Ian Kenworthy
@whisperingsand.bsky.social
Straight-edge, writer, runner, cyclist and 1/4 of I am the Wreckage
Writes for @Punktastic
Formerly @alreadyhearduk
Writes for @Punktastic
Formerly @alreadyhearduk
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Yeah! More than one pick of 'Nightwolf' which riffs way harder than it has any right to🤘
🥇🥈🥉 ALBUM OF THE YEAR 🥉🥈🥇
It's that time of year when are staff come together and pick their best new records of the last twelve months.
Check out what everyone thought, and let us know who you think released an album of the year contenter!
Read: therazorsedge.rocks/2025-12-albu...
It's that time of year when are staff come together and pick their best new records of the last twelve months.
Check out what everyone thought, and let us know who you think released an album of the year contenter!
Read: therazorsedge.rocks/2025-12-albu...
The Razor's Edge - Album of the Year 2025
The Razor's Edge : The Razor's Edge - Album of the Year 2025 All of our staff pick their top five albums of the year!
therazorsedge.rocks
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yeah! More than one pick of 'Nightwolf' which riffs way harder than it has any right to🤘
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This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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So the reward for a company having an almost miraculously aspirational commercial and artistic year at the box office is to be bought by the one company with the most incentive (and seeming desire) to wipe movie theaters off the map? We’d almost be better off if Warner Bros.’s 2025 slate had tanked.
The Cold, Cruel Logic Behind Netflix Potentially Buying Warner Bros.
Buying one of the five remaining theatrical heavyweights for the purpose of removing the most aspirational theatrical distributor from the board would be in line with the streamer's recent history.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So the reward for a company having an almost miraculously aspirational commercial and artistic year at the box office is to be bought by the one company with the most incentive (and seeming desire) to wipe movie theaters off the map? We’d almost be better off if Warner Bros.’s 2025 slate had tanked.
This.
If this goes thru it will accelerate Hollywood’s precipitous decline. Thousands laid off. Creatives w/fewer studios willing to bid on projects. Fewer choices of what to watch for consumers. Possibly a death blow for theatrical filmgoing. Just terrible news all around
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion
But what will they rename HBO Max this time?
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This.
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I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.
Kill Bill Is Back in Theaters in a New Version. It’ll Never Play the Same.
The Whole Bloody Affair changed the way I saw Tarantino’s epic revenge film—and so did the reporting about its making.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.
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REVIEW: "The sound of a band reaching into the past, grasping ideas and dragging them into the now, it’s hard-hitting, fluid and an absolute blast."
Profiler's new EP 'Masquerading Self' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/profiler-masquerading-self/
Profiler's new EP 'Masquerading Self' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/profiler-masquerading-self/
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
REVIEW: "The sound of a band reaching into the past, grasping ideas and dragging them into the now, it’s hard-hitting, fluid and an absolute blast."
Profiler's new EP 'Masquerading Self' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/profiler-masquerading-self/
Profiler's new EP 'Masquerading Self' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/profiler-masquerading-self/
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but please repost www.drownedinsound.org/how-to-suppo...
How To Support The Music You're Obsessed With
Find out how you can support the music you love
www.drownedinsound.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but please repost www.drownedinsound.org/how-to-suppo...
Still amazed how flat Gerrard Way's solo album sounds. I always forget about it while listening to it.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Still amazed how flat Gerrard Way's solo album sounds. I always forget about it while listening to it.
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Warner Bros Discovery looks like it's going to become a Netflix company, with Skydance and Comcast missing out.
filmstories.co.uk/news/warner-...
filmstories.co.uk/news/warner-...
Warner Bros Discovery | It looks like Netflix has won the bidding battle
Warner Bros Discovery looks like it's going to become a Netflix company, with Skydance and Comcast missing out.
filmstories.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Warner Bros Discovery looks like it's going to become a Netflix company, with Skydance and Comcast missing out.
filmstories.co.uk/news/warner-...
filmstories.co.uk/news/warner-...
There's a special place reserved in Hell for people who hammer the keyboard keys when they're typing. And who hum.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
There's a special place reserved in Hell for people who hammer the keyboard keys when they're typing. And who hum.
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“The government only started tracking immigration figures in 1964. For the next two decades, net migration was consistently negative.” This week's New World column is a brief history of migration to the UK.
