John Baron

Journalist, lecturer and marketer. Ex-Guardian. Editor & founder @wldispatch. Sci-fi geek. @farsleycelticfc supporter

[cold 🥑 @coldhealing]

Star Wars making the central figure of their new movie a 50yo baby constitutionally incapable of growing up is a little bit on the nose as critique of their fans

[Tony Harcup @writerlytone]

A few words about the (continuing) social value of news...

https://t.co/FRnrbs6d12

[The Edinburgh Minute @EdinburghMinute]

🏆 It’s official: The Edinburgh Minute is the best local newsletter in the world! A Berlin postcard from me at @INMAorg in Berlin here:
https://t.co/DjzrdurgBs

[Michael MacLeod @MichaelMacLeod1]

The news is out... 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who's ever supported the Minute. Back to normal tomorrow from 7am 💌
And thanks to @INMAorg for the encouragement. It's incredibly validating to see local news share the platform with the biggest media orgs in the world.

[John Baron @johncbaron]

Have to say, some of the best Star Wars produced over the past decade has been animated. #Maul has been top notch as a series. The final episode is simply breathtaking

[Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 @RottenTomatoes]

#Maul - Shadow Lord (🍅98%) is the highest-rated #StarWars TV show.

Click here to see the full list: https://t.co/Fy6mse5iyJ

[NUJ @NUJofficial]

"Plans for more brutal job cuts are wrong, damaging and will cause uncertainty and distress for workers at the BBC," said Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary.

"The BBC belongs to all of us and we need to fight for it."

https://t.co/R6vhgMb8Pq

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

@GwynTopham @noahvickers14 @politicshome "We have had about eight delays before to this type of thing in Leeds. All of the previous delays have resulted in cancellation… Maybe we’ll get a hovercraft to Mars and we’ll call it ‘West Yorkshire Tram’, I don’t know, but it’s not good." > Me. Wasn't even drunk.
🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

@GwynTopham Second @noahvickers14 in @politicshome who's found a copy of the secret report into the delay lying around somewhere and written that up. https://t.co/XfrPjGC06J

[John Baron @johncbaron]

“We’re taking 18 years to build a tram line. How can that possibly be the case?”
Detailed read on Mass Transit by @GwynTopham
https://t.co/t7q7YJDLgy
My first P1 lead for Leeds Weekly News was in mid 90s on Supertram. Beggars belief Leeds is still tramless in 2026 @thomasforth

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

To put a stop to this ridiculous rumor once and for all.
READ 👇🏻

[John Baron @johncbaron]

@MovieMantz @EliasToufexis There are at least 20 in the first season alone - for me, that’s still the most consistent first season of any Trek show EVER

[John Baron @johncbaron]

This is a crime against football #MUFC

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

Manchester United v Leeds half and half scarf outside Old Trafford today…

Will they actually sell any? 🫣😭

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

As we watch hollywood barrel towards a paramount Warner bros merger, this movie should remind us of what may be lost. The relationship between movies and journalism is without question one of the most important parts of a democracy. Having choice in a multi studio system with a news media that is completely independent of those studios cannot be undervalued, nor its importance overstated. This movie would not have been made in a Paramount/Warnerbros/CNN /Trump era. Just never would have happened. That’s what’s at stake. Trump and Hegseth have told us so. “Separation between News and Power”. Should be our new “separation between church and state”.

https://t.co/U4NnA2JXcl

[Spaceballs The X Account @Grunt2A]

Now that Artemis II has launched we have 10 days to get everyone on Earth a Planet of the Apes costume so we can do something hilarious when the astronauts return 😁

[Michael MacLeod @MichaelMacLeod1]

Instead of April Fool's rubbish I've added a Better News section today. There's enough pish in the news without journalists trying to be funny.

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

During the first airing of my Star Trek series where a kiss was objectionable; many southern stations pulled the episode & condemned the show. Using today’s vernacular it would absolutely be called“woke DEI crap”because it went against “norms” of society for its time. Not a lot seems to have changed.🤷🏼😑

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

Star Trek exists in more than one world. It exists in the fantasy of science fiction - weird and wonderful things that play unimaginable possibilities of exploration and human endeavor. But it also exists in the fantasy of human beings, the perfection of human beings, the exploration that human beings have made since the dawn of time and the continuing exploration - physically mentally and morally. It’s that aspect of Star Trek that I’ve always loved, to look at something physically that doesn’t exist now by these talented writers & designers but also to tackle the eternal human questions the agonies, the ecstasies. Star Trek should exist for a long time to come based on those truths. I for one would love to see its continuity. It’s with sorrow that I hear about the cancellation of the new Star Trek series.

[The Exchange @wyk_exchange]

🚨 Final call ‼️

We're officially building and we need a name.

Have your say now.

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

Amazing news! Well done to @djstimms and the @millmediauk team who have worked hard to make this happen. Now we need to choose a name…

[John Baron @johncbaron]

Love this 😂

[Scarlett’s Movie Musings @ScarletCinema]

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time!”