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Drawing of Jacques Tati who would be 119 today!

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Iain Clark But In The Fog @iainjclarkart.com · 6h

"There is a risk of people being over-diagnosed with ADHD and autism, an official review in England says" is the main headline, but then you get this. It feels like one of those stories where the narrative "desire path" that ADHD is over-diagnosed is going to eclipse the detail.

Wes Streeting 'completely wrong' about over-diagnosis, says review author

The author of today's report, Prof Peter Fonagy, has been speaking to Radio 4's Today programme.

He starts by saying that former Health Secretary Wes Streeting - who first commissioned the review - was "with respect, completely wrong" when he talked about an over-diagnosis of mental health disorders.

His findings show that "there has been a rise in distress and mental ill health amongst young people which is very, very real," he

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 8h

They must be absolutely knackered.

One migrant crossed Channel every six minutes in first week of October

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 18h

James Blunt showering like he's Data off of Star Trek #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 19h

If Ross was Scottish he'd be out at the next roundtable for this kind of behaviour

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 19h

Everyone's aging themselves with childhood crushes just as I hit Ensign Ro on my TNG watchthrough. Coincidence?

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 26/07/2025

my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also, this bit in part one is sublime

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We always give DS9 the credit for introducing serialised storytelling to Star Trek, but the structure of S4 is incredible. The murders of K'Ehlyr and Duras, the half Romulan officer in The Drumhead, Geordi's attempted assassination of a high profile Klingon, all setting up "Redemption" and Sela.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've hit Redemption in my TNG watchthrough so it's gagh and bloodwine for dinner! *aubergine and black bean chilli and two cans of west coast IPA

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lots to enjoy in this 1993 report about the future of sci-fi at the BBC, not least the two little kids who are mad into Quantum Leap...

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1993: Is the BBC Failing Sci-Fi Fans? | Biteback | BBC Archive

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I remember going to see North by Northwest at the BFI and there was a kid a few rows in front who loudly called Cary Grant an idiot for trusting and following Eva Marie Saint around. He clearly didn't get it. But I got it. We all got it.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wonder what happened to Jenna? I hope she found happiness.

A heartbroken Jenna leaves Data's quarters at the end of "In Theory"

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Watching "In Theory" in 2026 reveals it to be a good take on loneliness and AI delusion. Jenna's attracted to Data because he's an affable android whose positronic brain remembers the little things that her ex didn't. He's also sycophantic and artificial, meaning they can't connect emotionally.

Data is embraced by Lt. JG Jenna S'Sora in the TNG episode "In Theory"

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Paul @rudemrlang.com · 06/10/2026

Fans like to claim Doctor Who needs to be rested becuase the ideas are getting stale the someone comes up with the idea of a companion who shoots TOAST out of his head when he’s scared, this show will never ever die!!! www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

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First look at 'TARDIS Crew', brand new CBeebies animated adventure from the Whoniverse | Doctor Who

The TARDIS is set to welcome aboard a whole new generation of fans in an exciting new animated series...

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's good that Doctor Who is trying to cultivate a new audience while providing the thing that will finally give the old audience that fatal heart attack.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Counterpoint: he deserved less.

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DareBear @derekbgayle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Every single show in this 25-year-old promo has either been recently revived or never stopped airing

Screenshot from a 2002 Fox Sunday night block promo with Gillian Anderson looking sexy

-Futurama
-King of the Hill
-The Simpsons
-Malcolm in the Middle
-The X-Files

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Enjoying how this is basically the plot of the Dad's Army episode "If the Cap Fits"

When Dr McCoy grumbles once too often about the way the Enterprise ought to be run, Captain Kirk decides to leave the doctor in command while he oversees a routine diplomatic mission to a planet nicknamed "Flyspeck".
However. the doctor soon learns that command is a double-edged sword when Kirk disappears without a trace, and the Klinaons arrive to stake their own claim on Flvspeck.
Then another, more deadly power threatens them all, and suddenly, Dr McCoy and the Enterprise find themselves pitted against an alien fleet in a battle they have no hope of winning.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I only went out to pick up some forms at the GP and a bottle of Cif from Lidl...

