Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦

Done a fair bit of cycling but taking a break. Been known to go to the theatre.

Moved to Bluesky

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

It's just been revoked #AnneSacoolas

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

No one should be celebrating what seems certain to be the imminent departure of #Starmer & arrival of our 7th PM in 10 years
Something has gone horribly wrong in British politics. Stability & competence were key parts of what made us a great country.
Poorer quality politicians, the cheapening of political debate (in part social media but also MSM) & rise of so called populism led to #Brexit & the decision to leave #EU just exacerbated the demise of competent Govt, sensible politics & decent politicians.

[RobinNCST @robin_ncst]

Can someone @easyJet explain why we’re advised to arrive at an airport 3 hours before flight time to allow for extra security to find that bag drop doesn’t open until 2 hours before?

[Peter Kay (🦋@theonlypeterkay.bsky.social) @theonlypeterkay]

Gove faced with who he is: This would be entirely funny if his actions hadn’t been responsible for a nation’s economic and geopolitical ruin. Hislop catalogues Gove’s every crime from Brexit to the VIP PPI scandal and exposes the man’s moral bankruptcy.

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

@OliBarrett Breaking:

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

I realise all the scientists have probably given this more thought than I have but why couldn't the astronauts just drive one of the shuttles to the moon, look for some reasonably flat ground and land it and have enough petrol to take off again to land back on Earth #simples

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

All the President’s Men turns 50 today.

This famous “six‑minute shot” is a masterclass in phone acting and pure technical nerve.

Director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis pull off a single, unbroken slow zoom: from a wide, humming newsroom to a tight close-up on Redford. No cuts. No safety net. Tension builds in real time.

Redford carries it with typical quiet confidence. Six minutes of note-taking and talking into a phone, no flashy “Oscar clip.” He even flubs a name (“McGregor” for “Dahlberg”), corrects himself naturally, and Pakula keeps it because it feels authentic.

The background is part of the story. As Woodward hones in on his phone call, everyone behind him huddles around a TV watching Senator Tom Eagleton resign. The contrast is deliberate: they chase the “obvious” headline, while the camera drifts past them to Woodward, and the real story.

To hold Redford and the busy background in focus early on, they used a split‑diopter lens, then had to ease it out as the camera moves in. A technical tightrope. The timing of both actor and cinematographer is spot on.

As Woodward closes in on the truth, the world literally falls away: the newsroom blurs, the noise fades, and we lock into his obsession. It’s one of cinema’s great moments: Redford doing almost nothing—and somehow everything at the same time.

What makes this shot brilliant is the contrast it carves between Redford and the newsroom around him. The visual language does the talking: he’s locked in, disciplined, driven, all focus and fire. He stands apart because the work matters more than anything else.

[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 😁

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

Australians can now live & work freely in the EU for 4 years and vice versa

That means they now have 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 EU rights than British people. Free movement offered millions of us fantastic opportunities but Brexiteers slammed that door shut, most shamefully on their own children

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

shocking service from @skyhelpteam . would like to hear from @virginmedia about how they could resolve this. Sky appear to be useless

[kerry Sparshott @KerrySparshott]

@SkyHelpTeam upset at the shocking service my daughter is receiving after I recommended you. Twice in 7 weeks you've cut her off this time it's because there was no spare port for a new customer so you have disconnected her and she has to wait weeks with minimal phone service

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

[Richie Floyd @richiejfloyd]

I wish we lived in a world where I didn't feel constantly compelled to post this video, but until then here's Tony Benn speaking on war with clarity and moral conviction that you won't see from the evil people running the world today

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

Hi @WelHatCouncil is there any truth to the rumour that the next series of The World's Most Dangerous Roads is totally set in Hertfordshire?

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!

[Niz @NizMhani]

🚨BREAKING:

The "Board of Peace" launches its first war....

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Twenty years ago we invaded Iraq. The war killed many innocent Iraqis and Americans. It destroyed the oldest Christian populations in the world. It cost over $1 trillion, and turned Iraq into a satellite of Iran. It was an unforced disaster, and I pray that we learn its lessons.

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

thinking id stand a reasonable chance of winning the men's freestyle halfpipe just by skiing down the middle without falling over #Olympics2026

[Lee Brown @leebrown2]

Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important.

#Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

I've interviewed hundreds of people in the last 5 months and hired 7 (hiring more now)

the bar is on the ground, it's so easy to be 99% better than everyone

If you want to stand out in a job application process, here's three stupidly easy things you should do immediately:

[Stυ 🚴🍷 🇺🇦 @thew00d]

If they hadn't slowed the travellator down they'd still be trying to finish now #gladiators

[Forrest Knight @ForrestPKnight]

Honestly, Ben Affleck actually knowing AI and the landscape caught me off guard, but as a writer, makes sense.

Great takes across the board.