Stephen JC
@stephenjcol.bsky.social
I got a PhD and somehow I ended up live streaming Dark Souls. Living the dream in west London. He/him and Welsh.
(Profile pic is my black cat.)
(Profile pic is my black cat.)
You’ll have to open it at page 8.
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
You’ll have to open it at page 8.
May they finish behind Liz Truss.
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
May they finish behind Liz Truss.
I’ve got ‘two’ in my head, but I don’t know if that’s right.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I’ve got ‘two’ in my head, but I don’t know if that’s right.
May they have as much electoral success as the Judaean People’s Front.
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
May they have as much electoral success as the Judaean People’s Front.
Who *are* these people? A Reform splinter group?
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Who *are* these people? A Reform splinter group?
I still struggle with whether Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Quatermass and the Pit are horror or sci-fi.
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I still struggle with whether Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Quatermass and the Pit are horror or sci-fi.
Horror I think we can agree on here.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Horror I think we can agree on here.
Arnold Lobel, great, I’ll remember that. Thanks.
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Arnold Lobel, great, I’ll remember that. Thanks.
I don’t know who drew this, but I love it and it seems to fit this discussion.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I don’t know who drew this, but I love it and it seems to fit this discussion.
Yes, it’s a nuance. Sorry that it wasn’t clear. Anyway, I messed the whole thing up at the start so it doesn’t matter. 😆
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Yes, it’s a nuance. Sorry that it wasn’t clear. Anyway, I messed the whole thing up at the start so it doesn’t matter. 😆
He brought it to the screen, not the stage.
(Wasn’t the first time someone had filmed Hamlet, but you’d be right to say that’s not the point.)
(Wasn’t the first time someone had filmed Hamlet, but you’d be right to say that’s not the point.)
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
He brought it to the screen, not the stage.
(Wasn’t the first time someone had filmed Hamlet, but you’d be right to say that’s not the point.)
(Wasn’t the first time someone had filmed Hamlet, but you’d be right to say that’s not the point.)
HENRY the bloody FIFTH, not Hamlet.
Hoist upon my own petard, I fear.
Hoist upon my own petard, I fear.
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 PM
HENRY the bloody FIFTH, not Hamlet.
Hoist upon my own petard, I fear.
Hoist upon my own petard, I fear.
Oh bollocks. I meant Henry V. I can’t believe I missed that. 🤦♂️
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Oh bollocks. I meant Henry V. I can’t believe I missed that. 🤦♂️
I drink very little, but don’t consider myself teetotal. I’m a vegetarian, so that rules out the steak.
I just made a LinkedIn account for new job networking purposes. Haven’t knowingly met any Nazis yet, but it’s only been 24hrs.
I just made a LinkedIn account for new job networking purposes. Haven’t knowingly met any Nazis yet, but it’s only been 24hrs.
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I drink very little, but don’t consider myself teetotal. I’m a vegetarian, so that rules out the steak.
I just made a LinkedIn account for new job networking purposes. Haven’t knowingly met any Nazis yet, but it’s only been 24hrs.
I just made a LinkedIn account for new job networking purposes. Haven’t knowingly met any Nazis yet, but it’s only been 24hrs.
SV is brilliant, a career-best for Skarsgård. Also the first film I’ve seen in which he speaks his native tongue.
January 29, 2026 at 11:02 AM
SV is brilliant, a career-best for Skarsgård. Also the first film I’ve seen in which he speaks his native tongue.
Let’s keep business and pleasure apart, eh?
January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Let’s keep business and pleasure apart, eh?
That ‘no time for culture wars’ is bothering me, but I haven’t read the link yet. I was prepared for a list of (being generous) ‘Tories it’s OK to like’ and indeed one or two names are there, but ultimately they’re still Tories who happen to be right on one issue.
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
That ‘no time for culture wars’ is bothering me, but I haven’t read the link yet. I was prepared for a list of (being generous) ‘Tories it’s OK to like’ and indeed one or two names are there, but ultimately they’re still Tories who happen to be right on one issue.