Reposted by Pete DoddsColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Exactly! And in that time your employer, to whom you are tied for the entire time, feels the same way (hard to invest in training you etc) and you have to pay huge Home Office fees every 2.5 years, meaning your family is very materially worse off than your co-workers and peers. 110839
Reposted by Pete DoddsMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The current political moment has shown me how many people go through life frustrated that they don’t have the right state apparatus to indulge their worst urges. They‘re not “left behind”, they’re not “lonely”, they want to hurt other people. And this is their generational opportunity. 13909281
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Love and solidarity for the victims of the horrendous attack on Berlin CSD ✊🌈♥️ 020
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"If Andy Burnham wants to build a politics rooted in care, community and belonging, sooner or later his govt will have to confront the reality that immigration policy isn't just about borders. It's about people, families & the lives they're trying to build." 👏 reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/a-promise-is... 110
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Devastated to come so close and lose again but today my kid did a poo in her friend's paddling pool and looked so delighted when she announced it, so we'll always have that 🏴🤿💩 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I have also decided that the people of Clacton will be the judges of my actions 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Thread. The guy got a LOT wrong, but for me personally, the dangerous demonising of immigrants to the UK - in that "island of strangers" speech especially - showed a shocking collapse of values, a complete and miserable selling-out. Unforgivable 010
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 05/06/2026G*ogle will soon replace search results with AI-generated answers - killing independent businesses. This is a sad example of a well-run, incredibly useful resource which has lost 70% of its traffic nicolasbouliane.com/blog/death-b...nicolasbouliane.comAI is killing All About Berlin - Nicolas BoulianeThey used my work to train their AI, and now they're using their AI to put me out of work. 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Enjoyed my years out and about on the Sheffield music scene so keen to check Daniel's new book out. Might even bag myself some cheeky merch this way too! 🤞 010
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 08/05/2026And just like that, a new Daughn Gibson album daughngibson.bandcamp.com/album/lake-m...daughngibson.bandcamp.comLake Mary not mysterious, by Daughn Gibson10 track album 111
Reposted by Pete DoddsReunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Broadcasters and press have a responsibility to our communities - and repeatedly centring exceptional negative cases while ignoring the overwhelming reality — people/families building lives, survivors seeking safety, communities contributing economically and socially — distorts public understanding. 198
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I had hopes that a Labour govt would make settling in the country I was born in easier and/or more affordable for us than under the Tories, but it seems they have other ideas 0102
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Thread. Please read - this deeply unfair & expensive policy affects families like mine 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Solidarity with and 👏 to everyone attending this today. I'm over here in DE hoping some of this message gets through to Starmer & co, so I and my non-UK family can move to the UK 🤞 and attend a future march. (Shocking that marches against the far right are needed in 2026/7/8/? anyway) 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Finally got around to Sentimental Value. Joachim Trier is a genius, can confirm 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsReunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A 6-year-old cancer survivor at Great Ormond Street Hospital could lose vital care due to the Government’s “earned settlement” changes. The Home Office reduces lives to numbers, ignoring health and safety. MPs must stop these cruel, dehumanising reforms. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘We can’t go back’: mother of six-year-old cancer survivor fears UK visa changesWoman, from Togo, faces uncertain wait for indefinite leave to remain because of changes coming into force next month 022
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Well fair enough this is what you get for doing something two months late. Still, fun 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Watched Sirāt. An incredible cinematic experience, knocked me sideways like no other film for some time. Recommend going in with as little knowledge of the plot/subject matter as possible 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsAdam Lavis @adamlavis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I’m offering 25% off my TV & Film writing courses for Black Friday! More info below or DMs open if you'd like to chat! #scriptsky www.adamlavis.com/screenwritin...adamlavis.comTV/Film Development — ADAM LAVIS 051
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 18/11/202550(!) years today since Bruce & The E Street Band's first show at the Hammersmith Odeon. Great clip, though this show's '...Saint In The City' is even better, partly because Bruce dedicated the song to me ❤️ 100
