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Alex Andreou

@sturdyalex.bsky.social

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I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social Support me on https://ko-fi.com/quietriotpod

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 12

Podyssey Season 2 @alexpodyssey.bsky.social is now very close to reality - threshold is being able to pay production costs and expert contributors for 10 episodes (season will be 20 episodes, but will pick up numbers/support as it goes).

Please, become a monthly supporter.

www.ko-fi.com/podyssey

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4h

Could everyone please stop telling me what I should identify as?

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4h

I appreciate the sentiment, but I quite like being Greek. Which is what I actually am.

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Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social · 5h

Very much enjoyed the excellent @quietriotpod.bsky.social on run this evening - great stuff @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 17h

SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP

☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump?

💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts

📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel

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Sunday School: The Big Blag Theory

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4h

Oh! With the teeth!

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you! But that was last year, believe it or not...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 6h

My other half is always gingerly supportive after I've had an online zoom with my family, thinking we had a MASSIVE falling out. And I'm like... wut?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 6h

Oops.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

And this is the Bsky block button.

a man is climbing up the side of a frozen waterfall .

ALT: a man is climbing up the side of a frozen waterfall .

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

🤷🏽‍♂️

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

DOING IT RN

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

😂

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

It was delightful, wasn't it.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

I do NOW.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

I feel I do a lot of splitting the difference. Which means I am overly direct and extrovert in UK contexts and reserved in Greek ones. 😂

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

And this is why I will NEVER get there.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 8h

Which I thought was an interesting variation on the theme, so beloved of Reform, that their xenophobia is down to my refusing to "integrate properly". Only a matter of time before "progressives" (ostensibly) joined in the blaming of immigrants, for having the audacity to protect our ethnic identity.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 8h

It's been a pretty surreal day on BlueSky. It reached its peak when some rando insisted that I am English, despite my protestations to the contrary, because I am "culturally English", and should embrace being English, since "ceding Englishness to Reform" is why they are so high in the polls.

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 8h

Again, HUGE thanks to all who came and your creativity. Again, apologies for being cut short.

Someone suggested an episode that looks at links with Germanic/Norse myths. How about using the Mοῖραι - the Three Fates as an "in"? From Norns and Matrones to Wyrd Sisters, they are EVERYWHERE. Thoughts?

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 12h

Second opportunity for ko-fi supporters to chat on zoom this afternoon, get an exclusive preview of Season 2, and contribute ideas for topics.

If you haven't received the email invite and you think you should have, give me a nudge. A x

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9h

Like, we are fast reaching the stage where this man will be sitting there in his own poop, talking about Martians, while dribbling, and everyone will be saying "Yes, but WHY is he doing that? What is he PLANNING for 2045?"

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9h

Never mind that he got this from a public report about the agents called to the location AFTER the riot had started. Not knowing that you'd been President for almost four years on that date, and Biden would not be inaugurated for another two weeks, even by Trump standards, is SKETCHY AF.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Almost like someone had advance notice from inside Trump’s inner circle. Truly the golden age of corruption.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9h

It's not an issue. I'm just not.

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10h

It is entirely @pollybillington.bsky.social's fault. Her statement was an understated work of art.

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Heriot Anderson @heriot.bsky.social · 10h

@sturdyalex.bsky.social laughing out loud at Reform is a thing of joy. 😂

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10h

So, Reform is my fault because I won't embrace my Englishness. Even though I'm not English. But I should somehow be trying harder. Got it.