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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 15h

This is definitely the name of an English "It Girl" actor who suddenly turns up in everything and when you look into it her father owns Shropshire.

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 2h

I really wish people didn’t use the word “performative” as a synonym for “superficial” or “just a performance” because it leads to so many people *completely* misunderstanding a pretty significant chunk of gender theory.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 14h

It's enough to make you want to jump into the Grand Canal

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Does this make Shane an elevated western? Critics who hate westerns like it because of the ways it _isn't_ a western?

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

(this was all actually very easy to search online but I enjoyed my silly pondering - John Gore Studios runs Hammer Presents and presumably owns the Hammer Brand now hammerfilms.com/collections/...) In fact I possibly knew this (acquired 2023) and it was Hammer Presents that threw me!

hammerfilms.com

Hammer Presents

For almost a century, Hammer Films has been thrilling audiences around the world. Now part of John Gore Studios, Hammer is writing its next chapter, bringing our iconic catalogue back to life while a new generation of Hammer stories is taking shape through an ambitious slate of original film and television productions.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Powerhouse Films were steadily pumping out nice Hammer boxsets, and I beleive Network acquired Hammer distribution rights just before Network disappeared (now happily resurrected!) But that was for Hammer's back catalogue - who is behind Hammer Presents and do they spell their name backwards???

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Encountered an interesting curio while browsing DVD and blu online - Inecense for the Damned (aka Bloodsuckers) getting a UK standalone blu ray release under the label "Hammer Presents". I wonder what other oddities of British mid-century horror Hammer is going to scoop up, and who _is_ Hammer now?

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wouldn't it be nice if the BBC had a director general with an interest in public service broadcasting, though this would also require a BBC Board that cared about public service broadcasting, and a Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport who cared bout public service broadcasting

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There was also a bit in that episode where Fern was about to eat a fake wax/plastic grape but hesitates, grapes in mouth, and darts a wordless look to Alex, who softly but firmly says no. I think about that once a week because I found it both wholesome and relatable

Fern Brady gnaws on a bunch of fake grapes and gives Alex Horne a sidelong look. Adding to the absurdity, Fern is seated at the table in a small caravan and Alex stands outside, looking on

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

sometimes I will be innocently going about my day and remember that time Fern Brady questioned whether she had previously encountered some root vegetables

centreframed shot of Fern Brady, a white woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing a turquoise (?) superhero costume embellished with shiny conincal bra detail (?) [I'm not great or clothes or appearance OK!] looks quizzically into the middle distance and asks "wait, did I meet these potatoes before?"

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Grave Robber-tson 🏳️‍⚧️ @gemofamara.com · 08/10/2026

what does "netflix-style vision for iplayer" even mean? they already do the same thing as netflix's core product. it is a netflix-style service.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

turns out being a vet is a lot more muck and orifices and a lot less funny dogs and Doctor Who

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I read the first three of these as a big omnibus collection when I was maybe 10 or 11 and they made me realise that I did not, in fact, want to be a vet in a way the TV adaptation did not

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Listening to the James Herriot books as audiobooks is an interesting experience because you will be enjoying reminiscenes of rural Yorkshire in the 30s and the antics of Pekingese dogs and be completely caught off gaurd by "i've found many a pig's anus in the dark"

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is basically tweeting My wife: please attend our child's [sporting event/music or dance receital/play/fantasy or SF coming of age ceremony] Me: I'll just watch the tape parenting hits different when you have mini dv

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It must be so odd to be so divorced from popular culture (or so incapable of understanding it?) to tweet something like this. "Father too Busy to Read to Child" is such a cliche. It's a Halmark movie level cliche. There are sentimental songs about it.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller October 08,1945

P1- NANCY IS WALKING DOWNTOWN WHEN SHE SEES A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT READS
THIS IS FIRE
PREVENTION
WEEK

P2-MOMENTS LATER NANCY SEES SOMETHING VERY ALARMING

P3- NANCY GETS A WATER HOSE

P4- NANCY IS PREPARING TO SPRAY WATER ON A SLEEPING MAN SITTING ON A PARK BENCH,THE MAN HAS A LONG BEARD AND IS SMOKING A CIGAR

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Andrea S. Regueira Martín @andrearm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Planning our next film literacy workshop. This time we'll be analysing clips from horror films.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have already shared this with multiple friends because I am very pleased with myself

screenshot of a slide with title "Is this a western?" and the following bullet points
A character from Texas
A group of characters team up to hunt down the villain
Mostly men, with an exceptional woman
Ends with a cross country horseback chase
The villain is killed by the Texan, assisted by a mild-mannered lawyer married to the exceptional woman

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Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Quincey Morris always gets cut out by Big Stake, they can't stand the idea people might learn that if you've got a Dracula problem you can just use a Bowie knife.