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Very, very good piece. "London is perhaps the only place in England where you can tell people where you’re from, and instantly they feel empowered to inform you what a terrible place it is." ✅ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSay what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan LiewTo rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsBill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1 7668954544
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Just checking if anyone's ever finished a bag of spinach 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I'm hearing The Black Angels in the 'Electric Nebraska' version of BITUSA that just dropped and that is a massive YES PLEASE youtu.be/9YNufvgPP20?...youtu.beBruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Electric Nebraska - Official Audio)YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsDavid O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Lads at the wedding when all the girls go off to dance 419428
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 27/08/2025About to watch my team play Man Utd, something neither myself or any other #GTFC fan has done since 1948. Come on you stripey beauties 🖤🤍 🐟🐟🐟 110
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Q: What is the perfect pop record for this time of year? A: 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsReunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2025For many couples and families summer is the time when they can celebrate their love together. However, for the thousands separated by the spouse visa rules, it is harder still because this racist and classist policy never takes a break or never allow people to take a break from it 1104
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Just popping in here to say the Poor Creature album is fantastic riverlea.bandcamp.com/album/all-sm...riverlea.bandcamp.comAll Smiles Tonight, by Poor Creature8 track album 010
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 10/06/2025References the mad MIR Tory proposal from a year or so ago, which the report released today recommends isn't implemented. Let's see what the current government make of the report's recs, and which (if any) they decide to listen to 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Governments and advisers should not use the human rights framework as a shield, but work out the principle. Public policy on marriage visas should be concerned to avoid exploitation/fake relationships. But should let UK citizens form genuine relationships, not restrict that to higher-rate taxpayers 1398
Reposted by Pete DoddsReunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Today is a pivotal day for bi-national couples and families: for the first time people on the spouse/partner visa route were listened to by a Committee that wanted to learn what life is really like when you want to live in the UK and were moved by what we read in the report #FamiliesBelongTogether🧵 14427
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Attended an excellent pitch doc workshop with @annaruthjordan.bsky.social this week. One unexpected side-effect (unrelated to pitching) is that one of the exercises Anna had us do has led to a key breakthrough in the writing of a current project. Nice! 030
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This is very good. Why DO we lose the art of just hanging out as we get older? (Though to be clear I've never been a huge fan of the 'pop in') www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI fear I’m doing friendship wrong: why do we lose the art of just hanging out? | Carolin WürfelPre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is better 000
Reposted by Pete DoddsPhilip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Finally!! The streamers are to our UK TV industry as private healthcare is to the NHS. They must contribute to the fundamental infrastructures and culture of the industry they profit from and lower budget TV must be protected. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comNetflix and co should pay levy to fund crisis-hit UK drama sector, say MPsBritish stories risk disappearing from small screen as public broadcasters struggle to compete with streaming services 3398
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Caught this excellent film at Pittsburgh Shorts last year, fun and messy and subversive! Check it out 🍕 100
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Proudly continuing my record of never successfully changing trains at Shenfield 🏆 000
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Stayed in one of those hotels with too-chatty micro-copy all over the place. This was on the fridge. Good grief 😑 010
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Save the Prince Charles Cinema you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital... 100
Pete Dodds @wordsbypete.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Astonishing to think that somewhere, there exists - or perhaps, existed - a person who decided that the dishwasher we recently bought should loudly beep not once, twice or even thrice, but EIGHT times when its cycle is complete. 010
Reposted by Pete DoddsWriters' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Today, alongside @equityuk.bsky.social + @societyofauthors.bsky.social, we have launched a petition calling on Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie to rethink plans to eradicate audio drama from BBC Radio 3 Sign the petition to Save Audio Drama at the BBC www.change.org/SADatTheBBCchange.orgSign the PetitionSave Audio Drama at the BBC 24858