Another Cinna

Another Cinna

@anothercinna.bsky.social

Mugged Poet. Should've stayed at home. They'll win in the end: it's the only victory we've got left. A plague on all your houses.

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Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded green dot... Outer left-field. Mostly harmless.

Theo Sanderson@theo.io

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

bluesky-map.theo.ioBluesky MapInteractive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Has she always been like this? Yes, yes, she has...

Stephen Collins@stephencollins.bsky.social

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

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Ian Dunt
@iandunt.bsky.social

Pro-Europeans really need to get their act together if they're going to sieze the opportunity which is being presented here. Press and broadcasters reverting right back to their previous position from 2016, with zero update.

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Adam Rutherford
@adamrutherford.bsky.social

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Farrukh
@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram 😅

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

World's First Talking Sphincter Does What It Does Best.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

I had no intention of watching this, and probably still won't, but now I regret it because, well, y'know, proper sparkly TV crit deserves your attention... 👇

Sarah Dempster@dempster2000.bsky.social

I’ve reviewed the very good return of the very good This City Is Ours.

theguardian.comThis City Is Ours review – the Liverpudlian gang drama is back … and the acting’s as terrific as everNefarious doings, tiny-headed henchmen and sockless villains – the mob saga is back. And it’s as lovable as it is bloody
Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

I love the music on 'Round Midnight and I'll take Soweto Kinch and most of his dep's as guides (even some of the glo'al* stoppists) but is there a more patronising, smug voice than Jumoké Fashola's? I'm sure (well, hope) it's unintentional, but it's quite a hurdle. *glottal stoppists, #KnowWhatIMean

BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial)@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social

BBC Radio 3 'Round Midnight Broadcaster, jazz singer and actor Jumoké Fashola is sitting in for Soweto Kinch this week, and tonight she welcomes her Flowers guest, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Couldn't resist the motherlode tonight, and it still works brilliantly, taking all that is fabulous from the originals while making all the nonsense reverberate as the very highest comedy. A work of genius. #YoungFrankenstein #WhaleOfATime

Another Cinna@anothercinna.bsky.social

Just out of Frankenstein (1931) @cadoganhall.bsky.social with an orchestral score by @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social. Good fun, & got to meet Sara Karloff no less, but what a bonkers movie! Credits "Mrs Percy B. Shelley" for the original, & Colin Clive's blustering dad has a goitre. #SoundOfCinema

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Phil Tinline
@philtinline.bsky.social

Or in some cases, order them *not* to do said little projects

David Klemperer@dmk1793.bsky.social

stockpiling has convinced me that the government could solve the 'crisis of masculinity' and defeat populism forever by assigning men more little projects (perhaps related to climate resilience?) that it would describe as 'critical to national security'

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Ian Dunt
@iandunt.bsky.social

This is utterly damning, and yet still about as generous as possible

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social

What were they thinking? My ConHome piece on the pro-Ukrainian British politicians who backed Trump in 2024 and how their tribalism got the better of them. conservativehome.com/2026/10/26/d...

conservativehome.comDavid Gauke: Those Brits who supported Trump and Ukraine must now see the former was their mistake | Conservative HomeSome have argued that Trump is a natural strongman, and that even if he is not sympathetic to Ukraine, Russia would be more cautious with someone as unpredictable as Trump. I think we can now see that...
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@anothercinna.bsky.social
Phil Tinline@philtinline.bsky.social

Does he genuinely think that who is in government in the US has no effect on the rest of the world? Would be entertained to see this argument set out in detail, perhaps using interpretative dance

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Chekhov's gone. 😔

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

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Odd This Day
@oddthisday.bsky.social

I don’t have a new anniversary for today, so happy 11th birthday to the comprehensive history of the adjustable spanner

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

So, happy 10th anniversary of the publication of this book

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Alexander Clarkson
@aphclarkson.bsky.social

Baffled by how this debate on here spirals between "Brits must be morally punished" and "Britain will get special treatment because reasons". EU membership is a straightforward structural problem, not a moral one. If the Brits accept trade-offs they get in, if they won't they don't

Jonn Elledge@jonnelledge.bsky.social

Yes. I think there are very good reasons for Europe not to want Britain back in, and perhaps they will prevail. But many of the people who post about it On Here seems to think "the need for a morality play in which Britain is punished for its perfidy" is one of those reasons, and no, this is silly.

