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darrenmwinter

@darrenmwinter.bsky.social
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Author of a pointless blog about the use of grammar and rhetoric in pop music. Honestly, it's even more riveting than it sounds: thelexiconofpop.com 🏳️‍⚧️ Nonbinary 🏳️‍🌈 Bi / Demi

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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The Only Language Geek in New Cross”: the genius of carter the unstoppable sex machine Let's hear it for the pleonasm, the periphrasis, and the puns.
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“The Only Language Geek in New Cross”: the genius of carter the unstoppable sex machine
Let's hear it for the pleonasm, the periphrasis, and the puns.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The lady who runs our local bookshop recognises me by sight *and* refers to me as “the Rocky Horror guy”. Feels like two life goals ticked off.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We've reached *that point* in our X-Files ruwatch.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cat: "yay, 3am!"
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Wow. Pakistan will be sending all the players and staff home after this performance! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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England v Pakistan Third Test, day two Edgbaston - highlights
Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Smith and Ollie Robinson all bat half-centuries on day two of the third Test for England, with rain the only respite for a Pakistan side trailing by 268.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"legacyquel" is a word we're doing now, is it? I ask merely for information.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Limited edition 4K Supergirl steelbook. Shiny. #Filmsky
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Okay. The first death in 'X' was - well, how about we call it 'unexpected' until we find a more terrifyingly fitting word. #Filmsky 📽️
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Two things I already love about 'X' - the wide shots, and Mia Goth's blue eyeshadow. #Filmsky 📽️
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
First observation - the accents are so thick I need subtitles. #Filmsky
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📽️Tonight Matthew, we'll be watching 'X' (dir. Ti West, 2022), because we fancied some ridiculous horror pap and it's been on our list for ages.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yesterday I spontaneously decided that "making a mountain out a molehill" wasn't fabulous enough so I invented the phrase "you can't make an episode of Drag Race out of a lipstick". No idea where it came from, but it's out in the world for all y'all to use now.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Reader, reader, why ya’ leaving?”: Run DMC and rhetorical questions Read on to learn more about how the Ancient Greeks called out dickheads.
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“Reader, reader, why ya’ leaving?”: Run DMC and rhetorical questions
Read on to learn more about how the Ancient Greeks called out dickheads.
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Tool my drag name from him - Adrienne Mole, Drag Librarian.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If they wanted "confidently wrong" wouldn't they just talk to the men in their lives?
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hey, Mikel, imagine if your side has actually tried to win the game instead of time wasting from the eighth minute onwards.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Star Wars is the only film that comes with a smell memory. I remember collecting all the trading cards that came out at the time. You got 5 cards and a stick of bubblegum. That smell of cheap bubblegum on the cardboard texture is what comes to mind. But then I also have synesthesia, so...
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I don't need a stupid AI coach, but I can't turn it off or even hide it. I just want to count steps and distance walked. I don't need a pedometer that wants to be my friend!
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I did not know that Predator motorcycle helmets were A Thing until the kid down the road who spends £200 a week on petrol so he can rev his bike outside the house for the whole livelong day bought one.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Can't wait! The sound design on this is something else, whether it's spooky tunnels under a trailer park or nightmare children's laughter. Amazing work, really love listening with headphones!
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Spurs spoiling the fun by not being even remotely Spursy today.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Sure Deodorant using Cole Palmer in their 'shilling for the world cup' advert.
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Nathan MacKinnon's Awkward Silence Moment
ALT: Nathan MacKinnon's Awkward Silence Moment
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Wonder how they regard Debussy and whether they have strong feelings about a disco beat.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Apparently so!
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Just been kayaking for the first time and I'm wetter than the front row of a Harry Styles gig.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is incredible. An album of your favourite scifi film and TV music, delivered as disco. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind And Other Disco Galactic Themes
Listen to Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind And Other Disco Galactic Themes on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers,...
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Agog to be the 1,571st Supporter 😈 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...
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Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu
Something ancient is stirring. The Lovecraft Investigations brings H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu into the modern world — a new season of cosmic horror from the hit independent audio fiction sho...
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The previous and current most expensive photographs in history: 1. Man Ray's "Le Violon D'Ingres" (1924), worth $12.4m 2. Southampton's "Will Salt" (2026), worth £200m
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I love her pink leopard print catsuit. That’s what I’m going to wear when I go to see Priscilla. #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Austria looking like a Soviet era X-Men rip-off. #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One of James Brown’s lesser known hits, “Chunky Drummer”.
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Touching tribute to Michael Hutchence from Romania #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
IT’S THE HIVES! #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Yeah I knew this #Eurovision guy reminded me of someone
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This Moldova one deserves to be a football chant. Somewhere mid though, maybe in the Netherlands second division. #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
France #Eurovision
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Fifth Element Diva Plavalaguna's Cosmic Performance
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
r/brandnewsentence
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
It’s days like this I really miss Scooch #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You’ll get something salty dressed like that babes #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Croatia about to pass into the Undying Lands #Eurovision
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Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) in Rings of Power
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If you haven’t already, PUT THE SUBTITLES ON #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Bulgaria doing their bit for 90s lip liner #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Czechia guy in his intro video wearing what can only be described as ‘slacks’ #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Malta performing their rejected theme tune for ‘Midnight Cowboy’ #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So are Americans, what’s his deal
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Serbia have only gone and resurrected Gwar! #Eurovision
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Oderus Gwar Clapping in Costume
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Is she one of the Neighbours ones? #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Greece has gone gabba! #Eurovision
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darrenmwinter @darrenmwinter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I’m going to put this out there and I’m going to stand by it. I absolutely love Victoria Swarovski’s dress and would happily wear it to put the bins out. #Eurovision
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