David Faggiani
@dfaggiani.bsky.social
TV/politics geek, liberal/socialist, co-founder of Game Of Seats discussion group, ex-smoker. Work at LSE. Host of The EscapeGoat Podcast. Next-of-kin to chaos 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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It’s OCTOBER and that means daily horror movies. I LOVE horror movies…Today I’m watching…
Day 2… Hellraiser
Day 2… Hellraiser
October 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It’s OCTOBER and that means daily horror movies. I LOVE horror movies…Today I’m watching…
Day 2… Hellraiser
Day 2… Hellraiser
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It should never be forgotten MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
September 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It should never be forgotten MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests - ALL ON HORSEBACK.
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#MovieHistory On this day, 1969, one of the great American films, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman & Robert Redford, had its premiere in New Haven, CT. It was the highest-grossing American film released in 1969, eventually earning more than $100 million domestically.
September 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
#MovieHistory On this day, 1969, one of the great American films, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman & Robert Redford, had its premiere in New Haven, CT. It was the highest-grossing American film released in 1969, eventually earning more than $100 million domestically.
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Finally caught up with 28 YEARS LATER + THE BONE TEMPLE this week...uhhh spoilers I guess but did anybody write anything interesting about that franchise's absolute COMMITMENT to male nudity, still a truly unique occurrence in horror.
September 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Finally caught up with 28 YEARS LATER + THE BONE TEMPLE this week...uhhh spoilers I guess but did anybody write anything interesting about that franchise's absolute COMMITMENT to male nudity, still a truly unique occurrence in horror.
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![Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih526pxolmi4pgqdcdu435uhkrrldhpwq6rrsnk4hfs6dskbe5r7e)
September 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Least surprising news ever.
Clavicular, the controversial “looksmaxxing” livestreamer, has been charged with rape in Massachusetts.
Looksmaxxing celebrity Clavicular charged with rape in Massachusetts
Clavicular, the controversial “looksmaxxing” livestreamer, has been charged with rape in Massachusetts.
www.scrippsnews.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Least surprising news ever.
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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has refused to rule out another run for the Senate in 2028. He’d be 101 at the end of that term.
September 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has refused to rule out another run for the Senate in 2028. He’d be 101 at the end of that term.
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tilly norwood vs fred flintstone
made up: ✅ / ✅
has a job: ❌ / ✅
catchphrase: ❌ / ✅
pet dinosaur: ❌ / ✅
is a virgin: ✅ / ❌
made up: ✅ / ✅
has a job: ❌ / ✅
catchphrase: ❌ / ✅
pet dinosaur: ❌ / ✅
is a virgin: ✅ / ❌
September 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
tilly norwood vs fred flintstone
made up: ✅ / ✅
has a job: ❌ / ✅
catchphrase: ❌ / ✅
pet dinosaur: ❌ / ✅
is a virgin: ✅ / ❌
made up: ✅ / ✅
has a job: ❌ / ✅
catchphrase: ❌ / ✅
pet dinosaur: ❌ / ✅
is a virgin: ✅ / ❌
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OK this has completely sold me on the Gerwig Narnia, Charn as 70s glam rock infecting 1950s England is a banger idea
September 19, 2026 at 12:18 PM
OK this has completely sold me on the Gerwig Narnia, Charn as 70s glam rock infecting 1950s England is a banger idea
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Gun to my head I would be forced to admit that "My patience is limited -- unlike my authority" is quite a good villainous cop boast. Hate to hand it to them but I gotta.
September 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Gun to my head I would be forced to admit that "My patience is limited -- unlike my authority" is quite a good villainous cop boast. Hate to hand it to them but I gotta.
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How should I feel about this?
Sweden, Final election result:
Malmö, national parliament election
S (S&D): 29.0% (-0.6)
V (LEFT): 17.2% (+4.7)
M (EPP): 16.5% (-1.4)
SD (ECR): 13.2% (-3.2)
MP (Greens/EFA): 9.3% (+1.8)
C (RE): 5.9% (+0.4)
L (RE): 4.6% (+0.1)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/sweden
Malmö, national parliament election
S (S&D): 29.0% (-0.6)
V (LEFT): 17.2% (+4.7)
M (EPP): 16.5% (-1.4)
SD (ECR): 13.2% (-3.2)
MP (Greens/EFA): 9.3% (+1.8)
C (RE): 5.9% (+0.4)
L (RE): 4.6% (+0.1)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/sweden
September 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
How should I feel about this?
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From stills you can already ping a visual sensibility Gerwig is bringing to this version, "Okay, a 70s rock-opera invasion of magic into a square post-war England." Does any image released from Doomsday tell you anything besides "All the money went to getting Downey back"?
It's telling that I'm hoping Gerwig's Narnia movie gets at least a token release because I want to see it on the big screen, while the Russos have found their natural habitat of making very expensive wallpaper to fold laundry too. Almost Amblin(TM) may contain trace amounts of fish and shells.
