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Kara McLean

@karamclean.bsky.social

Chronically ill and chronically online. TV lover. Co-host of Transatlantic Watch Party podcast. Current faves: #911onABC #TheRookie #HighPotential #TheLincolnLawyer. Continuity errors and extras being extra are my thing.

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Ok, let’s do thisπŸ™„

We’ll start with an explainer covering:

πŸ•’What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
πŸ‘½Where the conspiracy theories have come from

And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article

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01.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1165    πŸ” 564    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 125
Photograph of the first two books on the Canon Clement series by The Reverend Richard Coles, Murder Before Evensong, and A Death in the Parish.

Photograph of the first two books on the Canon Clement series by The Reverend Richard Coles, Murder Before Evensong, and A Death in the Parish.

Making excellent use of my local library

31.01.2026 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They have no idea what β€œprotection” really means

26.01.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com

also, we should pay MPS more. Make it more worth their while to do their actual jobs and not constantly be on the lookout for shady side-hustles.
11:00 AM Jan 21, 2026

Kate Bevan @katebevan.com also, we should pay MPS more. Make it more worth their while to do their actual jobs and not constantly be on the lookout for shady side-hustles. 11:00 AM Jan 21, 2026

This cherished tenet of Sensiblism is obv such utter rubbish. Those motivated by money never or v v rarely ever say: "know what? I'm wealthy enough. I'll stop there". Cos enough is *never* enough for the greedy. If we paid MPs more they'd simply pocket the pay rise & continue with the side hustles

21.01.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 12
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Rocky has a real... hang-up about where his bag ends up. (Apologies. All complaints to @karamclean.bsky.social) #MovieSky #FilmSky #Rocky #SylvesterStallone

21.01.2026 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love a 70s disaster flick!

18.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for A Few Good Men featuring floating head photographs of Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore above a gavel resting on the US flag.

Poster for A Few Good Men featuring floating head photographs of Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore above a gavel resting on the US flag.

Just watched: A Few Good Men (1992) for @twppod.bsky.social

16.01.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for the movie Rocky featuring a black and white photograph of Sylvester Stallone wearing a tracksuit, celebrating with his hands in the air, facing away from the camera, looking towards a wide street with a statue just ahead of him.

Poster for the movie Rocky featuring a black and white photograph of Sylvester Stallone wearing a tracksuit, celebrating with his hands in the air, facing away from the camera, looking towards a wide street with a statue just ahead of him.

Now watching: Rocky (1976) for @twppod.bsky.social

10.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait til he finds out you need 2 MMRs, multiple boosters for pertussis, 3 hep b’s then sometimes a 5 year booster and so on and so on…

I trust Farage on health as much as I trust him on economy and human decency which is to say I trust a doorknob or a rabid mouse slightly more.

07.01.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is a group of people that are supposed to be composed in high stress situations, train for them in fact, get paid well for it, and are given very, very broad leeway on how they act, and yet they shit their pants constantly and cry about how scared they are all the time.

07.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 672    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

06.01.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3562    πŸ” 1087    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 52
ROCKY (1976) | Official Trailer | MGM
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios ROCKY (1976) | Official Trailer | MGM

For our next episode, @danwatchesmovies.bsky.social and @karamclean.bsky.social are watching... #Rocky (1976). A first time watch for Kara! #MovieSky #Podcast #SylvesterStallone #Oscars
youtu.be/-Hk-LYcavrw?...

06.01.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was fun trying to keep the two Poseidons separate for our discussion about the 1972 classic πŸ˜†

06.01.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In 1974 Captain America hung up his shield and became Nomad (The man without a country) because he found out a politician, very heavily hinted to be Nixon, is the leader of a terrorist organisation.

04.01.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

me: how do you stay looking so young?

dorian gray: *shifts uncomfortably* essential oils

04.01.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 644    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
Photo of the cover of Leif G. W. Person's novel, The Dying Detective, showing a side profile silhouette of an older gentleman's head and shoulders with an x-ray of his brain with red spreading from the centre.

