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Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

NEW | KEIR STARMER’S CHAMBERLAIN COSPLAY

While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...

Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay

While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM

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@acidcorbyn.bsky.social

“You’re relying on the gratitude of a very bad man.”

A figure facing away from the camera, with a shoulder-mounted prosthesis and close dropped hair, interrogates a man who is sitting in the driver’s seat of an eighteen-wheeler truck and wearing a steel muzzle made from a large garden fork.

Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and “Mad Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), in George Miller’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD from 2015.

January 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM

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Phil Free

@philfree.bsky.social

“In the current version of the ‘special relationship’, Trump’s respect for Starmer is that of a dog for a lamp post.”

Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay
- @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
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Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay

While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.

open.substack.com

January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

NEW | KEIR STARMER’S CHAMBERLAIN COSPLAY

While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/keir-starm...

Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay

While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨

@ciaraioch.bsky.social

Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 26d

If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.

www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Cartoon of myself gesturing at some prints with a description of the type available, a variety of gallery-quality giclée prints of original art on Hahnemühle textured paper and hand-printed lino prints printed locally, shipped to Ireland and beyond in environmentally-friendly packaging, ideal as gifts. The word SALE is in large letters above it in red.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #BuyIrish #TraditionalArt #HandDrawn #HandMade

January 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM

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Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

NEW | This year is starting so grimly that I’ve taken a break from the present to travel back to 1978….

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/if-my-thou...

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

A strange edition of this newsletter for strange times.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM

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@robotriddims.bsky.social

I'll be much safer on this motorbike with the brakes taken off and all the wheel nuts loosened?

January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM

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Tim Worthington

@outonbluesix.bsky.social

If there's a problem with Thor: Ragnarok, then - as you can hear me and @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social discussing here - it's that if you set yourself a bar that high it's only going to lead to problems, especially if you try to match it by just repeating it...

timworthington.org/2022/11/16/i...

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Thor: Ragnarok With Mic Wright

Mic Wright joins Tim Worthington for a chat about The God Of Thunder taking part in Willy Wonka’s Ultimate Fighting Championship in Thor: Ragnarok.

timworthington.org

January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

Jenrick: “I think this clapped out and dangerous car that I desperately wanted to drive is clapped out and dangerous now I’ve had to sit in the booster seat for a year.”

January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

What a day for the Mounjaro Machiavelli, Robert Jenrick.

January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

The other side of this is that I just spent 40 minutes talking with her about Weimar Germany and her fascination with Gustav Stresemann and Rosa Luxenbourg.

Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 6d

If my parents came to pick me up from somewhere when I was a teenager I would absolutely leave on time. The bollocking if I didn’t would have been apocalyptic.

Why do I mention this? Well, I’m sat in a skating rink carpark waiting for my step-daughter and her boyfriend to emerge. Tik tok tik tok.

January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM

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Joe Scaramanga

@joescaramanga.co.uk

January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

If my parents came to pick me up from somewhere when I was a teenager I would absolutely leave on time. The bollocking if I didn’t would have been apocalyptic.

Why do I mention this? Well, I’m sat in a skating rink carpark waiting for my step-daughter and her boyfriend to emerge. Tik tok tik tok.

January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM

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Paul Whitelaw

@paulwhitelaw.bsky.social

This is great.👇

Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 6d

NEW | This year is starting so grimly that I’ve taken a break from the present to travel back to 1978….

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/if-my-thou...

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

A strange edition of this newsletter for strange times.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

NEW | This year is starting so grimly that I’ve taken a break from the present to travel back to 1978….

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/if-my-thou...

'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos

A strange edition of this newsletter for strange times.

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

My notebook and pen are not sitting on the nightstand listening to me, you creepy box of LinkedIn sprites.

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January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM

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Tim Hughes

@gotimmy.net

Hey @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I’ve finally started reading your book and it’s fantastic. Chapter 1 alone describes perfectly so many of my friends and colleagues

January 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

The 10th anniversary of David Bowie’s death has reminded me that I forced my best friend John to listen to Changes with me on New Year’s Eve 1999/2000 for reasons of symbolism / teenage pretentiousness.

January 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

I’m listening to Bob Dylan Live At Budokan which got slated by critics when it was released in 1978/79 and is still ‘divisive’ among fans and I’ve just realised why I like it so much: It’s basically Bob Dylan doing his back catalogue in an Elvis in Vegas style. He also sounds like he’s having fun.

January 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM

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Paul Duane 🥔

@paulduane.bsky.social

A couple of years ago I made a joke, possibly unwiseky, during an interview conducted by @donaldclarke.bsky.social for the Irish Times, about how I had funded my feature film by selling a vineyard a la Francis Coppola.
Yesterday a site called Grokipedia published an entry about me:

Duane's first full-length narrative feature, All You Need Is Death (2023), marked his debut in the horror genre, self-financed largely through personal resources including the sale of one of his vineyards, with many crew members working for deferred fees.

Vineyards and independent financing
Paul Duane, an Irish filmmaker, owns vineyards that have served as a key source of independent financing for his projects, allowing him to maintain creative autonomy outside traditional industry funding structures. 31 In particular, he sold one of his vineyards to self-finance his 2023 horror film All You Need Is Death, after initial rejections from public funding bodies that described the script as "weird and confusing." (3) This personal investment enabled Duane to cover production costs, including deferred fees for much of the crew, ensuring they would be paid post-release. 31
Duane's approach draws explicit parallels to Francis Ford Coppola, who similarly leveraged his winemaking empire to fund the ambitious Megalopolis (2024), providing Duane with reassurance amid the financial risks.
He reflected, "I sold one of my vineyards. It gave me a bit of comfort to see Coppola was doing the same thing. Maybe I'm not completely insane. Maybe we both are." This strategy underscores Duane's philosophy of prioritizing artistic vision over commercial viability, using non-film income streams like viticulture to avoid compromises that might arise from reliance on grants or studio backing. Although he eventually secured support from Screen Ireland after three submissions-praising it as "an absolutely invaluable support for Irish film"-Duane views self-financing as essential for executing deeply personal works.

January 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

I really like this video by @tomnicholas.bsky.social on the weird way people talk about books now. youtu.be/KSdYqkvPwm4?...

We Talk Weirdly About Books Now

YouTube video by Tom Nicholas 2

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January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM

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Mic Wright

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

You have to understand that they do not and will not ever play ‘fair’. They will distort reality in whatever way suits them. Their side are martyrs and anyone else killed by their thugs is just collateral.