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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 3h
"It shall be sparing, and too full of riot, teaching decrepit age to tread the measures." ~ Venus and Adonis. #ShakespeareSunday #StTrinians
Seven schoolgirls appear to be St Trinian's pupils.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 3h
"They say you are a melancholy fellow. I am so. I do love it better than laughing." ~ As You Like It (A4,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #AlastairSim
A headmistress and her brother discussing the financial situation.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 11h
"Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, blood and revenge are hammering in my head." ~ Titus Andronicus (A2,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 14h
“O this learning, what a thing it is!” ~ The Taming of the Shrew (A1,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #Peanuts
Peppermint Patty discusses the education system with her teacher in this eight panel Peanuts strip.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 14h
“Ring out the bells aloud throughout the town.” ~ Henry VI Pt.1 (A1,S6). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
Filming the flying saucers scene in the film Ed Wood.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 14h
“You are but newly planted in your throne.” ~ Titus Andronicus (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
Audrey II, or Twoey for short, is seen sitting on top of a television set in this black and white advert for the video release of the 1986 rock horror comedy musical film Little Shop of Horrors.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 15h
"These violent delights have violent ends ... " ~ Romeo and Juliet (A2,S6). #ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics
Jerry Lewis and his young nephew are about to be attacked by an angry bear.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 15h
“Hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light.”~ Othello (A1,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #MelBrooks #FlicksOfMyYears
Movie poster for the film Young Frankenstein.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Excellent, some prep needed.
Linus Van Pelt checks out some interesting quotes as he prepares for Shakespeare Sunday.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“It seems very dark outside.” “There is a fog, Sir. If you will recollect, we are now in Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” “Season of what?” “Mists, Sir, and mellow fruitfulness.” ~ The Code of the Woosters (1938), P. G. Wodehouse. #BookWormSat [🎨Herb Roese]
A police officer has fallen off his bike in the park, a lady in a yellow dress stands looking dismayed.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I heard about this on the radio earlier, an absolutely inhuman situation.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Happy Birthday wishes to Sigourney Weaver, born October 8th, 1949. #BOTD #SigourneyWeaver
A rooftop scene from the original Ghostbusters featuring Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Everyone remembers Gwen Stacy's death in The Amazing Spider-Man #121, but in The Amazing Spider-Man #144 she 'returned', in a Gerry Conway written tale. With a cover by Gil Kane and John Romita, and the last panel reveal by Ross Andru, Frank Giacoia and Dave Hunt. #WyrdWednesday
Peter Parker is surprised by the return of Gwen Stacey.
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bus_error @buserror5.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#WyrdWednesday Song of the Necromancer (Weird Tales, Feb 1937) by Clark Ashton Smith. This text is from The Complete Poetry and Translations V2 (2012).
Song of the Necromancer

I will repeat a subtle rune—
And thronging suns of Otherwhere
Shall blaze upon the blinded air,
And spectres terrible and fair
Shall walk the riven world at noon.

The star that was mine empery
Is dust upon unwinnowed skies:
But primal dreams have made me wise,
And soon the shattered years shall rise
To my remembered sorcery.

To mantic mutterings, brief and low,
My palaces shall lift amain,
My bowers bloom; I will regain
The lips whereon my lips have lain
In rose-red twilights long ago.Before my murmured exorcism
The world, a wispy wraith, shall flee:
A stranger earth, a weirder sea,
Peopled with shapes of Faëry,
Shall swell upon the waste abysm.

The pantheons of darkened stars
Shall file athwart the crocus dawn;
Goddess and Gorgon, Lar and faun,
Shall tread the amaranthine lawn,
And giants fight their thunderous wars.

Like graven mountains of basalt,
Dark idols of my demons there
Shall tower through bright zones of air,
Fronting the sun with level stare;
And hell shall pave my deepest vault.

