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Impostor's Needle

@impostorsneedle.bsky.social

Crafts, cats, stupidity. And everything ALWAYS comes back to wrestling.

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awfully waffly @awfullywaffly.bsky.social · 7mo ago

getting to unmanageable levels of bracelets over here again but I just looked up the price of international postage and 🤮

a big pile of wrestling themed beaded friendship bracelets in bright colours

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hell is not hot enough.

Gregk Foley@gregk.co.uk · 7mo ago

Sharing from a friend, a passage from the Leveson Inquiry regarding the British actor Denholm Elliott, who died of AIDS in 1992. Three years after her death, the News of the World journalist Paul McMullan did the following to his daughter—neither a celebrity nor even someone of public interest.

BROOKE GLADSTONE:
The Inquiry brought up the case of Denholm Elliott's daughter -
PAUL McMULLAN:
Oh, yeah -
BROOKE GLADSTONE:
- which is one case that you truly do regret.
PAUL McMULLAN:
I do, yeah. After Denholm died, she hit rock bottom, was allegedly doing methadone. And although she had, you know, the half-million-pound flat that Denholm had bought her, she didn't have any money to get her ten-pound bag in the morning. So she'd get up and go begging at the tube station.
Here was a young girl crying out to be helped, and she met a police officer who didn't help her but rang up the News of the World and asked for money because he couldn't believe that this is the same girl who'd walked down the red carpet behind Eddie Murphy with Denholm Elliott, you know.

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One of our young Welsh wrestlers, Shane Hook, is injured, and looking to be out for at least a year. New Wave are organising a fundraiser, to help pay for private surgery, physio, etc. If you have a spare £, then it's welcome: www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

Donate to Help Shane Hook Get the ACL & MCL Surgery He Needs, organized by Martyn John

Help Shane Hook Get the ACL & MCL Surgery He Needs At just 23 years… Martyn John needs your support for Help Shane Hook Get the ACL & MCL Surgery He Needs

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Largely the way the class system works in Britain, for the arts, is that someone from a lower middle class or working class background puts their all into a great piece of work and announces "It's not very good' then a posh privileged person says "Yep, you're right. Get back in your corner, pleb."

Riot Cabaret Pro Wrestling @riotcabaret.bsky.social · 8mo ago

💎 Diamond Eyes compete in their first ever Trios match! Angelo, Mills and Joshua have taken the UK by storm and are set to have their first match as full team against one of the country's premiere trios, The Bryants — including a hotly anticipated debut for Leland Bryant!

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Call me a luddite but I kind of prefer the old version of the Devil who used to put a murrain on crops and command his demon dogs to terrorise church congregations to the new one who insists on having an app for everything and gets rich by designing clever ways of capitalising on people's fatigue.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10mo ago

www.tom-cox.com

If you are a tech bro billionaire, you can delete the receding hairline your ancestry has saddled you with and replace it with a tight-knit block of follicular robo-growth, you can change your face, change public opinion en masse via the misinformation you spread via your digital platform and the more moderate and considered voices you are able to algorithmically drown out, send rockets to space, buy yourself a position at the forefront of political life despite being singularly unqualified for such a position. You can, because of all this, probably convince yourself there is in fact *nothing* you cannot do. But here you will be incorrect. What you can't do is ever be a reflective, compassionate human being who can grasp, with any feeling, the harm of your actions. The bubble of unreality you have constructed around yourself - the one which no longer contains anyone who tells you the truth- will be too well-insulated for that to be possible. You would probably believe you are enhancing your legacy with each additional chunk of power you purchase if you hadn't already dismissed the concept of "legacy" due to your conviction that, for yourself (although not for the minions) you can invent everlasting life. But, despite what you have convinced yourself, one day you will, just like everyone else, die. In the final moments, you will be reduced to something frail and helpless. You billions will not grant you an exemption from that. Maybe right then, in that reduced state, the last thing you will see is the true horror of what you were: the rippling evil of all the choices you could have made with your money and didn't, and the repercussions for the planet. Then it will be over. Those voices who said, "Fucking love that dude, he really tells it like it is - I wanna be rich like hime one day!" will fade. All that will remain will be the more rational and sane voice of history above your grave, announcing "Here lies the most heinous piece of shit imaginable."

