Scott Payne
@spayne128.bsky.social
Writer. Most recently A KIND OF SPARK for CBBC. Repped by Nick Turner Management. ADHDer.
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Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
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I will say this for Bluesky's failings (and boy does it have them): they are at least in the main the result of humans seeing what humans are saying.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I will say this for Bluesky's failings (and boy does it have them): they are at least in the main the result of humans seeing what humans are saying.
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if Paddy McGuinness didn't exist, and I wrote something where someone was called "Paddy McGuinness", I would be tried in the Hague
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
if Paddy McGuinness didn't exist, and I wrote something where someone was called "Paddy McGuinness", I would be tried in the Hague
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FIlm adapting the weaker half of Wicked is weaker than film adapting the other half of Wicked, say critics. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wicked: For Good leaves critics less spellbound than the first film
Several critics highlighted Ariana Grande's performance, but were cooler on the film overall.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
FIlm adapting the weaker half of Wicked is weaker than film adapting the other half of Wicked, say critics. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My phone calling my car an accessory when I plug it in is a power move
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My phone calling my car an accessory when I plug it in is a power move
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Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Starmer’s a disaster but I don’t see any good coming from replacing him like this. Needs to be someone with a completely different approach - a proper reckoning - not just shuffling the deckchairs with another doomed cabinet minister.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Starmer’s a disaster but I don’t see any good coming from replacing him like this. Needs to be someone with a completely different approach - a proper reckoning - not just shuffling the deckchairs with another doomed cabinet minister.
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strange but true: in the late 20th century and even the early 21st, UK prime ministers would usually stay in office for as long as 2 or 3 years. often longer!
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
strange but true: in the late 20th century and even the early 21st, UK prime ministers would usually stay in office for as long as 2 or 3 years. often longer!
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Unless my theory bears out - that something big is coming down the tracks - this is more proof how terminally online our media and authority figures are, and how it’s rot their sense of perspective to the core.
These resignations (regardless of the individuals involved) are so dumb. No-one normal cares about a clip from Panorama that aired 4 years ago. This is a completely made-up scandal by the Telegraph. The pandering is maddening.
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Unless my theory bears out - that something big is coming down the tracks - this is more proof how terminally online our media and authority figures are, and how it’s rot their sense of perspective to the core.
These resignations (regardless of the individuals involved) are so dumb. No-one normal cares about a clip from Panorama that aired 4 years ago. This is a completely made-up scandal by the Telegraph. The pandering is maddening.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
These resignations (regardless of the individuals involved) are so dumb. No-one normal cares about a clip from Panorama that aired 4 years ago. This is a completely made-up scandal by the Telegraph. The pandering is maddening.
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This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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big, multicultural cities - they're good!
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
big, multicultural cities - they're good!
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Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
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"We have shown not only for the Netherlands but also for the world that it is possible to beat populist and extreme-right movements"
- as.ft.com/r/72ac90f0-8...
- as.ft.com/r/72ac90f0-8...
Netherlands swings to centre after far-right setback
[FREE TO READ] Freedom party faces defeat after collapse of Geert Wilders-supported coalition government
as.ft.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"We have shown not only for the Netherlands but also for the world that it is possible to beat populist and extreme-right movements"
- as.ft.com/r/72ac90f0-8...
- as.ft.com/r/72ac90f0-8...