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Neglected pop culture site. Home of podcasts First Contact and The Garbage Podcast. www.thespoilist.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prince Charming vs Predator
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Simon Threadgold @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A cricket based folk horror movie, The Wicket Man. Predictably, it ends with the ashes.
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Beyond The Joke @beyondthejoke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just found this interview i did with Tony De Meur/Ronnie Golden back in 2017 when he was doing a brief Edinburgh run with Barry Cryer. I don't believe in the afterlife but if there is a heaven I'd wager they are both having a hell of a laugh together now. beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/4259...
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Interview: Rarely Asked Questions – Ronnie Golden aka Tony De Meur
A recent article on the Observer looked at the veterans returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. The piece mentioned the likes of Alexei Sayle and Craig Ferguson and, erm, Sue "hardly ancient" Per...
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Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot · 27/09/2026
We’ve been running a website about old cinemas since 2001 - so in internet terms that means it’s been online longer than 99% of all sites available today. We may not be the fastest at updating things, but we do have staying power! Check out the newly updated site at scottishcinemas.org !
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Scottish Cinemas — Archive & Directory
Scotland's cinema built heritage.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course they are
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a story about finding treasure among trash, about being open to magic and the joy of the dump-it site. Wild story ! So proud to play a part. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'More will turn up' - Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition
Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde were among the most celebrated figures in British art.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still, an opportunity for Rita Coolidge
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Simon Threadgold @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think it goes baaa baaa babababaaaaa baaaa babababaaaaa baaaaa ba-bababaaaa.
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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Upcoming shows at The O2 🤷‍♂️
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nice little interview with Matt King who seems to be recovering well from his scary stroke. I love that there’s now a charity run to Windsor. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘I’ve never watched a whole episode of Peep Show’: Matt King on surviving a stroke and reviving Super Hans
The actor is returning to his character in the cult Channel 4 sitcom with a new autobiography – despite barely watching the series. He talks about his ‘terrifying’ hospital stay and why strangers stil...
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sometimes I pass the massive music venue in my city and see the massive crowds coming out. I look up who was playing and it's the first time I have ever heard of them.
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I find it strange that some people refuse to believe this is the way our decentralised culture works now, that it's possible to be completely ignorant of hugely popular things that don't match your tastes and interests. People aren't lying about that because they think it makes them look cool.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't think anyone in government understands what a VPN is.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've finished Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. It really lost all coherence in the final third and seemed to just start throwing shit at the wall. If you're doing an overarching story, you have to engage with it, you can't just add in the meta-narrative and expect us to go with it.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm really sad that my generation has also gone down the social media "things were better in my day" trap. Colourful Christmas lights looked like garbage, okay. TV pictures weren't great and the bus fumes almost killed you. You were just young and nothing you do will bring back that feeling.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Those Mummy pics going around are so AI.
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Tilt Araiza @tiltaraiza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Janet from The Good Place pleading with Eleanor not to press her kill switch. She's acting panicked and holding up a picture of her non-existent children as emotional blackmail.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You guys are getting paid?
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You know, having just watched Star Trek IV, I can understand both the public and the original cast getting grumpy. Because they were absolutely on top of their game in 1986 and could have led a new show (with a little support).
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
cuth pube
A sign that attempts to spell out "the Cube pub" by shifting the B in Cube down with the PU right before it and TH before the E.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 27/09/2026
It really is a wild fucking piece, presuming that we're not at a point culturally and technologically where the vast majority of people have curated and maintained their own personal musical bubble that is basically impenetrable. We're not listening to radio and watching MTV anymore; it's not 1986.
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Andrew Blair @andrewblair.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Just to remind you all that Chewbacca “remains decidedly apolitical”
From the Star Wars Visual Encyclopaedia: 

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Having spent more than two centuries witnessing the rise and fall of darkness in the galaxy, Chewbacca remains decidedly apolitical. His focus is always his family, whether related by blood or by the bonds of friendship. Human lifespans are much shorter than those of Wookiees, and Chewie has had to say goodbye to many humans over the course of his long life.
But he carries their spirit with him, heartened by the knowledge that his companionship has enriched their lives to some degree. Chewie's honor family now encompasses Rey, Poe, and Finn, for each of these new-generation heroes have meant so much to Han and Leia.
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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Screenshot of a tweet of mine reading:
"My Mechanical Turk might seem like a sideshow now, but in a few centuries it will vastly grow in capacity!"
"You mean the mechanism might grow more sophisticated to the point where it rivals the intellect of a man?"
"No sir! I mean we'll be able to fit even more guys inside!"
