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Nick Hall

@nickhall.bsky.social
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I am not Mog. I am a historian of film, TV, and media. Books: The Zoom (2018), Hands on Media History (2019). New stuff coming on indie TV production and (separately) TV transmitters.

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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
10 PRINT "ouch!" 20 GOTO 10 OMG
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
experts are saying that the narrow channel between Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium, through which 80% of world football is transported, could be blocked within "a matter of weeks" if the situation spirals out of control. The price of VAR surged to over $100 a barrel on the news
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/09/2026
God Horrified To Find Humans Eating Sacred, Omniscient Potatoes
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God Horrified To Find Humans Eating Sacred, Omniscient Potatoes
THE HEAVENS—Shaking His head in disbelief as the color drained from His face, God, Our Heavenly Father, was reportedly horrified Monday to learn that humans had been consuming the sacred, omniscient p...
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Cross-laminated Tinder @nickhasthoughts.com · 19/09/2026
“Poncho Munch for Deano Bonano” is quite literally indistinguishable from the ‘Italian’ brainrot my kids say
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I may actually watch www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rare miss from The Onion here. without clams how would we know whether Warsaw tap water is drinkable?
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
the AI bros this weekend youtu.be/c14vfq3jqpo?...
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Why are they confessing?
YouTube video by G. Mikkelsen
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wouldn't even make banana loaf with these
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I do think that there should be a word halfway between "oesophagus" (impossible to spell, lots of people don't know what it means) and "food pipe" (just... all kinds of wrong) I also think there should be a radio station halfway between Radio 3 and Classic FM.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In ‘Some actual good news’ news, Small Prophets - the BBC’s biggest new comedy of the year - will return for a second series and will air on BBC One
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First day of school
Scene is morning on a suburban street, a DAD, MUM and their four year old daughter LUCY are in their front garden, taking the first-day-of-school photo.

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DAD:
OK stand by the hedge - smile Lucy!

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[We see both daughter and dad as he takes the photo] 

*Click*

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[We see just the Dad looking at the photo he has just taken on his phone] 

DAD:
No I’ll have to take it again… she blinked…

4 [Again we see both Lucy and dad as he takes the photo - but this time Lucy has grown bigger] 

DAD: Smile Lucy! 

*Click*

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[Again we see just the Dad looking at the photo he has just taken on his phone] 

DAD: 
No I’ll have to take it again… she grew….

6 [Again we see both daughter and dad, but this time she is bigger still] 

DAD: Smile Lucy! 

*Click*
 
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[Dad looking at phone again] 

DAD: Nope. She grew again.

LUCY [From off-scene]:
*URRRRGH*

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LUCY [Now a 6th-former]:   

Of *course* I grew, dad! 

I’m like, a *living organism* persisting through *time* in a constant state of *growth*?

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DAD: Well yes, I know that darling
It’s just you seem to be doing it a bit *faster* today than -

VOICE FROM OFF-SCENE: 
Awright babe

10 [We see a TEENAGE BOY, spotty, grinning, etc]

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LUCY:

Take one of me and Kev, Dad!

[ends]
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The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They're all dead, Dave.
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
There are still two months left to submit to our Student Project Award!
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We need two Arday inquiries: 1) Into racist (and misogynistic) bullying by UK press and social media accounts (see also Diane Abbott); and 2) into the duty of care that HE has for its minority staff - a duty of care that in my repeated experience is reserved primarily for white male sex offenders.
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16/08/2026
6yo came home from camp last week with a very large box of raisins in her backpack and has been very tightlipped about their provenance. Finally she told me yesterday, “I don’t know how to explain it.” 🤷‍♀️
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Gosh that hits different when they don't warn you about the warning before sending the warning
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wonder how ancient admissions tutors would have interpreted an eclipse the night before Clearing
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This, plus the excellent "looks like slop" button on LinkedIn, is what it looks like when market research shows that people hate AI Is there hope yet for desloppifying Facebook and TikTok? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Spotify to introduce AI badge after fans make feelings 'clear'
The new feature, starting from mid-September, will tell listeners if an artist is AI-generated.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
yiiiiiiikes
Facebook comment reads: "I read on the BBC website that you can look through a colander! Not sure if I trust them though"
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Avian Face-Tool 🦡 @beakmoo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I just found out there's a creature called a puffleg hummingbird, that wears a tiny pair of fluffy white trousers.
A green, shiny bird wearing fluffy white trousers.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Spent the past week in France wondering where we went so wrong with bread
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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"We've got those... what're they called? Zoopraxiscope? Are, are they, lobsterscopes? No, no it's a stereophoroskop! Wait, no, an electrotachyscope. A craboscope? A theatograph? A zinematograph? An anarithmoscope? An X-ograph? C'mon, someone help me out here! Is it a katoptikum?"
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 30/07/2026
juan (@juanbuis) on twitter: "i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it" [Screenshot of a brownie recipe presented as a highly structured flowchart table showing ingredients on the left and their preparation steps like melt, mix, fold in, and bake spanning horizontally in columns across the grid.]
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
404media.co
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@adamroberts.bsky.social just discovered I had been blocking you for the last few weeks. Don't know why, wasn't intentional...!
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
water ye garden while ye may
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What an amazing world cup final this is
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
a letter from Bridget Phillipson's successor will be on its way to universities shortly
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
this is very, VERY funny #iykyk
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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 16/07/2026
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Three Lions won't scan again until 2046, in case you've been wondering
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026
think my centrist position here is that we should saw one leg off that Argentinian player, for touching Jude
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Could we play *this* France in the final?
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
what is Andy Burnham going to do about the dinosaur affordability crisis? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tyrannosaurus Rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold
The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They're called Baker Days
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This should be mandatory
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Give it Tuchel until the end of the Ashes
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
it's probably time to stop ordering brand new buses with panoramic sunroofs, isn't it
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
the new vape is called "GCSE Mathematics" and it tastes like kalamata olives
Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
not strategic, not priorities, and no longer a grant
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
there's hope for us all
Leftover hazelnut pulp becomes award-winning macaron
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Rest Is Strategic Plan 2025-2028
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Going to be a very weird night in the pubs if they end up postponing it at 3am or something
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Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The article in question should be required reading for everyone in UK higher ed: www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/07/05/w...
hepi.ac.uk
WEEKEND READING: Stop inducting students into a system that doesn’t fit them - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Professor Debbie Holley, Emerita Professor in Learning Innovation at Bournemouth University; Professor Wendy Garnham, Professor of Psychology at the University of Suss...
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Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If I were the King of Universities (which, heaven forbid), I would place this finding at the exact centre of every single policy decision from teaching to research to estates to capital investment. At every level in every process, the question would be: are we as humane as education demands we be?
Screenshot from a Higher Education Policy Institute report. The key sentence is: "students are used to and want human teaching, human feedback, and human connection."
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
not now, mysterious space balls www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Australia probes mystery space balls that washed up on beach
Officials are searching for the origins of six pieces of space debris discovered on Forrest Beach in Queensland.
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Spent a very enjoyable day catching up with old friends and learning about early television history at @illuminations.bsky.social's conference today (Also: Uni of Westminster has the absolute best and most comfortable chairs. Stackable but also reclining! I was never so comfy at a conference.)
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Nick Hall @nickhall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
That in itself is actually better than England winning the match
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