In my day (ten thousand years ago) kids would regularly go out to the pictures. Now there's only one big cinema that's away from where most people actually live. Sure this doesn't help.
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
In my day (ten thousand years ago) kids would regularly go out to the pictures. Now there's only one big cinema that's away from where most people actually live. Sure this doesn't help.
Couldn't quite believe that Popcornmeter result, but turns out it's true. I hate this world. Here's the Audience Review summary:
February 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Couldn't quite believe that Popcornmeter result, but turns out it's true. I hate this world. Here's the Audience Review summary:
Petition to get the Louvre heist detective lad to interview Musk.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Petition to get the Louvre heist detective lad to interview Musk.
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theory: we can get the mainstream press to write in the active voice if we frame all violence as a form of cancel culture. e.g., "the police canceled him 6 times in the chest and canceled him twice more in the head"
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
theory: we can get the mainstream press to write in the active voice if we frame all violence as a form of cancel culture. e.g., "the police canceled him 6 times in the chest and canceled him twice more in the head"
Saw Suede in Portsmouth last night. Hugely impressed. New material sounding immense live - including brand new song Tribe.
The Antidepressants UK Tour 2026 is now SOLD OUT.
Limited tickets for remaining EU dates are available here: tix.to/SuedeDWTETMa...
- SuedeHQ
Limited tickets for remaining EU dates are available here: tix.to/SuedeDWTETMa...
- SuedeHQ
February 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Saw Suede in Portsmouth last night. Hugely impressed. New material sounding immense live - including brand new song Tribe.
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At this rate he'll be reduced to remaining uncharged and unarrested in an even slightly smaller picturesque Royal lodge that he doesn't have to pay for
There's some stuff that REALLY implicates Andrew Mountbatten Windsor in allegations of very bad stuff in this latest document release, everyone
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
At this rate he'll be reduced to remaining uncharged and unarrested in an even slightly smaller picturesque Royal lodge that he doesn't have to pay for
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Whoa, click through to download the famed 2003 “Directors Label” DVD collections of music videos by the masters (Gondry, Romanek, Jonze, Corbijn, Cunningham, etc) with commentary & extras, seemingly uploaded by Directors Label for the 20th anniversary. Incredible resource!
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Whoa, click through to download the famed 2003 “Directors Label” DVD collections of music videos by the masters (Gondry, Romanek, Jonze, Corbijn, Cunningham, etc) with commentary & extras, seemingly uploaded by Directors Label for the 20th anniversary. Incredible resource!
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I think a useful response to the political plans of well-funded fascists is not "how ridiculous, they could never achieve those laughably cruel aims" but instead "they mean what they say, they are going to kill a lot of people before they are stopped, how about we make sure they don't get to try".
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I think a useful response to the political plans of well-funded fascists is not "how ridiculous, they could never achieve those laughably cruel aims" but instead "they mean what they say, they are going to kill a lot of people before they are stopped, how about we make sure they don't get to try".
Because we're on a big 28 Years Later thing we rewatched 28 Days Later and went on to realise a key filming location was actually not very far away. Seemed daft not to visit!
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Because we're on a big 28 Years Later thing we rewatched 28 Days Later and went on to realise a key filming location was actually not very far away. Seemed daft not to visit!
Alerting all electro heads! The Hacker is DJing on Rinse France this afternoon. 'ave it. www.rinse.fm/channels/fra...
France
France Extract
www.rinse.fm
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Alerting all electro heads! The Hacker is DJing on Rinse France this afternoon. 'ave it. www.rinse.fm/channels/fra...
Now might be a good time to drop Fielding. Seems a bit uh overdue?
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Now might be a good time to drop Fielding. Seems a bit uh overdue?
Works for me.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Works for me.
100%
I'm sure you've all seen it by now but if you haven't this is the perfect antidote to everything right now.
youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0
youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0
The Harry Hill Show - Stewart Lee
YouTube video by HARRY HILL
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM
100%
Not one of Turner's most amazing paintings, but it's interesting 'cause it's local. bsky.app/profile/will...
Chichester Canal https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-turner/chichester-canal
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Not one of Turner's most amazing paintings, but it's interesting 'cause it's local. bsky.app/profile/will...