Paul Blart @swagmastarpaul.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Nobody wants to have a good day anymore they just want to be miserable and make everyone else around them miserable too like learn to crochet or something develop a talent you twits we need more people doing magic tricks and less people being entitled and rude

Wrestling Resurgence @wresurgence.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🛤️ Wrestling Resurgence – Travel & Venue Info for Saturday 15 November. Wrestling Resurgence Presents The Hateful Eighth (Anniversary) 📍 The Y Theatre, Leicester 📅 Saturday 15 November 🕕 Doors: 6pm | Show: 6.30pm – 9.30pm 🎟️ Tickets from £10.00 👉 bit.ly/46Fb8cW

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Pro Wrestling Chaos Bristol 8 November 2025. Leyton Buzzard vs Nico Angelo

Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New awareness campaign

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11mo ago

“It’s outrageous to even talk about spending cuts when people are already exhausted and struggling. We need to tax the wealthiest and invest in our public services.” Green Party leader @ZackPolanski says the government must stop punishing working people and start taxing wealth fairly. #Peston

RUKUS @mikeyrukus.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Art created by human beings is infused with the dynamic range of the human spirit…. Something that AI will never be able to replicate.

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So... @almostodiena.bsky.social and @awfullywaffly.bsky.social Seen your blond's latest video on the Bad Place? Foolish to pit himself against my third favourite nephew, if you ask me...

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tomorrow! ✊🏾 EVERYTHING PATTERNED 2025 ✊🏾 Tix: purposewrestling.com/everythingpatterned Come celebrate Black History Month at the Library! All profits will support ACLT Charity Wimbledon Library, London Doors 7:40pm | Show: 8pm

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11mo ago

they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com · 11mo ago

A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hey, so @almostodiena.bsky.social and @awfullywaffly.bsky.social ; you've seen this, yes?

A screenshot of the Instagram story of professional wrestler Leyton Buzzard standing in the ring at a past RevPro show in the 1865 venue in Southampton

SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We're proud to announce this year's Everything Patterned will support ACLT! Find out more about their work on their website: aclt.org

Waffly Bollox: a wrestling podcast for the girlies (gn)@wafflybollox.bsky.social · 12mo ago

who fancies getting to know a new british wrestler (and, if you're from the US, probably struggling with his accent)? YEAH YOU DO Chris Ridgeway - of RevPro, NOAH, Progress, GLEAT, and more - joins us to talk kneepads and ADHD and the best/worst dating shows:

Random Numbers: Chris Ridgeway

Waffly Bollox · Episode

open.spotify.com

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Tickets are now on sale for this year's edition of Everything Patterned! Get yours now: purposewrestling.com/everythingpatterned Join us on Friday, 10 October at the Merton Arts Space as we celebrate Black History Month and raise funds for charity. More details soon!

David Francisco 😏@davidfrancisco.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Today I defend the @purposewrestling.bsky.social Championship against Connor Mills The last thing I want is to take his motivation and hunger away… 😏 #wrestlesky

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Tomorrow! Connor Mills only has one thing on his mind... Becoming the Purpose Wrestling Champion! Front Row Sold Out! Tix: purposewrestling.com/12sep MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT Wimbledon Library, London Doors 7:40pm | Show: 8pm

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨 Purpose Wrestling returns to the Library with Mama Said Knock You Out! Front Row SOLD OUT! Tix: purposewrestling.com/12aug 📍 Wimbledon Library, London 🕡 Doors: 7:40pm | First Bell: 8pm 🍻 Drinks and snacks available at our bar! ♿️ Venue fully accessible!

Impostor's Needle @impostorsneedle.bsky.social · last yr.

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · last yr.

- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Adrian+Shane@adrianandshane.bsky.social · last yr.

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

Dr Doom @drdoomgrumps.bsky.social · last yr.

Good day DOOMBOTS, It is #Tuesday. SUICIDE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! YOU MUST OUTLIVE YOUR ENEMIES! SO SAYS DOOM!

Purpose Wrestling @purposewrestling.bsky.social · last yr.

This Friday! Purpose Wrestling returns to the Library with Mama Said Knock You Out! Tix: purposewrestling.com/12aug 📍 Wimbledon Library, London 🕡 Doors: 7:40pm | First Bell: 8pm 🍻 Drinks and snacks available at our bar! ♿️ Venue fully accessible!