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@maxpreston86.bsky.social

Sky News journalist - working chiefly on the Press Preview. Re-posts aren't endorsements. Views mine; not Sky's. Still on that other app, but migrating away.

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"Young" people on TV in the 80s and 90s were old AF.

18.01.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Why aren't the BBC reporting XXXXX when social media has been showing it for 2 hours?" Maybe because they are checking and verifying it like a proper, professional news outlet rather than just throwing any old half-understood, possibly fake shite out into the world.

15.01.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 2

I've long thought the simplest question one could ask Trump - and which would yield the most-illuminating answer - would be:

"Are people allowed not to like you?"

Thanks to Rob Reiner and his wife, we appear to have the answer.

15.12.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Student Loan - PAID OFF!

08.12.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Random Facebook commenter: "We never had all these knife stabbings in the 60s and 70s, when we had discipline and respect."

I've yet to receive a reply to my request for her thoughts on "gun shootings".

15.11.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remembering the halcyon days of three weeks ago, when a "BBC Trump Edit" meant Celia Imrie's flatulence.

10.11.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How is THIS the PRIMARY image you put on an online property listing?!

Up next, the radiator in the spare bedroom! Better get an offer in ASAP!

06.11.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PR agent called Sam Cooke sends me a press release.

My first thought: 🎼"Yooouu... send me... spam."

29.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Headlines like this utterly infuriate me.

The gist is essentially: "How dare a public figure not be living up to the public's judgemental expectations at all times?"

At its worst, it's what makes weirdos dream up ideas like... *checks notes*... KIDNAPPING HOLLY WILLOUGHBY!

Just gross.

27.09.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear PR agency,

You do not get to e-mail me an "OPERATIONAL NOTE" - my bosses do - and you are not them.

It's called a press release. Get over yourselves.

25.09.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Something called "Black Country Live" brings us two bits of Earth-shattering news...

1. There's a news programme on ITV called "Good Morning Brain".

2. Apparently, it's news that a news programme went to an item in their running order.

(Appalling, merit-free clickbait)

25.09.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sky News coverage to be featured on MSNBC as part of commercial agreement Sky News strikes a deal with MSNBC to expand the reach of its journalism to the US.

Pleased to hear U.S. viewers will soon be seeing a lot more @news.sky.com content on @msnbc.com (or MS NOW, as it will soon be known).

news.sky.com/story/sky-ne...

24.09.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure "We're awesome. You suck." is the masterful diplomatic gambit Trump thinks it is.

23.09.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Biden gave a speech this rambling, self-congratulatory and nonsensical to the U.N., Fox News would (rightly) call for him to be taken away by men in white coats.

23.09.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colleague in her 20s: "Should we blur Madonna's boobs on the front of the Star?"

Me: "Hmmm... it's... Borderline!"

[deafening silence]

18.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just seen a van with a website address that reads i-wash-it-me.

Never went hyphens more-needed.

18.09.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently, all the anaesthetic machines in this hospital have names. Mine were called Sybil and Basil.

I asked if that meant they were Fawlty.

12.09.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

11.09.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1915    πŸ” 598    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 28

Tomorrow, I'm going into hospital for a double endoscopy and cystoscopy. (Trust me... DON'T Google it! πŸ˜‚)

There's nothing to worry about until or unless there's something to worry about, but that's why we're checking.

That said, please think good thoughts.

11.09.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The Charlie Kirk video.

Don't watch it. Don't share it.

Channels airing it unexpurgated should be ashamed.

10.09.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it just me, or has tomorrow's Metro made Vernon Kay look like Melvyn Bragg?!

08.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just seen a man so posh, he pronounced it "hwheel-CHAIR".

I feel like a peas-ANT.

02.09.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, that answers that question.

30.08.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

HEADLINE: "Putin might not want a deal with Ukraine, says Trump"

Does one need to sit in a room with Putin -:or even talk to him - to understand that?

19.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB AD!

Wheelchair-user (me) seeks support workers for social, domestic, work and personal care activities.

Must have a UK-eligible driving licence and be able to start in early Sept. Full details below.

(PLEASE NOTE: NOT a @skynewsrss.bsky.social job)

04.08.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which bit?!

11.08.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB AD!

Wheelchair-user (me) seeks support workers for social, domestic, work and personal care activities.

Must have a UK-eligible driving licence and be able to start in early Sept. Full details below.

(PLEASE NOTE: NOT a @skynewsrss.bsky.social job)

04.08.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your mistress?

24.07.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is silly.

Why would - or should - Colbert want to be a member of a club that doesn't want him - and that he will likely feel wants to constrain his ability to perform as he pleases?

23.07.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Surgeon charged with buying 'Eunuch Maker' videos and fraud over removal of own legs Neil Hopper, 49, is alleged to haveΒ dishonestly made a false representation to insurers claiming that his leg injuries were the "result of sepsis and were not self-inflicted".

Gotta love a man who amputated his own legs for creepy reasons being called Neil HOPPER.

news.sky.com/story/surgeo...

23.07.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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