Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 7hYou bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn. 020
Reposted by Patrick AndelicMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 18hMost TV is just this now. 14559791690
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm definitely going to watch this but I continue to have concerns about Hot George Smiley. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...variety.comJohn Le Carré’s Cold War Spymaster George Smiley Returns in First Look at Matthew Macfadyen in ‘Legacy of Spies’Legacy of Spies, the MGM/BBC espionage thriller series based on John Le Carre's books, has wrapped filming 221
Reposted by Patrick AndelicJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones. 641235364
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just checked the Labour Party Rule Book and there ain't no rule that says a dog can't be leader. 100
Reposted by Patrick AndelicJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Can’t wait for Mick Herron to bring together the Danny Tommo A-plot and the RAF Fairford B-plot in an unexpected but satisfying way. 417145
Reposted by Patrick AndelicBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Targeting the British youth subculture of “Wilsonheads” who consider the late prime minister a style icon and role model. You can barely move for pipes in the clubs some Saturday nights. 1215615
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a fucking horse!” 000
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mamdani’s Honeymoon With New York Over; Mamdani, New York Now Enjoying Happy Marriage. 030
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Furious Tory MPs after Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Montagu introduces the Tonnage Act to charter the Bank of England, 1694: 020
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I cannot deal with the fact that Would I Lie To You? is one of Paul Giamatti’s top TV shows this century. 230
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Me, a confident and experienced lecturer, asking new students icebreaker questions at induction events: 030
Reposted by Patrick AndelicBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY You have until Friday 25th Sept to apply for the role of Conference Manager, helping to deliver an extraordinary BAAS 2027 digital conference next spring. Learn more: baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...baas.ac.ukJob: Digital BAAS 2027 Conference Manager (x2) - British Association for American StudiesThe British Association for American Studies (BAAS) is seeking two Conference Managers to oversee the planning and running of its 72nd Annual Conference. This is its third to be hosted entirely… 017
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“This ballroom/military installation doesn’t have a fire exit!” 000
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Struck by the Mamdani influence on the poster aesthetics here. 000
Reposted by Patrick AndelicPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381081333
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026im a proud federal employee at the department of transportation. do i work 13 hour days? yes. is my job to keep sean duffy from biting fibre lines? sure. do i have to bring a bucket of decoy fibre lines to throw him off the scent of important ones? you bet. 010
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I understand why he stopped doing them, but I still miss Demi Adejuyigbe’s 21st of September videos. youtu.be/_zzEDrYTkkg?...youtu.be9/21/20YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe 000
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The great thing about rewatching a classic Simpsons episode that you thought you knew well is there’s always a ‘new’ joke that gets you. 150
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Now, witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational triumphal arch.” 021
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026‘Flores said she was not supposed to tell anyone about her recruitment, but immediately told “about 20 people”, putting it down to the fact she is a “massive gossip”.’ 100
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“People were only upset about this because they found out.” 020
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026BAFFLED TOM CONTI: Are you able to rehearse with, uh, other actors, whether real or um … or um … or CGl? TILLY NORWOOD [in Mandarin]: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. This is established fact. BAFFLED TOM CONTI: Er, perhaps I should rephrase. 2103
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I remember a few years ago when YouGov polled each party’s voters on their ‘ideal House of Commons’ and Lib Dems wanted one where Labour was the largest party. 370
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In fairness, this wouldn’t be the first time someone had switched languages to stop talking to Piers Morgan. www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbea...bbc.co.ukJeremy Corbyn speaks Spanish to 'snub' Piers MorganThe Labour leader and newspaper columnist both try and chat to Arsenal footballer Hector Bellerin. 061
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise. 263125692
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Herman Melville, when you ask if all these whale facts were generated by ChatGPT: 040
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“Well, well, well, not so easy to find an oil shock policy that doesn’t suck shit, huh?” 160
Reposted by Patrick AndelicBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Logging off the zoom meeting 102298137
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“No, it’s nice, it’s just … when I asked people to stop giving me Chicago sports memorabilia, I didn’t think they’d default to ominous glowing orbs instead.” 030
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I was sobbing with laughter by the end of this. 000
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I watched the first season of this and it's basically Guy Ritchie's Arrested Development. Tom Hardy plays a very tired fixer trying to stop a family of psychotic morons destroying their criminal empire for no reason. 030
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026[Tourists baffled by sounds of shouting, breaking glass, and muffled chorus of “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina” drifting across Pennsylvania Avenue] 030
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When my line manager asks about my bidding plans for the upcoming year: 040
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Jonathan Majors stars as Brett Nebraska, a local councillor and ex-Navy Seal, who has to save his Oxfordshire village from an Islamocommunist takeover in PIDDINGTON BORE (A Daily Wire Production). 010
Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The funniest part of this is imagining the reactions of CANZUK supporters. 000