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There are fair things to criticise AEW within the context/perimeters of how AEW presents wrestling different to WWE without this skewed lens. Stuff like this has made some AEW fans defensive, just assume all criticism is grifting/BS by default, making it hard to talk about legit issues 🤼‍♂️

#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie

My partner is off for a day trip with a friend and feels guilty of leaving me alone. Yet, to treat termly burnout, I'm going: - Write - Drink tea - Have a pizza to myself - Sit in the park and read - Stop for more tea and cake somewhere and write some more outside the house. #writingcommunity

I only got vol 2 and 3 of Locke and Key from the library Tuesday but I devoured these pages. Absorbing the gorgeous artwork and imagination; living with the incredibly relatable and real feeling Locke family. Joe Hill is one of my favourite authors no matter the medium. #booksky💙📚 #comics

The thing about cycles are they repeat. I do find some with this discourse just as circular. Cycles differ and if someone has a different opinion, it's not always grifting and if they're not enjoying the cycle isn't the end of either person's world or fandom or a threat to your own joy #AEW

Elon Musk trying to sink a Christopher Nolan movie was honestly the funniest and dumbest course of action he could have taken. He’s one of the most popular filmmakers alive and now it proves Elon and his fanboys have no real cultural impact outside of X

Feeling proud after going back to a garage that did a poor job on my car and got a full refund. Feel like I could do anything, except perhaps DIY(?)

CM Punk is a lot of things to a lot of wrestling fans. A symbol, an icon, a gamechanger- a sellout? If we judge the man separate from the character/story and against the Straight Edge punk ethos the man believes in, here's one interpretation: #WWE #wrestlesky🤼 lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling...

Finishing up on an article about wrestling where I have referenced both Robert Browning's The Lost Leader and Mean Girls while talking about punk rock credibility. #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

Watching England vs. Argentina and I feel like the way Argentina have made the England babyface is similar to how Paul Heyman in WCW made mommy's boy Jim Cornette sympathetic

Made from scratch turkey burgers with a homemade tomatoes and onion salsa. First homemade burgers of the summer but not he last.

I’d understand if by “Baddest Man”, they meant “Worst Man”.

Childhood nostalgia reading a graphic novel I bought for some of my students. Alex Rider series, Stormbreaker graphic novel that I blitz through. Based on the terrible film, it is a good adaption of bad source material. The original book is still the best #graphic novel #booksky📚💙

I’m a Day One member of #AEWHeels🤼, and I’d like to clarify a few things from my perspective now that the discussion has extended beyond the community. First, a brief & imperfect history (🧵): “What is AEW Heels?” The Heels program was launched by Brandi Rhodes in 2020 as a way for women & femme-

Finished the audio version of Stephen Fry's Mythos and enjoyed his versions of the myths and his shameless use of alliteration and sibilance. Luckily I finished listening just before the wire connecting my old iPod to the car broke. #booksky📚💙

One Fall Review inspired me to write a poem, a sonnet, to express my love and admiration for the art of wrestling, particularly our willingness to buy into the theatre, to suspend our disbelief and to feel the magic, despite our understanding that there are strings and tricks at play. #wrestlesky🤼

Adrian Street returns to his father's coal mine as a star - one of the most iconic wrestling photos of all time, and described by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller as "the most important photograph taken in Britain after the war". varioussmallfires.co.uk/2014/06/25/o...

Damn, this one hurts. Thanks for giving us one of the most iconic movie protagonists ever with Alan Grant. You made me more hyper-fixated on Dinosaurs than I already was as a kid after seeing Jurassic Park. Rest Easy, Sam Neill. 🦖

going outside anytime this week

Just watched a political and philosophical YouTube video where jokingly the YouTuber said it's okay to have a dead dad. Agreed as my first thought was yes, because Christian Cage might adopt you. #AEW

Came across this page of panels in Locke and Key and it feels extremely poignant to the current world where many folks, like the character, are depressed, feel helpless and isolated and find in the news confirmation of their existing perspectives that keep in place.

