Sophie Petzal
@sonicscrewup.bsky.social
TV writer, ‘BLOOD’, ‘HOLLINGTON DRIVE’, THE LAST KINGDOM’, ‘MEDICI’, other things you’ve not seen. They gave me a Writers Guild Award once. Mostly post about Arsenal.
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Sophie Petzal
@sonicscrewup.bsky.social
· Sep 23
"Gripping" Adrian Dunbar thriller that "wastes no time in ratcheting up the tension" gets new UK home
Something to tide you over until Line of Duty s7 gets announced...
www.digitalspy.com
News to me (I didn’t even go looking, google algorithmed me the story, incredible) but Blood is coming to Netflix if you never watched it and want to. www.digitalspy.com/tv/a67998771...
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How come reply guys, when called out, always resort to "couldn't resist a joke" or "just a joke"? There's no humor, nothing funny, just being a pest.
I wrote a story about guys being pests, and it starts with "just a joke." It doesn't end with a laugh though. Their interactions never do.
I wrote a story about guys being pests, and it starts with "just a joke." It doesn't end with a laugh though. Their interactions never do.
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How come reply guys, when called out, always resort to "couldn't resist a joke" or "just a joke"? There's no humor, nothing funny, just being a pest.
I wrote a story about guys being pests, and it starts with "just a joke." It doesn't end with a laugh though. Their interactions never do.
I wrote a story about guys being pests, and it starts with "just a joke." It doesn't end with a laugh though. Their interactions never do.
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FWIW I don't think Rooney's books will be withdrawn from sale in the UK as a result of this, but she is using the possibility to highlight the absurdity of the current position, and she is absolutely right to do so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
FWIW I don't think Rooney's books will be withdrawn from sale in the UK as a result of this, but she is using the possibility to highlight the absurdity of the current position, and she is absolutely right to do so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sad to hear of the legendary Tom Stoppard’s death. Time to take a moment to revisit his greatest work, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sad to hear of the legendary Tom Stoppard’s death. Time to take a moment to revisit his greatest work, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
Spurs’ fate appears to be inextricably linked to Richarlison’s increasingly bizarre tattoos
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Spurs’ fate appears to be inextricably linked to Richarlison’s increasingly bizarre tattoos
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
God spurs are shit
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
God spurs are shit
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Sad news about Tom Stoppard: a theatre and film giant. Hope someone stages Arcadia soon in tribute.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sad news about Tom Stoppard: a theatre and film giant. Hope someone stages Arcadia soon in tribute.
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ICYMI: Playwright Roy Williams has called on the BBC to reinstate audio drama on Radio 3 almost a year after it suffered a 100% cut.
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Roy Williams: BBC Radio 3 should bring back audio drama
Playwright Roy Williams has called on the BBC to reinstate audio drama on Radio 3 almost a year after it suffered a 100% cut
www.thestage.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
ICYMI: Playwright Roy Williams has called on the BBC to reinstate audio drama on Radio 3 almost a year after it suffered a 100% cut.
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Reading very graphic sex scenes written by heterosexual men always makes me feel kinda bad for heterosexual men. Like they think the tiniest bit of romance is too girly or ‘gay’ or something. It’s always so transactional and functional and…anatomic.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his chest .
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reading very graphic sex scenes written by heterosexual men always makes me feel kinda bad for heterosexual men. Like they think the tiniest bit of romance is too girly or ‘gay’ or something. It’s always so transactional and functional and…anatomic.
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I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
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In my view it’s that political journalists sometimes confuse the importance of simple language with the need for simple arguments.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In my view it’s that political journalists sometimes confuse the importance of simple language with the need for simple arguments.
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really went dark for the sequel
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
really went dark for the sequel
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If what Miller says is true, why does research consistently show that immigrants (including the undocumented) commit fewer crimes than U.S.-born citizens?
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If what Miller says is true, why does research consistently show that immigrants (including the undocumented) commit fewer crimes than U.S.-born citizens?
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SHOT
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
SHOT
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National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, who was shot near White House yesterday, is not expected to survive, her father says. - NYT
“I’m holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
“I’m holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom, who was shot near White House yesterday, is not expected to survive, her father says. - NYT
“I’m holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
“I’m holding her hand right now. She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
Love that our Diet Coke fash are jumping on that weird American christo-right bandwagon that wants everyone to think proper Christianity is all Old Testament vengeance and purity bollocks.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Love that our Diet Coke fash are jumping on that weird American christo-right bandwagon that wants everyone to think proper Christianity is all Old Testament vengeance and purity bollocks.
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Not long until the Green Party's production of a Christmas Carol!
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Not long until the Green Party's production of a Christmas Carol!
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Follow the link to the Crowdfunder and here's some exclusive BTS footage:
Oh god it’s nearly another transfer window. Thank god I’m off twitter.
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Oh god it’s nearly another transfer window. Thank god I’m off twitter.
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Very little talk about him this season which obviously bodes well for Arsenal, but really starting to fear he’s stagnated at Athletic. Not hitting the highs people expected at all there
🚨 Nico Williams on his decision to stay at Bilbao despite Barça bid: “Athletic and Bilbao are everything to me”. “Here I have grown as a person and as a player. Representing this club and this city has made me understand the value of work, humility and family”, told GQ.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Very little talk about him this season which obviously bodes well for Arsenal, but really starting to fear he’s stagnated at Athletic. Not hitting the highs people expected at all there
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There are a lot of "have the BBC never heard of the Streisand Effect?" comments on this but the Streisand Effect has nothing to do with this. This isn't about the BBC trying to stop you knowing about this line, but about it trying to navigate away from a ridiculous lawsuit. It's still depressing!
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
BBC presenters and journalists have been told they cannot quote a line removed from its prestigious annual lecture, in which a Dutch writer accused Donald Trump of being “the most openly corrupt president in American history”.
Rutger Bregman accused the BBC of cowardice after the decision to remove the line from the first of his Reith Lectures, which he was invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
There are a lot of "have the BBC never heard of the Streisand Effect?" comments on this but the Streisand Effect has nothing to do with this. This isn't about the BBC trying to stop you knowing about this line, but about it trying to navigate away from a ridiculous lawsuit. It's still depressing!
That whole budget seems so forgettable and nothing that the right wing press have nothing to do but try and drum up a return to 2003-era talking points of ‘benefits street.’
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
That whole budget seems so forgettable and nothing that the right wing press have nothing to do but try and drum up a return to 2003-era talking points of ‘benefits street.’
Everyone saying the scarecrow looked like Ryan Reynolds. I thought he looked like Gary Busey!
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Everyone saying the scarecrow looked like Ryan Reynolds. I thought he looked like Gary Busey!
I’d like you to stuff my turkey
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’d like you to stuff my turkey
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(Through the power of mods, everything can be yuri)
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
(Through the power of mods, everything can be yuri)
Persuading mother she needs to watch Wicked
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Persuading mother she needs to watch Wicked