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Gary Slaymaker

@slaymaker.bsky.social
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Bon viveur, raconteur, llanast. BBC Radio Wales's film guru (their words, not mine). Some people are beloved, I'm betolerated...just.

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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 18h
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri - reviews of Digger, Verity & The Holdovers, and my 3 of the best films with vehicles in their titles. Joiwch.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 25/09/2026
They arrested a blind man in a wheelchair for supporting terrorism because he held a sign
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Lois Cernyw - reviews of Heart of the Beast, Hope & Avengers Endgame Encore, and my 3 of the animal/human friendships in films. Joiwch.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me To you To me To you
Paul Chuckle from the Chuckle Brothers with Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri - reviews of Bad Apples, Resident Evil & The Fix, and my 3 of the best (or worst) big screen teachers. Joiwch.
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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week on his TV show, Nigel Farage laughed at a clip of a woman in tears because of the racism she’d experienced. “I can’t stop laughing,” he said. When people tell you who they are, believe them. And then don’t vote Reform.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good luck receiving your pensions and getting the bins collected, fuckos
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Mr too tired for a halloween name @laotianrockrat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran's agent: Ok fuck me that was a wild few days. Still we should be over the worst of it now...
Twitter post by that cunt Stephen Yaxley-Lennon expressing solidarity with Ed Sheeran (not reposting the exact text because fuck whatever he has to say)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Think Reform fucked it with their donations. They're so outrageous, so obviously obscene, that they've managed to accidentally create a consensus for tougher action on political funding.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Activists? Activists?
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri - reviews of Practical Magic 2, Pressure & Obsession, and my 3 of the best films featuring witches. Joiwch.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 08/09/2026
Two things: one, no, it won't, because cancer isn't one disease with a single cure that's just waiting to be found, and two, why is the economics editor writing about tech, and indeed health research, when he clearly knows fuck all about either subject? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI will cure cancer in our lifetime, claims boss of UK chip giant
Arm Holding's chief executive Rene Haas says artificial intelligence will find a solution to the disease.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/09/2026
Easy to follow guide from the British press
An elderly lady being carried away by the police, labelled intimidating, and two black clad, balaclava wearing men standing in front of someone’s car, staring at them.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gerard McCarthy's response to Maureen Lipman is so fucking good
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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale.
Roman mosaic depicting man carrying a large bird like an emu.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Behnaz - The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus, Late Fame & Mayday, and my 3 of the best revenge movies. Joiwch.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In case this is helpful to the Metropolitan Police, all those exposed in tonight's @channel4news.bsky.social expose, including Nigel Farage, will all be either on or near Stage A of the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, tomorrow at 4pm. You're welcome.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every major party leader has put out a statement that they are reporting Reform UK to the police. The BBC's politics feed: JEEZUS MARY AND THE WEE DONKEY, surely the fact they have been reported to the police at the very least is very reasonably reportable!
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Channel 4 expose on Reform is telly ecstasy. Prestige TV is great but can it beat watching Nigel Farage, James Orr and James Johnson getting stitched up for blatant corruption? No it cannot
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
the greatest joy in a freelancer's life is when an organisation that needs to pay you perhaps once every three years introduces a new fourteen part payment process
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“As he was sworn in again on Tuesday, Farage told GB News that he planned to spend less time in parliament“ Not a physicist but don’t know if this is actually possible.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri, a bumper crop of films - The Dog Stars, Colony, I Want Your Sex & Bitter Christmas, and my 3 of the best films adapted from 21st century novels. Joiwch.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
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Greensleeves @greensleeves.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The BBC is promoting RefUK as a govt in waiting, when RefUK have 8 MPs, only 3 elected, the other 5 defected from the Tories. Lib Dems have 71 MPs but are ignored. Ofcom is supposed to ensure impartiality of the BBC - the national broadcaster - so clearly Ofcom is complicit in this political bias.
Text 'Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing'.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/08/2026
🚨NEW B4B TRACKER: Reform has lost an average of 1 councillor every 3 days since May. So much for the tidal wave about to break over British politics, this is a party that would struggle to run a bath. 👇 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/refo…
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Reform loses newly-elected councillor every three days as troubles mount
EXCLUSIVE: A new online tracker by campaign group Best For Britain shows 35 newly-elected Reform councillors have quit o
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The BBC needs 'slamming' but this goes beyond the BBC and Gibbs, the condemnation should be thrown at Ofcom who aren't doing their job and Nandy who has been missing from day 1.
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BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again
Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell?
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri - Coyote vs Acme, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma & Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and my 3 of the best films with both animated characters and humans. Joiwch.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I just knew we'd get this bollocks. Farage - like the Telegraph- doesn't want progress or anything to improve he just wants Britain to sit in a miserable slump in which he can holler constantly about "migrants" and drink pints in slow motion videos with people who pine for WW2.
Farage: Burnham's pledge
to house homeless will
attract more migrants
Reform leader says rough sleeping plan
sends message that you get 'everything for
free if you come by boat
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026
A former director of BBC News speaks:
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 14/08/2026
I know you all hate the emergency alert about disposable barbeques. But yesterday I watched a man at our hotel breakfast set fire to a toaster by trying to toast a croissant - despite multiple signs telling him not to. Today he tried again. So, you know, calibrate for the average person.
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Gary Slaymaker @slaymaker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today, from 2.30, on BBC Radio Wales with Eleri - The End of Oak Street, Tony & Monkey Man, and my 3 of the best films with synonyms of Street in the title. (Street, Road, way, close etc) Joiwch.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
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