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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 3h

OTD 1988: #DoctorWho Remembrance of the Daleks One of Doctor Who’s most thrilling new beginnings And if you think Part One’s explosive… This story’s aftershocks include New Adventures, Counter-Measures and Pa Jass-Vortan II – The Time War Strikes Back!

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 25 Blu-ray cover: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), in cream jacket and hat, bearing silver-coloured (but not silver) bow and arrow and surrounded by blazing asteroids, framing an exciting array of monsters – hate-filled one-blob armoured tank Black Dalek Supreme, hate-filled-against-other-blobs plus huge-cannoned even more of an armoured tank Special Weapons Dalek, handle-helmeted cyborg revenant Cyberman, sinister Clown, and murderous walking liquorice allsort

The Earth from space, framed by the battle-plated hull of a Dalek mothership

A Dalek (fascist one-blob conical armoured tank in white and gold) glides up the stairs. Oh yes.

The Special Weapons Dalek opens fire with its huge inbuilt cannon

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 2h

This is the first episode I remember watching (ironically enough).

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Guardian Vs BBC News headlines on the same story

Far right activist slashes dinghy in Channel while rescue worker on board

Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I could take William Castle's The Night Walker more seriously as a horror film if its score didn't sound so much like 'Food, Glorious Food'.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bluesky Dr Who discourse right now is giving me flashbacks to when I first got into internet fandom in the 90s - the McCoy era was a disaster, it killed Dr Who, nothing after Tom Baker really 'counts', only idiots like late 80s Who, and everyone knows how it could have been done better.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

20 year old me didn't know enough for their opinion to matter in any way.

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fieldofnonsense.bsky.social @fieldofnonsense.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Previously considered a tiger cat, Leopardus Tilcayo has clawed its way to a new identity as a unique species of feline. The species is likely a whisker away from being added to the endangered species list. The destruction of their home, the Bolivian Cloud Forest, would be a catastrophe for Tilcayo.

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New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century

A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described i...

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pretty good book post too from the @versobooks.bsky.social sale covering two of my favourite subjects; working class history and the Situationists.

'The Breaking Of The English Working Class' by Jonas Patrick Marvin on top of 'An endless adventure...an endless passion...an endless banquet: A Situationist Scrapbook'

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Publication Day @naomialderman.bsky.social ! Really looking forward to diving in to this one.

A picture of the front cover of Naomi Alderman's new novel, 'The Strangers'.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So this was every bit as bad as the reviews suggested. 30 minutes before the plot met the novel it's based on. Changes that scream 'studio note'. Guy Pearce being his usual bland self. Samantha Mumba showing why she didn't have a big film career ahead. Jeremy Irons hoping no-one would recognise him.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finally given in to morbid curiosity and am watching the 2002 film adaptation of The Time Machine starring Guy Pearce. 25 minutes in and I'm still waiting for anything from the novel to happen aside from him travelling forward in time (in a sequence that does at least borrow the novel's imagery)

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Steve Williams @skillagesteve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This bit in the Guardian piece about BBC charter renewal today is pretty eye-catching

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Never thought I'd hear an orange man advocate for a united Ireland

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Whoever redesigned my phone's keyboard to move the '?' to where the comma used to be deserves a fate in Hell so diabolical that Gustave Doré would have refused to illustrate it.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Orson Welles' Falstaff: Chimes At Midnight.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looking more closely it might be Ian Collier as that looks like the omega costume minus the head. Maybe trying to get off the set but accidentally stood up in shot?

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

How have I never noticed this guy in the background of shot in Arc Of Infinity? Any ideas who he is?

A still from the Doctor Who story Arc Of Infinity. It shows the Doctor and Nyssa looking through wreckage on the floor. In the back of shot there is an oddly dressed man with a moustache who is not a character in the story.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is an all-timer; 'Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover' He also claims his family are begging him to step down - so there's the exit strategy prepared. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks

The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

To be fair, when the far-right talk about the existence of 'two-tier policing' they're actually correct. It's just that it always benefits them.

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Modern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Last weekend of exhibition! Link in bio cheers

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General Witchfinders - The British Horror Podcast and Zine @generalwitch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

WIN 1 OF 3 BUNDLES OF 10 BRITISH LIBRARY TALES OF THE WEIRD BOOKS! We’ve teamed up with the British Library for a huge Halloween giveaway. Please re-post – the more entries, the more promos we can run! Enter here: tinyurl.com/GW-W3ird UK only. Ends 31 Oct. Good luck!

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Julie Burchill being a despicable useful idiot as usual I see. The inevitable fate of the professional contrarian whose only purpose is making themselves the centre of attention and basking smugly at the scale of the reaction to the statements they made that they don't even believe themselves.

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review.

Ronson’s account of Graham Linehan is another harrowing tale of a man’s life ruined by the internet. Linehan was a beloved comedy writer, co-creator of Father Ted, and a prolific presence on Twitter, where he was well liked and respected. Then, in 2013, something began to shift, when an episode of his sitcom The IT Crowd, first broadcast in 2008, was repeated. In it, a man discovers his girlfriend is transgender and a brawl breaks out between the two. Viewers did not like the display of violence nor the supposed implication that the trans woman was “really” a man, underlying maleness bursting forth uncontrollably once she is angry.

Linehan responded to criticism with polite bafflement, then defensiveness, and finally overt anger. He began to research transgender issues and developed a singular obsession with the topic, which has since gone on to comprehensively destroy his career and personal life. Linehan, who believes trans activism and indeed ordinary trans existence pose an existential threat to women, talks of little else (except, these days, a fervent pro-Israel stance). He tweets near-constantly, cloaking his obsession with supposed concern for the wellbeing of cisgender women, but he does not balk at aggressively insulting those women who disagree with him.

