Reposted by Paul 🍉Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social · 14/10/2026If I could walk away from Harry Potter you can too. Don’t believe me? Listen to this podcast episode and just let the franchise die out. 410837
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 14/10/2026And yet, I hear that historically Jews were better off under Islam than in Christian regimes. And you get to do special pleading for "Jesus cancelled it" but Muslims are not allowed to quote hadiths. I call that special pleading. 000
Reposted by Paul 🍉Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Suella Braverman made a solemn affirmation, while holding he Buddhist Dhammapada text. There was no controversy about this. www.parliament.uk/globalassets... 42838220
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Does Matt think she's the first ever Muslim MP or something? I mean, she's not my favourite person, but the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood comes high up on wikipedia when I searched for "muslim MPs". 000
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Well, yeah - the convention says that you can't throw people out on the basis that you haven't got documents. That whole "you have to stay in the first safe country" is nothing but bullshit also. 000
Reposted by Paul 🍉Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My kingdom for a politician that points out that seeking asylum is perfectly legal, and that a country offering it is not only good but an obligation. 110624
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Wet Leg have apparently been big for a while now. Car Sear Headrest is new to me. 110
Reposted by Paul 🍉Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Yes, it's a while back, but Farage has still never explained or apologised for what he said, despite condemnation from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and the Community Security Trust. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...theguardian.comNigel Farage under fire over 'antisemitic tropes' on far-right US talkshowBrexit party leader referred to ‘new world order’ in interviews with Alex Jones 315930
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"imagine what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded a mile above Terry Wogan, in Sheffield." 010
Reposted by Paul 🍉Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I've got a good idea for how the BBC should pick the live action show's next showrunner. Ask them how this show fits into canon. If they give any answer other than 'what on earth are you talking about?' 'who cares?' or 'grow up', they are immediately disqualified:doctorwho.tvFirst look at 'TARDIS Crew', brand new CBeebies animated adventure from the Whoniverse | Doctor WhoThe TARDIS is set to welcome aboard a whole new generation of fans in an exciting new animated series... 2928647
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm still puzzling over what a spiritual being made of fire needs with testosterone. 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 06/10/2026What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?static.klipy.comSid James Carry OnAlt: Sid James lies in a hospital bed eating a banana, Carry On Doctor 020
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 06/10/2026They're not all bad - I think "Bastard Kurdistan", well at least he tried to learn something to say even if he got it wrong. 010
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, the weird goblin character is the new chancellor John Healey. Hm - maybe if I think of Dennis Healey I can get his name to stick. 200
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There's a weird goblin character? Maybe I need to find out more. 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I assume it's Andy Burnham who is being accused of shooting the British taxpayer in the eye here. 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Weird. I remember this video but not the song from T'Pau. #totp 000
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore" - so look here, Sting, I told you a million times not to exaggerate. #totp 010
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Queen really didn't change much in their video for Radio Gaga, huh? #totp 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's not really "sampled" the Rosemary Clooney version though is it? It's the whole song with extra beats on it. #totp 010
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Still thinking about whether "Autophilia" means wanking. #totp 000
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Proud - well, it's a great tune! This episode is winning. #totp 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Same mic. Different clothes. Britney does it again. #totp 110
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Toploader? Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. #totp 020
Reposted by Paul 🍉Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"My name is Dirty Water" #totp 032
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026No, we can't stop getting shot, because then we'd have to stop making Casualty. #totp 100
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hmm. Miming with ethnic instruments that do not appear on the track? #totp 110
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Taxi was my first exposure to Danny De Vito. And the theme tune was great. 120
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Some of that walking down corridors did remind me of the start of Buffy episodes where the main characters did indeed walk down a corridor looking like they might kill a vampire today. 001
Reposted by Paul 🍉Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132507835
Reposted by Paul 🍉John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2918473839
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Terry Jones wrote a whole book (to go with his TV series) about how the people called "Barbarians" were much more interesting than that. 010
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Does she mean that Gordon Brown changed the rules when Tony Blair was elected, so that the Bank of England became solely responsible for setting the interest rates? 000
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's still true. And if the guy finds it annoying to have someone repeating this stuff on a daily basis, who is stopping him muting or blocking those accounts and finding something he has more interest in. 120
Reposted by Paul 🍉Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 6079092229
Reposted by Paul 🍉Denise Breen 🖖 @denisebreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#OnThisDay in 2001, Star Trek: Enterprise first aired 🖖 Happy 25th anniversary to Captain Jonathan Archer and the crew of the NX-01static.klipy.comEspaço Space: Spaceship Orbiting PlanetAlt: USS Enterprise NX 01 orbiting a planet 2174
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tell a lie, they were saving it till the end, the cheeky bastards. #totp 010
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Banger no 1, but now I'm annoyed that we've just been teased by Run DMC and never heard it. #totp 230
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We're in the era where someone just doing the chart run down makes me hear the songs in my head. #totp 110
Paul 🍉 @paul2626.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is surely the blandest Phil Collins ever in the 80s. #totp 120
