Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The BBC tonight boldly answering the question, "what would it be like if we made #Strictly Come Dancing in much the usual way, except Josh Widdecombe is plonked down into the centre of the stage to stand awkwardly next to whatever's going on" 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My LIFE for a proper, decent rail network where you aren't delayed by an HOUR because you missed a train by 10 SECONDS because the previous train you were on was delayed by 10 MINUTES 120
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Absolutely insane that train tickets are not refundable If I've spent £100(!!!) on a train ticket months in advance, it should at least be refundable if I can't make the journey! Flabbergasting lack of consumer protection for what is meant to be a public service 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I understand the fundamental appeal of spiderman. It's got a great hook But Marvel's live action filmmaking division have demonstrated that they do not, so it's hard to fathom why people keep on going to see these films 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Big day for the official HM Treasury discord server 131
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Many reasons to criticise Keir Starmer, but the latest one is his irresponsible decision to dangle a bank holiday in front of everyone, on the basis of totally uncontrollable random factors ("will a man you've never heard of score a goal in a game of football?"). Bastard 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026English football fans are going to find out what I have to experience every year when I want to watch the Oscars 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Time to repost all our best Keir Starmer memes 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Andy Burnham has the opportunity to do one of the funniest things in the history of UK politics: watch Keir Starmer fall on his sword, see over 300 MPs lining up to anoint him, and then decline to stand for the leadership 080
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Feeling pretty disenfranchised by British politics at the moment! Love to be continually told that a man with absolutely no distinguishing features from Keir Starmer is the saviour of the country who is going to magically make everything better if we all just shut up and coronate him 042
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Race Across the World is the best thing on telly Why isn't it on every week, all year round? Ridiculous 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Frantically googling "who is emma willis" and "is josh widdecombe a terf" Seems like the answer to the latter is "no", so it seems like a winning presenting lineup to me. I think it'll be cosy #Strictly 100
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The BBC be like: "David Attenborough's Blue Planet 2 alerted the world to plastic pollution, and this resulted in Change! Do not ask us what change this was. It was Change. Hey, they increased the plastic bag charge! That's Change, right?" 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026British people be like: "isn't David Attenborough brilliant? What a lovely old man! Anyway, time to go and vote Reform to reject everything he's ever stood for" 031
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My ultimate ambition is to be as happy in my life as Michael Portillo is whenever he's standing in a beautiful Japanese city 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Sorry everyone, I made a deal with a monkey's paw to trade out any possibility of more Buffy for two lost episodes of Doctor Who 1112
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The BBC really making Claudia Winkleman prove herself tonight by having her do her first chat show gig with four of the most annoying people available Why would they put Jeff Goldblum on this 😭 110
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Anyone else noticed that the second series of pokemon diamond and pearl has the best theme tune ever composed 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/20265 things I like 1. Beautiful cities 2. Lake District peaks 3. Memorable films 4. Improv 5. Cats 5 people to whom I do not apologise 1. @shellsbian.bsky.social 2. @ryanrigby.bsky.social 3. @kimberleychiu.bsky.social 4. @claralaherty.bsky.social 5. @andrewphillip.bsky.social 060
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026My main opinion about the Pokemon TV show is that the episodic quality level is inversely proportional to how good the fans think it is Ash shouting "PIKACHU USE THUNDERBOLT!" as he battles a Powerful Opponent: boring. Better in the games All the little pokemons forming a band: epic television 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026"It's actually very sophisticated, with a surprisingly literate, intelligent sense of humour - it's much more high-brow than you would expect - indeed, it's culturally enriching!" ~ me when I tell people that I'm watching the pokemon tv show intended for children 120
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 02/01/2026They should do an all-Black series of #TheTraitors so we can find out what happens when there isn't the factor of racism involved 191
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Good evening, and happy new year! As on every new year's eve, I will be making a thread of the best films I've seen for the first time this year It's mainly for own enjoyment in posterity, but it also operates as a recommendation list. So, here follows: the Sixth Annual Tricky Hippo Film Awards! 260
