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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 27/09/2026

This is a line from a BBC article on this story. "Defensive" strikes is just pure propaganda and the official US government line, not a factual statement. It's exhausting to even attempt to complain about this.

A line from a BBC News article reading: "The base shares a long history with the American military, and has recently be used by US warplanes as a staging post for defensive strikes on Iran."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 24/09/2026

Since this is going around thought I'd do mine although this is extremely spur of the moment and in no particular order. Also Theme Hospital is probably No. 10.

My Top 9 Games: Half-Life 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Dishonored 2, L.A. Noire, Death Stranding, The Curse of Monkey Island, The Sims, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 12/08/2026

I don't remember seeing this picture from 2017 during the infamous incident when Donald Trump looked directly at the eclipse without eye protection, but this picture from later on makes it look like he, Melania and Baron are about to be abducted by aliens.

Melania, Donald and Baron Trump look at the solar eclipse, 21 August 2017.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 21/06/2026

This is genuinely quite scary tbh. This absolutely is going to lead to excess deaths. Reminder the previous all-time high June temperature in the UK is 35.6c, set in 1976.

Weather forecast from the Met Office for the coming week, predicting temperatures to reach 40c on Wednesday.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 12/06/2026

This is my favourite David Hockney painting, in part because it's the one my parents had a print of in our house growing up. The way Mr Clark's feet disappear into the rug, the separation between the two of them, the way the cat (real name Blanche) is looking out of the window. #DavidHockney

Image of "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy" painting by David Hockney.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 14/05/2026

Quite. (It was like this when I went to his article.)

A screengrab of James Murray's Wikipedia page which has been vandalized to include the line "Murray is known for his extraordinarily large forehead."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 16/04/2026

Starmer's position is surely completely untenable. This is just ridiculous.

Screenshot of a tweet announcing "Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting for US Ambassador."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 05/04/2026

He's done it. On Easter Sunday, his flat out most deranged tweet yet. Praise be to Allah indeed.

Truth Social message from President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Reads as follows: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, your crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 01/04/2026

Successful launch of Artemis II! Integrity and crew is on the way around the Moon!

Photograph of the launch of Artemis II rocket.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 12/03/2026

Congratulations to m'colleague and friend @andyjohnson.xyz on the launch of his book "Manic Street Preachers Song by Song", covering their entire discography! A very informative launch yesterday at Curio Books in Oxford.

Image of the cover of "Manic Street Preachers Song by Song" by Andy Johnson.

Wide angle of Curio Books with Andy (right) and event host Nick (centre), and the book on the table (left).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 11/03/2026

How's it going Peter? Dignity still intact is it? This from an email he sent after his sacking as Ambassador.

Text from an email Peter Mandelson sent to Mark Power at FCDO on 17th September 2025. Excerpt reads; "My chief concern is leaving the US and arriving in the UK with the maximum dignity and minimum media intrusion which I think is to the advantage of all concerned, not least because I remain a crown/civil servant and expect to be treated as such. How is the FCDO assisting in this?"

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 03/03/2026

According to Electoral Calculus this would result in a Hung Parliament with a Reform/Tory coalition still on the cards. But I imagine a few points in either direction could create a really different result.

Screenshot from Electoral Calculus of estimated seat numbers based on the recent YouGov poll putting the Green Party in second place.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 05/02/2026

This was very funny, because the judge technically has to say this (because the case is whether or not the defendents broke the law, not whether they were justified to do so), but the jury overruled him anyway.

Snippet from an article about the Palestine Action trial.

"During the trial, a juror asked whether they were allowed to acquit because the defendents genuinely believed that they were destroying weapons to prevent their use in genocide.

The judge's response was "no."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 31/01/2026

Multiple showings of that god awful Melania documentary are on at my local cinema but every showing is sold out, including one at 2am in the morning. Nothing suspicious about that!

Screenshot showing two supposedly "sold out" showings of Melania (2026).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 10/01/2026

Happy 99th Birthday to Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927); a landmark and masterpiece of science fiction cinema.

French theatrical release poster for Metropolis (1927) designed by Boris Bilinsky.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 07/12/2025

This picture is so delightfully weird, just everything about it is bizarre. From Sylvester Stallone to Gloria Gaynor, from Michael Crawford to KISS, to the massive "FIFA Peace Prize" award dwarfing the literal World Cup.

Photograph of Donald Trump and various celebrities in the Oval Office at the White House.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 03/12/2025

Normally this would be a lot older I think, but I listened to a lot of the soundtrack to The Brutalist (2024).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 30/11/2025

The Graun don't have any leg to stand on, but I can understand the caption writer having some fun here.

Screenshot from The Guardian of an image of the Your Party conference with the caption "Jeremy Corbyn (C) announces the official name of Your Party has 'Your Party' during the Your Party conference in Liverpool. Photograph: Adam Vaughn/EPA"

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 10/11/2025

Never seen this before; not a single upvote on the latest Fallout 4 update (announcing the Anniversary Edition is available) and over 500 comments. Given the Starfield debacle it's incredible Bethesda thinks they can behave like this.

Screenshot showing zero upvotes for the latest Fallout 4 update on Steam and 535 comments on the story.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 04/10/2025

This is Marlborough High Street in the present day, from the same angle as the 1910 picture above. Why did we do this?!

Marlborough High Street in the present day, with cars dominating the picture.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 04/10/2025

One of my more small-c conservative views is that we need to ban cars completely from most town centres in the UK. Nearby me, both Wantage and Marlborough have beautiful historic centres which are absolutely ruined by having car parks slap in the centre of them.

