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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just got to hope that we do an Iarola and Glasner at Bournemouth/Crystal Palace where it just clicks after “bad” starts and we just push on and move up the table. Aside from Brentford we played well in every match for large periods but just can’t seem to catch a break at the moment.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Lizard, Cornwall. September 2026 Been hanging around too many geologists! First time using my Nikon (and tripod!) in a while. #cornwall #thelizard #geology #nikon #nikonz6ⅲ

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bergvall has been very good tonight. Encouraging

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just the 36 points sat on my bench 😬

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Got a last minute Johnson/Tarkowski winner all over this.

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

£3.46 billion spent in the Premier League transfer window this summer. All at the cost of rising ticket prices and subscriptions, games being moved for tv, against a backdrop of a toxic social media circus revelling in the abuse of players and all normalised by punditry and shite like talksport.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

See there’s been a massive uptake today in grifting from the outrage merchants regarding Spurs. Very good transfer window but word of Tosin and Murdyk and the pitchforks are out and the world is ending.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Off up to WHL. Let’s hope this season is miles better than the last couple Hard game to call today. Newcastle looked well organised and good on the break last weekend if defensively frail. Think it’s going to take a good while for us to gel. But have to be optimistic right? Savio & Marmoush impact?

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Only just got round to watching Those Old Scientists. It’s every bit as thrilling and magical as Trials and Tribble-ations. Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks is the best Star Trek has been for a long time. Absolutely loving it.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Guess with the medical he will meet half of the squad at the same time.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today I learned that Shaun Pollock has a higher test batting average than Freddie Flintoff. Surprised me a bit. Always handy with a bat ala Shane Warne but didn’t remember him being that handy. Guess there’s a few not outs in there but still.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well this one came out of the blue

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Could do with VDV and Porro getting some minutes midweek in lieu for Newcastle. They’re looking very quick and direct on the counter. Going to cause us all sorts of issues.

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Arran @dcruza.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Guys that’s not the moon, it’s just Gabriel’s penalty

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you want to see how a community quickly descends into conspiratorial thinking take a look at the gaming community over the last month. The reactions to the Sony disc announcement & Rockstar partnering with Netflix to preview GTA6 has been frankly nuts.

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Caesar Flunk @caesarflunk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is interesting if you've got young 'uns wanting a mobile phone, or just want to make your own smart phone 'dumb' for a while to avoid distractions/temptation while working...

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

That was a good World Cup. Great to see fans of all countries celebrate football, life and each other. It’s infectious and there be millions of people going home with a new perspective on life. Infantino, FIFA and Trump and still massive bellends though. And that’s being polite.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Unlucky Greece, you’re still the worst team to win an international tournament.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It was nice to actually sleep under my duvet last night rather than on top of it.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thing is we didn’t have anything to fear from Argentina. We just invited them on to us and deserved what we got. We had the measure of them.

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 12/07/2026

I just think he's neat

A fairly wonky drawing of England's best defender Djed Spence

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Recent Belgian Heatwave Declared Deadliest on Record: “the situation during the peak weekend was so severe that excess mortality surpassed even the worst weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between June 22nd and June 27th, a staggering 1,747 excess deaths were recorded.” #Belgium #heatwave #europe

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Another reminder that everything Trump touches turns to shit.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Haven’t played well tonight but this degree of perfectionism that commentators expect (and to a lesser extent fans) is pissing me off. And it comes from ex players who know how difficult football matches can be. Not just a moan at tonight’s match but it’s been happening across football for a while

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The fact that Japan aren’t playing in their blue home kit but in a colour similar to Brazil is really bothering me to the point i can’t watch it.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

With all the news of memory prices increasing substantially and pricing everyone out of gaming I would honestly be excited by just having a PlayStation Indie machine. Plays the likes of Silksong & Hades 2 but also an array of indie takes of their classic franchises. Think it’s all I need these days.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Just imagine trying to replace or upgrade a government department or NHS trust IT network in these times. Bet it wasn’t even considered when signing all these contracts with A.I companies.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Urgh. Whilst I probably can get another year or two out of my 2017 MBP, I was planning to upgrade soonish as its stopped receiving OS and general app updates. Increasingly getting priced out of photography. Not like I can go back to shooting film 😩

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

BBC news special on BBC2 right now finally treating climate change seriously. No ice cream for breakfast type of comments. Discussing it with the seriousness it deserves.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Schools and workplaces closing early because it’s too hot, disrupted travel networks, a French Nuclear Reactor having to shut down because of over heating. Can we please start taking climate change seriously. Anyone who denies it or mentions “1976” should be fired out of a cannon into the sun.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It shouldn’t be too hot to not want to do anything on your way into work at 8am in the morning.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

BBC half time analysis of the Netherlands Sweden game is really good. Shows us what we miss (and used to have) in this day and age of multiple advert breaks and social media sound bites.

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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

partey and hakimi were allowed to enter the u.s. no problem, but senegal is missing thousands of fans and vozinha’s mom missed her son’s star moment because the administration is charging $15,000 bonds for visas based on nothing but pure racism

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Manzambi putting himself in the shop window for a transfer this summer. Hugely impressive cameos in both games.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Darren Anderton in the crowd shot last night has been rolling around in my head all morning. Was it just random luck or was he head hunted? I don’t think the host broadcast would necessarily know who he is and I don’t think he is big enough to be on any list of dignities despite some WC heritage

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

“We’re using an advanced system to determine offsides” They’re using a.i aren’t they?

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Just caught up with the USA, Paraguay game. USA were very good in that first half. Flashbacks to prime Poch ball at Spurs. His magic don’t you know!

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Teams have to wash and steam #WorldCup shirts to remove shoulder bulges. "Nike boasted about the use of 'computational design'… driven by performance data that incorporated elements of AI to work alongside the company’s designers as they crafted the kits." How could they even ship these?! Shame.

theguardian.com

Nike instructs federations to steam World Cup jerseys to fix shoulder seam issue

After acknowledging an issue with bulging shoulders in the shirts’ March debut, the company offered a solution that comes down to different treatment

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Fine dining at the corner flag there

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If football associations around the world want to breakaway and form an international body that values football and people I’m all for it. Football is for everyone. Feel really sorry for the American fans who been looking forward to this tournament. FIFA and Infantino needs to get in the bin.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's strange to me that Matt Goodwin seems to be on the BBC more than Hannah Spencer when he lost an election to her

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

An apology on the front page of the BBC website as well.

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Noticed that there are now only 5 music video channels on Sky. Spent so much of youth watching MTV2 and flicking through the other 30 odd channels after school and college afternoons off. Not quite the same seeking videos out on YouTube. I miss the whole music culture in the 90’s and 00’s :(

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Joel Stinton @joelstinton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This fawning over Arsenal from Darren Fletcher is nauseating.

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