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Train stations, James Bond, telly, general nonsense. He/Him/Twat. 🏳️‍🌈 http://www.merseytart.com

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1d

New blog: The Dutch Cap - www.merseytart.com/2025/10/the-... - where I return to Amsterdam to finish what I started two years ago, and get annoyed again about the state of the UK.

The Dutch Cap

A couple of years ago I went to Amsterdam in search of the stations on this map. Those coloured lines form the five lines of the Amsterdam ...

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 4m

A teenage boy got on this bus to go one mile into town. Fucking walk it you lazy little shit.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1h

Do read the Omid Djalili piece on this in the Guardian because it goes through about nineteen different excuses and never really decides which one is the one he likes best.

Defector @defector.com · 14h

Bill Burr keeps cycling through excuses for doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/bill-burr-ke...

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh…

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely 🥰🥰🥰

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1h

That’s Hjulsta station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm Metro. Highly recommended!

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1h

(I have pictures of railway stations because that’s far better and also I’m a twat)

A lock screen showing the time as 9:50 and an escalator bank at Hjulsta station in Stockholm.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 1h

BF has pictures of me on his lock screen so any time I pick up his phone I have to see my own stupid fat face 😡

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 12h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 2h

Discovered a new level of Wikipedia railway nerdery: GERMAN Wikipedia railway nerdery.

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 3h

And then they feuded for another seventy years. Legends.

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 10h

I may have had too much wine but Mike Brady would absolutely get it

The titles to The Brady Bunch. Mike Brady, a handsome white man, looks lovingly at his kids, three boys who are completely devoid of interest whatsoever.

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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 13h

It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 12h

Really reaffirming her status as a Top Bird.

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 13h

Realised that between Celebrity Traitors and Strictly Claudia is dominating the national conversation this month and it’s everything she deserves.

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Steven Perkins @stevenperkins.bsky.social · 13h

a cartoon of princess bubblegum standing next to a chair and a table

Alt: a cartoon of princess bubblegum standing next to a chair and a table, and then flipping both of them

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 13h

Tom Daley should sue the BBC over his portrait. It looks like it was painted outside Piccadilly Circus tube station. #CelebrityTraitors

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 13h

Nick Mohammed. HOOOOOOTTTTT #CelebrityTraitors

Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 14h

If Celia Imrie isn’t one I’m rioting

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 14h

Celia Imrie is SEVENTY THREE? #CelebrityTraitors

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 16h

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it
Omid Djalili

Krusty the Clown - "They drove a dump truck full of money to my house. I'm not made of stone"

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 17h

I overthink it when it’s something I know. They once had “actors in more than one Bond film” and I was saying Nadja Regin and Martine Beswick and one of the Pointless answers was “Judi Dench”.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 17h

I can see why they called this lamp Bod.

The box for a Dunelm table light called Bod. It is a large round pale globe on top of a smaller “body” and looks like the 1970s cartoon character Bod.

Bod, a small cartoon character with a big globe head on top of a curved body.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 18h

Used the loo in M&S. On the urinals: “Blood in your pee? Contact your doctor.” Next to the mirrors: “Here are the symptoms of bowel cancer.”

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 23h

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 22h

"Eyüpsultan" is what your 1970s Northern Dad used to say when he went in the curry house.

A close up of the Istanbul Metro map showing tram stops called Eyüpsultan.

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Scott @merseytart.bsky.social · 23h

Do they still have a camera in the Radio 2 studio? If so we can check if Vernon was doing the wanker hand gesture.