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Stuart Houghton

@stuarthoughton.bsky.social

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Writer. Geek. Mononippled gadabout. I made SWEARDLE http://sweardle.glitch.me You're welcome. Listen to or read the play what I wrote http://erislabs.net/stu/nigel/ I am hagbardsapple on B3ta.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · Oct 11

If you want to listen to or read my play MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL - as broadcast on Radio 4 - you can now do so here: erislabs.net/stu/nigel/

It's a comedy drama about those never-not-hilarious topics - breast cancer and Brexit. Starring Mark Benton , Sally Lindsay & Lewis MacLeod.

A picture of Nigel Farage pontificating from a man's breast pocket - a header pic for MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL by Stuart Houghton

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1h

I do think you could reboot the concept, actually. It just wouldn't resemble the original at all

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1h

It would work as a Pixar animation about the crazy world inside your laptop

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1h

I used to reset and energise twice a day by immersing my face in supercooled sparkling artesian water but then I realised, why not stick my face in a supercooled spreadsheet?

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 2h

I haven't but will check it out, ta!

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 11h

A man at the pub recognised my PAPRIKA t-shirt and we engaged in several minutes of Satoshi Kon chat, resulting in me getting an anime rec. Basically the platonic ideal of how you want a t-shirt recognition event to go.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 12h

Oh man, Diane Keaton. RIP :(

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 15h

It's the rest of Steps I feel bad for

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 16h

@kuntandthegang.bsky.social Waiting with @jimjar.bsky.social for you to come on in Cambridge and just noticed that the wrong/right Ian Watkins has left the building this evening

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 21h

Same (I also follow HL as I have worked with her and she is generally pleasant and interesting. Do I agree with her 100%? No. Do I agree with any of even my close friends 100%? Also no.)

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

That's nuts and must be deliberately malicious (or some people really do think all art is AI)

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

OMG WILL YOU NEVER LEARN?

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah, my attitude to these lists is mostly based on the idea that if your thinking is so black and white that you can't allow people to follow who they like then please do block away. "Scammer" seemed out of nowhere though

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

Brian, you are NOTORIOUS for this so good to see someone has finally called you out :-)

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks mate

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

RIGHT??

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 22h

Checked ClearSky to see I had been blocked by a handful of people. Seems I am on this list and I can't work out why.

(It surely can't be the bigoted, conspiratorial scams I perpetrate to predate on fellow bottom-dwellers? Seems quite judgey if so.)

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, so people are getting annoyed about the half time show in advance?

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Is it the Superbowl this Sunday? Only, the Superb Owl joke is usually the harbinger and I haven't seen any this year.

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Just googled and it seems Jack Se*le in the Guardian loved it, which is a huge red flag

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Oh cool I hadn't heard about that

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Am I right in thinking Hollywood has cocked up a film version of the Parker novels *again*? I cannot imagine a worse actor to play that character, and last time it was Jason Statham FFS.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

I had high hopes but it was so clunky. Not heard of Ragdoll - is that Sky?

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Also, John Cena was really good in it.

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

The PEACEMAKER finale could never live up to the hype but I thought it tied up the main arcs of the show quite nicely, while still giving a tease of bigger and weirder DC things to come. In the end, this wasn't a show about people punching things better, but about having honest conversations.

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