No need to recast Indiana Jones. Just call Ke Huy Quan. Sorted.
Outgoing Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has indicated it may be some time before we see another Indiana Jones movie. https://bit.ly/4qprtez
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
No need to recast Indiana Jones. Just call Ke Huy Quan. Sorted.
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not a lot that can make me audibly gasp on the internet at this point but wow
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
not a lot that can make me audibly gasp on the internet at this point but wow
New Belaria EP, Dynamic State, is out today. Been enjoying her DJ sets through 2025 but she's taking a different route with her production for this. Lovin' it.
Dynamic State, by Belaria
6 track album
belaria.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
New Belaria EP, Dynamic State, is out today. Been enjoying her DJ sets through 2025 but she's taking a different route with her production for this. Lovin' it.
Very pleased to be able to say that The Bone Temple did not disappoint. Glad I got in quick to avoid spoilers!
As the follow up to Danny Boyle's 28 YEARS LATER, Nia DaCosta's THE BONE TEMPLE has big shoes to fill. Does the post-apocalyptic sequel live up to the hype? Read our full review to find out.
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE REVIEW: Nia DaCosta Delivers A Horror Sequel For The Ages
As the follow up to Danny Boyle's 28 YEARS LATER, Nia DaCosta's THE BONE TEMPLE has big shoes to fill. Does the post-apocalyptic sequel live up to the hype? Read our full review to find out.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Very pleased to be able to say that The Bone Temple did not disappoint. Glad I got in quick to avoid spoilers!
Currently on my way to a 28 Years Later double bill. I've got a good feeling about this.
The 28 Days Later series currently follows the Die Hard and CraigBonds pattern of release quality, ie: Amazing, Not great, Amazing. Here's hoping they break the mould and deliver decent fourth and fifth installments.
#TheBoneTemple
#TheBoneTemple
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Currently on my way to a 28 Years Later double bill. I've got a good feeling about this.
All these years and I'm still stroppy about the Fincher / Mara series not continuing after Dragon Tattoo.
Lisbeth Salander will return in Sky’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels. Here’s more on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series.
filmstories.co.uk/news/sky-pro...
filmstories.co.uk/news/sky-pro...
Sky producing a new The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series
Lisbeth Salander will return in Sky’s adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels. Here’s more on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series.
filmstories.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
All these years and I'm still stroppy about the Fincher / Mara series not continuing after Dragon Tattoo.
Early Spandau Ballet is very underrated. Love these tunes.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Early Spandau Ballet is very underrated. Love these tunes.
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*stares at camera like Eddie Murphy in Trading Places*
Trump on Greenland: “The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
*stares at camera like Eddie Murphy in Trading Places*
Hmm. This brings to mind the weird situation where, in the UK, there's a retrospective concensus that *everyone* was listening to Blur and Oasis back in the mid-90s. Kids - don't believe everything you hear. Your parents were *probably* buying Wet Wet Wet records...
The core argument of this piece, that Bowie isn't "keeping up" with his peers in streams & income, elides the fact that Bowie was never a "Forbes fixture". he had one mega-platinum success w Let's Dance. otherwise he was always 2nd tier, sales wise! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?
From the V&A to the Stranger Things finale, the pop icon still looms large – but with lower streaming figures than his peers, how many new listeners are discovering his music?
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Hmm. This brings to mind the weird situation where, in the UK, there's a retrospective concensus that *everyone* was listening to Blur and Oasis back in the mid-90s. Kids - don't believe everything you hear. Your parents were *probably* buying Wet Wet Wet records...
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Alden is a wise young man. I might be on the other side of the Atlantic but these words hold value regardless. Chin up. Stand firm. Fuck them.
Things are awful, and every day is filled to the brim with darkness & pain. I know it’s hard to keep going. I feel it too. I know that maybe some of you are asking if it’s even worth hanging on and being here, so I have to stress this:
We need you here. You gotta keep going. Why? Because fuck them.
We need you here. You gotta keep going. Why? Because fuck them.
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Alden is a wise young man. I might be on the other side of the Atlantic but these words hold value regardless. Chin up. Stand firm. Fuck them.