September 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
From stills you can already ping a visual sensibility Gerwig is bringing to this version, "Okay, a 70s rock-opera invasion of magic into a square post-war England." Does any image released from Doomsday tell you anything besides "All the money went to getting Downey back"?
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“you get those photos for the weed communion wafers ad?”
“sure did, boss. real sexy, just like you asked.”
“sure did, boss. real sexy, just like you asked.”
September 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
“you get those photos for the weed communion wafers ad?”
“sure did, boss. real sexy, just like you asked.”
“sure did, boss. real sexy, just like you asked.”
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🎵Eleanor Rigby
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?🎵
McCartney wrote this 8 years before The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?🎵
McCartney wrote this 8 years before The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
September 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
🎵Eleanor Rigby
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?🎵
McCartney wrote this 8 years before The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?🎵
McCartney wrote this 8 years before The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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Like you need another rave at this point, but having just gotten out of the theater, I can vouch for the fact that COYOTE VS. ACME is awesome.
September 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Like you need another rave at this point, but having just gotten out of the theater, I can vouch for the fact that COYOTE VS. ACME is awesome.
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Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
September 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
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Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 30% (+2)
RFM: 22% (=)
CON: 21% (+1)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 3% (New)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Trajectory Partnership, 7-16 Sep.
Changes w/ 5-12 Aug.
LAB: 30% (+2)
RFM: 22% (=)
CON: 21% (+1)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 3% (New)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Trajectory Partnership, 7-16 Sep.
Changes w/ 5-12 Aug.
September 18, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 30% (+2)
RFM: 22% (=)
CON: 21% (+1)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 3% (New)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Trajectory Partnership, 7-16 Sep.
Changes w/ 5-12 Aug.
LAB: 30% (+2)
RFM: 22% (=)
CON: 21% (+1)
LDM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 9% (=)
RES: 3% (New)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Trajectory Partnership, 7-16 Sep.
Changes w/ 5-12 Aug.
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Why didn't Odysseus simply secure a mutually beneficial exchange with the Trojans through the blockchain? Was he stupid?
September 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Why didn't Odysseus simply secure a mutually beneficial exchange with the Trojans through the blockchain? Was he stupid?
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Idioms do not become common currency unless they serve a required rhetorical purpose. The phrase 'legitimate concerns' is much employed by media and politicians because it is non-specific to the point of meaninglessness while implying deniable endorsement. It is a highly useful glob of syllables.
September 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Idioms do not become common currency unless they serve a required rhetorical purpose. The phrase 'legitimate concerns' is much employed by media and politicians because it is non-specific to the point of meaninglessness while implying deniable endorsement. It is a highly useful glob of syllables.
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I'm sorry, but I can't be the only person who is wildly amused by the legs sticking out from the top of the door on the RESIDENT EVIL poster. I literally laugh every time I see it out in the world. To me, Door Legs is an icon. A diva. The moment. Door Legs is Time's Person of the Year.
September 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I'm sorry, but I can't be the only person who is wildly amused by the legs sticking out from the top of the door on the RESIDENT EVIL poster. I literally laugh every time I see it out in the world. To me, Door Legs is an icon. A diva. The moment. Door Legs is Time's Person of the Year.
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🚨 NEW: Green Councillor Hamza Chowdhury says he will run against Zack Polanski to be the Green candidate in Holborn and St Pancras
"We don’t need another MP who arrives during the election campaign, puts out a few leaflets and disappears once the votes are counted"
"We don’t need another MP who arrives during the election campaign, puts out a few leaflets and disappears once the votes are counted"
September 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
🚨 NEW: Green Councillor Hamza Chowdhury says he will run against Zack Polanski to be the Green candidate in Holborn and St Pancras
"We don’t need another MP who arrives during the election campaign, puts out a few leaflets and disappears once the votes are counted"
"We don’t need another MP who arrives during the election campaign, puts out a few leaflets and disappears once the votes are counted"
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Happy birthday to the French-Canadian arch-nemesis of Bugs Bunny, Blacque Jacque Shellacque. Just about similar as Yosemite Sam but he has his own personal flare. He appeared in two theatrical shorts: “Bonanza Bunny” (1959) and “Wet Hare” (1962).
September 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Happy birthday to the French-Canadian arch-nemesis of Bugs Bunny, Blacque Jacque Shellacque. Just about similar as Yosemite Sam but he has his own personal flare. He appeared in two theatrical shorts: “Bonanza Bunny” (1959) and “Wet Hare” (1962).
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Huge victory for Woke; pronouns are back, white men are done for.
‘THE ODYSSEY’ has passed $1 billion internationally.
The first time a non-sequel or non-remake film has reached this mark since ‘Avatar’.
The first time a non-sequel or non-remake film has reached this mark since ‘Avatar’.
September 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Huge victory for Woke; pronouns are back, white men are done for.
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Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy
September 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy