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Productive Outs @productiveouts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are deeply saddened to report we had nothing to do with this. We’d ask that you kindly respect our privacy at this difficult time.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Him doing what I thought Acaster was gonna do threw me for a loop

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watched three whole seasons because I was assured it ‘got good‘. When?

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great hook to post my all time most hated take: Breaking Bad was absolutely crap.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here we, here we, here we flippin’ go! ‘If you’re gonna have the review system, Dan; get it right, ooo-kay?’

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I think the casting, writing and directing choices between books and tv show are fascinating. Taverner isn’t the only character with more nuance and internality for me. Absolutely the case with River but also Roddy too - even with the internal monologue Chris Chung makes him more vulnerable IMO.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Add the decline of people saying ‘excuse me’ to indicate they’d like to pass you. Just kind of elbowing you away or, worse, walking in your personal space and performative huffing so you move is what we do now apparently. Absolutely endemic and it’s all ages, not just teens. Just be polite!

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Lots of good here but, honestly, it’s Caramacs for me.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Very sad news all round about Andy Williams death. Every tribute paints him as a mensch. But I did see an exchange with someone about how much he loved Bruford/Whetton era King Crimson and like - yeah, of course he did… That’s why I love ETID so much. Thanks for the music, Andy.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Like, lads you are signing one of the best wingers in the world; a guy who was a consensus star at the World Cup. Can you just be happy for one single day? I’d love to say it’s different as a fan of a non-league club, but Carlisle fans are equally as guilty of this. Anyway, I hate it.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Following the transfer window liveblog on BBC Sport and there are Liverpool fans whining about signing Barcola. There’s something deeply weird about modern football culture. Feel like it’s an interesting cipher of wider grievance culture. Which itself feels like a @stephenkb.bsky.social column!

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 26/08/2026

honestly I think literally all gigs should do this, sincerely don't understand what people believe they're achieving by not meaningfully watching a gig and instead filming a video they will obviously never watch again, hateful behaviour, get rid

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hadn’t thought of that but it’s a very fair point - they are good though! As is Marmoush tbh, and Reijnders - both wrong club, wrong time… Hernandez and Savinho? Sheesh.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Literally begging teams to stop overpaying for Man City’s dregs. Can’t whinge about them signing Guehi and Semenyo one window then pay £75m for Savinho or Nico Hernandez the next one. Absolutely bananas.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

‘I hear you singing in the wires’ Straight up the greatest line of any song ever written IMO.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fishes made me want to kick a rock, then the next episode, Forks, might be the best episode of TV ever made. Absolutely weird show.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Best illustration of this in my view is Tom Burke. Steals every movie he is in. The best British actor of his generation in my view. His highest profile role is a TV detective. It’s a really tough industry.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A historically bad baseball exec. Either oversaw a string of appalling drafts or mismanaged the strategy of a generational core - or a bit of both. Have been saying for years he’s a fraud. Not happy to be vindicated as the O’s are a great club and that was a brilliant group.

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Red Sox are the first team in MLB history to enter a calendar month 10+ games under .500 and leave said month 7+ games over .500 Only 2 previous teams had even entered 10+ under and exited TWO over: 2019 SF July & 1996 BOS Aug h/t @EliasSports

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

That’s absolutely sent me

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scott pianowski @pianow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In the movie Moneyball, they create stakes that don't really exist. They make it sound like the world was after Billy Beane's head. The world really was after Craig Breslow's head. And then this funny, inexplicable thing happened.

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Dread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

All right guys, I would love your assistance. I've posted a 10-minute video recapping the extent to which Jeff Pearlman's Ruben Rivera video plagiarizes the visuals from my own video on him from 2021. There are 23 instances in which his editor lifted from me, and you can see them all in this.

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Jeff Pearlman's Ruben Rivera video sure is familiar...

YouTube video by Velodus

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yeah, what Michael said basically… bsky.app/profile/zona...

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In short it felt more like total head loss from the players on the pitch, and an inability to shake a conservative mentality that’s plagued this whole generation. Tuchel’s decisions compounded rather than confounded it but the blame game felt hysterical with a night to cool off.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Even so, he can’t legislate for the players leaving a guy known for long range goals unmarked at a corner and no one closing down the greatest player of all time in a prime crossing position… the latter somewhat a product of ill luck as Spence was obviously hurt my a benign challenge.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think Tuchel’s subs made them worse, but were probably born of logic: ‘Shit, they’ve gone into their shell - better just flood the box with big lads and cling on’ But that resulted in no outlet, no ball pressure and no retention skills at all. The play backfired.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Slept on the England outcome and think the knee jerk criticism of Tuchel was overdone… This is now the fourth major tournament semi or final in this pattern - this approach is learned behaviour with these players.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hart and Rooney have been excellent all World Cup, and they bring the best out of Richards away from his ‘banter’ pals too.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’ve watched every game they’ve played and they are flat bad! I mean fair play to them for getting through on the genius of one aging man and the drive of some cloggers… But is absolutely crackers, this.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Booting everyone and standing about. Very good ‘tactics’. Just horrible anti football. Will never be laudable. Win by playing like you did for the last half an hour.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Aye okay. First half disgrace was ‘tactics’? Going behind and deciding to play football only then? Tactics? Cool. Deserved win but given to them.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Obviously ends with this feckless, knobhead ref blowing up for a non free kick after giving piss all in the first half. Sums it up tbh.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

England get what they deserved I’m afraid. And yet Argentina deserve nothing for that disgraceful first half.

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

No, Micah, it has not been great to watch. It's been pretty much entirely spoiled by a team having the greatest player of all time and yet electing to play like a bunch of moustache twirling villains.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Good of this World Cup to remind us that VAR stinks. Just as we’d sort of got used to it/it worked okay, we get clear fouls overturned seemingly on a whim or just not given. Spence last night, Kane v DR Congo. Bullshit roulette.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Absolutely ruined my morning that Harry

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Big Gianni making his rounds pre-match carrying a wodge of Lio dollars like a modern day Vidella.

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Also, this Argentina team is really ordinary and carried by the demi-god isn’t it? #ARGEGY

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just funny at this point tbh #ARGEGY

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Tbh that one was fair enough but generally - yep!

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Which is actually a Caffe Nero. And I can see your Evri fleece from here, Stephen.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Both the Minutemen’s “Double Nickels on the Dime” and Hüsker Dü’s “Zen Arcade” were released this week in 1984.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Mike Watt, based on the “Double Nickels” album cover

Colored-pencil card drawing of Hüsker Dü

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

No disagreement on that point tbf. But does suggest the rules are totally absurd. Citeh and Chelsea fuelling it by flogging overpriced lads to dupes in the Champ and Germany. Borderline child trafficking ffs

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John @epouvantail.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Also apparently fine for a bottom end PL team to spend £500m now but for CL qualifiers (Villa) the rules still mean you are effectively broke. Just absolutely fucking mental.

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