Gavin Whenman
@gavinwhenman.bsky.social
Screenwriter, script consultant, recovering journalist
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Next Microsoft product meeting:
“What if, now hear me out, what if the copilot button moved about so it was always under your cursor?”
“What if, now hear me out, what if the copilot button moved about so it was always under your cursor?”
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Next Microsoft product meeting:
“What if, now hear me out, what if the copilot button moved about so it was always under your cursor?”
“What if, now hear me out, what if the copilot button moved about so it was always under your cursor?”
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Sad to hear of the legendary Tom Stoppard’s death. Time to take a moment to revisit his greatest work, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Sad to hear of the legendary Tom Stoppard’s death. Time to take a moment to revisit his greatest work, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.
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Say what you like about Change UK, at least they managed a dinner
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Say what you like about Change UK, at least they managed a dinner
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Idea: whining about your taxes in the press comes with a *free* wallet inspection from HMRC just to make sure you're not over paying
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Idea: whining about your taxes in the press comes with a *free* wallet inspection from HMRC just to make sure you're not over paying
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it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
Oor Party! Your Party! A'body's Party!
"Your Party asks members to pick between four names: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oor Party! Your Party! A'body's Party!
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
don't threaten me with a good time
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
The Irish author Sally Rooney has told the high court she is highly unlikely to be able to publish new work in the UK while the ban on Palestine Action remains in effect because of her public support for the group.
On the second day of the legal challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription, the effect on Rooney, who said her books could disappear from UK stores altogether, was held up as an example of its impact on freedom of expression. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
don't threaten me with a good time
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Logging On has just become this lol
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Logging On has just become this lol
nice
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
nice
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Doing the Guardian budget calculator as a freelancer:
First question: what is your annual income?
OK I give up
First question: what is your annual income?
OK I give up
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Doing the Guardian budget calculator as a freelancer:
First question: what is your annual income?
OK I give up
First question: what is your annual income?
OK I give up
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I don't care if you think you're middle class or whatever. Your house is worth £2m? Lucky you. Shut up and pay up.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't care if you think you're middle class or whatever. Your house is worth £2m? Lucky you. Shut up and pay up.
SMILEY'S PEOPLE
AUSTIN POWERS 4
SPY 2
The MISS SAIGON adaptation everyone thought was going to be made after LES MIS
Lord and Miller's SOLO
(yes, I have no taste, why do you ask?)
AUSTIN POWERS 4
SPY 2
The MISS SAIGON adaptation everyone thought was going to be made after LES MIS
Lord and Miller's SOLO
(yes, I have no taste, why do you ask?)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
SMILEY'S PEOPLE
AUSTIN POWERS 4
SPY 2
The MISS SAIGON adaptation everyone thought was going to be made after LES MIS
Lord and Miller's SOLO
(yes, I have no taste, why do you ask?)
AUSTIN POWERS 4
SPY 2
The MISS SAIGON adaptation everyone thought was going to be made after LES MIS
Lord and Miller's SOLO
(yes, I have no taste, why do you ask?)
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For just $30 an hour I will watch streaming shows with your parents and tell them whether something is a flashback
July 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For just $30 an hour I will watch streaming shows with your parents and tell them whether something is a flashback
Some surprising shitholes on this list (St Albans)
NEW: I've crunched the stats and these are the places that could have highest proportion of mansion tax payers after today's #budget.
In Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, more than a quarter of homes sold in the last three years were worth over £2m.
In Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, more than a quarter of homes sold in the last three years were worth over £2m.
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Some surprising shitholes on this list (St Albans)
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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“I’m sorry but the T&C on our suicide machine clearly say ‘no suicides please”
bsky.app/profile/gerr...
bsky.app/profile/gerr...
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“I’m sorry but the T&C on our suicide machine clearly say ‘no suicides please”
bsky.app/profile/gerr...
bsky.app/profile/gerr...
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This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is what Peak Male Performance looks like.
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them