Nerd's Eye View: 11 things you need to know about immigration
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The government only started tracking immigration figures in 1964. For the next two decades, net migration was consistently negative.” This week's New World column is a brief history of migration to the UK.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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Pillion won best British independent film at the BIFA awards, and I’m obsessed with this photo of Alexander Skarsgård with his hand down Harry Melling’s shirt 👀
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Pillion won best British independent film at the BIFA awards, and I’m obsessed with this photo of Alexander Skarsgård with his hand down Harry Melling’s shirt 👀
It's Album Of The Year time again. Check out our top 25 picks!
I wrote about the mesmerising debut from Forlorn and the intense inventiveness of Spiritbox!
I wrote about the mesmerising debut from Forlorn and the intense inventiveness of Spiritbox!
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: In what has been another year of political turmoil, social unrest & dreadful tiktoks, at least we have the ever consistent joy, our one true love to get us through another year - Music.
Here are Team Punktastic's Top 25 Albums of 2025
www.punktastic.com/radar/top-25...
Here are Team Punktastic's Top 25 Albums of 2025
www.punktastic.com/radar/top-25...
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's Album Of The Year time again. Check out our top 25 picks!
I wrote about the mesmerising debut from Forlorn and the intense inventiveness of Spiritbox!
I wrote about the mesmerising debut from Forlorn and the intense inventiveness of Spiritbox!
Please find attached a picture of the late, great Gertrude the guinea pig.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Please find attached a picture of the late, great Gertrude the guinea pig.
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We now go live to the brewery for an update on the piss up. Guys - how’s it going?
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We now go live to the brewery for an update on the piss up. Guys - how’s it going?
New Rachel Talaly video on how they made The Veil in Heaven Sent. #DoctorWho
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yke...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yke...
Heaven Sent: Happy 10th Anniversary (Doctor Who) The Veil.
YouTube video by How I Filmed This - Rachel Talalay
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New Rachel Talaly video on how they made The Veil in Heaven Sent. #DoctorWho
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yke...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yke...
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Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
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LIVE: "The show proves they’ve earned their spot at this level, built on years of graft and an uncompromising approach to what they do."
Malevolence close out their European tour at Brixton’s O2 Academy
www.punktastic.com/live-reviews...
Malevolence close out their European tour at Brixton’s O2 Academy
www.punktastic.com/live-reviews...
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
LIVE: "The show proves they’ve earned their spot at this level, built on years of graft and an uncompromising approach to what they do."
Malevolence close out their European tour at Brixton’s O2 Academy
www.punktastic.com/live-reviews...
Malevolence close out their European tour at Brixton’s O2 Academy
www.punktastic.com/live-reviews...
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This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
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As The Running Man emerges in cinemas, Edgar Wright tells us about its making, his favourite Stephen King novels, and more…
filmstories.co.uk/news/edgar-w...
filmstories.co.uk/news/edgar-w...
Edgar Wright interview | The Running Man, Stephen King, The Incredibly Strange Film Show
As The Running Man emerges in cinemas, Edgar Wright tells us about its making, his favourite Stephen King novels, and more…
filmstories.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As The Running Man emerges in cinemas, Edgar Wright tells us about its making, his favourite Stephen King novels, and more…
filmstories.co.uk/news/edgar-w...
filmstories.co.uk/news/edgar-w...
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REVIEW: “Pupil Slicer have struck that hard-to-strike balance, leveraging their experience while remaining unafraid to be experimental.”
Pupil Slicer's new album 'Fleshwork' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/pupil-slicer-fleshwork/
Pupil Slicer's new album 'Fleshwork' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/pupil-slicer-fleshwork/
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
REVIEW: “Pupil Slicer have struck that hard-to-strike balance, leveraging their experience while remaining unafraid to be experimental.”
Pupil Slicer's new album 'Fleshwork' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/pupil-slicer-fleshwork/
Pupil Slicer's new album 'Fleshwork' is out now.
https://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/pupil-slicer-fleshwork/
If, like me, you'd been curious what had happened to Marmozets...
www.kerrang.com/marmozets-in...
www.kerrang.com/marmozets-in...
Marmozets: “We had to fight to get back to where we are now”
Having spent years in the wilderness, with no indication of when (or if) they’d return, Yorkshire alt.rock favourites Marmozets are finally back – and…
www.kerrang.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If, like me, you'd been curious what had happened to Marmozets...
www.kerrang.com/marmozets-in...
www.kerrang.com/marmozets-in...
Marmozets - A Kiss From A Mother [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Marmozets
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November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM