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Gareth Negus

@garethnegus.bsky.social
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I manage the Electric Picture House Cinema in Wotton-under-Edge, and book the films for Arc, Stockton-on-Tees.

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fulana de tal @soulamami.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How is this not a monopoly?!? There used to be laws to prevent this
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did you know Bristol has a secret IMAX screen? And this month (22-24 October), you'll be able to watch the likes of Deep Red, Blood and Black Lace and Stagefright on it? www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
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Slapstick Festival @slapstickfest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join the Slapstick Festival team! We are looking for an organised, experienced Senior Operations Manager based at our Bristol office three days a week to play a key role in delivering our annual Festival and year-round events - full job description and how to apply via the link in bio.
The Slapstick Festival 2026 team and volunteers ‘Work with Slapstick Festival’
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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎬The 10th edition of Cinema Rediscovered dedicated to the revival of great films on the big screen was our busiest to date! Over 6000 tickets across 73 events and screenings, including 18 UK premieres and one World Premiere, with 83 guest speakers. Read the full festival report via the link in bio.
A lively crowd chats at a cinema festival reception, with a smiling woman in the foreground; bold text reads “10 Cinema Rediscovered Festival Report.”
Event worker in a burgundy shirt with an Elaine May quote and elephant graphic stands beside colorful ticket-shaped stats: 73 events, 18 UK premieres, 6K+ tickets, 28% first-timers.
A decorated cinnamon cake sits among event food displays, beside green speech bubbles listing 83 guest speakers, 15 co-curators, 134 delegates and 30+ tour venues.
An audience faces a cinema screen displaying sponsor logos; an orange banner reads, “A huge thanks for your support and to our sponsors and partners. Full report in bio.”
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Mark Frost @markfrost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Take a moment to read this, and you will not regret it.
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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 29/09/2026
Oh get ABSOLUTELY fucked. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
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BBC Boss Says He Watched a ‘Pretty Good’ AI-Generated Episode of ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Everyone’s a Creator, Not All the Creativity Is Bad’
BBC boss Matt Brittin says he watched an episode of 'Doctor Who' entirely generated by AI which he deemed 'pretty good.'
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
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Jonathan Melville @jonmelville.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today would’ve been Jim Henson’s 90th birthday, we lost him far too soon, but what a legacy. I wanted to celebrate him and those who worked with him in my book of interviews, Rainbow Connections. I have copies in the house if anyone wants one signed… ko-fi.com/s/dc4389b02c
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...
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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.
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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Simple Rusticke Villeins of Piddington, Oxfordshire, are about to partake in a Greyte Finding Outte.
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Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend
As villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’
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Film In Dublin @filmindublin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Image of the band Sing Street. Caption reads Sing Street have dropped out of Ed Sheeran's TourImage of the soul band from The Commitments. Caption reads The Commitments have dropped out of Ed Sheeran's TourImage of supernatural figure from film All You Need Is Death. Caption reads "The supernatural forces haunting the cursed folk song from All You Need Is Death have dropped out of Ed Sheeran's Tour"
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
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Sandy Nelson @buckeejit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran has pulled out of his tour, triggering a by-election
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The line-up for The Big Scream 2026 is almost locked! Here's a reminder of last year's horror festival when we celebrated all things Ozploitation. Expect greater levels of blood, gore and nudity... but less Harold Bishop. www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent
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‘The eye-gouging was very, very satisfying’: how we made cave horror classic The Descent
‘The child crawler whose head I crush with my boot was only 11, bless him. It was actually me stamping on a cauliflower’
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Ash (new non-binary flavor!) @seatopian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They're finally gonna fuck, let's gooooooo
A screenshot of a post that says Kristina Sexton will serve as the intimacy coordinator on Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. The previous Monsterverze films did not utilize an intimacy coordinator.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This weekend is National Cinema Weekend where you can see any film for just £4 at participating cinemas (absolutely loads are taking part, use the tool to search for your nearest one) You can go and see as many films as you like during the weekend - go and see all the ones you've wanted to see!
