Peter Armstrong

I ramble about all sorts, Health, pop culture & the occasional rant. Have #EhlersDanlosSyndrome: Hypermobility type (YouTube link for info) & #NemalineMyopathy.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

After years of being banned from entering a stadium in my own country, for no crime other than being a woman, this is how I walked in.

This was the World Cup FIFA 2026 between England and Panama but for me, it was beyond that.

You have to be a woman from Iran or Afghanistan to truly understand this emotion.

For whom this simple act, walking into a stadium, moving with joy, showing my hair, sitting next to men, was not just forbidden. I was beaten for it. Imprisoned for it. Humiliated for it. Exiled for it. And even in exile, I became a target for multiple assassination plots.

And now people lecture me: "Don't politicize football."

I have a question: which part of my body hasn't already been politicized by the Islamic Republic? My hair? My voice? My seat in a stadium?

They turned our entire existence into a political battlefield. Every inch of a woman was a crime scene under their law.

And now I'm supposed to just sit back, eat a hot dog, and enjoy the game?

I did enjoy the game. England won. But walking through those gates, that was the real victory.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

They’re working properly now.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

Argh! Just put my AirPods in the washing machine this morning. They seem to be still working, but the sound quality is off. They sound more like a transistor radio now. 🫤

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@Om_Codes_ @MetalXMeta False.

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

Why isn't Nicola Sturgeon in jail?

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@gamesyouloved Happy Birthday! 🥳

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@TheVikingDane @PaulBurston Yes they would, but the way the show did it seemed unrealistic. When was the last time someone was hanged for being gay? The show should have reflected the ways gay men are actually attacked. Hangings aren’t something that happens.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@TheVikingDane @PaulBurston Yes, I agree & get annoyed when people say nobody cares, or I’m as free to live my life as anybody else. It’s worse when that rhetoric comes from other gay men. We’ve progressed in many ways legally, but there are still a lot of reasons to be fearful.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@TheVikingDane @PaulBurston I agree, the last time I held a man’s hand in public was the 90’s & we were spat at & shouted at by people passing in cars. It scarred me. I see horrendous things online & think we have a long way to go.

I just think the show could have chosen a more believable scenario.

[respawnedtargaryen @respawnedtarga1]

It went from “porn” to everything like we all predicted

[Alex Fairfax @Alex_Fairfax06]

“What’s my approval rating?”

- It’s bad Mr Prime Minister. It’s -43. It’s…it’s in the mud.

“Could it get lower?”

- I mean anything COULD happen but realistically-

“Kill the ponies.”

- Wha-

“The ponies. The cute little ponies. Kill them.”

- Sir, they’re endangered

“Fuck ‘em. Make the call.”

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@sonicpulsar It’s a sad state of affairs for Sony, when the Switch is selling similar numbers to the PS5. Microsoft should just pack it in, in Japan.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

Oh yeah! I’ll definitely be getting this when it comes out.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

Meta’s smart glasses feature hidden surveillance code within its app.

https://t.co/cuupfjh7GY

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

The Darkness have done music for this film! My expectations have been raised.

#MastersoftheUniverse #TheDarkness

Masters of the Universe (from "Masters of the Universe") https://t.co/p0xcVHPEUQ

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@GamingAndPandas Muscle March on the Wii.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

@RetroNewsNow Sean Connery was 59 at the time and Harrison Ford 47. Only 12 years between them in age.

[Peter Armstrong @Trepe]

As an Englishman, I feel compelled to complain about the hot weather, while simultaneously going out in the mid day sun.
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