George Bass
@georgebas5.bsky.social
Bouncer. Security guard. Sometimes write for @theguardian.com @washingtonpost.com @timeshighered.bsky.social @nytimes.com @financialtimes.com @newscientist.com Mostly at work opening doors and stopping fights.
New Strictly hosts confirmed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New Strictly hosts confirmed.
Love that sticker. Hope you’ve got some backups with Saints Preserve Us across them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Love that sticker. Hope you’ve got some backups with Saints Preserve Us across them.
Thank you! I’ve clearly been a good boy this year. Fingers crossed for a solid Al. He’s the real hero: www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
Why I'd like to be … Reginald VelJohnson in Die Hard
George Bass: John Wayne he ain't, but Die Hard's deskbound cop, Sgt Al Powell, offers the perfect protection during McClane's fantasy rampage – and sees off some demons of his own
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November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Thank you! I’ve clearly been a good boy this year. Fingers crossed for a solid Al. He’s the real hero: www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo...
I want to see Christmas musicals based on under-the-radar festive movies. L.A. Confidential. In Bruges. Just imagine Die Hard on the West End. “My wife got a new job and I missed her/This terrorist’s feet are smaller than my sister.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I want to see Christmas musicals based on under-the-radar festive movies. L.A. Confidential. In Bruges. Just imagine Die Hard on the West End. “My wife got a new job and I missed her/This terrorist’s feet are smaller than my sister.”
Kettlebell-bottoms 👍🏻
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Kettlebell-bottoms 👍🏻
Fellow security guard says good effort 👍🏻 The idea of a 13% pay rise seems like a mirage. It would put my shift-mates and me on close to £30K per year …
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Fellow security guard says good effort 👍🏻 The idea of a 13% pay rise seems like a mirage. It would put my shift-mates and me on close to £30K per year …
Can’t Understand the Need for Trade. You can abbreviate it.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can’t Understand the Need for Trade. You can abbreviate it.
From Dr Lin Pascoe herself: ‘Apart from being a brilliant ghost story, what it was really saying was: “Be very careful what you watch, question everything, and do not allow yourself to be manipulated.”’ www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
How we made: BBC mockumentary Ghostwatch
‘Our producer received a letter from a woman asking for compensation to buy new trousers for her husband, as he had soiled the ones he was wearing’
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October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
From Dr Lin Pascoe herself: ‘Apart from being a brilliant ghost story, what it was really saying was: “Be very careful what you watch, question everything, and do not allow yourself to be manipulated.”’ www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
“It is time for the English to ally with the hard men”
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“It is time for the English to ally with the hard men”
For 11 months of the year my job pays just above minimum wage. Every April the minimum figure gets raised and becomes our pay, and a load of my shift-mates leave to find easier jobs on the same rate. Trying to think of a buzzword to describe the process; best I can come up with is air-fried frog.
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
For 11 months of the year my job pays just above minimum wage. Every April the minimum figure gets raised and becomes our pay, and a load of my shift-mates leave to find easier jobs on the same rate. Trying to think of a buzzword to describe the process; best I can come up with is air-fried frog.
“You either die a Secretary of State for Defence, or live long enough to see yourself become the voice of reason.”
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“You either die a Secretary of State for Defence, or live long enough to see yourself become the voice of reason.”
So not Threads 2.0?
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So not Threads 2.0?
It’s amazing: never seen people shoot themselves in their feet this badly. And I used to work on a gun range.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s amazing: never seen people shoot themselves in their feet this badly. And I used to work on a gun range.
Five quid says Pochin accidentally streamed Desmond’s and thought it was a true crime documentary.
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Five quid says Pochin accidentally streamed Desmond’s and thought it was a true crime documentary.
As a door supervisor, the idea of a load of white identical faces coming towards me would make me think I’ve left England and gone to the planet of the Autons.
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As a door supervisor, the idea of a load of white identical faces coming towards me would make me think I’ve left England and gone to the planet of the Autons.
Does this mean we’re finally getting a Rest Is Soundtracks podcast? First guests: Wendy Carlos and Simon Goff.
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Does this mean we’re finally getting a Rest Is Soundtracks podcast? First guests: Wendy Carlos and Simon Goff.
Truss was a lettuce. Badenoch is the iceberg.
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Truss was a lettuce. Badenoch is the iceberg.