An unseasonably sunny day in October. On an outdoor pub table are a pint of Yeastie Boys' Bigmouth Session IPA and copies of the Star Trek books Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana, Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane and Ishmael by Barbara Hambly

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish more reporting on private ADHD/autism assessment providers mentioned that many NHS pathways - as in, the default local not-Right-To-Choose ones - are outsourced to those same providers. If there are quality concerns, the Government should be investing in high-quality NHS pathways.

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On the Timelash @onthetimelash.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

NEW EPISODE: Mark, Ben, @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social and @toohot4tv.bsky.social reach journey's end with a discussion about the Abrams movies, Star Trek's streaming era and social media. But...y'know...stay positive. open.spotify.com/episode/43cJ...

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Dylan @ Doctor Who: Too Hot For Tv @toohot4tv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today on #doctorwho Too Hot For TV I am joined by @michaelmills.bsky.social to celebrate 20 years of Torchwood. As we look at the audio play 'Asylum' and the novel 'Slow Decay'. linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Berwick Toys' Dalek playsuit, photographed as the press wait outside West London Magistrate’s Court (1966). #DoctorWho

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Dylan @ Doctor Who: Too Hot For Tv @toohot4tv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today on Too Hot For TV I am joined by @quiteamess.bsky.social to look at the expanded media of War of the Worlds. As we look at the 1988 TV series that is a sequel to the 1953 film. Then a 2010 radio adaptation of the 1938 radio play starring the cast of Star Trek. linktr.ee/Dylan_Rees

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Restaurant critic Jay Rayner has reviewed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 for the FT. STAY IN YOUR LANE RAYNER, I DON'T COME ON MASTERCHEF AND ASK SIX AMATEUR COOKS TO MAKE ME A MILLE-FEUILLE

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thinking of @andrewblair.co.uk every week of Taskmaster series 22, and now, tonight's HIGNFY

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Cutaway Comics @cutawaycomics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SHARE AND ENJOY ON KICKSTARTER! Don't miss our definitively innacurate biographical novel of Douglas Adams' life. It's a love letter to creativity and one of our greatest ever writers. #DouglasAdams #Kickstarter #Comics Back the book today: www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey guys! I'm Burke, he's Hare, and before we get into today's unboxing video, we just wanna talk a little about today's sponsor, Surfshark

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

An icy blast from the past! We recorded this discussion of Stephen Baxter's evocative tribute to the Troughton years ages ago, so apologies if it reflects "attitudes of the time"

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Graeme Neil Reid @graemeneilreid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"I ought to drag you out there and FEED you to those things!" Night of the Living Dead released on this day (1st October) 1968. Watercolour painting.

Painting of man, he is standing in front of a door that has been nailed shut with planks of wood.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hahaha, I'm wondering how many episodes he made it through before posting this

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Richie Morgan @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Star Trek rules

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The oat milk chat on this one really made me laugh on the dog walk this evening. But also, it's a brilliant Star Trek podcast that's more than just "nerds giggling"

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two Doors Down Live was an absolutely joyous experience, made all that bit more special/surreal by being sat two rows behind Scotty fae Star Trek

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/09/2026

NEW Stewart Lee column The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles. The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say - seems beyond us www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

At this rate, we'll be staging public drownings of migrants, to address 'legitimate concerns': Stewart Lee on the collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain. Stylised image of a RNLI ferry

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And here it is, me unpicking the season 4 finale's riffs on "Yesterday's Enterprise" and "All Good Things" don't work, that potential Doctor Who crossover and why Strange New Worlds season 4 has left me a bit cold. markmywords1985.substack.com/p/strange-ne...

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Strange New Words #20 - All Good(ing) Things

On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds s04e10 - “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”

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On the Timelash @onthetimelash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW TREKLASH! Mark, Ben, @toohot4tv.bsky.social and @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social go on a pub crawl from Ten Forward to Quark's Bar and beyond, discussing the golden age of Star Trek and the On the Buses cinematic universe...

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Treklash 3: Worzel Gummidge Meets TJ Hooker (1991 - 2004)

On the Time Lash · Episode

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Say what you want about Enterprise, but at least it gifted us alcoholic Star Trek fans a theme tune to belt out while pissed. youtu.be/7ZL1nCtu_NQ?...

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Where My Heart Will Take Me (Theme From "Enterprise")

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If Richie and I can make a film that's half as moving as this then I'll be very happy

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