Paul Haine
@paulhaine.bsky.social
If you have a shelf of Josh Kirby-illustrated Discworld novels, you're on Bluesky
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you have a shelf of Josh Kirby-illustrated Discworld novels, you're on Bluesky
Cynthia Erivo when someone gets too close to Ariana Grande
a close up of a monster with its mouth open in the dark
ALT: a close up of a monster with its mouth open in the dark
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November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Cynthia Erivo when someone gets too close to Ariana Grande
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My son has got me going on this fan theory that all the Hugh Jackman roles set in the 1800s could be escaped clones of his The Prestige character. So PT Barnum, Javert, Van Helsing and one of them that went a little wrong and got a mutant X Gene and became Wolverine, all part of the Prestige EU
July 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My son has got me going on this fan theory that all the Hugh Jackman roles set in the 1800s could be escaped clones of his The Prestige character. So PT Barnum, Javert, Van Helsing and one of them that went a little wrong and got a mutant X Gene and became Wolverine, all part of the Prestige EU
I have become passionately addicted to Foyle's War
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have become passionately addicted to Foyle's War
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the further you get into the epstein emails, the more it feels like global elites were actually kicked in the head by a mule
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
the further you get into the epstein emails, the more it feels like global elites were actually kicked in the head by a mule
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It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
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Wizard of Oz deserves its status as a classic piece of cinema but it's also so wild that every story from its production is like, "The producers decided to use face paint that was laced with benzos and ground up copper which kept the actor from being able to breathe during filming"
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Wizard of Oz deserves its status as a classic piece of cinema but it's also so wild that every story from its production is like, "The producers decided to use face paint that was laced with benzos and ground up copper which kept the actor from being able to breathe during filming"
Watching James Gunn's Superman, which is like listening to a 12 year old tell a room full of adults the plot of the Superman comic book he spent all half term writing
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Watching James Gunn's Superman, which is like listening to a 12 year old tell a room full of adults the plot of the Superman comic book he spent all half term writing
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I've always dreamed of becoming a skeleton that serves environmental storytelling purposes one day
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I've always dreamed of becoming a skeleton that serves environmental storytelling purposes one day
Watching a serious political thriller
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Watching a serious political thriller
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imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
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Unlocked the other 90% of my brain and all it did was make it easier for me to identify the names of character actors in movies.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Unlocked the other 90% of my brain and all it did was make it easier for me to identify the names of character actors in movies.
Watching IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, in which Sam Neill is driven mad by the realisation he’s starring in the last good John Carpenter film
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Watching IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, in which Sam Neill is driven mad by the realisation he’s starring in the last good John Carpenter film
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Me when the guy who’s plowing my wife gets me a new switch game to keep me busy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Me when the guy who’s plowing my wife gets me a new switch game to keep me busy.
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I wish I could still use a drawing program while also listening to videos on my phone. The phone is capable of doing that, but youtube wants to charge me monthly for the privilege now, and I have to maintain some integrity or I will cease to exist like the mystic in The Dark Crystal
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I wish I could still use a drawing program while also listening to videos on my phone. The phone is capable of doing that, but youtube wants to charge me monthly for the privilege now, and I have to maintain some integrity or I will cease to exist like the mystic in The Dark Crystal
I answer my door so infrequently I couldn't tell you for certain if I even have a door
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I answer my door so infrequently I couldn't tell you for certain if I even have a door
So is nobody going to help that guy, or
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So is nobody going to help that guy, or
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Everybody is always so impressed when a mother lifts up a car to save a child that is pinned beneath it, but if you use *the exact same* amount of strength to pick up a car and put it on a kid you're somehow a monster.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Everybody is always so impressed when a mother lifts up a car to save a child that is pinned beneath it, but if you use *the exact same* amount of strength to pick up a car and put it on a kid you're somehow a monster.
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Just seen someone on TikTok refer to the Oliver Stone film "Natural Born Unalivers" and I think that's me done for the day
August 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Just seen someone on TikTok refer to the Oliver Stone film "Natural Born Unalivers" and I think that's me done for the day
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The opposite of toxic masculinity is this guy who responds to misogynist TikTok content by creating and performing original folk songs www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w9h...
The Sad Sad Alpha Man | A Folk Song About Consent
YouTube video by Vinny Marchi
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October 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM
The opposite of toxic masculinity is this guy who responds to misogynist TikTok content by creating and performing original folk songs www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w9h...
In the mid-2000s this is what a website hosting company would call one of their best-value domain registration & hosting deals
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In the mid-2000s this is what a website hosting company would call one of their best-value domain registration & hosting deals
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
Quietly fascinated at the wide range of movies that saw a UMD release. Who's watching Glengarry Glen Ross on their PSP
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Quietly fascinated at the wide range of movies that saw a UMD release. Who's watching Glengarry Glen Ross on their PSP
We're doing this again, are we
BLUESKY USERS: Twitter is a Nazi hellscape of trolls and bigots, and AI is en environmentally-destructive and creatively-bereft copyright-theft machine
ALSO BLUESKY USERS: Grok on Twitter is free for everyone now! And it can generate pictures of ME!
ALSO BLUESKY USERS: Grok on Twitter is free for everyone now! And it can generate pictures of ME!
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We're doing this again, are we