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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 1h

We just rewatched The Fog tonight: she's fantastic in that 😍

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

YouTube just played an ad for Barbie's Dreamhouse before this video and it was perfect 😆

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It would be good, but he's always been a bit sniffy about Doctor Who 😑

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October Country by Ray Bradbury. (for @tomsbrown.bsky.social & all others who love this month)

OCTOBER COUNTRY
... that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun.
That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain....

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah, same here. It's been quite a year for bands reuniting. Let's hope they will tour again 🤞

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was lucky enough to see David Byrne play live earlier in the year. He played this song and it was incredible 🙏

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Such a great band 🎵 Did you get to see them play live this year? I wanted to, but it didn't quite work out.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How the f- is any of this normal? Labour can choose to undo this immediately. Deproscribe Palestine Action. It was a disastrous decision by the Starmer admin and Burnham can undo it.

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Squirrels outside our chalet in St Ives 🐿🌳❤️

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We saw them play this cover on the Rollercoaster Tour. My wife, who's a massive Cure fan, hated every second of it 😁 ( I quite like it lol )

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Deal 👍 ( There may be some paperwork involved. Plus cleaning up blood. )

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sorry to hear that. I'm sure you'll figure something out. The same thing will happen to me in December. I'm thinking of becoming a hit man but, you know, a nice one.

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think we have to look to the next generation to improve things, if they can, as our generation and those before have so fucked things up. My kids and their friends give me some hope for the future at least.

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As Pulp put it: "The trees, those useless trees / Produce the air that I am breathing" 🌲🌳🙏

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yeah, it definitely feels like that at times. I used to be optimistic about the future but struggle with that now. I guess the best we can do is try to make small improvements to the world in our own way. That, or start a revolution...

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Matter Of Life And Death Withnail & I The Wicker Man Don't Look Now Life Of Brian ( also Kes, Black Narcissus, Dead Of Night, The Ladykillers )

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Much as I enjoyed Chas Truog's art, just imagine if Bolland had drawn the interiors as well as the covers 😵

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks, as ever, for all your hard work, Rich. These polls have been a pleasure to take part in, and were a *huge* bonus during the uncertain lockdown days, when we all needed good vibes and community. Looking forward to the book 😃 Cheers!

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks mate. I'm trying to stay professional but it ain't easy 😉

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yep, I can definitely empathise with it. I'm counting down to redundancy in December and the management aren't making things easy for me 🙄

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's a great film. Very of its time,obviously, but all the lead actors are fantastic and the script is pretty sharp 👌

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#5DebutAlbumsFinal Rich, thanks so much for these polls, they've been a welcome oasis in the desert of modern life. You're an absolute legend! 🙏 1. Psychocandy - J&MC 2. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's 3. Surfer Rosa - Pixies 4. NMTB - Sex Pistols 5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Politicians hide themselves away / They only started the war" Ozzy knew 🙏

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of the greatest lines in the show's history. Brilliant, and always relevant, dialogue by Chris Boucher 👏 #DoctorWho

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That's brilliant, and the Virgin Media reference is spot on 😁 Good ol' Viz 👏

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

But you're still doing it, mate. Well done for persevering 👏

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"And this is our baby... er, dog, Colin" 🐶

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've just been watching her in Sideways, what a fantastic actress 👏

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Top10Nathan @top10nathan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#AllThatJazz Today marks 100 years since John Coltrane was born. To celebrate, I'm listening to one of his great records every night this week. Tonight, it can't be anything other than the masterpiece that is A Love Supreme. What a joy and privilege it's been to see Coltrane all over the timeline.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Make any comment about the evil of AI on the internet and you will inevitably get people saying, "Ah, but you can't halt progress." You know what else people thought was progress not long after it came into common use? Asbestos.

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

“In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics’. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia…” George Orwell, Politics and the English Language, April 1946

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What a performance! 👏🎵 And the song is sadly as relevant today as it was then: "You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns..."

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Maybe the Mandela effect should be renamed the "braces effect" in her honour 😁

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"I don't give a f*** about your war... or your president" ✊️

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When I was an empty-headed 14-year old Adam fan, I thought DD was ancient and irrelevant. Now I'm ancient myself I realise she was *only* 49 and hot AF 😍

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Simon Barton @simonbarton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes, it's #Friday. Yes, we made it. Well done us 👏

Richard Attenborough as a deceased soldier, carrying an angel's wing, seeing for the first time how groovy a B&W heaven is, in Powell & Pressburger's 1946 masterpiece A Matter of Life and Death

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's perhaps paradoxical that AI automata like these do not arouse our emotions, yet cartoon, puppet & game characters do. Why? Because there's 100% creative human control behind the latter, and unlike AI, animators aren't trying to 'fool us' into believing we're seeing something we're not...

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: La Llorona will no longer be opening for ed sheeran “He can get fucked” commented bassist Hopey Glass “If he was really hardcore he would have thrown… his full support behind Palestine” said lead singer Monica Zandinski