Tony Cross
@lokster71.bsky.social
I talk a bit about politics, but mostly this is going to be books, Doctor Who, and a little smattering of Brentford FC. My YouTube Channels:
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It should be no surprise that a man who doesn’t understand consent is still trying to force himself on Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
It should be no surprise that a man who doesn’t understand consent is still trying to force himself on Greenland.
The right wanks on about 'trigger warnings' but there's no more sensitive soul than the right-wing man. He's triggered by the tiniest of things. To an enormous degree to. He doesn't win a Nobel Peace Prize he wants to go to war over it.
January 19, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The right wanks on about 'trigger warnings' but there's no more sensitive soul than the right-wing man. He's triggered by the tiniest of things. To an enormous degree to. He doesn't win a Nobel Peace Prize he wants to go to war over it.
The Special Relationship has always been a myth. But there's no point entirely burning a bridge. Especially when your security, economies, and logistics are so closely knit. But if I were Britain's govt. I might look at moving away from a reliance on American tech. (Yes, that includes Palantir.)
Rat determined to cling to the sinking SS Special Relationship until the waves close over our heads
'Starting with the US, he says the US and the UK “are close allies and close partners... He is determined to keep that relationship...'
(guardian)
#Starmer must know sycophancy is not working?
'Starting with the US, he says the US and the UK “are close allies and close partners... He is determined to keep that relationship...'
(guardian)
#Starmer must know sycophancy is not working?
relationship.guardian
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The Special Relationship has always been a myth. But there's no point entirely burning a bridge. Especially when your security, economies, and logistics are so closely knit. But if I were Britain's govt. I might look at moving away from a reliance on American tech. (Yes, that includes Palantir.)
It's always amusing when my birthday falls on Blue Monday. I take that personally. Like I take dry January personally. Anyway happy birthday to me. All gifts gratefully received. I also share this birthday with Edgar Allan Poe, Dolly Parton, and Janis Joplin. Which isn't bad. Alas all Robert E Lee.
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
It's always amusing when my birthday falls on Blue Monday. I take that personally. Like I take dry January personally. Anyway happy birthday to me. All gifts gratefully received. I also share this birthday with Edgar Allan Poe, Dolly Parton, and Janis Joplin. Which isn't bad. Alas all Robert E Lee.
Theatre ticket fees are a joke. You don't even send us a ticket anymore. We have to either have it on our phone or print it off ourselves. Plus you'll be skimming off the price the theatre charges. Such a con.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Theatre ticket fees are a joke. You don't even send us a ticket anymore. We have to either have it on our phone or print it off ourselves. Plus you'll be skimming off the price the theatre charges. Such a con.
I saw 'All My Sons' at the Wyndham Theatre this afternoon. Fantastic. Great performances. Can't imagine having to do that all over again as an actor.
January 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I saw 'All My Sons' at the Wyndham Theatre this afternoon. Fantastic. Great performances. Can't imagine having to do that all over again as an actor.
I've finally made a start on Eduardo Galeano's 'Open Veins of Latin America', which current events drove me to. Isabelle Allende writes the introduction to the edition I've got and it ends with a Galeano quote: "It's worthwhile to die for things without which it's not worthwhile to live."
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I've finally made a start on Eduardo Galeano's 'Open Veins of Latin America', which current events drove me to. Isabelle Allende writes the introduction to the edition I've got and it ends with a Galeano quote: "It's worthwhile to die for things without which it's not worthwhile to live."
Can anyone recommend a good simple commentary/discussion of the Book of Job. Ideally one written not by someone entirely fundamentalist. I really struggle to get my head around what's happening in it.
@maklelan.bsky.social perhaps you can help? If you don't mind.
@maklelan.bsky.social perhaps you can help? If you don't mind.
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Can anyone recommend a good simple commentary/discussion of the Book of Job. Ideally one written not by someone entirely fundamentalist. I really struggle to get my head around what's happening in it.
@maklelan.bsky.social perhaps you can help? If you don't mind.
@maklelan.bsky.social perhaps you can help? If you don't mind.
Every famous women, whatever she's famous for, seems to attract a stalker. That suggests - to put it mildly - that there's a problem with men.
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Every famous women, whatever she's famous for, seems to attract a stalker. That suggests - to put it mildly - that there's a problem with men.
Do I spend money on a birthday treat meal for myself - even though I haven't got that much money - assuming money will come in from friends/family even though recent history shows this is never the case. Rofl.
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Do I spend money on a birthday treat meal for myself - even though I haven't got that much money - assuming money will come in from friends/family even though recent history shows this is never the case. Rofl.
After some time I've put up the latest story in my ongoing travel through Doctor Who from an Unearthly Child to...well...wherever we are now: patientcenturion.blogspot.com/2026/01/worl...
World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls
I tediously repeat my belief that television Doctor Who has never got the Cybermen right. It has never made the horror of what they are fe...
patientcenturion.blogspot.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
After some time I've put up the latest story in my ongoing travel through Doctor Who from an Unearthly Child to...well...wherever we are now: patientcenturion.blogspot.com/2026/01/worl...