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National Cinema Weekend: £4 Cinema Tickets, 5–6 September
5–6 September 2026: for one weekend only, cinema tickets are just £4 at participating UK cinemas — any format, any seat, any film. So who will you take?
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Something Pete Milan This Way Comes @petemilan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I know we're doing a whole alt-history thing in the replies, but I feel like not enough people know this is a real movie that is still unavailable for no damn reason at all.
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Lost Bill Murray Movie Leaked on YouTube (Video)
MGM never released the 1984 sci-fi film "Nothing Lasts Forever," which also featured Dan Aykroyd.
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Gareth Negus @garethnegus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Amazing thing I just learned.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The media will never “learn” because it has no interest in learning - it is doing what it is meant to do. Don’t consider that what was done to Jason Arday will lead to “lessons being learned” - it is not what the model exists for
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Gareth Negus @garethnegus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is she impossible to edit for some reason? I asked myself. Turns out it's a different kind of "TV editor".
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Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay · 22/08/2026
Everyone on here is filled with a fresh batch or loathing for JK Rowling, so it seems like a good time to bring up that a shockingly large number of leaders within the AI world know each other because they were all part of a niche fandom that centered around a pretentious Harry Potter fanfic.
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Wikipedia
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
What gatekeepers are preventing ANYONE from getting a pencil and paper
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
As someone directly affected by the Marvel world's carnivorous assault on quality filmmaking and grown-up storytelling and deeply contempuous of any tale involving a superhero, I must confess that today I am given at least a moment's pause to reconsider.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I wrote this piece about my my own attempt to process how & why this story has affected me so much and what it says about the state not just of our media but our entire information ecosystem. But it's also just the tip of the iceberg. 2/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/08/2026
A scathing thread about @nathancofnas.bsky.social's intellectual deficiencies started four months ago by Pieter Beck, a history of science senior postdoc @ Ghent University, 'Cofnas has been called an unoriginal thinker before.'
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thank goodness for real citizen journalists doing the work so many professionals failed to do
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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No, Joanne did not share a "supportive message" for trans adults. She dressed transphobia up in passive medical-speak because this week it became very apparent to her she's in bed with racists and with an £800m starting cost project on the horizon desperately needs some good headlines right now
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
POLITICIANS: The Member for Stroud has upped the ante. Your move.
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SIMON OPHER MP: Why saving Stroud Lido matters far beyond the swimming pool | Stroud Times
The reopening of Stratford Park Lido has been welcomed as a victory not only for health, community and the environment, but also as an important reminder of what can be achieved when people come toget...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is a cracking piece by the estimable @drdeanburnett.bsky.social - do #follow him for the best commentary on such things.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if need be, when I deserve it, because no one knows or cares about me more.” … “With all my heart, Natalie”
Dear Mr. President,
I'm sorry. I thought I was the only one left behind last night, and had no idea Margo's car was also pulled over, and sent back to the Airport. Since I was alone in the van outside Customs without my passport, I panicked, and should have just called Secret Service instead of you. I also am sorry if I was an embarrassment walking the course in Scotland. The first day I was told there were no carts, and people walked, which is why I walked. The second day, 1 was specifically asked by, I forget who his name was, but one of the main people who worked there, if I could continue walking, and tell any other girls who would head out there to do the same to spare the Course any more Carts. If there is anything else I have done to cause you trouble, please forgive me. I know that some people have said I haven't been texting them back, and there have been some International cell issues (John was having technical issues on the Plane too, so asked me to help him out).
