As was pretty clear from the start, what began with "transphobia is a protected belief" will lead to it once again being considered okay, at least by some, to be openly racist in the workplace. We're rushing towards the opposite of every DEI initiative ever put in place by employers

Please, my fantasy football team. It's very sick

Oh Spurs

Getting old is having to set a reminder on your phone so that you don't finish work on a Friday then promptly forget that you're meant to be going to a 9pm double bill of mid-70s Latin American horror movies at the cinema

It's also why all the king's men try to put "him" back together again. Another instance of the state trying to enforce cisnormativity

Humpty Dumpty's canonically trans b/c their egg cracks after their great fall

I must confirm that I am *not* straight

I JUST MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE IN A MEETING

This meeting could have been a folkloric doodle

Pretty niche, and anyone without a gluten issue would probably still consider them an affront to the name as they don't have the right texture, but Sainsbury's gluten-free naan bread are actually quite nice?

Sir, that's my emotional support M&S milk chocolate with candy beans, orange jellies, and popping candy

Anyone able to recommend any Françoise Sagan novels that aren't Bonjour Tristesee or Those Without Shadows? I read those decades ago and suddenly find myself feeling like I'd like to read more of her work

Oh Spurs

TRICK OR TREAT! Trendy vicar: You know who else used to treat his friends with some great tricks?

If you are looking for something spooky but also tuneful to watch tonight, my film All You Need Is Death, about a couple of musicologists who get themselves in trouble by recording a song that was never meant to be recorded, is available on many streamers; linktr.ee/paulduane

And while you're at it, give yourself some indier than thou points if you recognise the photo that Sleeper used for the sleeve of their debut single

*posts bush on main* youtu.be/zF5GQaOzzIo?...

A preview screening of Alpha, with an in-person Q&A with Julia Ducournau? I fear I may explode

I should go to bed and not watch Scream on BBC1 for Courtney Cox and her haircut

Zarah Sultana standing at the front of the stage, bitching about everyone else involved with Your Party, while the audience shouts HE'S BEHIND YOU

Happy Butthole Surfers documentary day to everyone celebrating

Whenever I see someone try to rehab Sadako's reputation, I think to myself, I'll be surprised if she comes out of this well

Am unexpected unifying theme running through This Band Could Be Your Life is how many of the bands featured got a gig opening for Public Image Ltd, and basically every time the main takeaway from them playing that show is "PiL were pricks"

“You want to put that inside Elmo?” “Yes.” “And Elmo get twenty dollars?” “That’s right.” “Elmo want to see money first.”

Dumb ass, big chorus, 90s/00s pop punk and emo playlist to help get through boring documentation tasks at work, and I just realised that having Bowling For Soup's 1985 on a playlist in 2025 is the equivalent of being the subject of the song back when it was released

Following watching Paul Schrader's Cat People at Bar Trash by watching Jacques Tourneur's Cat People on iplayer, with cheese and biscuits on the side. I'm sure the combination of two were-cat movies and late night cheese won't cause any issues

Replace the citizenship test with placing an order on the Boots website, including trying to get to items that you've previously saved to your favourites, while trying to not absolutely lose your shit at how bad a user experience it is

I still think that My Bloody Valentine's Soon sounds like Kevin Shields remixed a Stone Roses b-side (derogatory)

Shall we repost at a time when the UK is actually awake? Probably not a bad idea. Anyone care to see wordpress or jekyll and raise the viable options?

Okay, so if I'm going to get back to writing again, and it seems that I am, where am I going to put that writing? It almost feels like I need a tumblr, but that's probably not the answer. Obviously I'm not going near substack

Sometimes I worry that I may be a bit snobby about how people respond to a movie in the cinema, but at least three groups of people just laughed their way through Frankenstein, and I don't really understand the impulse to do so at a film that isn't remotely comedic

The House Of Love don't get enough... well.. love. Peak House Of Love were amazing and, while not as noisy as either, were up there with the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine at their best. Have a playlist (that no one will listen to) open.spotify.com/playlist/3eo...

Sexy Vampyres (Larraz) I get to do the first part of that, right? I don't want to be a sexy José Ramón Larraz

Because being trans in a country engaging in widespread institutionalised transphobia couldn't possibly impact on her mental health, and the perceived need to pass in order to be slightly safer, and simply to conform to the standards placed on all women, couldn't contribute to her eating disorder

Instagram showing my adverts made by someone who either has no idea what it implies or knows exactly what it implies

If you're looking at the script for 15-year old Gregg Araki movies about libidinous students getting caught up with a cult intent on ending the world, it's Kaboomscrolling

I wish to eat the forbidden Liquorice Allsorts (but I can't, because they contain gluten)

Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign. notinourname.org.uk

The thing that you should remember about Esther Ghey is that she herself has decided that social media and smart phones are a problem that needs to addressed. She's not just being exploited and manipulated by callous MPs to support their preferred policies; she signed up for this campaign herself

"Sometimes I walk sideways" always feels like so much like it should be a line from Twin Peaks youtu.be/zK2nJWNgZBA?...

Time for A Nightmare On Elm Street rewatch (for the first time in decades?) as prep for the Queer Horror Nights' midnight Halloween screening of Elm Street 2 in a couple of weeks. A Saturday night done right

Oh Ange

The label on the #BeyondFriday poster has meant it is not visible to some so I am sharing with another poster and a pic of the og. We are showing All the Colors of the Dark at 11pm tonight. I will share the link at 9pm. This is gonna be a good one. Please share.

You don't particularly expect a genuinely beautiful slow mournful surf instrumental to appear on one of those "we got a load of musicians together and had them write a bunch a novelty Halloween songs under an anonymous band name" albums, yet here we are (or were, in 1964) youtu.be/3dZA4g5_6Ew?...

morning gtradio