Photo of the cover of Leif G. W. Person's novel, The Dying Detective, showing a side profile silhouette of an older gentleman's head and shoulders with an x-ray of his brain with red spreading from the centre.

Started reading my latest charity shop purchase and is it just me, or is putting "More authentic that Stieg Larsson", a quote from an Italian newspaper might I add, on the front of your book a little shitty?

04.01.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I personally think the responsibility should be to international law but I wasn’t a human rights barrister so what do I know

03.01.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Poster for the 2006 movie Poseidon, featuring a cruise ship in the process of being capsized by a HUGE wave.

Poster for the 2006 movie Poseidon, featuring a cruise ship in the process of being capsized by a HUGE wave.

Now watching: Poseidon (2006) because I obviously need to compare it to the original for @twppod.bsky.social

03.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We Watched Backdraft 2 (2019)
YouTube video by Dan Watches Movies We Watched Backdraft 2 (2019)

Dan and Kara decided to follow up the excellent Backdraft with its generational sequel, Backdraft 2. Is it just as good as its precursor?
youtu.be/IDEoh10HQc4?...

03.01.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes, "can we discuss this in private?" means "can we discuss state secrets in front of a hot dog vendor?". The full Backdraft 2 discussion can be found here youtu.be/IDEoh10HQc4?...

03.01.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An email starting with β€œfor your consideration: Nuremberg”

An email starting with β€œfor your consideration: Nuremberg”

This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.

19.12.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5392    πŸ” 1424    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 29

I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.

02.01.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7597    πŸ” 2409    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 35
Poster for The Poseidon Adventure featuring a drawn main image of people running from water with individual squares of pictures of the main cast along the bottom. All this is above the title which is printed in the silhouette of an upside down ship.

Poster for The Poseidon Adventure featuring a drawn main image of people running from water with individual squares of pictures of the main cast along the bottom. All this is above the title which is printed in the silhouette of an upside down ship.

Now watching: The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as our new year's eve themed watch for @twppod.bsky.social

02.01.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional poster for A Man on the Inside featuring Ted Danson holding up a newspaper with the title as the headline. We can see him in his dapper suit and glasses through a large 2 that has been cut out of the middle.

Promotional poster for A Man on the Inside featuring Ted Danson holding up a newspaper with the title as the headline. We can see him in his dapper suit and glasses through a large 2 that has been cut out of the middle.

Finished season 2 of A Man on the Inside today. Didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first, mainly because I didn't care for the central romantic entanglement. But the mystery was fun and the ending satisfying.

02.01.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph of a copy of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, translated by Anthony Briggs. A large golden chandelier swings to the left of the otherwise black cover.

Photograph of a copy of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, translated by Anthony Briggs. A large golden chandelier swings to the left of the otherwise black cover.

Two days and two chapters into this absolute monster! Joined the Footnotes & Tangents slow read of War and Peace for 2026. It's paced to take us all the way to the end of the year. I have also joined the Midnight's Children slow read which runs from January to March.

02.01.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, I have a resolution. 2026 will be the year I FINALLY watch The Godfather.

01.01.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Questions we urgently need to stop asking:

What is Britishness?
What is a woman?
Kemi Badenoch, what's your opinion on this particular current matter of interest please?

30.12.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
Tess, a white lady with blonde hair, in a sparkly white suit, hugging Craig, a white brunette man wearing a white suit jacket and turtleneck. Craig is pulling a face to show how uncomfortable he is.

Tess, a white lady with blonde hair, in a sparkly white suit, hugging Craig, a white brunette man wearing a white suit jacket and turtleneck. Craig is pulling a face to show how uncomfortable he is.

It's always good to see yourself reflected in the TV shows you watch, so it was wonderful to see this particular moment on #Strictly that so perfectly represented me and my mum (Craig being my mum) 😁

25.12.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think they're legally married now? #scd #strictly

20.12.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

It was the omg of times, it was the Jfc of times

22.09.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 632    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

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