1st article back at Last Word and it's an exploration of why The Tuckman and Scott Green, The Dropouts, if they are going to #WWE, could with the right breaks and booking bring finger pointing, Aussie fashion and mullets to the sports entertainment giant. #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

Finished reading this morning g the forst volume of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez' Locke and Key and I was hooked from the first panel. I love Hill's style in hia novels and short stories, and given my library has most of the volumes, my summer reading is sorted #graphicnovels #comics #booksky📚💙

What an awesome set of stats that in some respects suprises and made you realise my bias/perceptions. Like for example, it feels like Takeshita has had less, Danielson, Swerve and Storm more and there are ones you forget like Britt Baker and Yuta #AEW

First time in a while I have written something about wrestling from scratch. We'll see...

I bring a certain type of energy to meetings. Today, while everyone else drinks tea and a cola with ice, I have a chocolate milkshake. And flippantly at the end, when deferring because I know nothing about tech, I called myself a basic bitch. It explains a lot about my job interview history 🤣

My targeted personalised ads seemingly are all things I have no interest in. Every add is either for sports betting, amateur stocks and shares trading and ChatGPT. I'm numb to it but also pissed because 2 out of 3 are gambling-orientated and the constancy makes me think about other people.

Finished reading this morning Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis and come away learning more about the Islamic Revolution and somewhat inspired by a young girl and her family's rebelliousness during a time of terror while acknowledging their luck. A good accompaniment to Maus #booksky📚💙 #graphicnovels

WWE will never use a video from another account again 💀💀💀 🤣 #AEW

Finished the 2md Percy Jackson book today with a student. It's never too late to catch up in something you missed out as a YA reader. Looking forward to reading the 3rd in September. #booksky📚💙

Dear @allelitewrestling.com, The Casino Gauntlet sure would be the perfect opportunity to bring @nylarosebeast.bsky.social back to @aewontv.bsky.social. You've got two singles & the tag championships she can go after. Nyla & Stat would be a dope team. "The Cosmic Beasts" has a nice ring to it.

Passing this most excellent image on

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.

Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly

18 minutes a week between them.

We watched Toy Story 5 today and hot take... as much as I expected the worst, I loved it outside of a few tweaks. The biggest being the title. After Toy Story 3, I wish they used different titles because that perception and sense of continuity undermines the uniqueness of 4 and 5

Timeless Toni Storm #aew #tonistorm #sketches #sketchbook #wrestling

The mafia/gang themed production of Hamlet we saw yesterday started with a guy tied to a chair, covered in blood and looked like Eddie Kingston from Anarchy in the Arena. I would pay good money to see Kingston read Shakespeare. #wrestlesky🤼 #AEW

Came back from watching a production of Hamlet and the entire car journey we were dissecting and critiquing the actors' choices, the direction and production choices I realised how this is no different to how I think and analyse wrestling. Wasn't too suprised. #wrestlesky🤼‍♂️

Left the kitchen for literally a second to put sauces on the table, and when I returned, the burgers, under the grill, were on fire... somehow, I did not panic. The flames died down, the oven is fine, and the burgers were flame-kissed and tasty

Had a grateful moment this evening when after a tutoring session the parent said I earned my fee because they thought their kid was being difficult. My response, I genuinely enjoyed the challenge, his creativity and getting him to think. It was a pleasure and a highlight of the day.

Begging folks to let people show what they can do in an AEW ring before they decide who's washed and who isn't. What you can do in a WWE ring Vs an AEW ring are two very different things.

1st graphic novel of the year read as I am out of poetry for morning reading. Got a stack of GNs for my students so I thought I would read ahead. A fine adaptation and nice art, but felt it lacked in style and narrative the same humour and whimsy of the novel. #booksky💙📚 #graphic novels

🎵 coming out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fiiiiiiiiiine 🎶

My timing ad usual if off. I took the wrong time to take a break and full behind on #AEW, but at least I have Forbidden Door to look forward to in, if I am lucky, two or three so weeks time

Truly the purest power…god bless Joe Doering, fuck cancer #wrestlesky