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Well, this is canon now

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

I would, non-ironically, bring back the Monk and Drax to give myself more options for historical stories, I think the show would benefit from a couple more recurring, lower-key goofier time-travelling villains.

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Sexy Jamie McKelvie @adamclegg.bsky.social · 3h

This is how it starts, it’s all light hearted fun but before you know it you’ve built a season finale around bringing back Drax, The Black Guardian and the sock puppets from Timelash.

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Michael Mills @michaelmills.bsky.social · 3h

“Did I ever tell you about that time I was Lego?”

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 3h

Alternatively: if they say "no idea but if you really need it to I can do it in a line of dialogue" they can go on the shortlist

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Places like the Basque country suggest models not too far from the Preston model can operate under the Euro.

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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 02/10/2026

Envisioning a whole franchise based on the original There Will Be Blood. First sequels, There Is Blood and There Was Blood; then the origin story prequel, Will There Be Blood; then a sidequel, There Will Have Been Blood.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Well... it's nice to know even Darwin had days like that.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Does Trader Joe's pay really well or something? Their cashiers are always genuinely the friendliest retail employees I ever see.

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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And what of the Preston Model?

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We should ask @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social how the EU situation in general fits in with Manchesterism.

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the ironies is that there’s a reasonable argument (not an endorsement , just noting) that proponents of regionalism vs “that London” should embrace the Euro.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fwiw my view on this is the UK absolutely should join the Euro when it makes sense for the UK and the eurozone.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, I think so.

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Matthew Kilburn @matthewkilburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Probably, though timing-wise it's Donald Tosh who reads it, I think.

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Will @ribos1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They both did episodes of Doomwatch and Bergerac. Doesn’t look like any ITC shows though

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think I'm right in saying Spooner was the first script editor Holmes pitched a Who story to.

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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did they collaborate on or both contribute to other series like 'The Saint' or 'The Avengers'? They were certainly moved in very similar circles

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Will @ribos1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The idea of Dennis Spooner and Robert Holmes meeting feels inherently weird to me, just because Spooner contributed to a very different era of the show. Irrational I know, especially as the gap between their contributions must only be like 3 years

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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, if you have a TARDIS(*) that can take you back to before the closing date (*)Other time machines and time travel methods may be available

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Liz Lets Looooooose 👻 @ghostofelizabeth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can I still enter? 🤔

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Brian Smith @onemorebrian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I went looking through the newspaper archives, and I found this from October 1948. What even WAS Seattle 78 years ago?

Seattle Censor Bans the Murder Thriller "Rope"

SEATTLE, Oct. 19, 1948 (AP) -- Seattle's theater censor board today banned further showing of the murder thriller "Rope."

The action came as the motion picture ended a two-week run and was to be shifted to a second theater.

Chairman Bernard Reiter said the board banned the picture after receiving "a number of complaints." He said the principal objections were that it was not apparent enough the guilty are punished for their crime and it does not seem a proper picture "for children and for impressionable adults."

Alfred Hitchcock directed the Warner Brothers picture, which stars James Stewart. Movie critics here said it was the first reported censorship of the film.

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Sara D Gore @crouton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When you only have one euphemism

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DaveO @daveon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gosh I had forgotten how slow an actual disk format is. But as they say. It is the only way to be sure.

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Old UK Catalogues @oldukcatalogues.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1984: Construction Toys, Traffic and Figures from Britains (+Truck; Tractor; Trailer; Digger; Traffic Cone; Traffic Light; Warning Sign; and Road Worker)

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

new favourite Smaug dropped

the 1968 "pleasure in reading" edition of the hobbit featuring an adorable bright pink Smaug torching the inhabitants of lake town

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

after reading many shoddy novels, i feel like i could write something better

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What exactly are we supposed to imagine is happening here?

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ToughSF @toughsf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Concepts and production sketches for Alien, by Ron Cobb. #space #art Art featured in the book 'Colorvision'.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s a work in progress. I won’t be able to give it my full attention til after Apple’s Neuromancer drops (Jan 23) and does its thing.

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Wikipedia Brown @theycallhimbfg.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

They stepped their game up big time. The new Whopper is equally phenomenal.

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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An atmosphere will redden the stars. Gemini claims that because the stars are much closer together, they will typically be bright enough to see their colours plus there is a lot of dust in the galactic centre that will contribute to reddening through scattering

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GoodCitizen @goodcitizen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And if there was an atmosphere, would that “dull” the night sky a bit? Do not know-dumbass bass player asking a question is all

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Trent Dupuy @trentdupuy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And dust will make stars look redder

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Trent Dupuy @trentdupuy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was optimistically thinking that maybe, really near the center, there would be a higher density of ISM, so, just more dust in general, but also that dust would definitely not be uniformly distributed in space

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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Would still be absolutely amazing, but would there be much variation in colour in practice? Isn't any MS star we could see with naked eye going to be, effectively, white?

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Trent Dupuy @trentdupuy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I naively would have thought that the sky wouldn't look all that different, except for more stars, and maybe more obvious color variations due to dust. But the surface brightness of resolved stuff would just be the same as we see from Earth

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How can the Twin Peaks sequel be on that list but not Twin Peaks? (First series on the list I hadn't heard of at all Atlanta at number 10, first series I have liked and watched a lot of House at 95)

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am rereading The Yiddish Policemen's Union in order to argue with @pmc.bsky.social about it

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This all sounds like BA

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Annelise Jespersen @abysstalks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The very best thing about preparing for the emergency landing - even more than having an exit seat - was being next to a relaxed oil rig worker, who told me, "If this thing was going to go down in flames we'd have nosedived into the Atlantic by now." I genuinely found this reassuring.

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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @parallax2112.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

M. John Harrison on the #Booker shortlist. Dare we hope?

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Andy, 2026ing @andyg64.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was four-and-a-half, and recall that cover. Not least because I was a big fan of this: "Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old."

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Which?" magazine tested twelve popular Norman warriors, and picked the one right for your pocket.

Which? magazine cover from 1967 shows an ink drawing of a chain-mail wearng spear-carrying warrior on horseback.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Adam Roberts sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robert... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Blacksheep, Les Edwards [as by Edward Miller], Shutterstock and [couldn't identify]):

The cover for Adam Roberts' "Jack Glass"

The cover for Adam Roberts' "Jupiter Magnified"

The cover for Adam Roberts' "Adam Robots"

The cover for Adam Roberts' "Purgatory Mount"

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Art by Les Edwards for Jupiter Magnified by Adam Roberts (2002)

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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 22/09/2026

ULTRAMARINES: As mentioned, Space Marines are organized into chapters, which are divisions with their own specific sub-themes and gimmicks. The most famous of these are the Ultramarines, whose gimmick is "we have blue armour." No, seriously, that's it: blue armour. The 80s were a simple time

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