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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

If tickets keep selling at the rate they've been going over the last two days, this is going to sell out.

Don't hang about if you want to come.

Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.

We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.

🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah I think I must have written about it for the local press.

Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 22h

Was trying to wrack my brains thinking of why I knew this milestone. It was listed a couple of years ago.

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 23h

Now we have companies making huge expenditure on abstract things that we all have to subscribe to and a spreadsheet comes up with solutions to problems that don't exist in order to squeeze out that extra tiny percentage of revenue for shareholders. 2/2

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 23h

This is just the stage of capitalism we live in now.

It used to be about raw materials pulled from the ground which got turned into things and people sold their time to do that.
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 1d

How is this not an Onion headline

click.email.variety.com?qs=4fcd74758...

Apple TV+ Rebrands to Apple TV, Ditching the Plus Sign for ‘Vibrant New Identity’

It's just Apple TV now, no plus.

click.email.variety.com

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

If tickets keep selling at the rate they've been going over the last two days, this is going to sell out.

Don't hang about if you want to come.

Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.

We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.

🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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Fergal Kinney @fergalkinney.bsky.social · 1d

Cliff Richard is 85! Two years ago I went to watch his Blue Sapphire tour for @thequietus.com and became convinced by his gentlemanly shades of Middle England Gospel.

thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Middle England Gospel: Cliff Richard At Hammersmith Apollo | The Quietus

Underneath the Hammersmith Flyover, parked in single file down a busy street and flanked outside the Apollo, there are coaches booked in package deals from Essex towns. Clacton and Colchester, Chelmsf...

thequietus.com

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

A full supporting bill of authors, readers and live music, too.

Only a tenner for a Saturday night's entertainment/chin stroking.

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.

We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.

🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

We'll be fine. It's just going to take time.

Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

I'm #bellamyin all the way, but it feels like there will be a 100 team World Cup and Wales will still fail to qualify.

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait to see this guy on a flag.

A rat on the pitch at the Wales v Belgium football match.

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

I think I know where I'd love to be!

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

This is one week today. Tickets have been quickly going without us really pushing it.

If you want to come, don't hesitate!

Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 2d

Only five days left until this event I'm putting on.

The last two have been brilliant and left everyone there absolutely buzzing. This will be no different.

Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

Lort Burn Specials

www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 2d

"His excellency..."

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 2d

Only five days left until this event I'm putting on.

The last two have been brilliant and left everyone there absolutely buzzing. This will be no different.

Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

Lort Burn Specials

www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 3d

Oh dear.

registered hyperclam 2 🏳️‍🌈 @mootzilla.bsky.social · 3d

oops! he's a racist

english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

McAfee was doing what a heel does when they get booed.

It made sense back then because it was a timely and easy way to get fans engaged and vocal at the start of the show.

No idea why they did it in Australia.

Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

Wasn't the one in Canada a week or two after it was booed at an NHL game?

I think that was them working people, brother.

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

I have just realised it is nearly 17 (seventeen) years since Eastbound and Down first aired.

a man is holding up his hand with a red light coming out of it

ALT: a man is holding up his hand with a red light coming out of it

media.tenor.com

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

Danny McBride as Kenny Powers. The caption says: "Shit. You can die from that?"

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 4d

It is utterly surreal this is not being treated as a bigger story.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 5d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 4d

This is one week today. Tickets have been quickly going without us really pushing it.

If you want to come, don't hesitate!

Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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