Jay Stringer

Scotland and England need to pull out of the world cup.

Delroy Lindo. It’s about time.

A screenshot of a stall next to a loch. The stall is covered in green and red stripes.

Its a trap. This is Freddy Krueger in disguise.

That feeling when you use the promise of the chocolate bar in the fridge to drag yourself about of bed.

But then find out there is no chocolate bar in the fridge.

People are going to be so surprised when Wolves win the league…

Further to this: imo the most enjoyable Bond novel of recent times (straight up, not the spin offs) was the Deaver book where he allowed Bond to be modern

Glad you’re still out there fighting the good fight

A gentleman is someone who has an opinion about the Odyssey trailer, but doesn’t spend a day arguing about it online.

Christopher Nolan reply guy season starts earlier every year

When it comes to pop culture, it's a swinging pendulum

People are getting fed up with an internet filled with fakes and lies and cheap fantasies

Mark my words: the next cultural swing will be in favor of truth and authenticity and real community

Perfection

For those keeping track, “a goddamned miracle” is the second time WELCOME TO DERRY had reduced me to a blubbering wreck.

YouTube video by Teller Morrow Justified Opening Scene (Full HD)

RIP Peter Greene
Here he is helping to set up the entire tone of Justified in 3.45m
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This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

ICYMI, the end of an era in T-minus..

Eating a Trebor mint has never been so suspenseful

Rewatching TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and this movie gets better every time. Real masterpiece stuff.

Underwater, partially buried remains of two white marble altars.

Submerged remains of two altars from the only Nabataean temple discovered outside of Nabataea, at the port of Puteoli, Italy.
This indicates Nabataean traders thrived in Italy before the Romans' annexation of the kingdom in AD 106.

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“If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.” youtu.be/sHd2O_KuCxA?...

You know someone who is a massively underrated actor? Dan Aykroyd. A pop culture icon in many ways, sure. But he built a career on playing so many different types of role.

Watching HIGH NOON and DIE HARD back to back is an interesting experience.

in the realm of "assholes in film" a special place is reserved for the reception guy in Die Hard who makes John McClane look up Holly's name before announcing "they're the only ones left in the building."

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

*taps mic* I’ll have some book news to share soon.

Read it as a teen, terrified by the sound of the window opening in Matt’s house. Read it as an adult, terrified by the scene of people knowing whats going on outside but refusing to look out their windows.

A man in dark sunglasses walking up stairs

Why does ‘violence is not the answer’ and ‘this has gone too far’ apply instantly when a white christian dude (who was on record saying empathy was bad) gets killed, but not when the remains of brown babies are being scooped into shopping bags?

It’ll be from that time I built their island off Blue Peter

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