Wantage Market Square at the turn of the 20th Century. This space is now dominated by cars.

Marlborough High Street in 1910. This space is now dominated by cars.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 12/09/2025

Happy 50th Anniversary to one of Pink Floyd's best albums, and one of the best prog rock albums of all-time. #WishYouWereHere

Album cover of Wish You Were Here (1975)

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 15/08/2025

#FirstFiveSteamPurchases i-Fluid is good! Sadly no longer available on Steam. I also played so much Audiosurf at university.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 31/07/2025

Presented without comment.

A screenshot of a tweet from The Economist: "Vladimir Lenin died #OneThisDay 1924. He dismissed our newspaper as "a journal which speaks for British millionaires."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 11/07/2025

This is probably my favourite version of the "When you ride TESLA you ride with Hitler!" poster, because it's basically the same as the original just with a few words substituted.

Poster bearing the legend "When you ride TESLA you ride with Hitler! Join Public Transportation TODAY!"

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 23/06/2025

The New York Times is doing a Reader's Choice for the Top 100 Films of the 21st Century (so far). Here's my current top choices. You can vote here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My Top 10 for the New York Times' "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century". In no order: Donnie Darko (2001), The Zone of Interest (2023), Call Me by Your Name (2017), The Lighthouse (2019), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), United 93 (2006), Society of the Snow (2023), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), There Will Be Blood (2007).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 17/04/2025

I got excited for a moment there.

A cropped tweet from Axios saying "NEW: Trump ordered staffers to kill Elon Musk". This is deliberately cropped to hide the rest of the tweet.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 23/03/2025

Another successful voyage to the best little record shop in Oxfordshire, Play It Again in Wantage. All of these records for only £20!

A collection of five albums: Early Morning Onwards (1972) by Barclay James Harvest, Close to the Edge (1972) by Yes, Greatest Hits (1970) by Phil Ochs, Now & Then (1973) by Carpenters and Invisible Touch (1986) by Genesis.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 27/02/2025

Hitherto unknown levels of sycophancy.

Quote from The Guardian: "In an opening gambit, Starmer produced a letter from King Charles inviting Trump to visit the UK. "It's an invitation for a second state visit, this is really special, this has never happened before, this is unprecedented," Starmer said. "He's a really great gentleman," Trump mused.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 26/02/2025

In 2018 at least we had the gorilla channel, in 2025 we sadly have nothing to laugh about.

The text of pixelatedboat's "gorilla channel" tweet.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 24/02/2025

These three paragraphs are just gold; honestly credit to District Judge Ikram.

Quote from The Guardian:

"He was then heard saying: "You won't threaten your MP again will you, fucking soft lad."

The sentence was met with apparent shock in the courtroom, Richard Derby, representing Amesbury, asked the judge: "Is that an immediate sentence?" The judge nodded, replied "yes" and left the courtroom.

Derby then requested the judge come back into court as he wished to make an application for bail for Amesbury, pending an appeal against his sentence. Ikram returned to court, sat down, paused briefly and said; "Application refused."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 23/02/2025

The division of Germany still lingers. Former West Germany being won by CDU/CSU, former East Germany by AfD, West Berlin by CDU and East Berlin by Die Linke.

Results so far of the 2025 German Federal Election, showing former West Germany being won predominantly by the CDU/CSU, former East Germany being won by AfD, West Berlin being won by the CDU/CSU and East Berlin being won by Die Linke.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 21/02/2025

Both of these inherently contradictory articles were on the front page of The Gruan today. 🙃

Headline from The Guardian: UK hiring on the rise as confidence lifts, research suggests

Headline from The Guardian: UK firms slash jobs as stagflation fears grow - business live

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 31/01/2025

I don't know if I'm prepared but this will undoubtedly be the longest film I've ever seen in cinemas (14 mins longer than The Return of the King (2003)).

Chalk drawing advertising The Brutalist (2024).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 27/01/2025

This is so hilarious; it's just Tulip mania all over again.

Screenshot from The Guardian showing the large drop in stock price on the NASDAQ Composite on Monday 27th January.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 27/01/2025

"Don't come whining to me about market forces. And don't expect me to punish citizens for showing a little initiative. If you don't like what China is doing, well, I suggest you find a way to offer a better product."

Concept art sketch of Andrew Ryan, the Randian capitalist leader of Rapture in BioShock (2007).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 26/01/2025

I think this is from a Times or Telegraph interview with Rachel Reeves but it is positively deranged. She just straight up admits she doesn't care about the environment because all she cares about is "growth".

Screenshot from Rachel Reeves interview where she is asked; "Bats or great crested newts?" Her answer: "Neither because I want growth."

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 06/11/2024

DH Lawrence wrote this in 1928 and it's still just as true in the 2020s as it was in 1920s.

Quotation from Lady Chatterly's Lover by DH Lawrence.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 31/10/2024

Take 2 (I watched the same last Halloween), but this time the Extended (US) Cut.

Hand drawn poster for The Shining (1980).

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 26/09/2024

It does feel quite slow but maybe Bsky is gradually supplanting Twitter (or whatever Muskrat calls it). I still like Mastodon but I just always forget it exists.

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #609,118, Gareth ‪@gbrading.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 18, 2023"

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 11/11/2023

All five of these records for £20 from Play It Again in Wantage. The best little record shop I know.

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Gareth @gareth.entertainium.co · 18/10/2023

Today is the 60th anniversary of Félicette, who became the first and to this day only cat in space on this day in 1963. Félicette survived the trip, but was euthanized a few weeks later. #VivelaFélicette

Photograph of Felicette, the first cat in space.

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