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Peter Watts
@peterwatts.bsky.social

hat-tip to the sub for the caption: "Liz Truss’s book is the perfect Christmas gift for somebody you hate"

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social

"Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged."

telegraph.co.ukLiz Truss’s new book is the most deranged thing I’ve ever readLike an alcoholic who cannot admit they have a drinking problem, the former PM is convinced that everyone else is to blame for her failures

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London Review of Books
@lrb.co.uk

‘It is Shelagh Delaney’s imagination that now seems striking. 𝘈 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 showed ways of living thought by some to be shocking and others merely to be bleak. No nuclear families or stable housing arrangements.’ Susannah Clapp on the playwright. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.ukSusannah Clapp · On Shelagh DelaneyShelagh Delaney had written A Taste of Honey when she was nineteen; it took her ten days. It was staged by Joan...
Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Even the Telegraph... #TrussNoOne

Ian Birrell@ianbirrell.bsky.social

'Reminiscent of the worst sort of saloon-bar bore, ranting in a corner while other patrons realise it’s time to go home' - delightfully-scathing Simon Heffer review of Liz Truss's latest nonsense book, awarding it no stars in a hit job on 'Bank Job'. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

telegraph.co.ukLiz Truss’s new book is the most deranged thing I’ve ever readLike an alcoholic who cannot admit they have a drinking problem, the former PM is convinced that everyone else is to blame for her failures

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Phil Tinline
@philtinline.bsky.social

Wow. "Lula, 80, had said the election was a matter of "sovereignty" and people faced a choice between someone who kissed the Brazilian flag and someone who kissed the American flag." Zelenskyy---Carney---Lula www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

bbc.co.ukBrazil elections: Lula beats Bolsonaro to win fourth term - follow liveVoters were choosing between 80-year-old left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and 45-year-old right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

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David Collard
@davidcollard.bsky.social

Share who you think looked the hottest anyone has ever looked in a movie! #SweatationNeeded

Another Cinna@anothercinna.bsky.social

Share who you think looked the hottest anyone has ever looked in a movie! #SweatationNeeded

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Just out of Frankenstein (1931) @cadoganhall.bsky.social with an orchestral score by @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social. Good fun, & got to meet Sara Karloff no less, but what a bonkers movie! Credits "Mrs Percy B. Shelley" for the original, & Colin Clive's blustering dad has a goitre. #SoundOfCinema

tristonae.bsky.social@tristonae.bsky.social

24. Frankenstein (1931) Adapted from Peggy Webling 1927's play which itself was an adaptation of Mary Shelley 1818's novel. A mad scientist and his hunchback assistant robbed graves to scavenge body parts to bring to life a creature of his own, however he learns the true consequences of playing God.

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Joni Askola
@joniaskola.bsky.social

Serbia finally got rid of Vučić, just like Hungary got rid of Orbán a few months ago. It's always encouraging to see, especially as both were supported by both the Kremlin and the White House, and still lost pathetically

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Sorry you missed it. Superb, shattering performances by 6 singers, the CHROMA Ensemble conducted by Naomi Woo and, especially, the two percussionists charged with illuminating the marvelously projected dialogue. Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis remains a masterwork, whatever the medium. #ROH

Another Cinna@anothercinna.bsky.social

In my ongoing weekend saga of edgy opera, I'd hate for my +1 for 4.48 to go to waste. Tomorrow, Sunday 25 Oct 2pm. Review/details 👇. DM me. Yours for a song (or intelligent conversation about it).

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Cetacean needed! #OldOnesAreTheBest

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social

Mind you, it’s also 175 years since the London Athenaeum said “This is an ill-compounded mixture of romance and matter-of-fact. The idea of a connected and collected story has obviously visited and abandoned its writer ... so much trash belonging to the worst school of Bedlam literature”

bookmarks.reviewsThe Original 1851 Reviews of Moby DickFor its 167th publication anniversary, the first reviews of Melville's opus of obsession, revenge, & meticulously detailed whaling practices

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Phil Tinline
@philtinline.bsky.social

Next time any lobbyist for a tech company starts whining that regulating them is a violation of free speech:

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Writers Guild on Musk blocking releasee of the documentary "Musk": "A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, and social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration over our news and media threatens democratic discourse."

Another Cinna
@anothercinna.bsky.social

Here's @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social doing the #PublicServiceBroadcasting thing that once would've been celebrated on BBC2's movie roster. #EducateInformEntertain #PreCodeSeason 👇

Talking Pictures TV@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

This Week! The #TPTV Pre-Code Cinema! #TPTVsubtitles #JamesCagney THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931) Mon 26th Oct 8:15am #BarbaraStanwyck NIGHT NURSE (1931) Tues 27th Oct 8:10am #NormaShearer A FREE SOUL (1931) Wed 28th Oct 8:20am #JoanCrawford DANCE FOOLS, DANCE (1931) Thur 29th Oct 8:45am