Senior Lecturer in Politics, teaching and writing about politics, ideology and pro-wrestling, with a bit of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 when I can. https://www.davidsmoon.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mx26lwgsek2hHis description of pro-wrestling as being “in the business of bullshit” feels destined for wider citation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx26lwgsek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mx26gx2ckc2hIt will be interesting if John Cena’s unequivocal defence of his “love” for Vince McMahon & minimisation of accusations against him as just “not [being] perfect” is sustainable with his generally positive image & reception. People seem unclear how to react to it. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/04/john-cena-interview-matchbox-movie-wwe-peacemaker04 Oct 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx26gx2ckc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mwjbkrvbe225New WWE Survivor Series promo package seems strange. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjbkrvbe225https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mw6igbfycs2yListen to @bloodwork.show [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6igbfycs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mvz44rgsjc2uFun (?) fact, Logan Paul is not the first WWE Superstar to visit The Pentagon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvz44rgsjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mvnjezufpk2eOr, as I wrote elsewhere: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481251370182 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnjezufpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mvnjcj3d2k2eRecent BBC archive footage from 1965 on the ‘controversy’ around women’s pro-wrestling. Fun fact; while Women’s wrestling was kept off TV in England as ITV refused to show it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, in Wales, ‘Reslo’ on S4C 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 regularly showcased women’s wrestling until the show ended in 1995 https://youtu.be/twgelvu6xVE?is=eeRNxeuykoYqPz7r16 Sep 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnjcj3d2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mvnddimvnc23If you like art *by* George W. Bush, how about Mark Lombardi’s art *about* him: “George W. Bush, Harken Energy and Jackson Stephens, ca. 1979–90 (5th version)”, 1999. Graphite on paper. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnddimvnc23https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mumheayftc2pAnd there are some great quotes you could use as well: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88-01315R000300380009-2.pdf [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumheayftc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mugyqaw4m222Highly recommend this piece. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugyqaw4m222https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mttyuhqn2c2wPerfect timing for the WWE to have Stefanie McMahon remind everyone of how closer her family are to Trump, even beyond her mother’s role. https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/471184/stephanie-mcmahon-opens-up-about-her-parents-longtime-ties-to-donald-trump#comments [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttyuhqn2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mtle676y5c26Governments have passed multiple pieces of legislation designed to hinder, criminalise and punish peaceful protest & direct action - the misuse of proscription is another element of this - w. routes to exert political pressure increasing constrained to an electoral process offering little option ... [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtle676y5c26https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mt2sdia7l22xThis is great. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2sdia7l22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3msxeas2adk2zA reminder with the Clayton by-election that masked heroes have won election before under their ‘gimmick’ names. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxeas2adk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mscyepls422fTKO lost approx. $30 million running the UFC fight on the White House lawn. https://www.cagesideseats.com/post/kZfbmmrlHhMk05 Aug 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscyepls422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mq7s2ef6gs27On Count Binface being elected *as Count Binface*: In Japan, at least 3 pro-wrestlers have been elected having run as masked gimmicks: Great Sasuke, Super Delfin & Skull Reaper A-Ji. The first two wore masks in the legislature. Skull Reaper had to unmask. In Mexico, Tinieblas ran for Mayor but lost. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7s2ef6gs27https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mq7phsc2ms27Absolutely key that Count Binface does not break Kayfabe. Stay in gimmick, brother. Don’t let the media work you into a shoot.09 Jul 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7phsc2ms27https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mpehgq2pf222I’m writing about Jesse Ventura currently and IMO his is a truly authentic populist performance. Read his books, follow his career & the persona he enacts in political arenas is at once the one he developed as a pro-wrestler, action star, shock-jock, *and* his authentic self barely dialled-up. (1/2) [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpehgq2pf222https://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mp4etfrrsc2aThis is a point I made in my recent piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social - when it comes to the current cast of characters who dominate politics, anyone who hasn’t been listening to QAA, True Anon, Chapo, etc is playing serious catch-up. Constant shock @ known stuff. https://renewal.org.uk/articles/in-defence-of-paranoia-rethinking-politics-after-the-epstein-files/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4etfrrsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3mp4etfrrsc2aThis is a point I made in my recent piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social - when it comes to the current cast of characters who dominate politics, anyone who hasn’t been listening to QAA, True Anon, Chapo, etc is playing serious catch-up. Constant shock @ known stuff. https://renewal.org.uk/articles/in-defence-of-paranoia-rethinking-politics-after-the-epstein-files/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:522225phgdd7avbuaenveodf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4etfrrsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/daimoon.bsky.social/post/3moui47r6ck2wMorally bankrupt you say? 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