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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 14h

I suspect Saudi defenders make him think he's still in prime. (I also wonder how much this wouldn't have happened if Diogo Jota was alive to keep him out of the starting lineup)

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tommy Ten Years a nice upgrade from Tommy Ten Names.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Waiting for a certain type of Who fan to have an entirely normal one over this.

doctorwho.tv

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My minor interaction with this was working at BBC Travel News the night she died, adding a "road closed due to fatal RTC" entry into the system, then seeing the details of it in the news the next day.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I do wonder who was still buying Jeffrey Archer books in 2026, feels a long time since I've heard anyone even vaguely talking about them.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The rewards of it are very attractive to the sort of person who wants to be a local busybody.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There's a switch that flicks in a lot of people's brains whereby when a person becomes a "motorist" they become an entity that no longer has agency or responsibility for its actions.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#F1 has a special form of amnesia where they continually forget that when it rains in Malaysia, it really rains.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When I tell you this is one of the most riveting, concise and accurate depictions of the catastrophically defective thought processes behind Effective Altruism and the larger Broligarch Epistemic Universe... Run, don't walk, to read the whole thing (link below), which concludes thus:

Example of the problematic thinking behind Effective Altruism.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need an AI-generated Philip K Dick to react to this.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Pope looking much more like Francis than Leo is perfect for showing how little the sloppers check their work.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also this video on fandom nostalgia is really good. It's focused on Lanterns but makes wider points on fandoms not wanting things that are truly new.

youtu.be

The Nostalgia Loop Is a Death Spiral

YouTube video by Steve Shives

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The bit in here where he talks about the effect of leaks are really interesting. Made me realise one of the reasons watching Lanterns unfold has been so good is because DC/HBO have done a good job and we're not swamped in pre-broadcast spoilers.

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‘Goodbye Whoniverse. God, that was fun!’: Russell T Davies on writing the end of Doctor Who

In an extract from his new memoir, the screenwriter bids farewell to the show he helped save – and welcomes its new future, whatever that is

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The one thing I wonder about the Pope is whether he has a Latin translation of "did I fucking stutter?" ready to drop on someone the day his last straw for this type of guy breaks. (It'll almost certainly be for Vance)

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New thing from me, rounding up books I've read recently. This week: Mother Night, The Alteration and New Maps Of Hell.

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This Week’s Reading

Starting a new experiment

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some Colch folk still call the Uni Alcatraz

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New Parkrun PB this morning, under 31 minutes for the first time.

Whitehaven parkrun results for event #349. Your time was 00:30:59

A sweaty me smiling at the camera for a selfie near the Parkrun finish line.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I need to retract my criticism of Ed Davey's stunts because they're distinguished statesmanship compared to this.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Given the current trend of UK higher education and the justice system, won't be long until someone proposes using former university campuses as prisons.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a feeling Bella, Sebastian and Sharon might be in for a while as they're not getting featured much in the edit. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I'm Ross Kemp, and tonight I'm going to be meeting Britain's Most Paranoid Man. Who told you that was me?" #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There's that incredible run of episodes where Paudie is terrible at being a Traitor, but then the others are somehow worse.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Blunt turning up in a costume for the mission, then realising he's got confused between Traitors and Taskmaster. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"They have taken out such a smart player." What, was there someone other than Amol murdered? #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Quick, look for anyone lamenting that Amol has gone and you'll find his secret Bluesky account. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And realising that was all twenty years ago is making me feel rather old.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Turnabout is fair play, Davey was one of the ringleaders of bringing down Charles Kennedy by running to the press to complain about him.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After Alan Carr not being able to keep a straight face when saying he was a faithful, then Rachel managing to get away with blatantly being a traitor, not sure Richard's confession will necessarily end him. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I'm Ross Kemp, and tonight I'm going to be meeting Britain's Most Paranoid Man. Who told you that was me?" #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm sure Richard has been practising his dramatic cloak wearing and hood throwing-back for weeks before he got to the castle. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I kind of want Amol to be a Traitor because I'm sure he'd be terrible at it...but he's bad at so many things and still keeps succeeding. #TheTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The death penalty isn't justice, it's monstrous cruelty.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Timeline cleanse, here's Dougal on a walk today insisting that this stick is not too big for him.

A Goldndoodle attempting to lift a seven foot long fallen tree branch which is an entirely normal size for a stick.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was looking at some of the paperback fiction in my very well-stocked local second hand bookshop and so much stuff there with covers boasting of best seller status that have left no cultural trace.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I watched a few minutes of the "episode" I think the DG watched and all this applied there. Superficially looks OK, but too many little things pile up to make it really jarring after a while.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a genuinely horrifying vision of a vision of a future where everything is personalised based on pastiches of existing music, films, books etc, everyone is atomised off into their own personal bubble and the only thing we have in common is beige protein and nutrient slop we eat.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're all doomed. I watched five minutes of it before noping out over uncanny valley actors, terrible writing and really poor "direction".

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be realistic, no matter what they deserve, they're not going to relegate City below League Two just for the practical problems caused if a team with that many fans was in non-league football.

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