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Xander Flatt

@xanderflatt.bsky.social
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Working in local government policy, data (analysis and visualisation), and making information accessible. Interested in film, music, art, culture, politics, sport, news and the weather. East Lothian/Edinburgh Nae Paseran He/him

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 8h
This is an American example but, if you believe homeless people should be put in prison, then you already believe they should get government-funded accommodation. You're just willing to spend over the odds to make sure it's dehumanising and miserable.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 9h
My name is Elonmandias, Prick of Pricks. Look upon the works of others that I sued to put my name on. ... the"despair" part is pretty accurate though.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 04/10/2026
Martin Luther speech bubble meme
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
About 25% of this is outside Aberdonian chip shops alone.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They went full Clippy. Never go full Clippy.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
His brain is even smaller on the inside.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guys, can you take it again? I had my eyes closed.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I went to see @charlottechurch.bsky.social 's Late Night Pop Dungeon a few years ago and it was hands-down the most fun and entertaining gig I've ever been to.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a gottle of geer
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cocaine isn't addictive, it just smells really good.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yeah, that seems more consistent with their characters, I just went with Jean because if she's doing it, you know they deserved it!
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The X-men all argue over the 'right' thing to do, meanwhile Jean Grey gets into their heads and implants the memories of a lifetime of being the victims of abuse and trafficking themselves within a single heartbeat. Wolverine acknowledges that's way more traumatising than what he had planned.
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
-Once upon a midnight- Beastie Boys: DREARY -while I pondered, weak and Beastie Boys: WEARY -Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten Beastie Boys: LORE
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Schitts Creek Alexis Rose Smirk & Pose
Alt: Schitts Creek Alexis Rose Smirk & Pose
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Terrible name for a child.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think the people today who are convinced AI is thinking are the kind of people who, 25 years ago, would have added 'please' and 'thank you' to their google searches.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Your workstation choice is safe enough, I was talking about these: 😉
A selection of HP sauce bottles lined up next to each other
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'd also imagine that JKR would spin the show being amongst the most pirated shows in history as a show of support from people too afraid to support her views publicly. Either way, she gets the result she wants.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's possible to point out that the new HP series is a bigot-driven, hate machine that will directly fund the oppression and deaths of trans people and that everyone involved is morally compromised beyond redemption WITHOUT sharing the trailer.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"I wouldn't wish it on anyone" says man who wished it on millions
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The gravity of this statement took a while to catch up with me. I ran over the edge of a cliff and just kept going straight. Then I looked down.
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Wile E. Coyote's Classic Cliff Fall
Alt: Wile E. Coyote's Classic Cliff Fall
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 29/08/2026
Watching VFX Artists React today and learning that Wētā Workshop no longer has a miniatures division made me so sad. Apparently studios just don’t want them anymore, they all want CGI. So sad
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One of my jobs 10 years ago was cross checking addresses to send vulnerable kids in Edinburgh books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Her legacy cannot be overstated.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
They didn't survive the attempt, and would have been faster with wheels. I feel this adds weight to the pointlessness
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Warren Beatty owns the film and tv licensing rights for Dick Tracy, but they will lapse if 10 years go by without him releasing anything. So now, once a decade, he does an interview with TCM as Dick Tracy in full costume just to hold on to them. I respect that.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You want to live like spreadsheet people You want to see whatever spreadsheet people see You want to sleep with spreadsheet people You want to sleep with spreadsheet people like me?" But she didn't understand So I used a pivot table and some charts to turn data into actionable insights
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
For a guy who didn't start the fire he seems awfully defensive about it. I'm just sayin...
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Keanu Reeves Smiling and Waving
Alt: Keanu Reeves Smiling and Waving
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Because the Nightmare on Elm Street Belongs to Lovers
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What do incels and excels have in common? Neither are sure if this is supposed to be a date
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Well, how un-enheartening that some folk just don't get it
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
*live footage
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Raiders Lost: Floating Bag in Warehouse
Alt: A man pushes a box through a large warehouse. The warehouse is full of wooden boxes, piled high as far as you can see
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The purpose of a system is what it does. If they wanted to help people, they would. They want to help asset owners.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Actually we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby's grave," Imagine what this fan group could achieve if they tried to combat something as harmful as, you know...
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
You play as a shade of red: the game is rougelike
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Firstly: No, they don't. Secondly: "we attempted delivery of your package from low-earth orbit earlier today but no-one was available to sign for the charred remains"
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This would be the 100th anniversary of the first world cup. It couldn't possibly be better timed
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I say, I SAY, boy...
A comic panel with Doctor Doom raising a horn to his mouth and tooting it after saying 'Doctor Doom toots as he pleases!'
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If he can't even put in enough effort to write a song these days, maybe AI suggested Annie was a good target. My money's on grok
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Jose Mourinho: If I Speak, Big Trouble
Alt: The football manager, Jose Mourinho, dressed in black is standing in front of an advertising board. He's saying "I prefer not to speak, if I speak I am in big trouble"
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We reached out to The Umbrella Corporation but no-one in their Racoon City office was available for comments
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Curator Rob @curatorrob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is what the future looks like...
A sign, next to a road and on a grass verge. In black on a white background it says 24 hour cheese vending machine. An arrow point off to the right.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If you consider how racist you need to be for musicians that you shared a bill with to start an anti-racism charity to combat your views.... that's how racist Eric Clapton is.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Behind the Bastards podcast did two-part episodes on Stalin and Hitler... L. Ron Hubbard got five parts. Make of that what you will.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD
New Channel 4 documentary, The Great ADHD Myth?, seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Excuse me while I go and sit down in the museum with the other fossils.
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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
And studios have then gone out of their way to minimise his involvement in films (see: Tron, MotU, etc) when it comes to promoting them, when just not casting him at all was an option.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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