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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 13h

Please force all your cis friends to read this, get angry, and then get organised.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 21h

It’s honestly really triggering for me that once again, in the aftermath of people finding out a man who is a beloved public figure committed sex crimes in his past, the conversation has to immediately shift into how and when the guy can return to the status quo he was in

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maeve Harrigan is already the most nonsensical, ridiculous character on television so, sure, why not add in an incestuous vibe to her grandson interactions. It's not like her characterisation was ever on any rails to meaningfully ruin, anyway. #MobLand

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Isy Suttie really has been everything I'd hoped for when I first considered her as a contestant. #Taskmaster

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NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

YouTuber and MinnMax Host Jacob Geller accused of sexual abuse www.resetera.com/threads/16...

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spooky Season starts soon, so it's time to finally cross something off my list...

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A few from HOMOBLOC last night.

A pole dancer, whose stage is surrounded by several hundred ravers, does a full vertical split during Honey Dijon & Derrick Carter's B2B set. [Taken by my friend Katie.]

A member of the Flesh collective walks the runway adorned in an outfit with a giant lampshade over their head. [Taken by my friend Katie.]

Kim Petras performing on the main Depot stage. [Taken by me.]

Myself and Katie smiling arm in arm before we left. [Taken by a kind security guard.]

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Life is Strange: Wavelengths dusted off memories of my time working university radio and record stores, so I wrote about those and the DLC's affecting ability to zero in on lived-in slice-of-life details. calliepetch.com/2026/09/25/l...

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On the Air at KRCT

On the lived-in feelings conjured by Deck Nine’s superb Life is Strange: Wavelengths.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is one of the best pieces of pop music criticism to come along in a while. Essential reading.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In case you needed another reason to dislike Gavin Newsom, a truly loathsome man, and/or back anybody else in the 2028 Dem primaries.........

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Started watching SNL UK with the new season and I see that they've imported the US version's problem of the first 10 minutes (the topical cold open and the host monologue) always being something crap you gotta slog through to get to the actual good/interesting stuff. #SNLUK

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Call me Tom Haverford the way I've been staring at this video (and thinking about it almost non-stop) for four days. I love our culture.

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 21/09/2026

I'm sorry for being slow about everything. I'm sad and tired and alive in the year 2026.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So it seems like I'm going to be in the minority when it comes to loving Troye Sivan's songs this album cycle. (Also, I was premature with "She's the Best." THIS is the Music Video of the Year; calling it.) youtu.be/Yvl4QSAyWR4

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Troye Sivan - Party (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TroyeSivanVEVO

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#NowPlaying: "Remember the Humans" by Broken Social Scene. #MusicSky

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why pro wrestling is the only true artform.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This clip makes me so angry in multiple different ways.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My big takeaway from this special return of Drunk History confirmation that @marisha-ray.bsky.social would be a fucking amazing party hang. youtu.be/cMMZxU9yYD8

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Madonna Breaks Out at the VMAs (feat. Meghan Trainor) - Drunk History

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Waking up to a Widow's Bay sweep? Rhea Seahorn *finally* getting her Emmy? The Pitt winning Best Drama again? "Emmy Award winner Kate O'Flynn?!" Yeah, gonna be an alright day.

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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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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's only you I'm loyal to. [Metric, Broken Social Scene & Stars at Academy, Manchester on 13th September 2026.] #MusicSky

A photo of Metric performing at Manchester Academy last night.

A photo of Broken Social Scene performing at Manchester Academy last night.

A photo of Stars performing at Manchester Academy last night.

A photo of Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars all performing at Manchester Academy last night.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Now that I have a moment, EXCITING NEWS! I am a part of The Singles Jukebox as of this week!

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#NowWatching Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1] She is absolutely fucking right. 2] God, I aspire to be even a smidge as brave and principled and pissed off and cool as Lana and/or @lillywachowski.bsky.social.

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Then what the fuck was the pilot for?

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Folks, I fear that game design peaked with Outrun 2's Heart Attack mode and it's all just been downhill ever since.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Hey, this year's aespa album is really good so far! I think I could really get int-" *reaches the song that interpolates "Row Row Row Your Boat" as the chorus* "-so I'll just head out the same way I came in? Got it."

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I cannot think of a bigger existential middle-finger to the hundreds, if not thousands, of budding, significantly more talented (and pleasant as people) film critics/writers who struggle to get even a pitch rejection email than this. Actual "why the fuck do I even bother?" shit.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The monoculture is, by and large, dead. We're largely siloed. You're getting older and losing touch with friends. It takes real effort to get into or organise things now. You want to be 10 years-old again. I get that. But it cannot happen. You have to move on and find new things that excite you.

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