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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Any minute now we’ll no doubt see Sam stepping up and modelling the behaviour he expects from the rest of us. Any minute now…

Sam Altman says the world should accept some 'bad things' happening

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m fairly certain nobody does.

The pass does not have to be incomplete for intentional grounding to apply.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I think economically there are different potential tax breaks, etc in neighbouring states. Eg: in the NFL the Chicago Bears are considering 2 sites for a new stadium. The Indiana site is nearer the current stadium & comes with financial support from the state. The Illinois site currently does not.

Map of the Chicagoland area, including the two proposed sites for the new Bears stadium

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think those days are sadly long gone- there wasn’t a gallery across the whole site that was any less than busy when we visited earlier this year. None of them came close to the insanity of La Salle des États, though- I only wanted this crowd shot but still ended up trapped in there for ages.

Many people tightly packed into La Salle des Etats privately wondering if it was really worth the effort.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Disgusting photo and you were clearly right to have been cautious. The full article’s paywalled, but the first couple of paragraphs suggest the paper was at least calling out the people in the photo for their, er… costumes. Basic translation:-

On 5 September in Siluté, pots of fish soup were simmering, whilst around one of them a team of chefs danced, dressed in black costumes and portraying Black women. This performance did not go unnoticed, not only by the festival's participants, but also by the Lithuanian Human Rights Centre.
The fish soup cooking championship is an event with deep-rooted traditions in Siluté. However, this year quite a lot of discussion arose not because of the taste of the fish soup, but because of one team's costumes. Around one bubbling pot, women were bustling about, dressed in black costumes with rope skirts, their lips bright red. These costumes were intended to depict Black women.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ty Segall was a lot of fun this evening- his new album sounded great live. Support from No Peeling who were also excellent.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You’ve an odd way of posting if that’s the case

Oh so NOW we believe in the constitution and freedom and all that other bullshit? Now that it turns out that giving Trump incredibly favorable framing, sanewashing him, and both-sidesing every criticism of him didn't protect you? Good luck with the face-eating leopard, idiots.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This guy really appreciates your priorities when it comes to deciding who to back.

On 19 November 2025, Schjelderup was convicted of a child pornography offence after he admitted to forwarding a Snapchat video containing two boys under the age of 18 engaging in sexual activity to four of his friends. He was handed a 14-day suspended sentence. He had previously posted a statement about the incident, which happened when he was 19, calling it a "stupid mistake".

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Folk in the US can watch whatever they want, but the idea that nowhere else watches the women’s game is a fiction.

Excerpt from a BBC Sport article published on 8 July 2019.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Yet to find anything in writing, but it’s not artistic license on the part of the painter. This engraving by James Sargant Storer (1771-1853) shows the stairs from the water leading up to the other side of the same wall in the painting- the chimney topped buildings here also don’t exist today.

An engraving of the Traitors Gate entrance to the Tower of London. Engraved by James Sargant Storer (1771-1853). Engraving not dated.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

And this one shows the view from where the painting would have been painted

Photo of Traitors Gate taken from the gate of the Bloody Tower

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The gate opened directly onto the Thames- prisoners were rowed into the tower and taken up some stairs. There’ve been points in my lifetime when there’s still be water at the foot of the stairs, but it’s been drained for a good while- this photo’s what it looks like if you were to visit today

Photo showing the stairs leading down to Traitors Gate, Tower of London.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Went to see them just last week!

Le Matin clair aux saules - Claude Monet

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Show the world how it’s really done, eh?

England fans covering themselves in glory on the day of the 2020 Euros final

England fans attempting to break into Wembley (top) while a patriot demonstrates his love of country by shoving a lit flare up his arse and waddling around (bottom) on the day of the 2020 Euros final.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Far too simplistic a take- the economy/living standards/media manipulation/politicisation in the interests of the 1% are the predominant factors in what’s happening here. The original of this cartoon’s always been the most succinct summary of the issues.