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UKPRES @ukpres1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We're sorry to hear Tony Currie has died, he worked for STV, BBC Scotland, Cable Authority, and many many radio stations, which included his voice being heard on US radio aswell. Here he is, doing what he did best as a continuity announcer.
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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 27/09/2026
Watching Logoplis. I don’t know why modern Who struggles so much with expanded Tardis interiors. Just make it look like the Tardis! Do the round things! #DoctorWho
The Fourth Doctor and Adric in the Cloister Room. Ivy and round things.The Fourth Doctor and Adric in a Tardis corridor. Lots of round things.The Fourth Doctor and Adric in a Tardis corridor next to a door. Lots of round things. Eveen the door has round things.
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Iain Hepburn @iainhepburn.me · 25/09/2026
If there’s money to be made…
No one’s ever really gone.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was so close
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'Star Wars' Continuing Skywalker Saga With Director Jon Watts
After eight years and countless entries in the expanding onscreen universe, 'Star Wars' is revisiting the Skywalker family with its next project.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's my hottest take. Age of Ultron is the best Avengers film. It's the closest one to being a real film with actual themes and characters.
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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's a look at Lt. M'Ress in #StarTrekTAS' "The Practical Joker"⬅️ and in #StarTrekSNW's "Tomorrow's Enterprise"➡️. In the former episode, Caitian hands have four fingers, while in the latter, M'Ress has five fingers, giving away that an extra is wearing the make-up (and it's not CG). 1/2
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 26/09/2026
we’re gonna beat the cute little animated avatar to death with hammers sorry
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I 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
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ceefax used to have rogue characters. It was trying to tell me something
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're blessed to be out of the era where the same six establishing shots would be repeated multiple times per episode for half a decade, but sometimes I long for a simple shot of the ship sailing gracefully by instead of a rollercoaster ride. To be fair, SNW does do them sometimes.
Establishing shot of the Enterprise with a detailed nebula in the background. Subtle by SNW standards.The Enterprise in orbit. And not a lot else happening. Bravo.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watching Bake Off and I realise I've reached full old man mode because every young person seems painfully annoying and I don't understand them.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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Mark GJ @brokentv.uk · 25/09/2026
Huge and unprecedented sanctions due to be put in place as City found guilty of 114 from 115 charges.
Steve Coogan in The Bureau saying he's going to impose a transfer ban for an hour.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Sue Sylvester: And That's How Sue C's It (Glee)
ALT: Sue Sylvester: And That's How Sue C's It (Glee)
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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Benny and Evie from The Mummy - Benny says "You're in your 30s and you still watch cartoons?" Evie responds, "You people will put an age limit on everything except being stupid"
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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 14/01/2026
Okay look, I've thought long and hard about this and it may not win me any friends but I've held my peace for too long. I have to say something. I really hate the Next Generation cast in the DS9 uniforms. There. It's out. #StarTrek
Picard and Riker in the DS9 / Voyager black jumpsuit uniforms with red shoulders and grey undershirt.
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Dan Nye @ohhidannye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pretty Woman: The Secret of the Ooze
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That life is an incoherent story, the past is a legend, and you shouldn't expect any resolution to be satisfying.
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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
None of these guys watched the original Star Trek and it shows. Is Landru going to help you with that?
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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
News of the return of Play School prompted me to look out my 2019 piece for TV Years magazine, I which I interviewed creator Joy Whitby and presenters Carol Chell and Carol Leader. You can read it in full here: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The return of Play School
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, all in all, I can recommend Cary Elwes’ ‘As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride’ highly. William Goldman’s 1993 tribute to André is lovely, too: books.google.co.uk/books?id=DBo...
...Gone at 46, he was the most popular figure on any movie set I've ever been on. If he asked you to dinner, he paid, but when you asked him, he paid. One actor, after several free meals, snuck into the kitchen to pay. He felt himself being lifted up in the air. The actor was Arnold Schwarzenegger: "He turned me so I was facing him, and said, ‘I pay’. Then he carried me back to the table like a little boy." Sometimes children and grown-ups would see him and be terrified. Sometimes children would see him, shriek with glee, and begin clambering all over him. There is a scene at the end of Princess Bride where Robin Wright jumped out of the castle window, and Andre was to catch her at the bottom. The shot was set up for Robin to be lifted a foot. Maybe two. The first take, he caught her and gasped, suddenly white like paper, and almost fell to his knees. His back was bad. And getting worse. Andre once said to Billy Crystal, "We do not live long, the big and the small." Alas.
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Dr Philip Boyes @philipjboyes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This picture looks like a better timeline's version of the House of Lords.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Mirror Universe in Star Trek should have been ignored after the original episode that featured it. Nothing worthwhile, storytelling-wise, has since been done with it that couldn't have been told better without it.
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We used to be a real Country.
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