Linehan’s self-ignited ruin stopped being satisfying for even his opponents to watch a while back, and now is only profoundly depressing. Ronson was once a good friend, but in refusing to endorse Linehan’s beliefs about transgender issues, he was added to his long list of his enemies. In The Castle, Ronson speaks to him directly, having been attacked countless times on Linehan’s social media feed. One thing that becomes clear, beyond the truly abject state of Linehan’s wellbeing, is that he is able to persevere with his campaign because he has convinced himself he is battling the greatest danger currently at play in the world. At one point he suggests that there are so many fewer serial killers nowadays because all the sociopaths have migrated to the internet in order to argue with him about trans issues instead. It reminded me of religious protesters screaming at me in Dublin once, as I walked into a reproductive-rights clinic that provided information about abortion. I was furious, but then forced myself to think about how I would feel or act if I truly, earnestly believed that every abortion is equivalent to the murder of a child. That might, indeed, drive me mad.

The Linehan chapter is brilliant: insightful, candid and moving. I’m still not convinced that any broader crisis of masculinity or male purpose had much to do with Linehan’s downfall, though. He wasn’t at a loss or empty of purpose when he began his campaign. He didn’t turn to vitriol because he didn’t have anything else to do. His case is, if anything, notable for involving a man with an enviable life and abundant success throwing it away for reasons that to many in the outside world may seem obscure or deranged.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You lot might like this episode of Human Intelligence. It's about Tesla, and so the subtext is it might be about a particular technology billionaire.... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Human Intelligence - Recluses - Nikola Tesla - BBC Sounds

Is the mind of Nikola Tesla worthy of such an extensive legacy?

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I think the National Trust could sell a lot of merch with this on it (text and logo). Aging introvert heaven.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I took a screenshot of a screenshot of a couple of tweets posted on here to WhatsApp to a friend and WhatsApp refuses to send it (although it happily sent a photograph of my parents' cat). Is this some new privacy/security measure I'm unaware of?

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Five of my favourite black & white films. Island Of Lost Souls Hell Is A City Hellzapoppin Night of the Demon The Trial

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

On the other hand, we're not brought up to know how to accept compliments and end up feeling awkward and uncomfortable when someone compliments us.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It would be nice, but unless he actually goes to prison I'm far from confident. Do Reform voters really care if someone gave Farage money? I'm honestly not sure they do.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is a much better offer than it looks because the prices in the list are not the actual offer prices - you have to click in to each one to see the offer price, some of the discounts are absolute bargains. I got Forty 2, Cass, What Lies Inside and Connections www.bigfinish.com/collections/...

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Summer Stock Clearance | Big Finish Productions

Huge discounts across many Big Finish ranges! Please click on the release to see the discount! Offers end at 23:59 on 3rd August 2026

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you like your true crime documentaries on the truly bizarre side, I recommend The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga. Elvis Impersonators. Local politics. Family fueds. Martial Arts. Attempts to poison the POTUS. A constant string of *what*??? moments.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What's your concert history? First concert: Gene Last concert: Gene Next concert: unknown. Seen most: Manic Street Preachers Haven't seen but want to: Bruce Springsteen

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Watching Robocop: The Series. The pilot episode has a very similar set up to The Rise of the Cybermen with homeless people being kidnapped and so their brains could be merged with cybernetics, while episode 3 involves the negative effects of a new weight loss drug (albeit not living fat creatures).

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I do find it odd that, given that he produced one of their best characterisations on TV and his friendship with McCoy and Aldred, Marc Platt has only written two 7th Doctor audios for Big Finish. Seems a massive wasted opportunity unless he doesn't want to return to those characters for some reason.

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.

These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need.

In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Things I hope to see from Big Finish some day; A 'Lost Stories' release for the rejected Chris Bidmead 'Trial' segment. An audio adaptation of Lungbarrow. An animation of Spare Parts. Marc Platt, Ben Aaronovitch, Ian Briggs and Rona Munro to write 7th Doctor and Ace audios.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm trying to decide if I'd swap Grimwade and Cummings round so that Grimwade did Castrovalva and made it feel of a piece with Logopolis and Cummings doing Kinda. Cummings would have made a solid Kinda but would Grimwade have escalated Castrovalva to a high enough level to make it worthwhile?

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Nigel Farage finally comes out against people being harassed because of things he did.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Destiny of the Daleks is no classic but it is very well directed. It's a shame Ken Grieve didn't direct any more Who. Lots of really interesting shots, the location footage is striking with lots of great angles, but he manages to do a lot with the huge studio cameras as well.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My favourite moment of Inside Llewyn Davis is when Davis plays one of his dreary songs in a car and Jon Goodman's character instantly starts to fall asleep because, like the film as a whole, it's so fucking dull.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've not written any fiction for the last three or four years I don't think, but now I have to again - which is a lovely but worrying development in case it turns out I've forgotten how to do it (and some would argue I never knew how).

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Finally watched Stargate and it feels more like a mid-90s American version of Dr Who than the McGann film does (and I say that as someone who has always liked the McGann film). James Spader could have been a really good Doctor with Kurt Russell as the US version of the Brigadier.

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Philip Marsh @misterpalomar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Upgraded to the Edge Of Darkness bluray and watched it again for the first time in a while. There's some seriously weird sexual stuff going on in it that doesn't go anywhere or feel particularly necessary, and I find Peck goes a bit OTT at times for my tastes, but genuinely great apart from that.

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