Robbie Owen
@squidgygoat.bsky.social
Writing person & Greta Gerwig completist. If people in the street ask me "Are you Squidge Rugby?" I answer yes.
Good time to add Google Docs constantly suggesting ways to make your writing more boring like it's pointing out spelling mistakes has been driving me to the brink.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good time to add Google Docs constantly suggesting ways to make your writing more boring like it's pointing out spelling mistakes has been driving me to the brink.
I don’t think I can understand a world without Diane Keaton in it.
October 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I don’t think I can understand a world without Diane Keaton in it.
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Genuinely think this is one of my favourite video essays, and I don't just say that because I love rugby/I'm friendly with @squidgygoat.bsky.social.
The way it details both the sports drama and political tension does such a good job at illustrating how almost every activity is inherently political.
The way it details both the sports drama and political tension does such a good job at illustrating how almost every activity is inherently political.
Here's the brief history of the fraught politics of New Zealand and South Africa in rugby including Maori Rights campaigns, cancelling games because of apartheid protests and a game in South Africa almost causing the 1976 Olympic Games to fall apart.
youtu.be/hXDdeQjKqw8?...
youtu.be/hXDdeQjKqw8?...
So how did New Zealand v South Africa become sport’s greatest fixture?
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Genuinely think this is one of my favourite video essays, and I don't just say that because I love rugby/I'm friendly with @squidgygoat.bsky.social.
The way it details both the sports drama and political tension does such a good job at illustrating how almost every activity is inherently political.
The way it details both the sports drama and political tension does such a good job at illustrating how almost every activity is inherently political.
He's gonna make some insane tweets about this, I can't wait
Michael Caine is ending his acting retirement at 92 years old to star with Vin Diesel in ‘THE LAST WITCH HUNTER 2’
(https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-caine-ends-retirement-last-witch-hunter-2-1236512021/)
(https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-caine-ends-retirement-last-witch-hunter-2-1236512021/)
September 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
He's gonna make some insane tweets about this, I can't wait
Josh O’Connor as an unhinged priest in a Knives Out movie is the fourth best thing that’s ever happened to me
First trailer for ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Releasing on Netflix December 12
Releasing on Netflix December 12
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Josh O’Connor as an unhinged priest in a Knives Out movie is the fourth best thing that’s ever happened to me
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You guys see where this is going? Right?
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You guys see where this is going? Right?
We have another two weeks of being able to call Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping the funniest film of the last decade
August 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have another two weeks of being able to call Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping the funniest film of the last decade
So ummm Weapons is the funniest film of the year
August 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So ummm Weapons is the funniest film of the year
Genuinely what do they want to achieve with this
🚨 BREAKING | Labour is set to impose a sweeping ban on trans people using any "single-sex space".
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
August 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Genuinely what do they want to achieve with this
I remain astonished by 28 Years Later. Dozens of artists firing on all cylinders, producing distinct work, yet Boyle somehow pulling all these disparate chunks into a whole that feels complete, cohesive, crackling on a scale you probably can't accomplish if it's just one person's vision.
It didn't get talked about much (probably because they chose not to include In The House, In A Heartbeat), but 28 Years Later an absolute belter of an Original Soundtrack.
youtu.be/3p7x3PiB36c?...
youtu.be/3p7x3PiB36c?...
Young Fathers - Lowly | 28 Years Later (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I remain astonished by 28 Years Later. Dozens of artists firing on all cylinders, producing distinct work, yet Boyle somehow pulling all these disparate chunks into a whole that feels complete, cohesive, crackling on a scale you probably can't accomplish if it's just one person's vision.
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I always love chatting with @squidgygoat.bsky.social about video games and occassionally throwing in an obscure rugby reference really confuse poor @kellymerka.bsky.social.
On this week's podcast, KM and Lex are joined once again by @squidgerugby.bsky.social to talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, Death Stranding 2, MindsEye and Tony Hawk, along with a very Nintendo-focused news section.
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/the-sta...
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/the-sta...
The startmenu Podcast | 012 - Shoving A Sausage Through A Hole ft. SquidgeRugby — startmenu
KM and Lex are joined once again by SquidgeRugby to talk about Thank Goodness You're Here, Death Stranding, MindsEye and Tony Hawk, along with a very Nintendo-focused news section.
www.startmenu.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I always love chatting with @squidgygoat.bsky.social about video games and occassionally throwing in an obscure rugby reference really confuse poor @kellymerka.bsky.social.
Casting two English actors as Link & Zelda implies when Shigeru Miyamoto was cutting about in woods outside Kyoto as a kid he imagined everybody had British accents
July 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Casting two English actors as Link & Zelda implies when Shigeru Miyamoto was cutting about in woods outside Kyoto as a kid he imagined everybody had British accents
I’ve now come out of Sinners, 28 Years Later and Superman this summer invigorated by a feeling that somehow, miraculously, in the alchemy of making a big movie on that scale, art won out over commerce.
July 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’ve now come out of Sinners, 28 Years Later and Superman this summer invigorated by a feeling that somehow, miraculously, in the alchemy of making a big movie on that scale, art won out over commerce.
As someone who bought a Switch 2 and wants to read/listen/watch stuff about the games I've played, the fact such an enormous percentage of the work out there is speculation on the future or frame rate/tech analysis rather than examination & reflection on the art itself continues to frustrate me.
There is SO much to be said about Mario Kart World still, personal revelations, design revelations, connections to Nintendo's past, but the game is already old hat. I have so much to learn about it still! But the discourse only looks into the future, which Nintendo is being secretive about
July 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As someone who bought a Switch 2 and wants to read/listen/watch stuff about the games I've played, the fact such an enormous percentage of the work out there is speculation on the future or frame rate/tech analysis rather than examination & reflection on the art itself continues to frustrate me.
Brb updating the piece
www.nintendolife.com/features/don...
www.nintendolife.com/features/don...
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Brb updating the piece
www.nintendolife.com/features/don...
www.nintendolife.com/features/don...
Alternative suggestion: Listen to me.
July 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Alternative suggestion: Listen to me.
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Brad Pitt's "deftness in removing the specter of violence from his own narrative is a reminder of the ways violence against women is normalized. It isn’t that people don’t believe in what happened to Jolie on that plane — they just don’t care."
Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
www.vulture.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Brad Pitt's "deftness in removing the specter of violence from his own narrative is a reminder of the ways violence against women is normalized. It isn’t that people don’t believe in what happened to Jolie on that plane — they just don’t care."
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Americans would love crumpets
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Americans would love crumpets
A new Half Man Half Biscuit album releasing the exact day I turn 30 is such a perfect bit of universe kismet I'm surprised it doesn't happen for everyone.
June 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A new Half Man Half Biscuit album releasing the exact day I turn 30 is such a perfect bit of universe kismet I'm surprised it doesn't happen for everyone.
Omg Sonic's in this?!
June 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Omg Sonic's in this?!
Now to get used to turning on this thing every day for the next eight years
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Now to get used to turning on this thing every day for the next eight years
Quentin Tarantino found dead in a ditch
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Quentin Tarantino found dead in a ditch
Woah, they look just like in the old one
May 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Woah, they look just like in the old one