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Going to have to stop listening to @aptshadow.bsky.social and @emmanewman.bsky.social's amazing podcast Starship Alexandria because they keep making me buy things. The way they discuss the chosen work when they have both loved it, just makes you want to see what they're talking about.

A photo of the hardback edition of the graphic novel 'Helen of Wyndhorn. The cover features a 1930s styled women, the eponymous Helen, sitting on a tussock with a small bag by her feet, in front of an imposing gothic mansion (Wyndhorn). The are dead trees looking like giant claws, whilst the image of a sword and a long haired man are blended into the image.

The cover (and the whole book) is beautifully illustrated

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh. My. God. I said it as a joke.

Image of Daily Telegraph headline:

Cleverly: I’ll end Khan’s war on motorists if I win London

Tory says he will launch full review of Ulez as he accuses Labour mayor of inflicting ‘real harm’ on car drivers

What a dick

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Share a TV show you love from the 1960's. 📺 My Choice - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Picture of Robert Vaughan as Napoleon Solo, David McCallum as Ilya Kuryakin and Leo G Carroll as their boss, Alexander Waverly.

They are standing in front of an extremely pink set, with the acronym U.N.C.L.E. visible behind them (United Network Command for Law Enforcement).

Loved watching this show when I was growing up. Was a favourite of my father's.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Have just finished 'A Sword of Gold and Ruin' by @annasmithspark.bsky.social and my brain is honestly a mess. I don't know what to think, I don't know how I feel, it has completely overwhelmed me. That I have just seen there will be a final book in this series is absolutely joyful

An image of Anna Smith Spark's book, A Sword of Gold and Ruin, the sequel to A Sword of Bronze and Ash.

It is a beautiful book, with a mother and her daughter (who I take to be Kanda and her daughter Calian) with drawn swords. Kanda has her left hand on the pommel as the sword point rests on the ground with her hand on her daughter's shoulder, whilst Calian has both hands on the hilt of her sword as it points at a 45 degree angle down towards the ground.

Behind them are twisted tree trunks and the shadows of huge dogs (Mannan and Camryth).

The title is picked out in large bold gold lettering with a white bordering.

The pages are beautifully edged in yellow.

I love this book.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

He's been released him from the painting again 😬😬 My bad, that was the plot of Ghostbusters II

Picture of Tony Blair with long hair looking sinister

Picture of Vigo, the villain of Ghostbusters II, looking sinister

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

To honour @monkeymagiceden.bsky.social's forthcoming new series for @pretendwithdice.bsky.social where he will be GM-ing, paid a visit today to Cerne Abbas, where I think his first adventure as GM for PwD was set

Photo of the Cerne Abbas giant. A chalk figure on a green hill will bright blue sky.

The figure is a huge naked man, holding a huge club and an impressive erect penis.

If you zoom in, there are figures under a gazebo and on the chalk figure itself as it's being rechalked

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

It is, but this small exchange has lived rent free in my head for decades 😁

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Took my daughter out today so she could break in her new walking boots for her DofE expedition. Was perfect weather

Sun reflecting off a pond in Gloucestershire countryside.

Rear of a boathouse on another small pond in Gloucestershire countryside

Front of the boathouse, with the image mirrored in the water

Photo of a tree with a wide foliage spread on the side of a hill, standing away from the rest of the trees and bushes, as if it's both too cool to be part of them, but also leaning towards them as if not wanting to be excluded

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You absolutely are. I bought A Sword of Bronze and Ashes because of the two of you and loved it so much I've bought the sequel too!

Photograph of the hardback edition of A Sword of Gold and Ruin by Anna Smith Spark

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

What horror movie do you think everyone should watch at least once?

Poster of the film "Kevin and Perry Go Large" from 2000.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Apologies to @aptshadow.bsky.social but I cannot stop playing with this: tinyurl.com/tnw-heath

Fake Allister Heath headline generator:

If we don't stop reading books by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Britain as we know it is finished

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994-2004, following six young adults-Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe--living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers and personal growth over ten seasons.

Image of main characters from cartoon show ThunderCats, featuring Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, Wilykit and Wilykat.

It is missing Snarf, who is probably the equivalent of Gunther...

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Another 100% truth bomb from the Allister Heath headline Generator:

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This is amazing!! stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

A headline produced by a generator satirising the opinion columns produced by Allister Heath for the Telegraph.

This one says "Britain's bizarre infatuation with breathing is a symptom of terminal national decline"

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Sweary gull always reminds me of Watership Down

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Pretty proud of this one. Could lose a lot of time to this 😬 Thanks as always for finding Ewa!

Screenshot of a game where you have to remember and then create a colour from colour and light sliders.

