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Him being on the wrong side of this issue was grimly predictable. Can't wait for next week's Football Weekly when Max and Barry will chicken out of saying what they actually think and then Phillipe Auclair does say it but then throws in a random shot at Claudia Sheinbaum or Maduro for no reason.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 22h

I see Barney Ronay's shat himself again.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

Correct decision, now the rest of the family should give it all up too.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’

In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours including the Duke of York * Virginia Giuffre book extract: ‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’ Prince Andrew has agreed to give up his title as the Duke of York, he said in a statement released through Buckingham Palace. He said: “In discussion with the king, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the Royal Family. Continue reading...

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

Listening to a vinyl compilation of 1970s Japanese 'Acid Folk' and it absolutely rules.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

Just a fun time 'they don't make 'em like that anymore even though a sequel just came out' movie, it definitely made me miss both Paxton and PSH throughout, such great screen presences.

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

The evil corporate team led by Cary Elwes also has Patrick Fischler (who is called Flanders haha) and Zach Grenier. The way he dies is particularly nasty.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

The supporting cast of this movie is incredible, Helen Hunt's ragtag crew is a murderer's row of that guy legends, Philip Seymour Hoffman (looking incredibly 2020s) of course, but also Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Todd Field and more.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

I think what elevates this is the central romance between Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, the conceit of them being exes in the middle of a divorce feels fresh and I have to say, the kiss at the end was so good I got annoyed at Twisters all over again for denying us a Glen Powell/DEJ snog.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

It was interesting to see how much the sequel basically just directly repeated, even the use of an old horror movie on a cinema screen during a storm isn't new, this used The Shining, and Twisters used Frankenstein.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

But this was really good fun, a classic 90s Hollywood disaster romp told with style and that fun 'scrappy underdog scientist' Vs the man story we've come to know and love.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 23h

After enjoying Twisters last year I realised I'd never watched the original, so tonight I watched 'Twister' the way it was intended, on DVD.

(It was one of the first movies released in the format)

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

King Charles to be first reigning English monarch in 500 years to smoke dope with pope

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Not to defend the police too much but you have to wonder how they will take being undermined like this by Starmer. We’ve already seen how they’re not particularly happy having to arrest pensioners for ‘terrorism’.
Police resources are being stretched purely for ideological reasons.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Do I give in to nostalgia and see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (doing 'Howl' their best album and one of the most underrated records ever) in December and Franz Ferdinand in February?

Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, and even though I imagine some media will try the same playbook as in Amsterdam initially and claim it was locals doing ‘a pogrom’ I don’t think many people will believe it this time.

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Niam @niamsuggitt.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Fender winning the Mercury is surprising, it's a good record but not very... Mercury, a very mainstream rock record.

Still good to have 2 Northern winners in a row but one has to wonder if it wasn't just because the ceremony was in Newcastle!