You laugh, but years ago when I would make fake ads to play before The Best Bits podcast, I did what I thought was a ludicrous spoof trailer ad for a podcast called Woof. We live in Hell.

I wish the women-in-stem who run those salacious gossip accounts were fascinated by all the comedy writing duos who split up. I want to know why so-and-so no longer work together or speak. They'd get to the bottom of it. They'd crack the case in three days and include leaked audio, DMs and texts.

I was radicalised by Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats

AI's become the microplastics of the digital world, but one reason to avoid it as much as you can is that they will eventually jack the prices up once everyone's dependent on it. Then you'll be screwed paying a hundred quid a month for something you think you can no longer live without. But you can.

I often think this climate crisis is like an oncoming tsunami. We imagine it’ll be like in the movies: a wall of water towering over us, just one gigantic wave. Instead it’ll be an immense heave of water that keeps coming and crushing all in its way whilst being initially no higher than chest deep.

The irony here when 1) Barbie is Warner Brothers most successful film in their history, and 2) Zaslva is trying to make off with hundred of millions for himself by tossing WB to the wolves.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last wk.

‘BARBIE 2’ might happen with Greta Gerwig ready to begin writing the film. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling & Greta Gerwig are all in talks to return but David Zaslav is currently refusing to pay what they're demanding, calling it “too generous.” (Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...)

Sam Neill’s autobiography is truly lovely. I didn’t know how Irish he was and remained throughout his life. We lost a good one with him.

That new Spider-Man was quite enjoyable. Looked great.

You know, as bad as things are, at least we don't have to suffer through Boris Johnson anymore. We survived that thing.

For some reason the subtitles to the MCU Spider-Man films do not help me in any way distinguish which one is which.

It should be illegal to have ads louder than the shows.

When you’ve lost Willie Nelson you’ve lost America

Obsession is such a showcase for Inde Navarrette. She has it.

I wonder who Michael Caine would've played in The Odyssey if he'd been able.

Bueno.

This is probably the most important video you'll watch this month. Who do we have to pester to make this illegal? This should never have been legal in the first place.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 3w ago

I was happy to participate in this video from Chris the Producer. He created an LLC, hired an actor who built a miserly profile online, and flew a phone via drone into a ritzy area to try to influence the prices derived from data collection. And it worked! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCSw...

We really need to tackle the climate crisis. This is knackering.

Oh no, this is a true loss. Sam Neill was a talent and a delight and he will be hugely missed.

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 4w ago

goddammit

Vibe shift.

Look, if he’s going to keep saying it I have to speak up! The way Jon Sopel says absurd on The News Agents disturbs me.

This is one of the best modern trailers I’ve seen. And it holds back one of the big surprises that the original trailer gave away.

I've had a domain forever and never used it other than to to link to our podcast. I decided today to shame myself (and you) by writing an intro for me on there. If you think it's cringe, that's OK. I don't want it to be a LinkedIn CV. If you like it, saying so would cheer me up. www.kevinlehane.com

Kev, the best a writer can get

Kevin Lehane writes his hole off writing short stories, scripts, books and bios. You might remember him from such films as Grabbers and such podcasts as The Best Bits. He's very attractive in person.

kevinlehane.com

Nothing prepares you for your 40s. Everyone you know is going through a crucible. Deaths of parents, spouses, careers, pets, breakdowns, panic attacks, mortgage strain, child needs but also couldn't afford kids, All blows dealt with privately as everyone else is dealing with their own privately too.

I hope you like it. We do all this as a labour of love, but sometimes life just tries to break your heart. Screen, Play: Supergirl and our top of the flops out in a few hours.

This has been a tough week for Will and me, for personal reasons, so the latest episode is one without our usual slick edit. I literally just remembered for instance that the ep goes out 10 mins ago. It does include two banging Ai theme tunes however where I wrote dumb lyrics and said make it EPIC.