Well, fuck Spotify. Parasiting off other people's creativity for profit and passing fuck all of it on to the actual people doing the creating. Someone should invent an app/program that auto plays songs over and over again on Spotify.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Well, fuck Spotify. Parasiting off other people's creativity for profit and passing fuck all of it on to the actual people doing the creating. Someone should invent an app/program that auto plays songs over and over again on Spotify.
Watching a Dan McClellan video and this line: "It's not a conspiracy, it's just that you never paid attention." I may use myself.
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Watching a Dan McClellan video and this line: "It's not a conspiracy, it's just that you never paid attention." I may use myself.
The lack of dignity and brown nosing from Machado should not go unremarked either. An embarrassment to her nation.
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The lack of dignity and brown nosing from Machado should not go unremarked either. An embarrassment to her nation.
I tired of the same schools, the same universities pumping out the same cruel, corrupt, fuckwits whose only interest is in feathering their own nests. I'm tired of those same schools, same universities, same families producing spineless journalists.
January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I tired of the same schools, the same universities pumping out the same cruel, corrupt, fuckwits whose only interest is in feathering their own nests. I'm tired of those same schools, same universities, same families producing spineless journalists.
Jenrick's perfect for Reform: did the bidding for a property developer (but still kept his career) so tick the corrupt box. Racist. Incompetent. Dishonest. Thinks he's the smartest man in the room when, in fact, the door hinges are cleverer than he is. Perfect to kowtow to El Presidente Farage.
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Jenrick's perfect for Reform: did the bidding for a property developer (but still kept his career) so tick the corrupt box. Racist. Incompetent. Dishonest. Thinks he's the smartest man in the room when, in fact, the door hinges are cleverer than he is. Perfect to kowtow to El Presidente Farage.
If your a Labour MP - let's assume - and you're going to defect to Reform then fucking hell you're a cunt.
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM
If your a Labour MP - let's assume - and you're going to defect to Reform then fucking hell you're a cunt.
The Independent here getting in early with the dumbest take of 2026.
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The Independent here getting in early with the dumbest take of 2026.
Jenrick is a despicable shit anyway. If Farage wants to gather a Top Ten Tory Tossers together inside his privately run political party to serve as his acolytes then he’s welcome to them. Obvs Jenrick won’t resign his seat and stand again. Which should be the rule imo.
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Jenrick is a despicable shit anyway. If Farage wants to gather a Top Ten Tory Tossers together inside his privately run political party to serve as his acolytes then he’s welcome to them. Obvs Jenrick won’t resign his seat and stand again. Which should be the rule imo.
Tonight's nostalgia Birthday week film will be Disney's 'The Black Hole'. Which again I don't think I've seen in thirty years, but that I saw at the cinema when it came out. Loved the novelisation though.
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Tonight's nostalgia Birthday week film will be Disney's 'The Black Hole'. Which again I don't think I've seen in thirty years, but that I saw at the cinema when it came out. Loved the novelisation though.
Watched Tron (1982) - thanks @smershpod.com - which I last saw at the cinema. You know I enjoyed it. It stands up pretty well. I had a flash back to a TV series called Mr. Merlin when I saw Bernard Hughes. Always good to see David Warner. No interest in seeing any of the re-boots/re-makes/re-treads
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Watched Tron (1982) - thanks @smershpod.com - which I last saw at the cinema. You know I enjoyed it. It stands up pretty well. I had a flash back to a TV series called Mr. Merlin when I saw Bernard Hughes. Always good to see David Warner. No interest in seeing any of the re-boots/re-makes/re-treads
It's not just don't use AI but also if you are going to be stupid enough to use it get someone to check it against reality otherwise you look like a) you don't give a shit and b) you don't give a shit.
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It's not just don't use AI but also if you are going to be stupid enough to use it get someone to check it against reality otherwise you look like a) you don't give a shit and b) you don't give a shit.
Faber's own website ffs. "Well, Derek Walcott's dead so let's not bother to show any respect to his work by bothering to get a human to write the summary. No one will care."
January 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Faber's own website ffs. "Well, Derek Walcott's dead so let's not bother to show any respect to his work by bothering to get a human to write the summary. No one will care."
Was vastly amused to discover Wissa wasn't great for Newcastle today. All that ego, all that money. Hopefully his career will gurgle into insignificance.
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Was vastly amused to discover Wissa wasn't great for Newcastle today. All that ego, all that money. Hopefully his career will gurgle into insignificance.
I've read two of these 'Script Doctor' and 'The Long Game'. If you're a Doctor Who fan they're both fascinating reads but The Long Game is absolutely essential.
We've received a trio of reprints to kick off 2026. Andrew Cartmel's Script Doctor, Jeremy Swan's memoir Is That You, Maureen? and The Long Game: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who are all back in stock. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I've read two of these 'Script Doctor' and 'The Long Game'. If you're a Doctor Who fan they're both fascinating reads but The Long Game is absolutely essential.