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025The real winners of #Strictly were Tes and Claudia The winners of 21st century British television I think 040
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025The good thing about #Strictly is that even though the British public is racist and sexist throughout the run, they usually have the sense to choose the right winner when it comes down to the final 040
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Everyone say "thank you Tricky Hippo for using all 8 votes on one couple to push them over the line" #Strictly 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Not the bloody royals sticking their ores into this beautiful moment 💀 #Strictly 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Craig Revel Horwood breaking out the Byron to convince us to vote for Karen (he's right 😎) #Strictly 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Karen Carney will be such a worthy winner of #Strictly, although it is a shame that across her three dances tonight she hasn't shown how fantastic she is at the slow dances - she can do both fast and slow so well, as we have seen over the weeks, but tonight has all been fast. 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Really troubling and horrible seeing so many nasty, mean-spirited posts about Amber on #Strictly which ascribe bad faith motivations onto her even when she is fulfilling the precise role of a deferant, caring "good loser". This type of bile is just petty and harmful. 270
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Extremely classy of Amber to tell the audience to vote for the others. She's right, of course, but it's such decorum and showmanship. She's the real deal, I think. #Strictly 030
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Craig Revel Horwood is the unsung hero of #Strictly He keeps it grounded, avoids grading on a curve, and tonight he's here to keep us on the straight and narrow to make sure we don't forget to keep our heads and vote for Karen Carney 070
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025See? SEE!?!?!? I said so!!!! #Strictly (Another thing is that many of his dances seem more about showing Alexis's talent than his own, which in a devised showcase like this is beyond baffling) 040
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Amber and Karen would both be such worthy winners of #Strictly They're both so talented, and have come a long way - and they really *care* about it 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I think a major factor in George getting so far in #Strictly despite not being especially talented, interesting or charismatic is because he has disproportionately been given high-charting hit songs to dance to Almost every week he's had a really popular song, by someone like Queen or Harry Styles 030
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Amber Davis is so COOL #Strictly is very fortunate to have her because she's consistently bringing some of the highest quality, most dynamic and dramatic dance to BBC One primetime 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Cannot fathom #Strictly without Tess and Claudia. It's unthinkable 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025If George wins #Strictly tonight, I am going to throw hands I have been baffled and frustrated each successive week to see the British public choose a generic, slightly hapless and disinterested white man over a talented Black woman 010
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025"You attempted the shadow roll" maybe the most terrifyingly powerful thing Shirley Ballas has ever said on #Strictly 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Seeing that the Girlguides have chosen to ban trans members had made my heart drop out of my stomach. It's so horrible and demoralising to live in a country that wants to harm and exclude and marginalise people, to wind human rights backwards, and to spread misery. 131
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Genuinely wild to see Balvinder break the record for most #Strictly dance-offs survived She'll be back in the dance-off next week irrespective of how well she does and we'll see her in the record-breaking sixth dance off 140
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Me when I want to find a film on Mubi that isn't about "sensual longing and animal instincts" 200
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Oh so this is all fine but being critical of Donald Trump means everyone has to resign 000
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Gonna be absolutely devastating if Alex Kingston goes out of #Strictly because they gave a song without lyrics to someone with dyscalculia Feels like a failure to make reasonable adjustments to me. 040
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 08/11/2025BAN FIREWORKS IT'S NOT EVEN THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER IT'S NOT EVEN 6 O'CLOCK 020
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Florence Welch is on record now that her favourite season of Buffy is Season 6 and her favourite season of Doctor Who is Series 6 What an icon. What a legend. The ultimate taste. Also her new album rocks 130
Tricky Hippo @thetrickyhippo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025They should bring back all the stuff I was into when I was 9, and also make it so that my life is more like how it was when I was 9 (but without all the negative parts that my brain has forgotten about due to highly directional nostalgia) 010
