Deleted all 105 hours of the "up next" list on my podcast app and honestly the weight lifted off feels almost physical

Agree/disagree statements being used for anything other than attitudes

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 7d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

Can't believe the film took so many liberties with the canonical text

Also my spicy hot take on the film: it's fine, it's what I'd expect if you said "Christopher Nolan is making an Odyssey film", gently cinematic, a few clever bits, a bit that reaches too far, and no emotional attachment whatsoever to any of the characters

Adam Drummond@adamdrummond.bsky.social · 2w ago

Having now seen the film, it's even funnier that the world's richest man is melting down over a character with approx. 45 seconds of screen time

Having now seen the film, it's even funnier that the world's richest man is melting down over a character with approx. 45 seconds of screen time

This feels like it doesn't need 78 minutes to answer

Ah, the great wisdom of Polymarket.

Slow news day! Some thoughts from a focus group here, feel free to read:

ThinkLabour@thinklabour.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today Britain has a new Prime Minister. So we brought together a focus group with Labour considerers to ask a simple question: what do they actually think of Andy Burnham? Read about the challenges he faces in public opinion in our latest substack, by @cwp-weir.bsky.social

Do the players who got red cards still get a medal?

4 extra minutes, why not just the sweet release of death instead?

Christ, the final we could've had

Rise of Skywalker and it's not even close

Defector@defector.com · 3w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

Britain’s PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham has developed a chatty, smiling demeanor in his selfie videos and prefers to wear a jacket and T-shirt to work. But can his brand win back voters who have abandoned Labour? 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/andy...

Jesus this complacent commentary, both teams are spent and Norway could equalise at any moment

Nice Haaland Bellingham moment there

The whole "the commentators are a pair of desperate England fans" approach is pretty tired

Hydration break

30 Rock: Kenneth Parcell's Water Spill

Alt: 30 Rock: Kenneth Parcell's Water Spill

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Great way to figure out which of your neighbours are watching it on streaming

Have to say Norway have the better kit

Hello! Outside of my work at @thinklabour.bsky.social, I’ve been squirrelling away at a polling aggregator. This is www.pollingpolis.co.uk! It has all the usual stuff but, crucially, also has a wee view for Age, Gender and Past Vote, plus much more for customising and sifting through. Have fun!

STOP INTERVIEWING RANDOM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HANGING AROUND THE TOWN CENTRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON YOU MAY AS WELL ASK A CAT FOR HOW REFLECTIVE OF PUBLIC OPINION IT IS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What do Farage's Clacton constituents think of his resignation?

People living in Clacton share contrasting feelings of frustration and support towards Nigel Farage.

bbc.co.uk

This is classy from both of them. Belgium got the result that justice demanded but Balogun was put in a no-win situation and has handled it as best anyone could

"the political strategy is still the political strategy" is the most depressing thing I think it would be possible for team Burnham to broadcast

Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · last mo.

UK to Universities: drop dead archive.is/PN5y7

When I was first reading the Game of Thrones books a friend who'd read them all told me "I know they're boring but pay close attention to the Bran chapters, they pay off in a big way". It's a decade later and I still haven't forgiven him

My theory is that Apple TV makes no money but is such a rounding error in terms of Apple's overall spending that nobody there wants to draw too much attention to it in case someone senior notices it and shuts them down

GPT-Ern Malley@denam.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh hey there's a crime thriller upcoming on AppleTV starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Timothy Olyphant I literally wouldn't have heard about if I wasn't randomly catching up on Slow Horses. Which I also didn't know had a s5 last year. Bless Apple's ideological opposition to advertising.

It would feel like Keir got a monkeys paw wish, "Arsenal win the PL and England win the world cup while you're prime minister"

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · last mo.

So Burnham is going to become PM on the 20th July. World cup final is 19th July. The England team have the opportunity to set up the intro for every columnist in the country.

Took me a second to realise that YouGov didn't just have a survey option for "died"

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

There’s still time to complete the Alternative People Survey 2026. It takes less than 10 minutes and gives civil servants the chance to share their views on the issues that matter most. Find out more and take part here: restate.substack.com/p/launching-...

Launching the Alternative People Survey 2026

Calling all civil servants - fill out our survey

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