The screenshot shows 2 slightly different shades of pink, the original and my guess with a score of 9.72 out of 10 and the words "Off by a pixel. We're disturbed not impressed".

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr. Who”, or “Transformers.”

Two floating metal trashcans, Vincent and Bob, along with a big, red, scary looking Maximilian from The Black Hole

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We need Dawn Foster to still be with us 😢

Tweet sent by the sadly missed Dawn Foster on Jan 3, 2021 10:49am:

I knew Wes when I was a student and he was the NUS president - always been a right wing lickspittle cunt

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Should've used the murderous one from Young Sherlock Holmes 😄

Image taken from Young Sherlock Holmes, where an old priest, lighting candles in a church, is poisoned by a dart and starts hallucinating. A knight in a stained glass window comes to life and jumps down to the ground, where he is seen advancing on the old priest with his sword in his hand and murder in his eyes.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Share a bird photo you've taken

Photo of Arctic Tern, a lovely black bird with webbed orange feet and an orange bill, with prominent white moustache

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Share a great female villain!

Sandahl Bergmann as Queen Gedren from the 1985 film Red Sonja.

She sits on a large golden throne, with a gold crown and golden mask covering one side of her face, though both eyes are showing.

She is perfect as an evil, haughty, confident villain who would happily sentence you to death for the giggles

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Can't wait to read it. Just got to go and collect it from my friendly, neighbourhood bookshop!

Screenshot of a completed order for Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer. The cover looks amazing, with a rainbow metallic title, black background and an otherworldly alligator in blue, green, purple and yellow hues.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Stop scrolling and post two characters that bring you joy.

Mackenzie Crook as Andy and Toby Jones as Lance from the BBC comedy series "The Detectorists".

They are standing together outside, with a tree forming most of the background, looking at one of their finds from metal detecting, with looks of not and happiness on their faces.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Who's your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Our friends' new rescue dog, a Maltese cross. Always looks happy 😍

Picture of a small, mostly white-haired dog with light brown tones. He has his mouth wide open with his tongue out, but looks like he is very happy to meet you.

He is a very good boy.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Doctor I'd trust over RFK Jr

Picture of Dr Finkelstein from Nightmare before Christmas.

Dr. Finkelstein is a pale-as-a-sheet mad scientist with a duckbill-like mouth and a hinged skullcap that he can open up to reveal his brain

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Having grown up with a budgerigar, the first thing that pops into my head every time I hear Trill is this:

A picture of a green box of budgerigar food under the Trill band. There is a picture of a blue budgie on the front, apparently using his beak (not everyday sexism as it is a boy budgie) to lift up a flap on the box to show the bird seed inside.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Clint Eastwood, in his most iconic role as the Squadron Leader, ending the terror of the giant Tarantula before it could destroy the town of Desert Rock

A black and white still of a young Clint Eastwood from the film Tarantula. The shot is taken as if looking back from the control stick.

Clint is wearing a fighter pilot's helmet and the lower portion of his face is covered with a pilot's oxygen mask.

Riveted struts of the cockpit frame the picture, whilst you can see the sky with wispy clouds behind.

Even here, you can see the piercing stare that would become his trademark.

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

You know when you've been tango'ed

Photo of Sir Keir Starmer in front of the flags of the United Kingdom and The United States of America and behind a lectern, saying the phrase "There's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Love when you get serendipitous arrangements like this

Screenshot of the skeet from @tinktiger.bsky.social, followed by 2 from @voxparlour.bsky.social which include "Sat on a delayed train not going anywhere. Ugghh" and "Not sure who to notify, maybe @firstage.bsy.social? Looks like I'll be late to my 10.15 game for to train delays"

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Another day, another way they find to disappoint us.

Meme from The Office where someone is telling Jenna Fischer's character, Pam Beesly, "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture", whilst holding up 2 pieces of paper.

Here, one says 'Previous Tory Government' and the other says 'Current Labour Government '.

Pam replies "They're the same picture".

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Is this how it feels to be an influencer? Amazing result for me - ordered lots of lovely tea and then appear to have won even more tea with a lucky Golden Ticket! #ahmadteauk

Photo of various boxes of tea from Ahmad Tea, with a Golden Ticket from the competition they are currently running

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Taeshul @taeshul.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

If there's one thing in literature that makes me sad, it's seeing reprints of books I own with covers that I love more than the ones I've got 😅😬😩 See also the reprints of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's Southern Reach trilogy...

Image of 3 books, Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer that makes up the original Southern Reach Trilogy.

The books are gorgeous, almost Dali-esque distortions of nature and reality with iridescent lettering and I want to buy them.

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