Izzy Mant 🔹

Izzy Mant 🔹

@izzymant.bsky.social

Screenwriter (emerging). Former producer (stuff you've heard of like Peep Show). Catless childless cat lady (proud).

3.3K followers432 following479 posts

I've seen 58 and produced 1. Succession should be at #2 but otherwise no notes

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social

I’ve seen 64 of the NYT’s best 100 TV shows of the 21st century. And don’t really disagree with the inclusion of any of those. That’s a good hit rate.

Did anyone else have their heart in their mouth in the Farage garden pagoda scene? Even though I knew the ending I kept thinking fake American dad actor was going to blow their cover, or just put his sleeve in the wrong place.

A bunch of people have kindly reposted this this morning so I'm joining in!

Izzy Mant 🔹@izzymant.bsky.social

Forgive the self-promo on a day like this (RIP Dolly). I've shared this on the other places*, but here's where I have the most followers, who share my sense of humour, so... anyone want to chip in for my comedy-thriller short film? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/how-to-do-... *Not X. I'm not a monster.

I've rarely had such low engagement as my post yesterday about my short film crowdfunder. Genuine Q: Is Bluesky just not the place for that? Or was it because we were all sad about Dolly? Or [other]? Tbf it's not a Good Cause aside from supporting UK comedy and a new female director. Thoughts?

The premiere of this was huge fun. Autistically funny, and generally funny, it's like if all those great Daily Tism headlines became people.

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com

Missed our virtual world premiere? You can catch It’s a Superpower?? ad-free & in its entirety right now over on Patreon at selected tiers! First one to finish binge listening gets a prize!

I don't know - I went to the park the other the day and there was a sign saying ALL GATES TO BE KEPT ON A LEASH. The sign was on a dog.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.

They're gonna have to shoot an extra bit of that 'What has the BBC ever done for me' ad. 'Made Donald Trump turn over his financial records' is a pretty good one.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEWS: A Florida judge has ordered Donald Trump to turn over financial records sought by the BBC in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit. The judge granted the BBC's motion to compel records from Trump's revocable trust, handing the broadcaster a MAJOR early win in discovery.

Side note, but how has 'conspiracy' come to mean 'thing that is provably false'?

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

Who won the 2020 election? The question is now a conspiracy that no Donald Trump acolyte would dare to break from - including his pick of new Director of National Intelligence, writes Anushka Asthana. Read our latest newsletter: channel4news.substack.com/p/how-trumps...

The OG conspiracy theories (JFK, moon landings) at least arose from surprising events - how could an amateur have got such a good shot, is it really possible to get people all the way to the MOON! But there's no reason to come up with 'theories' as to how Biden could have won the 2020 election.

Izzy Mant 🔹 reposted

Farage is meant to be an “enough of this” vote, a rejection of normal politics, just as “Leave” was. It’s a destructive impulse. Nobody expects him to really fix stuff, but it expresses a voter’s disgust with the other options. Him v Binface reveals they’re both the same. It’s really funny.

I once attacked Nigel Farage by giving him a small acting note (he was in a Harry & Paul sketch I produced). Feel bad now I know he's the most attacked politician ever. He did look wounded.

Izzy Mant 🔹 reposted

“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016.

Farage says that in London men can't wear watches and women can't wear jewellery. Just checking: can women wear watches though? I need to keep an eye on the time when I'm stealing men's jewellery.

I'm loving this Bluesky joke where we all pretend we were at Taylor and Travis's wedding. Extra funny for me because I actually was there! I kept two of these cute clips we got given so we didn't get our wine glasses muddled up.

Izzy Mant 🔹 reposted

Musk, Jenrick, Robinson, Farage, the whole of them, know what they are doing. This is Stochastic terrorism. They are constructing a monolithic other to generate fear and anger for electoral gain. Those talking of 'legitimate concerns' are normalising their framing and helping them. It's that simple.

No one, absolutely no one, is saying that white lives don't matter. I know this is obvious, particularly to a Bluesky audience, but in a world of infuriating straw-manning, it bears repeating.

Izzy Mant 🔹 reposted

Every time trans rights are in the news, if I take an opinion I inevitably get a few ‘why won’t you listen to women’s opinions on their own safety’. A boilerplate answer: The *vast* majority of opinions I read in support of trans inclusion come from women. Presumably just not the ones who count.

Izzy Mant 🔹 reposted

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

theguardian.comGreens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to BurnhamStatement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat