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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 3h

For National Poetry Day, Frank O'Hara

Poem [“Lana Turner has collapsed!”]

By Frank O’Hara
Lana Turner has collapsed!
I was trotting along and suddenly
it started raining and snowing
and you said it was hailing
but hailing hits you on the head
hard so it was really snowing and
raining and I was in such a hurry
to meet you but the traffic
was acting exactly like the sky
and suddenly I see a headline
lana turner has collapsed!
there is no snow in Hollywood
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · 2h

Spike Milligan's self-starring dramatisation of his own psychiatric casebook is one of those programmes you can never quite forget. It didn't seem to be on YouTube so I have posted my slightly rocky copy here. Well worth your time. youtu.be/YT814H7GGlA

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The Other Spike (1970)

YouTube video by Ian Greaves

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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 16h

"Everything's bottoms with you people isn't it..?"

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16h

Esther Rantzen hosts Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Holocaust youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...

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Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)

YouTube video by Tops of the top

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alyson “end journalism” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Imagine looking at the media landscape—music, books, movies—and concluding that it would be better if it were all simply infinite reflections of yourself, if you never had to be exposed to another personality, another experience, another life. Just you, you, you. Sounds fucking horrifying.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 30/09/2026

For those asking, the seats were based on the 1969 "Carousel" by American industrial designer Elsie Crawford and used the very a la mode new material of fibreglass. They pop up online for sale occasionally but we're talking multiple thousands of pounds

Orange plastic "carousel" 6 person fibreglass moulded seat

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Fourth Doctor c/o "FANTASY EMPIRE" No.2 (1984). Art by Elby. #DoctorWho

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Now watching Bat Out of Hell (also taped off Talking Pictures). Momentarily discombobulated by the Callan theme tune popping up as incidental music (and images of a swinging light bulb swinging into my head unbidden). Never realised it was stock www.itssolastcentury.co.uk/lounge/Telev...

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It's So Last Century - Callan: The Theme Tune

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Alexei said he wants people to write in to the BBC and ask if Stuff can be added to iPlayer. You know what to do.

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Catching up on Duchess of Duke Street (taped off Talking Pictures) JAMES BREEEEE IS DOING JAMES BREEE. ACT. TING

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm going to need a moratorium on straight people in all media until they learn the lesson of Heated Rivalry wasn't that people really like shows about Ice Hockey...

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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DanS @dansquier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh my word. I'm sure it wasn't *that* long ago I went on a bit of an online hunt for behind-the-scenes photos from Sapphire & Steel. I largely drew a blank. Maybe I missed a trick? Maybe something changed since then? Either way - there's no longer a shortage. 🤩 www.shutterstock.com/editorial/im...

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Russell Wootton Changeling Tv Series Sapphire Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock Editorial

Find the editorial stock photo of Russell Wootton Changeling Tv Series Sapphire, and more photos in the Shutterstock collection of editorial photography. 1000s of new photos added daily.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Defecation Defecation Defecation

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is a story about finding treasure among trash, about being open to magic and the joy of the dump-it site. Wild story ! So proud to play a part. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'More will turn up' - Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition

Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde were among the most celebrated figures in British art.

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Dark Shadows News @darkshadowsnews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who's supported our 60th Anniversary Dark Shadows charity fanzine Daytime Gothic. Here's a look at the contents – 160 pages of interviews, features, essays and fiction celebrating the TV's supernatural soap opera. Order yours from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/dayt...

Cover of Daytime Gothic II with Lara Parker.

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’ve just reached the Space Scotland episode of Star Trek Next Gen 😕 This just makes me all the more grateful for the brilliant Martin Quinn as Montgomery Scott

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Star Trek Captain Picard Face Palm

ALT: Star Trek Captain Picard Face Palm

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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

makers of one of the most popular bluray players in the world mystified by the concept of physical media

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Andy Lambert @and-e-roo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just finished my 2027 calendar...

Photoshopped calendar focusing on the enemies of Doctor Who, a main image shown as the cover with 12 smaller images illustrating an enemy for each month.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Btw, here's "Luceros y Penumbras", the largest pop-up book ever created, currently on view at the Los Angeles Central Library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-T-...

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Baroness Raine Von Screamski 🎃 @rainesz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coming soon from @obversebooks.co.uk: You thought Forgotten Lives Volume 3 was the final volume? Think again! Back by popular demand, a new collection of stories about the so-called "Morbius" Doctors. Cover designed by Cody Schell; artwork by... me! #DoctorWho #ForgottenLivesDoctors

The cover of Volume 4 of the Forgotten Lives series, with a collage of the eight Doctors, cover designed by Cody Schell, artwork by Raine Szramski (that would be me.)

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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am now keeping this on speed-dial

Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Important information! I have now made @spinkysmama.bsky.social ‘s Hungarian Plum Cake and although my plums sunk beneath the surface it is VERY TASTY INDEED 🤤

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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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Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 27/09/2026

Five days ahead of its official release, Pet Shop Boys' "A man from the future" will be made available to hear in full during two BBC global radio broadcasts on Sunday, 4th October.

