Paul Bittlestone
@paulbittlestone.bsky.social
Former Filmmaker. Writer. Doing Science stuff, in theory. Middlesbrough exile. Endurer of Boro FC. Living in Scotland.
Anti-racist/fascist/bigot/zealotcommie/cult/greedy bastards. Non-religious. Disabled. Poor.
No porn/scam
This is my only account.
Anti-racist/fascist/bigot/zealotcommie/cult/greedy bastards. Non-religious. Disabled. Poor.
No porn/scam
This is my only account.
Pinned
Add to above.
Straight. Male.
No DM's for dating, etc.
No Crypto/Bit/finance shit.
Peace out 🙂
Straight. Male.
No DM's for dating, etc.
No Crypto/Bit/finance shit.
Peace out 🙂
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‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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The chaos in the BBC is yet more proof that the pillars of the 20th century are collapsing in the 21st century. From the two-party system to the national broadcaster, the old certainties are falling apart. The decline has far to go. Is democracy itself next?
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Crisis-hit BBC is just another casualty of the collapse of the 20th century rulebook
Like the Tory-Labour duopoly and the NHS, the BBC is a hangover from an age that’s dying. We must find how to make the media relevant again,…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The chaos in the BBC is yet more proof that the pillars of the 20th century are collapsing in the 21st century. From the two-party system to the national broadcaster, the old certainties are falling apart. The decline has far to go. Is democracy itself next?
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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I love to point out that evolution came up with two strategies for animals to survive falls:
1. Cat-righting reflex, so an animal can land on its feet when it tumbles
2. Panda gooshiness, so it doesn't hurt when they tumble
1. Cat-righting reflex, so an animal can land on its feet when it tumbles
2. Panda gooshiness, so it doesn't hurt when they tumble
I've said it before: everything giant pandas do makes more sense if you imagine they are six drinks in on a Friday night.
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys
Alt: a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys, it barrels through them, falls, and manages to roll down every part of the stairs, as if on purpose. Just agent of chaos behavior.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I love to point out that evolution came up with two strategies for animals to survive falls:
1. Cat-righting reflex, so an animal can land on its feet when it tumbles
2. Panda gooshiness, so it doesn't hurt when they tumble
1. Cat-righting reflex, so an animal can land on its feet when it tumbles
2. Panda gooshiness, so it doesn't hurt when they tumble
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For those of you struggling with your faith, please see this handy guide.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For those of you struggling with your faith, please see this handy guide.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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If any trade union wants to replicate this, I’ll help them
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If any trade union wants to replicate this, I’ll help them
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The guys & gals of the Spitting Image team are currently getting a lot of legal shit from Studio C-ANAL, because apparently the SI character "Pads" eerily resembles a character they holds the copyright for. So this is me doing my bit to spread awareness....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEx...
WE HAD OUR VIDEOS REMOVED!! | The Rest Is Bulls*!t
YouTube video by Spitting Image
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November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The guys & gals of the Spitting Image team are currently getting a lot of legal shit from Studio C-ANAL, because apparently the SI character "Pads" eerily resembles a character they holds the copyright for. So this is me doing my bit to spread awareness....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiEx...
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#OtD 7 Nov 1968 police in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, opened fire on a student rally against the Ayub dictatorship, killing three. However, the repression backfired, and instead triggered protests across the country and helped bring the regime down in 1969 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1074...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1968 police in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, opened fire on a student rally against the Ayub dictatorship, killing three. However, the repression backfired, and instead triggered protests across the country and helped bring the regime down in 1969 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1074...
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I'm begging journalists to look into this. I know first hand how many schools/religious institutions/restaurants/sport clubs etc. had fundraisers over the past 2 years for Gaza and handed big checks to multiple organizations. Millions and millions of dollars meant for the people of Gaza...
People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in ...
news.un.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I'm begging journalists to look into this. I know first hand how many schools/religious institutions/restaurants/sport clubs etc. had fundraisers over the past 2 years for Gaza and handed big checks to multiple organizations. Millions and millions of dollars meant for the people of Gaza...
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10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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OTD in 1917 the Red Revolution. An illegal, foreign backed coup aimed at constraining & breaking Russia apart, overthrew the legitimate government in the first "color revolution".
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
OTD in 1917 the Red Revolution. An illegal, foreign backed coup aimed at constraining & breaking Russia apart, overthrew the legitimate government in the first "color revolution".
Cool Hand Fluke
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Cool Hand Fluke
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Anyone sensible is laughing at them.
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Anyone sensible is laughing at them.
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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Other being a brain dead racist twat, what other possible reason could anyone have for voting for this band of grifters?
Don't vote for this lier, he will make your lives a total hell, he'll destroy everything he touches, and couldn't care less.
www.thepoke.com
www.thepoke.com
Millionaire Man of the People Nigel Farage thinks the minimum wage for young people is too generous – 16 scathing takedowns
We apologise for serving up news of Nigel Farage to go with your cornflakes. It can’t be good for the digestion. On Monday, the Reform leader addressed a gathering of bankers, business chiefs, and jou...
www.thepoke.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Other being a brain dead racist twat, what other possible reason could anyone have for voting for this band of grifters?
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Had to share this from twitter just because
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Had to share this from twitter just because