Phantom and fiend and sorcerer
Shall serve me . . . till my term shall pass,
And I become no more, alas,
Than a frail shadow on the glass
Before some latter conjurer.
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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In one of the starkest Child ballads a mother's lamentations summon her dead sons home. But the reunion is with revenants & terrestrial time is short: ‘The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin’ worm doth chide; Gin we be miss’d out o’ our place, A sair pain we maun bide.’ #WyrdWednesday
To paraphrase: Before the cockerel crows at daybreak, the grave worms scold the revenants to return, not to their former life but to the tomb. If they remain above ground or accept any mortal foodstuff the punishment will be bleak. In this illustration, an elderly woman looks up imploring at three spectral images who are turning to leave. The viewer can see the night sky through the window and a candle burns as precious time passes. 
'The Wife of Usher's Well' forms part of the Child collection, 305 traditional ballads anthologised by F.J. Child and published in 1860 🎨 Henry Matthew Brock's lithograph in 'A Book of Old Ballads' Ed. Beverley Nichols (1934).
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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In Eyrbyggja saga, Thorolf Twist-Foot becomes dangerous after death. His corpse reportedly grows so heavy it can barely be moved, then later leaves its grave and terrorizes the countryside. Eventually his body is dug up and burned. Some neighbors require extreme measures. #WyrdWednesday
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
'The Boundary Of Life And Death By Edgar Allan Poe' as presented by Alberto Martini. #WyrdWednesday #EdgarAllanPoe #Poe #31DaysOfHalloween
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One of the few examples of a walking mummy in Egyptian folklore is when the sorcerer hero Setne breaks into the tomb of Prince Naneferkaptah to steal the magical Book of Thoth. The Book's power lets Naneferkaptah's spirit animate his own corpse to confront the grave robber. #WyrdWednesday
Photo of an Egyptian mummy in the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, located in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain.
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Prayers For The Living Dead : A Tragedy Of Mont St. Michel." The Illustrated London News 4.9.1909. #WyrdWednesday
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Lynne S @ghirlandia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That, o'er the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall! The Sleeper Edgar Allan Poe #WyrdWednesday
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Sarah Nour @sarahnour.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The first vampire film was The Vampire (1913), which was based on an 1897 poem by Rudyard Kipling. In the film, a man in a toxic relationship watches a stage show involving a vampire seductress, and realizes it mirrors his own experience. #WyrdWednesday
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Folklore of Scotland @folklorescotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A 'wraith' is an undead being from Scottish folklore, the embodiment of a soul on the verge of death Also a 'waff' in Northumberland and 'swarth' in Cumbrian dialects #WyrdWednesday #Scotland art: Vera Violetta
A cloaked figure weeps in a graveyard under a red moon
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The resurrection has come, as I always knew it would ... " ~ Davros. #WyrdWednesday #DoctorWho
Title card for the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks.Awakening Davros from his cell.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Doctor Who episode 'The Woman Who Fell To Earth', premiered at 18:45 on the 7th October, 2018. #DoctorWho #BBC #JodieWhittaker
The Doctor and three of her companions. A poster launching a new season of Doctor Who.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"You mistake me much?"~ Richard III (A2,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #BatGirl
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"So wise ... they say." ~ Richard III (A3,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #Columbo
A detective has one more thing to say.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"A dream of what thou wert, a breath, a bubble, a sign of dignity, a garish flag, to be the aim of every dangerous shot." ~ Richard III (A4,S4). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears #Brazil
Joyfully riding to work in a bubble car.
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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days. King Richard in Act I Scene i #ShakespeareSunday
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Dick Dastardly
ALT: Dick Dastardly
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Grim-visaged War hath smoothed his wrinkled front." Richard III (A1,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #MarsAttacks
A Martian on the cover of a box of trading cards.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
(stage directions) [Enter a Priest] ~ Richard III (A3,S2). #ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
