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Andy Ledger @lowfeller.bsky.social · 11h

Bit of a mixed message there, Mr Estate Agent

Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 12h

The grinning menace on the right here. My mum would dive across the room (in the days before remote controls) in an effort to switch the telly over/off before he appeared and prevent my toddler screams of abject terror.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally an explanation for this dialogue from episode one

One kid enquires of another, about Worzel Gummidge, “Who turned him straight?”

and the reply is, “Probably one of the farmhands”

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Alexa, show me a book title that the Beastie Boys could have rapped.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

*does a typo* -> *right-clicks* -> *despairs*

gets the options of

- Hankou
-Takayo
-Hankyu

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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daughter 2 had a nature-theme art project to hand in today. She completely forgot about starting it until 9pm last night. Here's what she's handing in this morning 😳

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BBC reveals preferred bidders for the Doctor Who franchise tender.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve seen the pitch document for The Day Today and it’s about a paragraph long. I paraphrase but: “This show worked brilliantly on the radio and we know what we’re doing.” A world in which that is a viable pitch document is something that we surrendered without a fight, which is so sad.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Tap, tap, tap at the window. Bloody AI Greta Garbo, trying to sell me ball bearings.”

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve not watched this video yet, but I have read and then sung its title to the tune of the song by Starship

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh that’s rather enjoyable. I heard the ‘pop’ sound effect too, as he exploded in the vacuum of space

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sorely tempted to email my boss’s boss’s boss’s boss’s boss tomorrow to ask him to share that AI Doctor Who pitch he reckons is not bad. A probably suicidal impulse but c’mon, prove to us it’s not as entirely shit as the concept seems, Matt.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#CurrentlyWatching (thanks to RewindTV. Had the dvd for ages but never got round to it. It’s all the way over the other side of the room, for heaven’s sake. You can’t beat proper telly just showing stuff once a week. Another thing you can’t beat, Stephen bloody Yardley on yer tellybox)

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(like the X-Men, except there’s only one of them, and also he’s twice as Ys to boot, and also a cat burglar, and also Stephen bloody Yardley)

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The activities in Fairford appear to be an overconfident, poorly planned, operation to steal large quantities of fuel oil. But enough about the US Military

static.klipy.com

Ben Elton's Politics Bit

Alt: Early 1989s Ben Elton,with long hair, making a joke about a little bit of politics

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Matter of Life and Death Went The Day Well? Monty Python and the Holy Grail Trainspotting The Ladykillers

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Late night insomnia watch of today’s Man From UNCLE on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social and hoo boy, here’s why you shouldn’t get your subtitles done by AI and then not check it Context: it’s a missile launch countdown, from sixty seconds, in French

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I endorse this entirely true and correct thread

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

porn is so deeply misogynistic. i just watched a video with dozens of performers going at it, and they literally hadn’t bothered to hire a single woman.

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm still disproportionately miffed that the cowards at Letterboxd got rid of this screamingly demented alternate cover for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.

A tonally inappropriate Letterboxd alternate cover for the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me that depicts a peppy, upbeat blue sky with clouds with Sheryl Lee smiling as Laura Palmer. It also has upbeat stylized typeface suggestive of a 1990s romcom.

Letterboxd got rid of this alternate cover, and that's ridiculous.

Tagline: "She's going nowhere fast... and you're not coming."

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fucker deserved not to get a medal.

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Sophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes the IMDB Trivia throws out an absolute banger

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Typical AI, asked for tomorrow’s weather it tells you today’s instead

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The kind of person who hears the ancient Chinese curse ‘may you live in interesting times’ and thinks ‘yeah thanks I hope so, boredom’s the absolute worst’ So glad we’ve given these people most of our stuff and put them in charge

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#watching Dick Turpin, AKA Larry David, the 18th Century Years

Curb Your Impetuosity, says Simon Rouse in the eighteenth century

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can primarily tell when artwork is human made because it rewards you for zooming in instead of punishing you

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ah, brilliant news! Cannon Hill Park is quite possibly my favourite place in the universe and for as long as I’ve known it, the Golden Lion’s been a derelict, inaccessible scaffold-clad relic of centuries past. Now, all shiny!

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a lovely and important piece of writing, and I implore you to read it

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home

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GOLDSHIP Re-Union Jack 2026

Repurposed polyester flags/Mixed media.

Re-Union Jack is an ongoing community art project conceived by GoldShip, the creative duo of textile sculptor Clare Elisabeth and event producer Sam Shipman.

Repurposing dozens of dirty and torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts, Clare and Sam, alongside countless contributors from the wider community, pieced them together to create a huge Union Jack.

The flag was then transformed over several months by countless more contributors into a visual celebration of the people and stories that have helped shape the West Midlands. Across its surface are the names of influential Midlanders, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon Beorma, after whom Birmingham takes its name, through to the present day. Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

Together, these names reflect the region's extraordinary history as a vibrant melting pot of cultures, ideas, talent and communities - and the positive contribution that migration has made to its identity.

The flag has since been signed in black by many of the people whose names feature upon it as a collective endorsement of its message of unity, inclusion and community.

Photo of huge Union (Jack) Flag on lighting truss in the hall of the Council House.
It's glorious and bears many names upon it of the people of Birmingham
Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

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Paul Hayes @paul-hayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

70 years ago today, the BBC showed a recording of the CBC's Flight into Danger - later remade as the film Airplane!, and one of the important steps on the way to the creation of #DoctorWho. To celebrate, here's a much longer edit of my audio documentary telling Flight into Danger's story:

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Flight into Danger - The Story of the Original Airplane! (an audio documentary)

YouTube video by Paul Hayes

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was wondering how annoyed I’d get at the Star Trek SNW finale, well I’m 90 seconds in and already incandescent and haven’t even hit any plot yet Oh it’s a unique and rare occurrence is it, an occurrence that’s not only Unique (as in, only one of them) but also Rare (not many of them about) jesus h

A shot of the Enterprise as a character spouts awful voiceover dialogue that somehow got all the way through the production chain from script to my eyes without anyone before me saying ‘hang on a mo’ at any stage whatsoever

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 24/09/2026

*Yelling as I drive away from the petrol station without paying* "Sorry about this! My AI has gone rogue!"

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Knitted Clanger @knittedclanger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Birmingham having a normal one today. As I understand it, Mr Egg and the Lord Mayor are raising their standard over the Council Chamber. I had to leave for an appointment, so I'm not sure what happens next, but I imagine Prince Harry raises an army and marches from the north.

A man dressed as an egg dances to a brass band outside Birmingham Council Chamber.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026

this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory

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