Really interesting thread/conversation, I went into Sinners pretty much blind (apart from the poster looking cool and lots of people saying it was worth watching). My note from the time was "Starts with Mississippi 1932 and you think 'well I know precisely where this is going', and then it doesn't!"

(blatantly stolen from someone I can't find now)

This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...

I watched Ken Burns' documentary a few years ago (it's mostly still images so kind of perfect "watch while ironing" content) and it was so weird constantly hearing the equivalent of "you have to understand it from the Nazis point of view"

FFS

That's the problem with watching it live I guess, you can't skip through the mission

This is good, Iceland is closer to Europe (easier to defend) and half of the invasion force will be late because they've been sent to Greenland by mistake

Well yes but mainly because it was my childhood

A big reason for this misunderstanding is that the type of migration people care most about—small boats—is *not* falling, and the public vastly overestimate how much this contributes to overall migration. The government often doesn’t help itself here. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I've played way too much Last Of Us to find this comforting

I will fully admit that 12 year old me thought Dilbert was hilarious, including the TV show. But 11 year old me also thought the Matt LeBlanc Lost in Space film was brilliant so not a kid with the best taste is what I'm saying.

Something that's been going around my mind a bit but I think social media posts are mostly more akin to spoken comments than actual writing which means all of the tonality, body language and other non verbal cues needed to make them easily understood are absent

Incredible jumper game in traitors tonight, some great contenders

For those who want a broader perspective in their feed, a right-wing starter pack. Includes the six Tory MPs currently on BlueSky and a range of other think-tankers, ex-SpAds and journalists. go.bsky.app/JvKL6aE

While I agree with this, it's a shame that it means "who knows, maybe by 2043 we'll be capable of having a conversation about trade-offs"

Relevant bit from a really good @samfr.bsky.social article on whether the Tories will be eclipsed by Reform

Thought I’d do a mega hread on NPR, partly because I’ve seen some London based commentary that doesn’t really get the bigger picture quite right imho

I dunno guys, maybe "director of communications" in an environment where there's hardly any hard evidence is a more useful skillset than "criminal barrister"?

Unity Diner near Aldgate do great burgers and Sunday Roasts, Mallow (now Mildreds) in Canary Wharf is also excellent

Fascinating as always from Adam

Jesus that's on the nose even for whatever UKIP has turned into now

Slightly diminish a game: Cyberpunk 2076

My personal bugbear is when the length of a podcast advert isn't neatly in increments of 45 seconds because that's what my "skip forward" button is set to

Hell yes

I happen to have polled this very question earlier this year. It's complete nonsense to say that X is the most popular platform for news. However its news audience is still very large.

Government/Starmer/Reeves' unpopularity isn't so surprising imo. - pervasive mood of discontent - voters are increasingly volatile and dealigned from parties - economic stagnation/cost of living - polarised/toxic information environment - weak govt/PM comms - flawed strategy (alienating core vote)

Utterly meaningless finding. thejobsfoundation.com/family-busin...

Here we go then

Lost amid the discussion of why the Government should get off X is its utter uselessness as an engagement tool and the fact departments are wasting vast sums making content for it. Take this:

See also: dogs in offices. "Hey look we're a funky and inclusive workplace but also one where we expect people to do work that requires concentration and have calls with clients"

Me and the cat seeing in the new year the right way

As someone else afflicted by the condition of "big TV and a PS5" (the struggle is real!) I really liked this

I think the key to answering this question is understanding Starmer/Reeves unpopularity among natural allies. A majority of Laboir voters disapprove of him, as do large majorities of LD/Green voters. Hostility from natural political opponents is normal. Hostility from natural supporters is not.

I had a long thread written out but the app closed and it's deleted so here are some mostly-formed thoughts: it's a mixture of their central problem (lack of a clear mission), unforced errors (WFA) and a failure to recognise the information environment they're operating in

It won't be, because that's not the political environment we live in, but being in the first team here should be the absolute minimum threshold that any candidate to replace Starmer should meet.

I once saw Hugh Grant at Labour Party conference and, despite @priyaminhas.bsky.social's urging, declined to follow him into the toilet

The stage show of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is even better than I was hoping, an absolutely brilliant realisation of one of my all time favourite books

FWIW I don’t think it will, at least in 2026, but it will come down further. Suspect frantic efforts by Labour to take the credit and from Reform to change the subject (to small boats, problems with migrants already here. Reform efforts likely more successful 1/2 bsky.app/profile/adam...

Donald Trump is unpopular in Europe, according to the new POLITICO Poll. Even among the supporters of right-wing populist parties he sees as allies.

Emotional moment as my parents' microwave, which they've had since 1979, has finally shuffled off this mortal coil.

If the king's speech montage had a quick shot of Andrew's stuff being hurled out of the palace by bailiffs

I watch this at least once every few months, a bit like those (I think improvised?) George Parr interviews, just wonderful

What % of the population right now are turning boxes of Celebrations into boxes of Bounties

I actually really like this, but then I'm about the same age and Back to the Future was nothing like as big a thing for me so I'm not particularly precious about it

Then: Arkham Asylum Now: Uncharted 2 But only because I never had a PS3 and I played a LOT of Arkham City so got a bit Batman'd out

You just know that someone, somewhere in the Home Office has proposed doing an event when the number hits 0, complete with a George W Bush style "Mission Accomplished" banner

Minor pet peeve: films set in London where it's really snowy at Christmas. Lads it's 5 days to Christmas and it was 10° today, snow is a late January thing, sometimes even March

2012: Mass Effect 3 despite the ending Now: Mass Effect 3 despite the ending

I've been a bit behind with things but I finally saw the animated Animal Farm trailer and it might be the worst thing I've ever seen in my life