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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just missed my night bus. Well, it went past with all its lights off and was gone by the time I realised it was in service.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Of *course* the ‘AI boom’ will make us poorer. It’s a ‘boom’ created by tech bros for tech bros, and they’re pretty much the worst human beings on the planet. How could it possibly do anything else?

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was that the sound of the Overton Window shifting backwards a bit?

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can't believe that guy out of the Beatles, one of the most famous songwriters of all time, also gets to be Prime Minister of Canada. Paul Mark Carney.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Of course, the problem with this is that it rhymes better than the original.

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Extent of the Jam @extentofthejam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Goblin is awesome. Also:

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wanted some stupid B-movie to have on in the background and picked one on Tubi that looked absolutely ridiculous: The Perfect Lover. I've had it on about three minutes and so far, it's really thoughtful, brooding and seems like it's going to be really good. Damn.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just bought a shirt from a company called Merelume. When the confirmation flashed it up it was £25 instead of £20. They'd added 'insurance' to my order without me seeing it - I don't think it was shown until afterwards - and it was locked. They're saying "no refunds" because "it was selected".

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was not expecting CSO in I, Claudius.

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Jenni Tolls @jennitolls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The internet and streaming has made billboard charts irrelevant. I wish we would move on. There are so many young people making amazing experimental and genre-bending pop music. If you think the state of pop music is dire that’s on you for not doing the bare minimum to find new artists.

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

does he ask ChatGPT “make this sound more uncanny” for every sentence?

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"It is I, Simon Quinlank! Duke of Hobby! ANSWER ME!"

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Ghoulian @wagyuhotdog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All I can think about is this ancient 4chan green text story about Hugo the hornet

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1. An Arctic explorer: "Don't put ice down your pants. Unless you're a bit kinky". Teachers upset. 2. Ollie Plimsoles-type in white hoody sewn with the logos of kids' TV shows he'd been on: "Who likes The London Boys. I know them! They're cool. They're not just another Big Fun!" Cue laughter.

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T E Hodden @tomhodden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If your first thought was "Oh look, Jason King", then congratulations, I do believe we can be friends.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026

Me, looking for that converse ad: "how bad can it b—yikes."

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Me & Taylor @vespalien.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You need to be a sociopath to get ultra rich because it requires long term exploitation of suppliers, workers & customers.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just catching up with yesterday's Star Trek SNW. Are they actually expecting us to watch this drivel? The people making Star Trek really do hate Star Trek.

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Released in Europe on 18 September 1987, "This Corrosion" by #TheSistersOfMercy was the lead single from their second album Floodland and one of their most iconic tracks. The single was released later in the UK on 21 and 30 September, so enjoy Corrosion Season!

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hard to imagine a more emblematic fracturing of the British social order than people turning on the lifeboats, the most conservative-coded, traditional charity we have. If these scumbags will attack the RNLI, they'll attack anyone or anything. Absolutely feral.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran: an Alfred E. Neuman Pez dispenser that dispenses half-remembered mediocre pop songs.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Have you managed to remember who they are yet?" "No, but Mel's tried".

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Louise in an unusual portrait for Pandora’s Box (1929). (Thread)

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The worst thing about the "English" accents in The Boys - which are the worst thing about it - is the constant use of "Don't gotta". No one says that.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the most frustrating opening sequences in history. So many shots of episodes we never saw.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Dammit, when are these going to come out in the UK? (Yes, I know one of the sequels is available).

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Def Leppard, of course, were a logo first. Which is honourable.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What I mean is that we often don't know what we think or how we feel about a thing until we're required to articulate it for a nominal audience ourselves. The readers of a review, your book club, chatting with friends, etc.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've got The Room on in the background while I'm working. It's even worse than I imagined. Painfully unwatchable. Worse than Manos THoF. Worse than Robot Monster and Section 31. This is a simulation of a film by someone who's seen all the films and understood none of them.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm halfway through season 4 of The Boys. Not sure I've ever seen a TV show where the problem is that there's *too much* plot before. This show's doing *everything*. It's like a telenovella.

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sigourney Weaver with her parents on the set of ALIEN (1979)

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's #BandcampFriday so here are some faves: Night Club: nightclubband.bandcamp.com/album/die-di... Rosetta Stone: rosettastoneuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-ty... The Weep: theweep.bandcamp.com/album/lay-th... & You can hear my latest song, You Win, at: adarkadaptedheart.bandcamp.com/track/you-wi...

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A Dark Adapted Heart

Moody electro-synth-rock. Influences include Depeche Mode, Rammstein, The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, Paradise Lost, Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Rosetta Stone, Def Leppard, Imogen Heap, Siouxsie, Pe...

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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Paging retro TV nerds. A mate is trying to find out who provided the voiceover for this 1987 advert. He tried searching online but to no avail. Any clues? www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/re...

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Electricity Council Commercial: Morning | Catalogue | History of Advertising Trust

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If the band members need to wear hearing protection. And the crew need to wear hearing protection. And the people in the crowd need to wear hearing protection. And the venue staff need to wear hearing protection. You see where I'm fucking going with this, yes?

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And it's made infinitely worse by the stupid "British" dialogue. "...and then ya dahn't gotta seee mee". Who the fuck talks like that?

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🐈 : Meow. 👨: What? 🐈 : Meow! 👨: What? You've had your breakfast, you've had your lunch, I've cleaned your litter tray, we've played with the dangly fish, what else could it be? 🐈: There's a *fly*.

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tom Baker looking increasingly deranged as Professor Plum on Cluedo

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Irish dancing. Takes talent, discipline and years of training and looks fucking stupid.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

At least we're getting a turkey for Christmas.

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Alan @adarkadaptedheart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The "English" accents in The Boys are some of the worst I've ever heard.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pretend you're a kangaroo by sticking a photo of your child out of the top of your trousers.

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The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Cinema Museum still needs help to secure their premises; there's a donor who, all this bank holiday weekend, is going to match donations, so if you haven't given yet, throw in a bit now, and claim gift aid so it can do the most good!

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The Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOME

After 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it!

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