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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17h

The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026

DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.

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Chris Webb @chrisporkerwebb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So, Mr T, what's your ideal holiday?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“I am deeply worried about the idea that venues should pre-approve content with performers” reads Ed Sheeran from a teleprompter.

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Spinky’s Mama @spinkysmama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

TIL what happened to Simon from Trevor and Simon, and it’s rather lovely. He manages Medicinema at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which brings the latest films to inpatients and their families.

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Simon’s story: video about the healing power of film

Simon Hickson manages the CW+ MediCinema at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. In this video, he explains the power of film on patient wellbeing.

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Ken Armstrong @kenarmstrong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In case you're not aware and live within five miles of Castlebar... maybe ten.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My son has a play on at the King's Arms in Salford next month - 6/7/8. You can buy tickets on this link: linktr.ee/cormackeating And if you see me, say hello. I'll be the grey-haired woman sobbing with pride. Thank you 🙏

Slade productions presents Void. Written by Cormac Keating. Directed by Elianne Hawley. Image shows the word Void in red on a peach-coloured background. The O is replaced by the blurred image of a head with dark hair in a high bun. Above and below that head are duplicate images of a head with short dark hair.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Don’t use pronouns for AI. It is not a person nor ever will. Sam Altman isn’t making the god computer of his wet dream nightmares. They’ve made a shitty tool built on theft thats destroying the planet & is meant to lower human critical thinking while given military weapons by rich idiots.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 16/07/2025

chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group 1) you are the audience, giving it prompts 2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt 3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And 4) it has the factual accuracy of improv 5) it does not understand comedy

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I simply don’t grasp the desire to compromise one iota with people like this. They have no desire to compromise with us, or with their clueless enablers and fellow travellers. They will not be merciful or understanding if they win. Every inch we give is a victory for them. Enough already, now.

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‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary

Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why are Gen Z more anxious and less workplace ready? It’s a mystery.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I started using AI to generate my images, it would remove the thing that I like doing, which is the act of drawing, and make my work look like every other AI "artist's work", so my work would no longer stand out, and it would alienate my existing fans, so that's out. But what else?

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I could use it to brainstorm? No, I really don't think it would make that process any better. It doesn't know my personality, my thoughts, my sense of humor. I don't know what it would bring there that I can't get from going for a walk or reading or talking to a friend. None of it would be mine.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There’s a nice tradition in the UK, when a statue has been standing for 100 years it’s allowed to sit down.

Photo of a seated statue on Exeter Cathedral green.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Tom Clarke @deworde.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The story I heard was of a lecturer talking about this who at the start introduced the class to his favourite pencil, "Penny", a gift from his daughter. Throughout the lecture, he'd every so often note something down and say "thanks, Penny". At the end, he snapped the pencil in half.

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kalen whose twitter pic is 15 yrs old @kalenski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That is stunning. Thank you.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

the quilt made of ribbons is now ten million times more beautiful

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𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕨 @phosphorglow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

i will never not share this whenever it comes back into my life

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In a more civilized age, the fact that actors refused to be in your racist movie might have forced some introspection, but now, thanks to AI, you can just do digital blackface.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The progression of certain thinkers from denying the validity of trans people to denying the validity of disabilities is a nice illustration of the way in which transphobic habits of mind can quickly evolve into a kind of acquired sociopathy.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

me: I just want to drink coffee and look out of my office window cat: no

Felix the polydactyl cat and self appointed union leader of the crew, performing political protest at the poor quality of breakfast service the last few days

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Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 06/09/2026

but then AI came along

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So, don't share your darkest fears like a mantra. They disempower and deflate others AND you! The nihilism of presenting him as inevitable IS their strategy. I know we can beat Farage, because we ARE beatING him. His numbers are shrinking. Now is the time for shoulders to the wheel - not apathy. 3/3

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I love this Auden quote I haven't read before: "All good drama has two movements, first the making of the mistake, then the discovery that it was a mistake."

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Boyle: “It doesn’t really matter what I think about AI. It matters what 20-year-olds think about it. Is the honest truth." Well Danny, my teenagers think it fucking sucks and they want nothing to do with it or anything made with it

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Style Council are better than The Jam.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More seriously, I do think it’s unappreciated how far Reform are not just an even more racist and corrupt version of the two main parties, but a force specifically aiming to overthrow what passes for our liberal democracy

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and babies

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Been told to stick with the Bayeux Tapestry, as it gets good about four yards in.

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Screenwriters and other interested parties! If you've seen TONY, I highly recommend reading the original screenplay. It differs hugely, and it's super-interesting (and reassuring?) to see how a spec script can evolve en route to becoming the final film. www.scriptslug.com/script/tony-... #scriptsky

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Tony (2026)

Tony (2026) movie screenplay by Lou Howe, Todd Bartels, Matthew Miller, and Matt Johnson. Download and read the full script PDF. A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain arrives in Provincetown and discovers th...

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have to say, if I was in charge of a regulatory body, and someone had been caught on camera calling us "completely useless... dumb and ineffective" while boasting about breaking the rules we're meant to enforce, I would be doing everything I could to make that fucker rue the day he said it.

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hive mind! I’m on the lookout for people who have moved to Manchester from London and bought a house, for a piece on the market here. If you’ve done that and fancy a chat about your experience (where you bought, why, how it compares to London etc) please do shout me

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is much better than the Channel 4 coverage btw as its from the person who did the investigation (full kudos to C4 broadcasting and checking it, wouldn’t have the attention it needed without) m.youtube.com/watch?v=RugP...

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My Year Undercover in Reform UK

YouTube video by Verbatim Investigations

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New slogan for AI: THIS MACHINE THRILLS FASCISTS.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Due to the unique way the BBC is funded by you we can have a man stand in the sea wearing a shirt harassing desperate people fleeing Afghanistan

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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Cassandra Wilson really was one of the greatest ever to do it. Her covers inspired me so much as a singer - check out her versions of Harvest Moon, Time After Time and Fragile (albums: New Moon Daughter and Glamoured). And her original A Little Warm Death. All just sublime. RIP an absolute queen.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

An actor has pulled out of a play because he did not want to star alongside Maureen Lipman and THIS was her response. She hasn't thought this through...at all. Oh no, he's going to be doomed to working with Oscar winners who are nice? Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

And if he doesn't grow up, then he's going to limit himself to working with just Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem for the rest of his career
DAME MAUREEN LIPMAN

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

love to see it

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

David Lynch: "Intuition is thought and feeling together. The language of film is so perfect for this intuiting, it’s just beautiful. You have what they call an ‘inner-knowing’. Right after seeing a film, you realize you know more than you can speak.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin...

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