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Stuart Whyte

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Talented entrail-reader, requiring further chickens. Desiccated wit seeking puddle of genius. Married, children, bystanders et al. #TerribleAnalogies #IdiotGlee

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · Nov 27

POLITE REQUEST
(yes, it's in capitals)
I have no interest in Crypto, TechBro or StartUp Cultures.
I don't really require or easily accept glib, anodyne 'motivational' advisors (unless it's me).
And I can only really sufficiently manage to read English French or Danish with coherence.
#PleaseUnfollow

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1h

As similarly signalled by John Swinney Re Scots Independence via future election result, in news this weekend?
Perhaps Scotland should just run England for them (again, history fans) as much 'progressive' policy decisions seem to have origin in discussions north of border.
Re-nationalise water? 🤞

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 2h

Hi-ball glass with ice
Single measure of Lime & Mint cordial
Double measure of Drumshambo Citrus gin
Fresh mint
Squeeze of lemon
Top up with cloudy apple juice
Yum!

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 2h

Caught tail-end of s1 ep11 of 'high potential' (partner's crime drama habit). Posh family, murder of black sheep, blow-in husband.
Overlooking the soft focus lens for lead actress, the chatty investigation & Scooby Doo/Poirot dénouement suffers a continuity error in the hasty set dressing.
Curtains!

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 5h

Roald Dahl territory, as per childhood Sunday walks with family & latterly our springer spaniel.
It's beyond John's zone 4 map periphery plan.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · May 10

into the weirdly dystopian Roding Valley Park

the park entrance between two houses in Onslow Gardens

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 8h

Film Club BBC iPlayer 6 episodes. Very Good. Got me liking Suranne Jones, in supporting cast.

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 10h

[Whilst SafelyMale] this 'strategic planning' (or psycho-grooming) collapses because of massive over-investment in a "one & done" gambit that's plausible only to those who've routinely failed or never tried.
Impossible to be open, kind, nervous, friendly.🤷
So,who needs converts to anger/frustration?

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 11h

I guess, compared to her husband, she leaves less visible evidence of her dragging her heels when "Time is of the essence."*
(*Yet another trite verbal banality trotted out by Trump whilst failing to see any irony at all)

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 13h

Melania Trump says 8 Ukrainian children abducted to Russia have been returned home after secret talks with Moscow.

She calls it an “ongoing mission” to reunite children separated by the war.

More than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the full-scale invasion began

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Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen @jukka-pekka.bsky.social · 13h

We need you here. Rest a while.

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 11h

If anyone has any insight or benefits/pitfalls to offer re ;
Soundcloud, Bandcamp or elsewhere for platforming new music?
Want to put stuff out, zero budget, look sharp, IP safe, funds generating, community a bonus but not really a joiner for forums etc.
Might be a forever home so future things too.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 13h

Arron Banks etc can try their xenophobic 'coming over here living off our taxes, giving nothing back' argument - at home in Bermuda.
And then list all their years of philanthropic work in gratitude to the country that raised & cared for them & their families regardless of merit or social standing. 👑

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 13h

"Migrants strike gold for Exchequer"
"Highly Qualified healthcare managers fund new hospital by closing down Covid cheats"
"UK citizens' kids given golden University ticket by diligent migrant stakeholders"
Are headlines very unlikely to be written in the British Press any time soon.

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 13h

150k to British Overseas Territories' most favoured tax exile domiciles to act as Auditors looking to repatriate legitimate registered businesses willing to pay tax on their UK earned profits whilst investigating VIP Lane/PPE fraud laundering & bad influence political donors who pay F-All to HMG. 💭

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 7d

This from Punch magazine in 1936 shows the UK print press has some history to learn from… 👀

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 13h

Not difficult to spot the North Circular or indeed Heathrow Airport.

Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 6d

Experts feared it would take 193 years to reduce London's deadly levels of NO₂ air pollution to legal levels.

This week Mayor Sadiq Khan announced his team had defied the howls of pro-fossil fuel and motoring lobbyists to achieve the life-saving target in just 9 YEARS.

Here's how they did it 🧵

Deadly NO2 air pollution levels in London in 2016 before the introduction of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 13h

This is absolutely superb!

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Never really gave much time to Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge but when viewed as a below the radar piss take of fuckwit Farage...
Also, nice inversion of old Peter Cook joke about missing an event due to TV viewing instead.

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

If clean deck required Clint Mansell has done great, tightly dynamic soundtracks & would avoid all but the absolutely necessary clichés.
Paul Hartnoll on good form currently, also.

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Stretching the point further, I'd like Alison Goldfrapp/Will Gregory or Rahim Redcar for title song, assuming the title isn't a garbled catch-all phrase lifted directly from one of Fleming's original novellas.
William Boyd for script.

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Entering the realms of fantasy I'd be tempted to favour Phoebe Waller-Bridge for a strong role too. Her sister doing the soundtrack might be a deal breaker as David Arnold is still alive & functioning as ever, had John Barry's blessing previously & a good track record despite Brosnan's wooden-ness.

Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't fully convinced by #HouseofDynamite (preferred War Games decades ago) but seeing that Elba's No Good Deed from 2014 is currently no.5 film on UK Netflix, I'm going to chance my arm & suggest his 007 audition has already happened or is on the cards.
Bezos w/ white cat & spinny chair, probably.

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to * reading Boris Johnson's Daily Mail column about being fingerprinted after arrival within EU. "Like a common criminal" etc.
(*not)

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

www.independent.co.uk

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Stuart Whyte @realstuartwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Stuck between not giving a shit at all & messaging you, long after your podcast has been recorded, to give a nuanced critique of a very minor point which you neither remember nor give a shit about anymore.
Erm, so nyah! 😎

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