Sam Espensen
@samespensen.bsky.social
Ex hack/flack, now booze maker, film lover, book nerd in Bristol. Espensenspirit.com
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May 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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🎬 Yay! don't miss our Psycho Biddy & Hagsploitation Double Bill at Bristol Megascreen on 4 May, in collab with @20thcflicks.bsky.social ! 🎟️ Hurry, buy tickets now! 🍹 Cocktails by @samespensen.bsky.social. #FilmEvent #Bristol #HorrorMovies #ScreenResearchUWE go.uwe.ac.uk/doublebill
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎬 Yay! don't miss our Psycho Biddy & Hagsploitation Double Bill at Bristol Megascreen on 4 May, in collab with @20thcflicks.bsky.social ! 🎟️ Hurry, buy tickets now! 🍹 Cocktails by @samespensen.bsky.social. #FilmEvent #Bristol #HorrorMovies #ScreenResearchUWE go.uwe.ac.uk/doublebill
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It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
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“For the arthouse sector, perhaps the most encouraging revelation is Cosgrove’s assertion that "film's past is its future" - a sentiment being validated by younger audiences who are discovering cinema history through new platforms but choosing to experience it in the traditional theatrical setting“
April 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“For the arthouse sector, perhaps the most encouraging revelation is Cosgrove’s assertion that "film's past is its future" - a sentiment being validated by younger audiences who are discovering cinema history through new platforms but choosing to experience it in the traditional theatrical setting“
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Just read a review of Glengarry Glen Ross that describes Kieran Culkin as “well into middle age”. He is 42.
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Just read a review of Glengarry Glen Ross that describes Kieran Culkin as “well into middle age”. He is 42.
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He didn't care if his last running mate lived or died. And he doesn't care if you live or die.
is something that should have probably been said a lot more last year.
is something that should have probably been said a lot more last year.
April 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
He didn't care if his last running mate lived or died. And he doesn't care if you live or die.
is something that should have probably been said a lot more last year.
is something that should have probably been said a lot more last year.
Very much looking forward to thinking up some unhinged names for drinks!
Now with bespoke cocktails from @samespensen.bsky.social!
A Psycho Biddy and Hagsploitation Double Bill at Bristol Megascreen (former IMAX at Bristol Aquarium)
See Bette Davis go full psycho biddy as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Seth Holt’s Hammer classic The Nanny (1965)! Then brace yourself for some tonal whiplash. Because Mia Goth is dying to show...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Very much looking forward to thinking up some unhinged names for drinks!
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Since caramelized onions always take longer than you think they will, this post just set the new baseline to at least 2 hours.
But don’t go in thinking it will take 2 hours, or else they’ll take 3.
But don’t go in thinking it will take 2 hours, or else they’ll take 3.
Just spent 1.25 hours caramelizing onions because that is, and I really must insist on this, how long they take slate.com/human-intere...
Why Do Recipe Writers Lie About How Long It Takes To Caramelize Onions?
Browning onions is a matter of patience. My own patience ran out earlier this year while leafing through the New York Times food section. There, in the...
slate.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Since caramelized onions always take longer than you think they will, this post just set the new baseline to at least 2 hours.
But don’t go in thinking it will take 2 hours, or else they’ll take 3.
But don’t go in thinking it will take 2 hours, or else they’ll take 3.
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“The significant rise in the number of people being diagnosed with a mental illness in recent years has been driven by real issues that affect us all, such as increases in poverty, housing and food insecurity, as well as loneliness and isolation. ”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“Rise in people with mental illness being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” says RCPsych President
RCPsych President Dr Lade Smith CBE responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's comments about the overdiagnosis of mental health conditions.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“The significant rise in the number of people being diagnosed with a mental illness in recent years has been driven by real issues that affect us all, such as increases in poverty, housing and food insecurity, as well as loneliness and isolation. ”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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Encounters Film Festival is looking for Volunteer Pre-Selectors to help review submissions for the 2025 edition of the festival!
Please fill in the below application form to be considered for the role.
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The closing date for this position is 24/02/2025 at 17:00
Please fill in the below application form to be considered for the role.
buff.ly/3EHl9vP
The closing date for this position is 24/02/2025 at 17:00
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Encounters Film Festival is looking for Volunteer Pre-Selectors to help review submissions for the 2025 edition of the festival!
