iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

P.S. two particular elements of the Regents Park production which I really liked: - set design that echoed the park's natural environment, in contrast to the junkyard/backalley setting of the original West End production - German expressionist vibes for Macavity

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In conclusion I really like cats (the animals) and Cats (the musical). And emphatically not Cats (the movie).

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The thing about Cats the musical is that all the parts about how they're cats - cats as mysterious and unknowable and elegant creatures - are great. Transcendent, even! There was a standing ovation after The Jellicle Ball! The bits where individual cats sing about themselves: a bit shit.

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Me and my sister watching Cats as children: haha they're cats! Look at them dance! Me and my sister watching Cats in our 30s: haha they're cats! Look at them dance! [later] *audibly sobbing at Memory*

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not really the same thing, although I've just come out of a production of Cats and that's definitely a different experience at 36 than it is at 10.

Post from Mark Harris saying "The crucial sympathy-shift in experiencing The Graduate is whe go from his age to her age."

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While we wait to see if Digger gets Tom Cruise an Oscar, here's an essay I wrote about his three Academy Award nominations, his hard turn away from that early quest, his strengths and weaknesses, and the limits of "intensity." A decade later, I think it still applies. grantland.com/hollywood-pr...

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» Cruise’s Oscar Years: One Decade. Three Nominations. Myriad Lessons.

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Pokémon Gems @pokemongems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

meowth all curled up

Screenshot of the Pokémon anime showing meowth curled up in a ball taking a nap

Screenshot of the Pokémon anime showing meowth in a blanket curled up in a ball taking a nap

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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this is utterly adorable and i think if i saw this show as a kid i would've been bouncing off the walls

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Also! Limiting wild Pokémon to cordoned off zones? Are you kidding? I understand that it is a city setting and this makes a kind of sense for the context. I still hate it.

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I started playing Pokémon Legends Z-A, and I am quite disappointed so far. What I liked about Arceus was the more open world and emphasis on exploration, collection and research over battling (my least favourite element of the games). So far Z-A mainly seems to want to force me to battle :(

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Everything is on fire but at least it is Taskmaster Thursday once again.

I wish more people applying for PhDs understood (or respected) that admissions tutors and supervisors generally don't like unsolicited applications. Please - if you're thinking of applying - reach out by email to supervisors first! You will have much better chances of acceptance when you do apply!

The question is do I tell my students this also applies to me when I teach it this semester?

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In complete seriousness, what reading do you recommend (aside from your own writing on it of course)? Because I'm putting The Graduate on my undergrad film class this semester and need something to give my students!

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Spent ages scrutinising the new food pictures on the website one of my preferred takeaways wondering if they're AI-generated. Caved and decided to order anyway because I'm too hungry and tired to have principles, only for it to turn out they've adjusted their delivery area and I am no longer in it.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the chicken that dances at the end of Stroszek has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

dancing chicken against a yellow background

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you gotta buy my pots cause actually they may one day grow to be Emrakul The Promised End and destroy all of humanity thats how powerful and important they are. Every time i throw a pot i am tempting eldritch power. Invest now in pots

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Drag Race UK consciously and lovingly acknowledges its heritage, much of which comes from the BBC. It really does feel like a slap in the face.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of the very sad things (of many) about Drag Race being dropped from the BBC, and linear TV/PSB generally, is how much of the show's hallmarks are indebted to British televisual (queer) culture: Blue Peter, Blankety Blank, Eurovision, among many others.

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Sorry I thought this a reply further down thread re the food festival 😹 the IT TV mini series, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Paper Mario Origami King on Switch

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Had a dosa for lunch, and bought 2 meals from a Jamaican stand to save for dinner!

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The thing i like about calling it “Woke 1” is the implicit admission that there shall be a Woke 2. It admits the inevitable defeat of antiwokism even while mocking woke

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Bought a pot of jam from a stall for no reason other than that they're using classic MS Office word art for their signage rather than AI slop and I think it's important to reward that.

I just had a pedicure so I'm very much in little treat mode. This means that wandering aimlessly around the local annual food festival is either the best or worst idea.

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sorry to report I have been robbed* in broad daylight yet again. *Went into CEX on a whim and bought a lot of physical media.

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I hadn't foreseen the one downside to Kier Starmer not being PM any more: no more George Fouracres impression on SNL :(

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蟹のオーパーツ @kaniopa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

5枚以上でカルーセル表示になったみたいなので実験

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just got one of these on Currys, posting if it helps anyone. My seasonable depression is already kicking in but at least I know what I'll be doing on 5th November.

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I sincerely wish I could have one day off from hearing about AI

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wdym the Zelda 40th anniversary special edition console that was announced yesterday is already sold out for preorder 😭

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dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Birmingham airport website saying that £12 for 'up to an hour' parking to pick someone up is 'affordable' is some of the pettiest gaslighting I've seen in a while.