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Sam Lowe @greenlantern44.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Weeping Angels work surprisingly well on audio

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not everybody knows this, and everybody should. On Sept. 26, 1983, a Soviet nuclear warning system alerted Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov that the U.S. had launched a missile attack. He did not retaliate, preventing WWIII. This is a post about AI. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

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Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sing if you’re glad to be an exquisite intellectual who revels in delusions of personal superiority

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LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From the late ‘60s, a souvenir model of the Post Office Tower (as was). Per the blurb on the back: “The Tower itself is 619ft high including the 40ft steel lattice mast. The aerials and associated radio equipment will eventually provide for as many as 100,000 simultaneous telephone conversations.”

The model of the Post Office Tower taken out of its box. It is largely made from translucent turquoise plastic, and stands on a black plastic base.

The model in its clear plastic box. The model itself is largely made from translucent turquoise plastic.

The blurb on the back of the box in full: POST OFFICE
TOWER LONDON
Facts and Figures
The Tower itself is 619 feet high including the 40ft steel lattice mast. The aerials and associated radio equipment will eventually provide for as many as 100,000 simultaneous telephone conversations and up to 40 television channels.
Total weight, including foundations, 13,000 tons.
95 tons of high tensile steel were used to reinforce the base and 685 tons of mild steel to reinforce the Tower itself.
The two lifts travel at 1,000 feet a minute.

The rear of the box, which features an image of the Tower. For the detail of the blurb on the back, see the previous image.

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#LallaWard guest stars with #GemmaJones in THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET (1977) tonight at 8pm #TPTVsubtitles

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seán Barrett, the actor who brilliantly reads the Slough House audiobooks, is also the cover star of the single of How Soon is Now

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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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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Post something random, or you'll have an awful October

The giant from Twin Peaks says ooops it’s happening again

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kudos to the guy who threw a hissy fit when someone tried to point him to a card-only checkout: "NO! I WON'T USE IT! I'M CASH ONLY! I SHALL SIMPLY PUT ALL THIS STUFF BACK ON THE SHELVES!!" He actually made the guy in front of me - staring at his grapefruit, waiting for it to scan itself - seem sane

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

While in Mousehole working on a TV project (that alas was never commissioned) I met Neil Brockman and heard the story in his own words. If this was the only thing the RNLI ever did for humanity, it would be enough to deserve our eternal respect. And they do this every day. Unpaid. For all of us.

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Jack Lyttle @jacklyttle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh no. Just received an email from a second hand goods trader that a brick they were using has gone rogue and smashed a window at the local jewellers.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

10:35 tomorrow morning on BBC2 - "The LIfe and Death of Colonel Blimp". One of a seemingly endless run of beautiful, elegant, poetic, downright *wonderful* Powell and Pressburger films. Roger Livesey never better (and he's always great). Walbrook, Kerr et al match him note for note.

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BBC Two - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Classic epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, with Roger Livesey.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the most important news from history today is that it’s the 39th anniversary of the (US) release of The Princess Bride—and what better way to mark the day than remind ourselves of Cary Elwes’ story about André the Giant and the enormous, life-altering, earth-shaking fart?

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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Regardless of any mixed feelings and trepidation evoked by much of what we've seen of Greta Gerwig's The Magician Nephew, this promo image in particular is just exquisite

A promotional image for Greta Gerwig's adaptation of The Magician's Nephew, showing Diggory and a horse. A wing design on the van behind the horse is positioned as though the horse has wings

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Paul Carmichael @paulcarmichaeluk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BBC Archive have uploaded a rather lovely 1981 folklore programme to their YT channel, but what immediately grabbed my attention was this rather lovely rural BBC Northern Ireland clock at the beginning (on film). Anyone know anything of its provenance? youtu.be/R3zcfw6gswg?...

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Now he’s gone, series like SJA and Doctor Who Confidential have only a month or two left, and I have no information: maybe someone’s still acting as caretaker, or maybe it will all start drifting away…

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you’re feeling like a rewatch of The Sarah Jane Adventures, now is a good time. The Whoniverse on iPlayer was launched three years ago in RTD’s plan to collect everything Who-ish in one place. Some programmes had limited options but were renewed annually (Torchwood, IIRC) while RTD was in charge.

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Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OTD 2007: The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 The very first Doctor Who I saw had intelligent, capable Sarah Jane (and adorable, pretty Harry) empathising with the other, fighting fascism Here, new kids began new adventures with Sarah Jane still saving the world from the selfish.

The Sarah Jane Adventures stars – Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), Luke and Maria

The Sarah Jane Adventures stars – Sarah Jane Smith, Luke, Maria and Clyde

The Sarah Jane Adventures poster – Sarah Jane Smith surrounded by found family and friends, K9 and company

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cunningmunki @cunningmunki.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Doctor Who - Season 13 Matrix Editions...

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Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If I don’t reply to your message for 3-7 days: clearly I’m stressed out/overworked/freaking out, please trust me, I’ll get to it If you don’t reply to my message: ohfuckwhatdidIsayiveclearlycompletelymisjudgedeveything——

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