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Call me old-fashioned, but I miss the days when a headline told you what the story was about, rather than its clickbaity successor eg "Three words that mean we could all be dead in a fortnight".

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 2h

Ian reveals what he thinks in shocking post.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 19h

Not always. Sometimes they have been, but we're at the point where it's becoming hard to tell the difference any more. Like the end of Animal Farm.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 21h

I've basically ditched The Rest Is Entertainment. One reason being that suddenly "sponsored questions" started getting dropped into their Q&A show. That and the terrible stilted "advert chat" that's to common in podcasts now.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 23h

"No, the tracks were covered up good and proper, just as they were supposed to be"

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 23h

The typo is actually a nice little suggestion of humanity. I leave them in more informal things now, however tempted I am to edit them, almost as a symbol of my bona fides.

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Mirela Ivanova @mirela.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"Pointing to estimates of about 30,000 job losses in the past three years, Stern said “these are talented people, often with a long career behind them. We should care that this many good jobs are going; if this was the automotive sector you’d get headlines.” www.ft.com/content/ded7...

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UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students

‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says

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Jeremiah, the chaotic innovator @thecosmicjeremiah.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word. Fellowship of the cock ring, by J R R Tolkien

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word We Don’t Solve Murders by Richard Osman

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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word Heidi Hi by Joanna Spyri

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word Fuck It by Stephen King

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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word Emma Bunton, by Jane Austen

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I have a soft spot for George’s If Not For You too

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The new 2CV has been revealed and I rather like it. www.topgear.com/car-news/ele...

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You never see people knotting sheets together to climb out of windows anymore. Another great tradition lost.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

To be fair, that’s basically a 70s night in the Wheeltappers and Shunters, just without Manning.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Yes. My engagements with Zuckerberg’s bin fire is very heavily limited these days to some very specific items, specifically avoiding this stuff. And always read only

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Don’t show them the video, for God’s sake, they’ll get very confused “This doesn’t sound like Vindaloo …”

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This. I still have the CD single and it’s quite possibly the worst song of the four on it. Mind you, two of them are The Materplan and Round Are Way (both of which I love), so it’s not the lowest bar.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It’s the mindset of the sixth from debating club. You don’t have to believe what you’re saying, as long as you end up on the side that wins

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Today, Baron (Michael) Gove of Torry made his first appearance in the House of Lords. Perhaps we ought to consider his long history of saying and writing terrible things... #MichaelGove A 🧵

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And “top”. He very much gives off bottom vibes. And possibly “comedian”

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 11/10/2026

wayne’s world was a visualised podcast

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I think that one properly surfaced during the build up to Spike Island, and the resulting coverage showed it quite starkly. Though it wasn’t quite so obvious when I saw them on the Second Coming tour later

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Which is odd, because demographically speaking it’s not a shrinking market

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If it’s the same “Ouse Valley” institution I’m thinking of, a friend of mine had a different set of issues that occasioned him getting out, but that still speaks to a wider pattern.

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Guy Halsall @realhistoryguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s World Mental Health Day and there’ll doubtless be a lot of posturing from university managements about how seriously they take this, so it seems as good a time as any to post this.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In which a dull author takes 800 words to explain how we all felt sitting down on a Sunday evening watching “That’s Life!” and lSpitting Image” knowing you had school in the morning

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ah right. Part of the site is still in use for ISC though.

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's not disused. It's a study centre for international foundation students

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Christ, that sounds like the bleakest night out EVER

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I picked nine that meant something for various reasons (all positive).

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cutaway Comics, best known for their Doctor Who spinoff titles, have just launched a Kickstarter for Share & Enjoy, a new graphic novel written by Mark Griffiths with art by Martin Geraghty “the definitively inaccurate graphic novel celebrating the life and times of Douglas Adams, creator of The…

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Cutaway Comics Douglas Adams graphic novel, “Share & Enjoy”

A must for all Douglas Adams fans?

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Difficult for me to call what might fly ... I've already ordered one

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How about showing off a couple of cutout heads, like on old panto bills, which doesn’t show off *everything*, in true @pantosplaining.bsky.social style?

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

He’s turning up as a semi-regular in the Dick Turpin reruns on @talkingpicturestv.co.uk at the moment too

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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maybe they were in the market for fumbling for their fare

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