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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 10h

"I learned what colour woodlouse blood was today. We were playing the ice cream shop game." Child 1 furnished me with this particular anecdote today.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On a course today, they used London Zoo as an example of risk, and said "if lions were likely to escape all the people in Camden would have lion insurance" and frankly, that doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Are these two questions connected? I don't want these two questions to be connected. I wouldn't be surprised if these two questions are connected.

BBC email header:
What's was Henry VIII's sex life like?
Plus, why are we obsessed with dogs?

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shouldn't werewolves be called arewolves until they change back to human form?

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

M&S Granola sounds like the world's most middle-class wrestler. Doesn't do smack talk, just tuts passive-aggresively and writes a letter to The Guardian.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The best multiplication is 7x8. I will be taking no further questions.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Working title: Sesame streetwise.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wife Swap but it's Eric Morecambe and Bert from Sesame Street swapping their respective Ernies for a week.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is the next generation of Shredder is Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince, isn't it?

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just saw a post on LinkedIn about what we can learn from Danny Tommo about branding and social media, and honestly, the heat death of the universe can't come fast enough.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Filing this under "oh do sod off"

WH Smith or whatever it's called these days advertising books as tiktok trending. I'm too old for this.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What exactly does "go rogue" mean? These things aren't sentient. Presumably they've been given an instruction that led them - accidentally or otherwise - to do this. This surely has to be put down to human* failure *Or whatever kind of lizard person Sam Altman is.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone has set this up at work. HR have been informed.

A nativity. A fucking nativity. In September.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If the Foreign Secretary is involved in this we're about to have Chagos With Ed Milliband.

UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Way to tell the difference: When it's a bumbling journalist wearing glasses it's Artifical Intelligence, when it's wearing it's underpants on the outside and fighting for truth, justice, and the American way it's Super Intelligence.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is that a good thing? I hope that's a good thing.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wakefield used to have a pie shop which was the takeaway venue of choice for us as students. Shepherd pie and chips at 4am after a night of alcohol. Nothing like it.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Another Monday night shouting at quiz shows like my dad would have shouted at the football.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Moaning with no good reason. Also very British. The guy is clearly an arsehole, but at least he's committed to the bit.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

To be fair, demanding the Prime Minister intervene because someone spilt your cup of tea is an excellent representation of British values.

Lewis Holmes getting all huffy about someone knocking his drink over. Life is hard on the far right.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

SNL UK describing Ed Sheeran as "a passionate advocate of causes that are allowed" is such beautiful sly writing.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yeah nice try. Like I'm gonna click that link!

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Spent the afternoon obsessing on chains of films within films (eg. WALL-E watching Hello Dolly) The longest I've got is a chain of 4 of Last Action Hero > Last Boy Scout > Lethal Weapon > Looney Tunes Christmas. I feel there must be a longer and less alliterative chain.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Petrochemical billionaire bemoans lack of drilling in north sea. I'm shocked, I tells ya, shocked.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jim Ratcliffe really does have Temu Bond Villain vibes. Less hollowed out volcano and more disused mountain warehouse.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Presumably he comes with a weapon of choice.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Setting up a version of x-men set in the middle ages where the mutants are a left-handed man and a woman who can read.

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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026

The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just received an email entitled "100 days until Christmas" Time to start ringing round the aviarys for my true love's gifts, I guess.

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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: The villagers of Piddington to support Ed Sheeran on tour.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It appears to have no shops, no school, and a pop-up pub every Friday in the village hall. I can see this ending very well for them.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One of things I didn't expect in my job was that at least once a week I'd have to explain that Rod Hull and Roy Hudd are different people.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Liverpool vs Spurs is proving an enjoyable watch. It's always fun when both sides default tactics are panic and hope.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do it. School is about learning how to learn as much as learning itself. If all kids understand is how to put a prompt in AI it'll affect development, reasoning, creative thinking et al.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The indecisiveness of some of the Only Connect teams makes for the most frustrating television this side of a party political broadcast.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today I learned of a secret tunnel that used to exist in Leeds and I want to find out if it's still there.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Heritage open day today. Where I got to talk about City Varieties for several hours. Just like the good old days.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've just read As I lay Dying. Stream of consciousness writing really isn't my thing, but there were moments in brilliance in what I mostly felt was a horribly insufferable book. Also the audacity of having an entire chapter consist of "My mother is a fish" is something else.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Current spirit animal is the sloth and even they might be too energetic for me this morning.

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Yorkshire Fringe @yorkshirefringe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Information ahead of this evening's launch event

Venue Accessiblity
Leeds Conservatoire is a fully accessible building, with an elevator available to get to the rooftop bar.
You will need to take two separate elevators to get to the bar.

Parking
Parking can be found at Victoria Lewis Car Park, Lady Lane Street Parking, Edward Street Car Park and Templar Street Car Park, which are all within a 5minute walk of the venue

Bus
Leeds Bus Station is just opposite the venue

Train
Leeds Train Station is around a 15minute walk away from the venue

Venue Address
Leeds Conservatoire
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD
Photography
Professional Photography will be taken at the event. If you would not like to be in photos please speak to the tickets desk upon arrival.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Excellent snooker final. And the amount I've engaged with it proves I have now turned into my dad.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Managed to snap this at the Good Friday church service. Happy Easter one and all.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The sketches were stronger when they leaned into the Britishness and pushed beyond what the US show could get away with. I suspect they'll lean into that more as they find their rhythm.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

When I come to power if children are invited to a birthday party at 9.30 in the morning, the party food will be legally required to be brunch/ breakfast instead of sandwiches and jelly and ice cream.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."

Fern Brady wearing a camera helmet on Taskmaster and opening the task, which has a red wax seal, and reading the contents. She has a purple set of coveralls on as well, which is just fun.

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Very definition of "I'd sit this one out"

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I've just finished a relatively basic DIY task

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Stephen Brennan @actingsteve.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It's a lovely bit of work. I solved the first clue realised it didn't fit and then took a bit of an educated guess.

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