I want things to always be right between us. I also know I've been distracted all week (forgetting to eat throughout the days, and even forgetting to sleep, and only catching a couple hours at a time). I haven't been myself, dwelling on the Past, and the pain of losing my Dad, and I started letting the remarks of people who haven't bothered me before, get to me-not because I care what others think, but because I see myself being lowered in your eyes and good opinion. That is the fear you see, because 1 never want to bring you anything but joy. I'm sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to me. I don't want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life-That's what I wanted to use this card for, when you saw me at the Cash Register, and once again did what you didn't have to do, and gifted me with Mementos of this Trip of a Lifetime, a Coming of Age. I will return a better person. I have to sign off now, as the cars are leaving.
See you soon.
With all my …Dear Mr. President,
Now this is the Note I wanted to write (But the apology needed to come first.)
I have learned so much about myself on this Trip-I always knew coming home to my roots would be enlightening, but I had no idea how much. For the first time, in I don't know how long, you forced me to "unplug." We could be out on the Course, with no machines, and even forget what time it was! I didn't have to be "Human Printer." I could take time to enjoy good conversation, and still get all my work done at the end of the day. In fact, I even had time to take long morning and evening walks to enjoy each Sunrise and Sunset (though I did forget to eat and sleep!). With so much thinking time, I confess it did have a slightly negative effect at times, that I know you picked up on, but the end result, I believe, will be worth it. I had no idea how rapidly I was approaching burnout, and starting to envy those whose only "job" seems to be to talk with you, and look pretty. I want that job!! So many times, I'm just trying to stay afloat with all that's coming in for you, I look like a hunchback who didn't have time to freshen up (at least you know what I should look like)! Plus, I miss the days when you used to call, during my Talkshow days, and we'd talk about everything and nothing. I want to get back to that synergy. We shouldn't have to talk about work all the time!! I've always felt like an in-betweener, somewhere between Staff and those you enjoy talking to on the Plane or at Dinner, because that's who I used to be to you when I was a "Talkshow Host" (as much as I hated that actual job!). I wish I could hear every conversation, because that's when you're having a good time, getting away from it all, at least for a few moments.
But after going through all this self-analysis, my conclusion? I need to reunite my past self with my current into a better version who will make you proud. And please, when I fail, will you tell me? You have the absolute right to cuss me out, if n…
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here is part 2 www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... Which allows me to add 4. The feelings of anti trans activists and people who support sexual abusers in power were considered more important than the victims of their bullying and abuse
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To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince
Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here is a podcast about our worries over the framing of Great ADHD Myth? There will also be a follow up in the next 24 hours @cosmicshambles.com
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Gareth Negus @garethnegus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My experience has not been as rough as @aptshadow.bsky.social's, but I recognise some of this. I'm sure there are many, many parents whose children have been diagnosed ND and found themselves thinking 'but he's so much like me... oh, fuck.'
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Post your most terrible Guardian takes. I’m going with this one. Look at the date on it. Just look at that DATE.
In a time of crisis, the magic of Pharrell's Happy is needed more than ever
Ben Beaumont-Thomas - pictured a 30 something white man with big ears and a short ginger beard 

Happy has been named the most played song on British radio in the 2010s - and its infectious positivity makes it strangely appropriate for the coronavirus crisis
The best arts and entertainment during self-isolation
Wed 15 Apr 2020 11.25 CEST
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This Guardian’s leader sets out the public interest for why & how it covered this story. But up until the point that Cambridge reversed its decision on its own inquiry (& effectively threw Jason Arday to the mob), it fails the public interest test on the grounds that itself states. 1/
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Saying academia can't accommodate the neuroatypical is about as correct as saying you have to be heterosexual to work in the performing arts.
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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Farage and Jenrick’s latest attack on a minority - aiming at autistic and disabled people - is grotesque. A pair of rich & privileged men attacking some of society's poorest and most marginalised people to divert attention from financial sleaze My @theipaper.com column inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Farage and his sidekick Jenrick's latest attack on the most vulnerable is grotesque
Ian Birrell: They want to open a fresh front line in the culture wars
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Thousands of X accounts are using Grok to create child sexual abuse material. Here is another article about Bluesky’s intellectual diversity problem.
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