can say for sure that 2025 has already been a great year for them. The new Captain America film was really goo...
boxd.it
July 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My ★★★★ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Letterboxd boxd.it/ayDe5D
My ★★★★ review of How to Train Your Dragon on Letterboxd boxd.it/a0j0U7
A ★★★★ review of How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
This must be the highest score I could possibly give to a film that is essentially, a bit pointless. The original DreamWorks animated film is a classic - a thrilling, funny, heartwarming, beautiful fi...
boxd.it
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My ★★★★ review of How to Train Your Dragon on Letterboxd boxd.it/a0j0U7
I've seen vehicles in post-apocalyptic, dystopian sci-fi films that look a lot like this.
June 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I've seen vehicles in post-apocalyptic, dystopian sci-fi films that look a lot like this.
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Wednesday
Reform supporters
Zia Yusuf is great!
Friday
Zia Yusuf is woke and shit. Glad he’s gone. Bloody Muslim
Saturday
Zia Yusuf is great.
🤦♀️
Reform supporters
Zia Yusuf is great!
Friday
Zia Yusuf is woke and shit. Glad he’s gone. Bloody Muslim
Saturday
Zia Yusuf is great.
🤦♀️
June 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wednesday
Reform supporters
Zia Yusuf is great!
Friday
Zia Yusuf is woke and shit. Glad he’s gone. Bloody Muslim
Saturday
Zia Yusuf is great.
🤦♀️
Reform supporters
Zia Yusuf is great!
Friday
Zia Yusuf is woke and shit. Glad he’s gone. Bloody Muslim
Saturday
Zia Yusuf is great.
🤦♀️
My ★★★★ review of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on Letterboxd boxd.it/9S6tqx
A ★★★★ review of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
I can't think of many film franchises where the fourth one is the best (aside from Friday the 13th) but of the four I've now watched, this M:I is better than the first three. The stunts and action are...
boxd.it
June 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My ★★★★ review of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on Letterboxd boxd.it/9S6tqx
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"For too long, the system has worked on the basis that it should penalise and deter migrants rather than provide support. The Windrush scandal, the shameful ‘Go Home Vans’ and the ‘hostile environment’ policies are all examples of this" - Keir Starmer, 2020
May 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"For too long, the system has worked on the basis that it should penalise and deter migrants rather than provide support. The Windrush scandal, the shameful ‘Go Home Vans’ and the ‘hostile environment’ policies are all examples of this" - Keir Starmer, 2020
My ★ review of Star Trek: Section 31 on Letterboxd boxd.it/9QbJfR
A ★ review of Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
Three years from now, when Zack Snyder hands Netflix a dark, edgy Star Trek rip-off as a sort of spin-off of his dark, edgy Star Wars rip-off Rebel Moon, it might be a bit like this. But it'll be bett...
boxd.it
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My ★ review of Star Trek: Section 31 on Letterboxd boxd.it/9QbJfR
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Lawbreaking is "out of control", says well-known respecter of laws and rules, Robert Jenrick
May 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Lawbreaking is "out of control", says well-known respecter of laws and rules, Robert Jenrick
My ★★★★ review of The Zone of Interest on Letterboxd boxd.it/9Qb7G1
A ★★★★ review of The Zone of Interest (2023)
A successful, dull administrator is reassigned to a new job in another city. His wife doesn't want to move away from her comfortable home and garden, so stays behind. In the big city, he goes to a mee...
boxd.it
May 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My ★★★★ review of The Zone of Interest on Letterboxd boxd.it/9Qb7G1
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Trump spent more time at his golf club yesterday than he did at Arlington National Cemetery
May 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Trump spent more time at his golf club yesterday than he did at Arlington National Cemetery
"... in the service of working people" absolutely did NOT need to be in this message. The continued 'othering' of people who can't work is grotesque. I've never lost faith in a government this quickly.
🚨Minister for EU Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds announces new deal with the EU 👇
May 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"... in the service of working people" absolutely did NOT need to be in this message. The continued 'othering' of people who can't work is grotesque. I've never lost faith in a government this quickly.
There's been a murder... 🤣
Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times
Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
May 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There's been a murder... 🤣
Tremendous!
Reporter: I was watching your face during the meeting.. what was going through your mind when the President talked about erasing the border..
Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind
Reporter: Oh I could
Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind
Reporter: Oh I could
May 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tremendous!
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FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
May 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
Reform are NOT for ordinary people.
They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
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The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.