Leftback

@leftback.bsky.social

Chelsea and very socially liberal politics, so basically you'll get angry at something.

Alright you lot, I'm having to work late and need no distractionsso keep the Discourse to a minimum, but also give me something to read between measurements. I don't think that's too much to ask.

YouTubers: Let everybody know you thoroughly intend to continue producing videos by making one titled "THIS IS THE END!" with a big sad/shocked face in the thumbnail.

this is from a Guardian review of Channel 4's Wrestling With Trump documentary. Positing, in 2026, that Kayfabe is an explanation for why fans don't like to admit wrestling isn't real should have you taken off any beat that covers anything remotely close to wrestling.

a screenshot from the Guardian website, it reads:

"Kayfabe refers to the willing suspension of disbelief around wrestling. It's why fans don't like to acknowledge that their favourite physical spectacle is pure theatre, staged and scripted. It's far more entertaining and dramatic if you believe it's true; though deep down, in some Bluebeard's chamber, locked door of the psyche, you know it's not."

"formers" can play a useful role, if carefully managed. But real recurring dangers if valorise formers as saviours + the only people who get extremism Maajid Nawaz's volatile journey from Hizb-ut-Tahrir to Quilliam via LibDems! to QAnon a salutary example www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

LBC’s Maajid Nawaz’s fascination with conspiracies raises alarm

The radio host has been criticised for his tweets on the coronavirus and US elections

theguardian.com