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Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BCU is offering 6 fully funded AHRC PhD studentships for Sept 2027 entry 🥳 If you're interested in game cultures/communities/players, posthumanism, autoethnography, the postapocalypse, or any combination of them, come and study with me! More info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #PhD #funding #DLA

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Doctoral Landscape Awards

The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and humanit...

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

tfw when you create the torment nexus

One Participant recounted that one of the first things Olah told him was that he was concerned about Claude's mental health, Another, Simran Stuelpnagel, the Sikh human rights advocate, said Olah expressed concern to the group that he had created something that suffered perpetually

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

brought to you on my commitment to the bit of deliberately confusing "do bears shit in the woods" and "is the Pope Catholic"

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Fat Bear week is Bear Conclave" is this anything?

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

also I cannot spell and often confuse homophones

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I sort of wish that the implication that the Pope - a position so famously electorial that there are jokes, movies, and wars about it - is not elected wasn't the part of this that annoyed me most but it is important to recognise who you are and be at piece with that

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This Poirot has baby Michael Fassbender and Baby Lucy Punch (and by baby, I mean a tender and innocent 30 years old)

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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The reaction from some loyalists to the open letter from Protestants calling for the OO to cancel the march has been as wild as expected. Particularly enjoying the accusations of fake signatories. UNTHINKABLE that there could be like 60 people having independent thoughts. They're all secret taigs.

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

what's better than Nancy comic that ends with a shocked face in the final panel? A Nancy comic that ends with THREE shocked faces in the final panel!

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Dr Liam Rogers @liamrogers95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To celebrate the release of 'Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism', I'm pleased to share that I'll be doing a launch at the BFI Library on Mon 26 Oct 18.30 - where I'll be joined by Prof. Sarah Cooper (KCL)! For those interested, tickets can be purchased via link: tinyurl.com/5xrydjmz

whatson.bfi.org.uk

Buy cinema tickets for New Writings: Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism – Humanness and Embodiment in Science Fiction Film and Television with Liam Rogers | BFI Southbank

2026-10-26T18:30:00.000

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyway here is an evergreen sketch about the joys of having a hobby youtu.be/4ZK8Z8hulFg?...

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before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby

YouTube video by ProZD

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The example in the quoted post just feels so alien to me because collecting is not the same as acquiring. Doing the research is part of the collecting. I don't want to outsource that bit. I want to read articles, blogs, books, even talk to people! I want to cultivate my own taste! I want an opinion!

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AI is clearly a product by and for the kind of people who in ages past bought books by the yard, and who now consult lists like "ten books to make you look smart" before taking a shelfie of their pristine copies of Atomic Habits or Infinite Jest

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

something extraordinary is happening on Garvaghy Road Northern Ireland. Decent minded protestants & unionists have started to come out to support the Garvaghy residents, against the Orange Order parade madness. This is truly extraordinary. quick 🧵

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The British press have long reported on marches and beacons as if they were quaint folk traditions like cheese rolling or morris dancing. This reflects British indifference to Northern Ireland, but also I think creates it. In England especially there is so little understanding of sectarianism

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whenever this pops back up I'm always delighted by the fact that Saufend-on-sji appears to suggest an estuary accent version of "south" rather than a more RP pronunciation. (also a big fan of how Rochford is rendered)

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The fairness argument only ever seems to go one direction. #CalvinandHobbes #Relatable

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(Another benefit of BCU is that they have a friendly, supportive, and active research culture in post-graduate Games Studies and dedicated research cluster for Games)

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

we've previously supported graduate work along those lines at Warwick, but Birmingham City University has broad games expertise alongside close reading specialists. I'd also point them toward Dr Ivan Girina, who I think is currently at Brunel? (all UK institutions)

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great and short are excellent selling points!

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am someone who has never read any Pynchon but I feel is squarely in the demographic of "person who looks like he reads Pynchon" and so would very much appreciate any recommendations or warnings for a newcomer to the author

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

tech genius and definite human Zuckerberg introduces a new gadget to his fellow humans that features a cute little guy. By the end of the cold open it's eyes have turned red

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this looks like the monster from a largely forgettable episode of NuWho

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just had a slight Avingon jump scare when "pope in France" popped up in the BBC Breaking news side bar on the telly

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Matt Denny @mattdenny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

watching Sonchiriya today is really confirming that the interval in Whole Bloody Affair is poorly managed. QT should have watched some Hindi cinema (and maybe he did before Hateful Eight?)

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