Patrick W. Reed
@patrickwreed.bsky.social
Writer, historian & occasional wrestling commentator/referee/oddjobsman
Host of the Bunkum & Ballyhoo podcast (@bunkumballyhoo.bsky.social)
"Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling", out now:
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www.patrickwreed.com
Host of the Bunkum & Ballyhoo podcast (@bunkumballyhoo.bsky.social)
"Kayfabe: A Mostly True History of Professional Wrestling", out now:
bit.ly/3N1Q73b
www.patrickwreed.com
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If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If the BBC is guilty of anything it has been far too ready and willing to follow the right-wing media narratives pushed by the billionaire press barons, instead of pursuing its own independent journalism based on exposing and uncovering the truth – regardless of whether people want to hear it.
There's a lot of gloating around the BBC in the comments, often from nominally left-wing accounts - as flawed as the institution is, I get no joy out of seeing people cheer on the decline of a publicly owned institution.
And, no, Netflix or YouTube aren't going to replace your local news and...
And, no, Netflix or YouTube aren't going to replace your local news and...
There are many subtle and complex arguments one can have about the future of the BBC — but I guarantee you that no other channel or streaming service will be as committed to factual programming, children’s education, history shows, religious discussion, poetry, arts, or state of the nation debate
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's a lot of gloating around the BBC in the comments, often from nominally left-wing accounts - as flawed as the institution is, I get no joy out of seeing people cheer on the decline of a publicly owned institution.
And, no, Netflix or YouTube aren't going to replace your local news and...
And, no, Netflix or YouTube aren't going to replace your local news and...
The face/the scent
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The face/the scent
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Yesterday was great-uncle Wilf's 100th birthday, which he celebrated with a friend who *also* turns 100 this month, and who had signed up for the Royal Marines on the same day as him in 1941.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yesterday was great-uncle Wilf's 100th birthday, which he celebrated with a friend who *also* turns 100 this month, and who had signed up for the Royal Marines on the same day as him in 1941.
My grandmother was pregnant for at least ten and a half years of her life. Her firstborn was buried in an unmarked grave.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My grandmother was pregnant for at least ten and a half years of her life. Her firstborn was buried in an unmarked grave.
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even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
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October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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There should be 33 1/3 style books about specific wrestling feuds/stories/matches
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There should be 33 1/3 style books about specific wrestling feuds/stories/matches
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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You know what we don't talk enough about?
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You know what we don't talk enough about?
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
80's homoerotic pro wrestling vignettes.
Designed to introduce new 'heartthrob' wrestlers to an area, and especially to appeal to female fans to attend the live shows, promoters would make these vignettes to sell them and well... Judge for yourself.
Post yourself from a different era.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Post yourself from a different era.
More convinced than ever that Willow Nightingale is an absolute star that a company should be built around.
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
More convinced than ever that Willow Nightingale is an absolute star that a company should be built around.
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Science fiction
Double feature
Daphne, Martin
Niles, Frasier
Double feature
Daphne, Martin
Niles, Frasier
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Science fiction
Double feature
Daphne, Martin
Niles, Frasier
Double feature
Daphne, Martin
Niles, Frasier
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PLEASE REPOST: a couple of bar staff urgently needed for shifts in Stratford tomorrow - it's a West Ham home game and I've had staff drop out so you can borderline name your price
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE REPOST: a couple of bar staff urgently needed for shifts in Stratford tomorrow - it's a West Ham home game and I've had staff drop out so you can borderline name your price
you'd think they would have said something.
What's that? There are still a few tickets left for Three Bean Salad live at the King's Theatre Glasgow on Monday? Why the blazes haven't they mentioned this before????? www.atgtickets.com/shows/three-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
you'd think they would have said something.
the only way Gremlins 3 could be worthwhile is if it does for decades-later nostalgia bait reboots what Gremlins 2 did for cash-in sequels, and completely skewers the entire concept.
But given it's Columbus and Spielberg, two men incapable of irony, it will be done in earnest and suffer for it.
But given it's Columbus and Spielberg, two men incapable of irony, it will be done in earnest and suffer for it.
‘GREMLINS 3’ will release on November 19, 2027 in theaters.
Chris Columbus will return to direct.
Chris Columbus will return to direct.
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
the only way Gremlins 3 could be worthwhile is if it does for decades-later nostalgia bait reboots what Gremlins 2 did for cash-in sequels, and completely skewers the entire concept.
But given it's Columbus and Spielberg, two men incapable of irony, it will be done in earnest and suffer for it.
But given it's Columbus and Spielberg, two men incapable of irony, it will be done in earnest and suffer for it.
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If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
5/5
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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IT'S "EVE - ELITE ENCOUNTERS" DAY!
Just 15 Tickets left.
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Watch LIVE on YouTube at youtube.com/live/ync6YQC...
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MEMBERS ONLY: EVE 141 - ELITE ENCOUNTERS - AEW's WILLOW NIGHTINGALE, NYLA ROSE v RHIO
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November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
IT'S "EVE - ELITE ENCOUNTERS" DAY!
Just 15 Tickets left.
EVEwrestling.com/tickets
Can't be there in person?
Watch LIVE on YouTube at youtube.com/live/ync6YQC...
#AEW #WomensWrestling #EVEwrestling
Just 15 Tickets left.
EVEwrestling.com/tickets
Can't be there in person?
Watch LIVE on YouTube at youtube.com/live/ync6YQC...
#AEW #WomensWrestling #EVEwrestling
Don Robinson, former chairman of Hull City, has died at the age of 91.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Don Robinson, former chairman of Hull City, has died at the age of 91.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
He had been a wrestler in the 1950s and '60s, and became a promoter, working with the great Paul Lincoln, and ran shows across the North of England, including on BBC TV. He also ran tours in India, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
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If I'm the commissioning editor of Channel 4, I'd already be 75% through the pitch for the Joe Marler/Joe Wilkinson travelogue series.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If I'm the commissioning editor of Channel 4, I'd already be 75% through the pitch for the Joe Marler/Joe Wilkinson travelogue series.
IGUANAS WILL SLOW
BUT REMAIN ANIMATED
BUT REMAIN ANIMATED
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
IGUANAS WILL SLOW
BUT REMAIN ANIMATED
BUT REMAIN ANIMATED
Titanes en el Ring had a wrestler called DR. KARATE, and honestly we should have just collectively agreed to give up after that. Never topping that.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Titanes en el Ring had a wrestler called DR. KARATE, and honestly we should have just collectively agreed to give up after that. Never topping that.