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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

As an UG I much preferred them as an experience - you still had to have done the legwork before as you couldn’t count on getting the right source in the timeframe (as I found to my cost when I slacked off one module after handing in my dissertation) and I Did Better History than a closed-book paper

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The opening is brilliantly constructed, and it sustains a sense of unease for a long time (although certain upgrades trivialise traversal and so undermine it towards the end). Great soundtrack too

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't disagree with any of these three but aren't Wallace and Gromit from Lancashire...?

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not watched S4 yet but honestly you can ignore most of S3 and just watch the eps "Napkins" and "Ice chips" which both stand up with some of the best of S1/S2. I've heard S5 is really good if that helps...

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Bear has lots but Love Story in Forks is an all-timer.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That performance in Pakistan was on another level tbf. I do think while he’s been helped by a poor batting lineup this time around he also has never bowled better

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My mum has a pathological commitment to a Volvo estate which comes from a similar place I think

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’ve often thought similar about the thing of the West Wing being liberal wish fulfilment - while there’s something in the sense that the characters are all too good to be true, at least in the Sorkin years they kind of just lose all the time

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Which actually kind of stands in for the whole first two series and the two really great eps of S3 - yeah it's a sentimental and ridiculous show really but its done with such commitment and feeling that it takes you with it.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Love Story needle drop is so well-earned

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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Last year Chris Packham fronted a BBC documentary series where neurodivergent people are given resources to make short films explaining their experiences to their families. It's much more compassionate than dross that has decided neurodivergence doesn't exist www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Inside Our Minds - Inside Our ADHD Minds

Chris helps a tour guide with ADHD reveal to his parents what’s really going on inside his head, and a project manager come to terms with the mixed emotions of a late diagnosis.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Is this a particularly UK Labour phenomenon or is it common to similar parties in Europe? My feeling (not backed up by anything) is Labour have a much worse record

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's well done but can't help noticing how very male it is

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We must remember the Utøya massacre, and remember it for what it was: a far-right attack specifically targeted against democratic socialist activists. Today, the ideologies of its perpetrator are openly espoused by a global network of nationalist oligarchs as they wage war on democratic societies.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Worth adding some numbers to this. The British press decided to make trans rights into an issue. It just wasn’t an issue before. This was a top-down decision. shado-mag.com/articles/opi...

Two striking statistics come to mind.
The first is how the British media decided to obsess over trans people. This is very clear.
Between 2012 and 2022 alone, trans-related articles went from just 60 to over 7,500. By 2022, there were at least 125 times more articles on trans people than in 2012. This has facilitated the rise of a far right narrative vis-a-vis "gender ideology" which is talked about in civilisational terms: In effect, trans people are being portrayed not as individuals but as the products of an ideology that threatens the dominance of 'man' and perceived traditional gender roles.
Fast forward just three years and we see the Daily Mail actively investigate whether any of Tyler Robinson's neighbours or roommates were trans, which would apparently help explain why he shot the white supremacist and Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk.

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026

Mahmood staying at the Home Office. I've seen enough

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17/07/2026

god I would love it sooooo much if a mainstream party had a genuinely metropolitan mindset, I hope to experience it at least once in my adult life

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I have two long-running series where I haven't read the final installment - Aubrey/Maturin because I don't want it to end, the Wheel of Time because frankly I couldn't be arsed

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's a shame that Potts hasn't kicked on as he'd theoretically be ideal for this

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It reminds me quite a lot of the India side that England stomped to become world no.1 in 2012 - undoubted talent, even some greats of the game, but a lack of seriousness about the supporting parts of the game that can make all the difference to a team's success

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yeah Rehan could be the fix but outside him I'm not sure what the answer is - an equivalent to Lyon (in role if not ability) would probably be ideal but not sure who that is

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

People will point to the batting misfires but to my eye the biggest symptom is the mess that the coaching staff became - no bowling or fielding coach for ages and an apparent lack of technical coaching for batters is very damning

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Archer, Atkinson, Tongue and Robinson is an excellent unit. The trouble is we can’t keep them fit, and without a reliable spinner it’ll be really hard to balance the side without an allrounder. If Brook can stop being so dozy the batting looks good on paper too. But it does all feel a bit fragile

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Bash the left, condescend to the right isn't a good way to garner support

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's been interesting seeing all the pontificating about why he's so disliked when during his time in charge he has shown no interest in his job and contempt for pretty much every voter bloc - Labour's voters taken for granted then alienated, "hero" voters only care about how xenophobic you are etc

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My optimism is tempered by Labour being, y'know, Labour, but sacking Mahmood and reversing course somewhat is obvious low-hanging fruit to start bringing progressives back and Burnham isn't a political idiot. Much less optimistic on trans rights, where senior figures seem utterly cowed

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I had uncomfortable flashbacks when visiting Vancouver Island a couple of years later, my wife thought I was a bit weird for taking note of the evacuation routes but then she hadn't read the article

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

UK scandals are very low rent, they've got a long way to go to keep up with international competition.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That's definitely part of it. It's such a different political culture really, still very much stuck in a more amateurish (in the professionalism sense) past despite attempts to change it

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Surely money plays a part here - I think Americans would be shocked at how little funding there is in e.g. UK politics. Last year UK parties received £65m in total, that doesn't buy you a lot

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

As an environmental writer, what are your thoughts on deploying England's radical "first test of the summer" technology to end extended dry periods of weather in other parts of the world?

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Not sure, if you go to the ponds on a sunny day certainly feels like 38k people are there

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A brilliant speaker, and I’ve just realised I don’t think I’ve ever read a word he has written so I should probably correct that

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Oh man, sad news - I haven’t been a regular listener for the past few years as working from home and having a kid has eaten into podcast time but always loved hanging out with those three and their various FOPs. All three fantastic but I loved how unashamedly highbrow Steve was.

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Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

There’s bottle… And there’s bottle. Vamos ❤️

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Can't expect the Starmer operation to do something as radical as recognise an opportunity

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I laughed but then was sad remembering that particular loan. Not nice watching someone so clearly not be at the level

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

That sounds a bit complicated to me but each to their own!

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Also on taxing wealth - I'm sympathetic on fairness grounds but deeply sceptical that the financial benefits of taxing wealth would be greater than just upping the basic rate of income tax by 2p for everyone and offsetting impacts for low-earners via the benefits system.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I don't think you can necessarily absolve him of blame for the low turnout either tbh. I'm sure the inevitability of the win meant that people weren't particularly motivated to come out but the McSweeney strategy didn't exactly inspire devotion.

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'm sorry but he's utterly failed to provide strategic direction, totally caved to the right on social issues like immigration and trans rights and missed two ideal opportunities for the broad-based tax rises that would go a long way to fixing our broken services. A complete waste of a majority

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Anecdotal so take it with a pinch of salt but friends with South Asian heritage go to meet up with family halfway rather than flying all the way to the subcontinent

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Might be wrong but I think these people making this so explicit is a mistake - one thing that I've found most effective when talking to older relatives/friends who have swallowed some of the anti-trans rhetoric is pointing out that so much of it uses the exact same arguments made about gay people

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Nothing better than become a Regular

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Will Vignoles @willvignoles.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Even before you get to the article that post is appallingly written, my brain just couldn't process it

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