Please fill in the below application form to be considered for the role.
buff.ly/3EHl9vP
The closing date for this position is 24/02/2025 at 17:00
Please fill in the below application form to be considered for the role.
buff.ly/3EHl9vP
The closing date for this position is 24/02/2025 at 17:00
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It's not"comedy on prescription". It's an intervention from a charity that could be 1 option for someone receiving social prescribing support. It's not NHS - social prescribing systems are partnerships across health, LA, & voluntary sectors. No-one commenting has any idea what they're talking about
The NHS is to trial ‘comedy on prescription’ in a bid to tackle 9million people on antidepressants. The social prescribing scheme delivered by Craic Health is backed by Labour MP and GP, Dr Simon Opher who has warned against “a pandemic of over-prescription”.
February 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's not"comedy on prescription". It's an intervention from a charity that could be 1 option for someone receiving social prescribing support. It's not NHS - social prescribing systems are partnerships across health, LA, & voluntary sectors. No-one commenting has any idea what they're talking about
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umm it's called having hobbies
February 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
umm it's called having hobbies
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"At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms."
"At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms."
Long lines and canceled rentals: Firings bring chaos to national parks
Trump’s purge of federal employees is already harming the visitor experience at national parks across the country.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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"At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms."
"At California’s Yosemite National Park, the Trump administration fired the only locksmith on staff on Friday. He was the sole employee with the keys and the institutional knowledge needed to rescue visitors from locked restrooms."
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oh wow the future has arrived, move over Pauline Kael
Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description
February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
oh wow the future has arrived, move over Pauline Kael
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Ed Miliband, the secretary of state, has written a strongly worded letter to the regulator asking them for help.
You are the secretary of state. You are the government. Why not just nationalise the greedy parasites?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...
You are the secretary of state. You are the government. Why not just nationalise the greedy parasites?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...
Miliband urges energy watchdog to act as typical bill could rise by more than £100 a year
Exclusive: Whitehall source expects bills in England, Scotland and Wales to rise by about £9 a month over the next three months
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Ed Miliband, the secretary of state, has written a strongly worded letter to the regulator asking them for help.
You are the secretary of state. You are the government. Why not just nationalise the greedy parasites?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...
You are the secretary of state. You are the government. Why not just nationalise the greedy parasites?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...
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Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’
February 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’
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It's weird as a biologist to say "ignore the science part" but here we are
Science: Vaccines don't cause autism.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.
Science: Vaccines don't cause autism.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.
February 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's weird as a biologist to say "ignore the science part" but here we are
Science: Vaccines don't cause autism.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.
Science: Vaccines don't cause autism.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.
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If you could find a way to generate electricity from Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave you'd be able to power the Eastern Seaboard right now.
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you could find a way to generate electricity from Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave you'd be able to power the Eastern Seaboard right now.
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Bet father bought the bloody thing tho.
February 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bet father bought the bloody thing tho.
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Massive thank you to @popcornchat.bsky.social and @hardiewrites.bsky.social for giving The Haunted Mansion screening's @wshed.bsky.social a shoutout on Episode 6 of Popcorn Chat, very excited for @slapstickfest.bsky.social coming up soon, 12 - 16th Feb! 📽️💫💜
www.slapstick.org.uk
www.slapstick.org.uk
February 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Massive thank you to @popcornchat.bsky.social and @hardiewrites.bsky.social for giving The Haunted Mansion screening's @wshed.bsky.social a shoutout on Episode 6 of Popcorn Chat, very excited for @slapstickfest.bsky.social coming up soon, 12 - 16th Feb! 📽️💫💜
www.slapstick.org.uk
www.slapstick.org.uk
First commute of 2025 in almost daylight, Imbolc doing its thing
February 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
First commute of 2025 in almost daylight, Imbolc doing its thing
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Everything but a hurrah for the brownshirts front page
February 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Everything but a hurrah for the brownshirts front page
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Just saving this for posterity, like someone grabbing the family photos before fleeing a house fire.
November 13, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Just saving this for posterity, like someone grabbing the family photos before fleeing a house fire.
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In four years time, the papers will still be writing shit about benefits and the small boats will still be coming and Britain's economic need for neither immigrants nor Europe will have changed, and these voters will blame the government and you'll have wasted your chance to actually fix anything.
February 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In four years time, the papers will still be writing shit about benefits and the small boats will still be coming and Britain's economic need for neither immigrants nor Europe will have changed, and these voters will blame the government and you'll have wasted your chance to actually fix anything.
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And it *doesn't mean they're heroes*. Your job as a government is not to elevate the prejudices of a particular group of swing voter - against foreigners, benefit claimants, Brussels - into iron laws of politics. Your job is to improve the country enough to show them they were wrong.
February 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
And it *doesn't mean they're heroes*. Your job as a government is not to elevate the prejudices of a particular group of swing voter - against foreigners, benefit claimants, Brussels - into iron laws of politics. Your job is to improve the country enough to show them they were wrong.