Reposted by James McLeodmiKILL Swaim 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @michaelswaim.bsky.social · 15hPerhaps fittingly, when he coined the term he had actually been trying to suggest "oonerspism." 1253
Reposted by James McLeodmiKILL Swaim 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @michaelswaim.bsky.social · 12/05/2026everything is "a psychosexual thriller" if you have the right attitude! 1556
Reposted by James McLeodThe CryptKeifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’m glad time has vindicated Sebulba. Everyone was so cruel to him because he “tried to kill a child” during the Boonta Eve Classic even though he was literally Darth Vader 231785312
Reposted by James McLeodSoren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Every cat is an old seaman at heart, except instead of obsessing over a monster of the deep, it’s a bigger than average moth that was on top of the refrigerator once. 1567
Reposted by James McLeodtoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 193115363134
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Once again, the Nobel prizes have been given to a bunch of nerds while all the recent advances that jocks have made in football go unrecognised 😞 201051103
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Say, just on “stenographers” as a dig at dodgy journalists, can we someday have a yes for *actual* stenos? I’ve worked with a bunch of them in TV captioning and then Hansard, and they do fabulous Jedi work putting syllables on the page in real time. But to be fair, we do all get what you mean. 000
Reposted by James McLeodRussell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Such a sad decline from his Sherlock/Doctor Strange heyday www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...glasgowlive.co.ukBurst Cumbernauld sewage pipe leaves smelly 'Pringles tube sized keech' on pathThe issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens. 14935213
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The ship at the start is too big, showing it all is a waste of the audience’s time 3257819
Reposted by James McLeodit's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 19/09/2026JOHN LENNON: He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola He say, "I know you, you know me" POLICE SKETCH ARTIST: sir, again, PHYSICAL description 314326
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Now that everyone has turned on Ed Sheeran I finally feel comfortable saying this: you shouldn’t be allowed to get a bunch of tattoos if you’re a musician who makes wuss music 713366331
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026 201622242
Reposted by James McLeodmindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Me: A sandwich is a book made of bread that tells the story of the ingredients Bank clerk: *frantically pressing the silent alarm* 211756231
Reposted by James McLeodJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Eton mess is just a pavlova that had a bad day. (Niche dessert humour) 8711
Reposted by James McLeodEric Malcolm @ericmalcolm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Others have said it previously, but I love how this promotional image from the 1990 Stephen King's IT looks like a prestige drama courtroom show, that just so also happens to involve a clown. 7150461265
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Not that novel though - I think I first heard of this exact technique as an answer on Good News Week? 120
Reposted by James McLeodBoo lettuce @lettuce.bsky.social · 03/07/2023[library] hi do you have any books about when a guy is really mad at one specific whale 171725364
Reposted by James McLeodSpiteful Matt @realmfresh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Person who has seen 100 movies: The best movie ever made is Citizen Kane Person who has seen 1000 movies: The best movie ever made is 8 1/2 Person who has seen 10,000 movies: The best movie ever made is Crank 2: High Voltage 1024456751
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ari.they.them made me think of 90s sitcom writers room dynamics. It was always hard to get a niche joke across the line - the networks wanted universal appeal. For instance, the Big Bang guys once had to argue about Kirk/Picard instead of Sisko/Janeway. But Tel Aviv drone pilots is fine I guess? 000
Reposted by James McLeodiucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay, 218104062356
Reposted by James McLeodlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi 153128883254
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026“The theatre needs to show other films and even if it didn’t the audience likely have obligations that require them to leave the theatre eventually” 212262182
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Luckily the tabloid boycott already has a soundtrack! Billy Bragg (who else?) wrote a song breaking down the intractable problems of broken news, but then the little moment of hope comes at the end of each verse: Decades later, the Scousers still never buy the Sun. m.youtube.com/watch?v=oBEM...m.youtube.comNever Buy the Sun (Live)YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic 010
Reposted by James McLeodRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable! 502301526
Reposted by James McLeodmiKILL Swaim 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @michaelswaim.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Because I could not stop for death The bus maintained its Speed 6525
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It’s been 30 years. It’s time they finally let us know what this guy’s hands were doing. 3677638
Reposted by James McLeodJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I bet everyone who has ever been cast as Wickham initially showed up to read for Darcy. 1753671
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Hey that’s the plot of Star Trek The Motion Picture. 000
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Hollywood’s dirty secret is that you can perfectly replicate the IMAX experience in a normal theatre by sitting closer to the screen 291361115
Reposted by James McLeodSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The average human spends nearly 4% of their lifetime being Indonesian. 271973251
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Which reminds me that I must re-read Galapagos. 000
Reposted by James McLeodJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 19/07/2026so wait you basically can’t even use your hands at all unless you’re the weird guy at the end 632894317
Reposted by James McLeodByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social 2845463814060
Reposted by James McLeodceej @ceej.online · 12/07/2026No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum 197177483110
Reposted by James McLeodpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The game of soccer has proved insufficient to resolve a game of soccer. We will play a different game instead. 351560193
Reposted by James McLeodThe Onion @theonion.com · 22/06/2026Keir Starmer Resigns Amid ‘Not Being Very Good Prime Minister’ Scandal 513666735
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Not the Trump of Britain, but the Chris Minns. Less gilded, more hollow. 030
Reposted by James McLeodmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 20/06/2026hey dipshit i poisoned the plums that were in the icebox enjoy the diarrhea motherfucker 1045343
Reposted by James McLeodSteve @extranapkins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Well, it happened again. I got put on the jumbotron at the grocery store and everyone booed my groceries 202852525
Reposted by James McLeodSoren Bowie @sorenbowie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026We are the same distance from the height of The Darkness as The Darkness was from the ancient hair metal bands they were aping. 2342
Reposted by James McLeodAlex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK 6135470816426
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Did the same with a croissant on a visit to Paris, and some local cathedral tried to recruit me as a bell ringer. 010
Reposted by James McLeodThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 20/05/2026"The chill guy persona always goes away once a woman stops feeding the DJ’s ego. chaser.com.au/general-news... 214344
James McLeod @pepsiman2830.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I mean…a nuclear plant killed tens of thousands of people and the land around it remains a place I don’t want to source my steak and three veg. I’m not especially anti-nuclear but is “Chernobyl was safe actually” the best you’ve got? 000
Reposted by James McLeodJane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The thing with the enemies-to-lovers trope is I get invested in the enemy part 101169