James Whatley
@whatleydude.com
Snr Global Brand Strategist @ the LEGO Group (opinions own, etc). Mainly working on LEGO Games, LEGO Fortnite, Technic, and Ninjago. It's fun. Occasional sender of fivethingsonfriday.com. I got ❤️ for writing, gaming, and figuring stuff out. He/Him.
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Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal on.ft.com/4pQip1C
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Deal will transform US tech company into the dominant player in Hollywood
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December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Linkedin is down.
Chat GPT usage drops off a cliff.
And growth broetry plummets with it.
Chat GPT usage drops off a cliff.
And growth broetry plummets with it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Linkedin is down.
Chat GPT usage drops off a cliff.
And growth broetry plummets with it.
Chat GPT usage drops off a cliff.
And growth broetry plummets with it.
Happy Tōkon: Fighting Souls day to those that celebrate 🥰
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Happy Tōkon: Fighting Souls day to those that celebrate 🥰
At this point I think Zuck should probably just hire me and have me tell him when he's onto a bad idea.
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aftermath.site/mark-zuckerb...
Mark Zuckerberg Is Never Right
'This is the next big thing!', says man wrong about last four big things
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
At this point I think Zuck should probably just hire me and have me tell him when he's onto a bad idea.
aftermath.site/mark-zuckerb...
aftermath.site/mark-zuckerb...
Lunch with champions, dinner with idiots, and a heart full of love.
What a Thursday we have had.
What a Thursday we have had.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Lunch with champions, dinner with idiots, and a heart full of love.
What a Thursday we have had.
What a Thursday we have had.
There's a peace to be found in the double-underlined evidence of a promise made and a promise kept.
Yesterday was the passing proof of a promise kept and the sense of heart-felt weightlessness that has followed is as unexpected as it is welcome.
Go well in promises. They matter.
x
Yesterday was the passing proof of a promise kept and the sense of heart-felt weightlessness that has followed is as unexpected as it is welcome.
Go well in promises. They matter.
x
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There's a peace to be found in the double-underlined evidence of a promise made and a promise kept.
Yesterday was the passing proof of a promise kept and the sense of heart-felt weightlessness that has followed is as unexpected as it is welcome.
Go well in promises. They matter.
x
Yesterday was the passing proof of a promise kept and the sense of heart-felt weightlessness that has followed is as unexpected as it is welcome.
Go well in promises. They matter.
x
Next week then?
Working on something reasonably MASSIVE.
Can't wait to show you.
Can't wait to show you.
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Next week then?
There are some mad Ninjago fans out there (complimentary).
Wait til next week thooooo x
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Wait til next week thooooo x
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LEGO on Instagram: "Get ready to Master a new challenge in #LEGOFortnite"
24K likes, 170 comments - lego on December 3, 2025: "Get ready to Master a new challenge in #LEGOFortnite".
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December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There are some mad Ninjago fans out there (complimentary).
Wait til next week thooooo x
www.instagram.com/reel/DRy6WIT...
Wait til next week thooooo x
www.instagram.com/reel/DRy6WIT...
Come for the teeny tiny teaser stay for the mega wholesome comments from the incredible community.
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Come for the teeny tiny teaser stay for the mega wholesome comments from the incredible community.
Doesn't take much y'all ♥️
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Doesn't take much y'all ♥️
...Here Be Dragons 👀🥲🤯
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
...Here Be Dragons 👀🥲🤯
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Ninjago Dragons Teaser in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey!
A Red Dragon can now be seen flying over players randomly during matches.
A Red Dragon can now be seen flying over players randomly during matches.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Reposted by James Whatley
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I remember writing about this in Five things on Friday a good hundred or so editions ago.
It's a) a brilliant read and b) completely worth revisiting.
RIP Mr Stoppard.
It's a) a brilliant read and b) completely worth revisiting.
RIP Mr Stoppard.
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I remember writing about this in Five things on Friday a good hundred or so editions ago.
It's a) a brilliant read and b) completely worth revisiting.
RIP Mr Stoppard.
It's a) a brilliant read and b) completely worth revisiting.
RIP Mr Stoppard.
Dragons are OFFICIALLY in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey! (NINJAGO TEASER!)
YouTube video by Crafty | LEGO Fortnite
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Got Keano over for Sunday roast so am going ALL OUT.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Got Keano over for Sunday roast so am going ALL OUT.
Listen, when Hades 2 eventually comes to PS5 and y'all come crawling back crying about how hard it is to forge a bond with Heracles, I want you to remember this skeet.
REMEMBER.
REMEMBER.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Listen, when Hades 2 eventually comes to PS5 and y'all come crawling back crying about how hard it is to forge a bond with Heracles, I want you to remember this skeet.
REMEMBER.
REMEMBER.
Literally ten days to go.
spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand
ALT: spongebob squarepants is smiling and holding a shovel in his hand
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Literally ten days to go.
Exactly five weeks into lockdown everyone shared the radishes they'd planted in week one.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Exactly five weeks into lockdown everyone shared the radishes they'd planted in week one.
The live event in Fortnite right now is an *outrageous* flex.
And I work with these people, daily.
Incredible work.
And I work with these people, daily.
Incredible work.
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The live event in Fortnite right now is an *outrageous* flex.
And I work with these people, daily.
Incredible work.
And I work with these people, daily.
Incredible work.
Imagine this is the level of care you take over your job.
Imagine!
Imagine!
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Imagine this is the level of care you take over your job.
Imagine!
Imagine!
Today's to do list:
- Draw a diagram for [redacted]
- FToF (maybe/hopefully)
- Prep food for Sunday cooking for friends tomorrow.
First? Coffee.
- Draw a diagram for [redacted]
- FToF (maybe/hopefully)
- Prep food for Sunday cooking for friends tomorrow.
First? Coffee.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today's to do list:
- Draw a diagram for [redacted]
- FToF (maybe/hopefully)
- Prep food for Sunday cooking for friends tomorrow.
First? Coffee.
- Draw a diagram for [redacted]
- FToF (maybe/hopefully)
- Prep food for Sunday cooking for friends tomorrow.
First? Coffee.