“Careful buddy, that foreigner wants your cookie” cartoon.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Dude apologised (and the headline wasn’t as disrespectful as it sounds out of context )

Addressing the criticism head-on, the journalist behind the piece issued an apology, took full responsibility, and explained, "I write for an NFL website and during the off-season we often times find any topics to write about that is even remotely correlated with the NFL. ...The SEO keyword I used for that article was NFL.
That is quite literally the only reason why | used that title. Never in one million years did I think it was coming off as disrespectful." Veteran journalist and correspondent #JemeleHill also weighed in, noting that writers don't always have final say over headlines and that multiple factors can come into play before a story is published.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Sugar played a solid mix of tracks from their back catalogue (Copper Blue/Beaster/FUEL/b-sides/tracks from their live album). I think the only difference between the two sets was the addition of Come Around on the latter date. Great fun (the Beaster tracks were the highlight).

Sugar at The Kentish Town Forum, 23 May 2026

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Caught the first & last shows of Sugar’s European tour over the last 2 weeks. J Robbins supported, playing a great mix of his solo stuff, Jawbox (Savoury/Static), Burning Airlines (Outside the Aviary), Office of Future Plans (Salamander) and even throwing in a Lungfish cover (Love Is Love).

J Robbins at The Clapham Grand, 4 June 2026

J Robbins at The Kentish Town Forum, 23 May 2026

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Devo too, huh? Love the hot pants! A couple of long distance shots from the last time I saw them (Green Man Festival, 2023)

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Staging seemed like something that’s very much been done before:

Shot from ANIMA (2009)
Music: Thom Yorke
Director: PTA

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Searched for ‘orange’ and this was all that came up

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Artemis II’s a little over 3 hours away from the start of its launch window. Its mission involves a lunar orbit- the last mission to go anywhere near that far was in 1972.

A shot of the Artemis II who are currently going through their pre-launch checks.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo, etc, etc

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Love that Stadium, though!

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I’ll be chuckling at this until the day I die.

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Enjoyed rewatching Stalker, although the bit during the opening scene when Stalks & his Mrs are lying awake in bed as a passing train makes that bloody glass rattle around the table will always be really annoying- just stick a bit of paper towel under it or something for God’s sake people!

Shot from Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky showing the Professor (played by Nikolai Pinko) chilling on some comfy rocks, or whatever.

Captioned subtitles: ‘and shouting, “He deserves a Nobel Prize”’

Shot from Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky- A black dog stands in a half-flooded courtyard. There’s debris all over the shop and patches of scrub have started to take hold.

Captioned subtitles: ‘All right. I’m going to get a Nobel Prize.’

A shot from Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky showing the Professor (played by Nicolai Grinko) and the Writer (played by Anatoly Solonitsyn) looking in the same direction whilst almost sitting back to back in some derelict, overgrown place. The Prof’s rocking a cool woolly hat with a bobble.

Captioned Subtitles: ‘Unselfishly.’

A shot from Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky showing a close up of Stalker (played by Alexander Kaidanovsky) lying on some damp scrub with one arm wrapped around his head and looking aghast, or possibly dead. Happily we’ll see him move his arm a bit less than 10 minutes from this point in the movie so he’s very much/mostly still alive!

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Better than that he also stitched me up a Grace Jones hoodie a few years back.

An embroidered Grace Jones smokes a fag on my hoodie

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Fun fact:- the guy who programmed the machine (Pete) did the digital embroidery elements of this weird screen thing that was made for King Chaz’s Coronation

Anointment can strike at any time during a coronation so don’t get caught short- with Pete’s coronation anointing screen you can anoint whoever, whenever without fear of public embarrassment!

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Dude writing for Pitchfork didn’t like The Fragile (absolutely fine) and thought he’d take a crack at a humorous review (not so much).

Extract from Pitchfork’s original review of The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If you see this, I’d gentle encourage you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using with explanation.

I guess you didn’t read the ‘without explanation’ part, huh?

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Andy @royhell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Great to see The Dirty Three at the Barbican in London last nigh- it’d been 13 years since they last their last proper UK tour!

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