Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is. It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime. This is not patriotism. It's subservience.

Season 2 of Andor centered around the evil Empire invading a planet under the pretence of stopping criminals, but in reality, to steal all its resources Thankfully, it's just fiction

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Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime. The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.

Finally saw Death by Lightning Believe the hype

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Happy New Year Internet friends

Anyone not putting Andor is a cop

The kids are alright

Genndy Clone Wars > The Clone Wars

One day soon, his NDA is gonna run out and it'll be glorious

BBC personalities to have a pint with #1 Claudia Winkleman, all day long, would have a mad night out Dead last is Jeremy Vine, would spend the entire night talking to you about bus lanes

The insufferable decade of "Star Wars should be planned out like Marvel" despite all evidence that the only planning was a big white board saying "Thanos?"

Doomsday activating all my MCU hot takes like a sleeper agent being activated

Genuinely forgot he was Captain America until just now

Pssst, it's still the best one

Still remember a guy saying "It would have been fine if they had some dialogue of Luke saying he stopped himself" THAT LITERALLY HAPPENS IN THE FUCKING SCENE I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD

"Many Bothans died to bring us this information......also a lot of you may not know this, but I can bust a move like you wouldn't believe, like... I can seriously tear up that dancfloor, I swear to god, just spinning like a record baby, right round"

Was talking to my 13 year old nephew yesterday about his favourite films. He mentioned he really liked Dark Knight Rise, I nudged him and said, "Is that because of Anne Hathaway?" His reply "Ew no, she's so old"

Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.

There was about a 6-12 month period following Last Jedi, where a large portion of the Internet were convinced Rian Johnson was now blacklisted from Hollywood Anyway, he just released his third film where the entire cast is Holywood A listers with ensemble parts

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Really sucks that we had 7 seasons of Clone Wars with some white bloke pretending to be Tem, then when he finally gets the big comeback it's for this thrid-rate Patton Oswalt-inspired rubbish. Train heist in Ep 2 was fun, tho.

I can't believe we still have "Last Jedi is the worst" die hards when this show exists

Next Christmas, double feature

I'm having a good night

I'm not exaggerating when I tell you I can do an all-timer Gollum impression

Watching cinema

Good thread

whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot

Had some really cool feedback on a script I got to write and direct at a local theatre, so I'm extending it to a short film length. Wish me luck

Maybe I'm an old man shouting at clouds, but the franchise lost something when it stopped being one huge release every 2-3 years. For better or worse, it gives each film time to cement itself into pop culture. I don't like Attack of the Clones, but I remember it more than 90% of the Mandalorian

It's always cool when a franchise shows you exactly where the off ramp is

Actually, Kylo left a book telling his mom how to kill her parents

Counterpoint Yes he did

Goddammit Patrick, now I've gotta order some comics

Evergreen

This is who shows up if you leave a Diet Coke and Hersheys bar under the Christmas Tree

How I’m showing up for the Bluesky Xmas party.

Remembering that Ray's performance and Hera's ass were the only parts of that show I had any interest in

Seeing a certain lightsaber is currently on sale...

Having Christmas a day early this year (due to work) And my better half managed to grab me some of the stuff from the Columbia Endor collection Very happy

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.