A Priest standing before a house. The window light shines down on him.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Use careful watch, choose trusty sentinels.” ~ Richard III (A5,S3). #ShakespeareSunday #XMen
Professor X tells his X-Men to defeat the Sentinels.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"A valiant crew" ~ Richard III (A4,S5). #ShakespeareSunday #TheNavyLark #ChildhoodMemories
Messing around in the sea.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tonight's watch is 'You Only Live Twice' (1967). #FlicksOfMyYears #SeanConnery #JamesBond
A helicopter is lifting a car with the aid of a giant magnet.
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Jussi @finnfolklorist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Havukka-ahon ajattelija(English title: Backwood Philosopher) is Veikko Huovinen's debut novel and breakthrough work, published in 1952. The main character of the novel is the self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen, #BookWormSat
A book cover with orange and blue colors showing a person sitting by a lake, pine trees, and the text Veikko Huovinen Havukka-ahon ajattelija WSOY.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just got my email from the venue. We totally understand, family is #1. See you when you reschedule.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Seeing Rhiannon Giddens in concert this evening. #RhiannonGiddens #TracksOfMyYears
Singer Rhiannon Giddens tour poster.
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Me. My own companion. Good hearted weirdo. @beckah74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“I'm just a traveller. Sometimes I see things need fixing, I do what I can.” #DoctorWho
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“As for Tess Durbeyfield ... she remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing.” ~ Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), Thomas Hardy. #BookWormSat #Film #NastassjaKinski
Tess sits outside of a barn as the villagers continue to dance within.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"During the summer months, the river is at the bottom of the garden and during the winter months, the garden is at the bottom of the river." ~ Ring for Jeeves (1953), P.G. Wodehouse. #BookWormSat #JeevesAndWooster
Bernie Wooster is on the phone to Jeeves again!
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent theme.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(A) place called 'Shrublands' ... he’ll take good care of you. Very up to date equipment, and he’s even got his own herb garden. Nice stretch of country, near Washington in Sussex. ~ Thunderball (1961), Ian Fleming, Jack Whittingham, and Kevin McClory. #BookWormSat #JamesBond
James Bond on the poster for Thunderball, featuring Bond in scuba gear and three girls posing behind him.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy #FungiFriday, these three popped up on October 1st.
Three newly emerged mushrooms.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tonight's watch is LICENCE TO KILL. #FlicksOfMyYears #TimothyDalton #JamesBond
Timothy Dalton as James Bond in LICENCE TO KILL, in a warehouse ready to dispatch one of the henchmen.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“ ... I drink to you in smoke-mirled, blue-black polished sloes, savage and reliable ... ” ~ Sloe Gin (1984), Seamus Heaney. [🎨Edward McGuire (1932–1986)] [ 📷Me] #NationalPoetryDay
Portrait of Seamus Heaney, he is sitting at a table with a book in his hands.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On this day in 1984, the fourth studio album by U2 was released. Happy 42nd birthday to The Unforgettable Fire. #U2 #TracksOfMyYears
The album cover poster for The Unforgettable Fire from U2, featuring the ruined remains of Moydrum Castle, County Westmeath, Ireland.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Perserverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth." ~ Julie Andrews. #BOTD #JulieAndrews
Julie Andrews in the film Victor Victoria, she is about to light up a cigar.
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listening to the original series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy again. #BBC
The original series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Primary Phase (screenshot of the series on Libby).
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Joe McCartney @mccartneyjoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Correct.
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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 30/09/2026
Modern historians have suggested that dragons were proven to premodern populations by none other than unearthed fossilized dinosaur bones. Given how close modern dragons look to these bones it is entirely possible, though dragon truthers would very much disagree. #WyrdWednesday
An in-tact T-Rex skull and jaw, fossilized with fracture lines on the snout and occipital areas.
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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#WyrdWednesday 🦖🦕 Yabba-Dabba-Doo! The Flintstones premiered 30 Sept 1960, bringing dinosaurs into the modern Stone Age! Bedrock had Dino, the Flintstones’ lovable Snorkasaurus, while the Rubbles had Hoppy, their hopping Hopparoo. 66 years later, these supermodern saurians still rock! 🪨🦴📺
🎨 © Hanna-Barbera / Warner Bros. Entertainment
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