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It really doesn't bear reiteration. Most women who are attacked, the attacker is a man they know.

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Ciara says get me outta Kansas🥲 @ciarasdiaryy.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly. And for those of us with fewer protections, that fear hits even harder. I’m feeling it personally while trying to relocate somewhere safer. If anyone wants to support my mutual aid fund, even a share helps. 🖤

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 1h

Particularly if they're celebrities who know the thin end of sod all about it. I have to wonder - what's the budget of Free Thinking? How much does it's cancellation contribute to what they're trying to save?

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 23h

Wasn’t able to secure any review code for HELLRAISER unfortunately. But I found this amazing FB clip of Doug Bradley doing a Scouse Pinhead and now I’m crying from laughter. He’s amazing. (Source: YMH Podcast.)

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 2h

Well, shit. I'm rapidly running out of reasons to ever listen to R4. What miserable news - I'm very sorry.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 2h

... and I let you down, it could mean your life. I find the state of this country terrifying and I'm a cis white man. If life's a game, I'm playing on the easiest setting in many ways.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 2h

It's evil. I know im trustworthy, but it's my responsibility to show that I am. And that includes understanding why a trans person isn't going to automatically take my word for that. From my point of view, if you dont trust me, I might feel upset. From your point of view if you decide to trust me

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 2h

It's wrong. It's just fucking wrong and I'm sorry this is happening. I've friends who are trans. I suspect most people know trans people. I think the difference is that I know that they're trans because they trust that they're safe with me. It must be horrible to not know who you can trust.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 3h

It's just accepted as normal that the UK hates trans people and that's ok. It doesn't even register as something to be concerned about when most cis people are talking about the state of the country. Tired.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 5h

Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...

A hollow copy of my book with a shit AI-generated cover

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 2h

No. Not in the least hyperbolic. This country has gone wrong so fast. So much that was bubbling under the surface has hatched out. And I think it's only going to get worse.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 11h

And I prefer climbing to anyday!

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 12h

And The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover. Trigger warnings for domestic violence, but absolutely astonishing use of colour.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 12h

Suspiria (Argento) Blood and Black Lace Black Sabbath Nosferatu (Herzog) Cat People (Tourneur)

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 13h

What's the most beautiful horror movie you've ever seen? I would say Kwaidan, though I realize that's a pretty basic answer. But given Kwaidan as a benchmark, can you recommend a horror (or horror-adjacent) movie in that league, or even more gorgeous?

A hooded figure makes its way through a snowy nighttime landscape—and the sky is lit up by eyes. From Masaki Kobayashi's KWAIDAN (1965)

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sure there was stuff in there I didn't fully appreciate at the time, but there was enough for the book to work for me and to want to read the previous books.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 14h

Doctor & the Medics.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 16h

Sadly, none of these. If you ever fancy doing A Private Function, though...

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 16h

... then the rest of series 4, then worked backwards and got series 1-3 on VHS. Again, loved the feeling of being hit with something major happening each episode and scrambling to keep up with it.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 16h

On the other hand Night Watch was the first one I read - I loved the feeling of being plunged into a world that already existed. (Being pretentious for a moment, maybe that matched the feeling of dislocation Vimes has for much of the book.) Similarly, I started Babylon 5 with episode 2 of series 4

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 17h

Not sure about Charles Lloyd Pack as Augustus (feels more Tiberius to me), but that's a hell of a cast.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22h

FRITZ LANG’s pioneering masterpiece features one of the great (and most terrifying) Movie performances of all time from PETER LORRE. M (1931)

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Gareth Maddieson @oldmaddgaz75.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

youtu.be/olSRLj9JBYw?... Yesterday's CBeebies news reminded me of this bit of loveliness courtesy of @gkw.bsky.social I once found on YouTube

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Dr Who Hanna Barbera-style animation: "We Flame To Please"

YouTube video by Graham Kibble-White

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 20h

"Yes, Jamie, it is a big one." "If you've got a tool, it's stupid not to use it."

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TRANSDIFFUSI⭕️N @transdiffusion.org · 07/10/2026

Imagine a 248-page book packed with ATV and ITC material from 1955 to 1981 delivered in November for £25! #ATVShowBook Imagine no more! --> transdiffusion.org/atv-show-book/

A montage of pages from the TBS ATV Show Book

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, but he was irrepressible, apparently.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Leader of the Alien Voord."

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"I'm queen. Basically, I rule."

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Two hundredweight of spoiled ham in an Armani dinner suit.

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The QuaterJohn Ixperiment @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anyone know of a video reaction to 1966 tv series THE CORRIDOR PEOPLE, or even a podcast on the subject? youtu.be/g_SwvJ-UQjE?...

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The Corridor People - Victim As Whitebait (1966 full episode DVD)

YouTube video by 50's Sleaze, 60's Ease & 70's Cheese From London

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He's really not doing anything to disprove your name, is he?

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 05/10/2026

I've been deriving a lot of pleasure in that too, yep

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can't help thinking of Shatner in Wrath of Khan. "Like a BAD... MARKsman, you KEEP mISSing the TARGET."

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

... then use it. The showrunner's job is to tell a good story. If that includes mentioning Lego, great. As a fan, if I'm bothered about why there's three 9th Doctors or why there's productions of 7 Keys to Doomsday or The Ultimate Adventure with different Doctors, then I can come up with a reason.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I bloody loved Lego Dimensions. My pov has always been that anything officially licensed is canon. So Cushing, Lego, Sky Ray ice lollies, Looney Tunes Back in Action, the games on the back of Weetabix boxes - all canon. Obviously, most of it never appears in the show, but if there's a good idea...

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 06/10/2026

Robin Ince is both a very talented man and someone who lost a lucrative (by the standards of the British comedy industry) gig by taking a stand against transphobia. Support him and you get good stuff *and* show others that they'll get support if they do likewise. Win/win.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.

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Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

MORBID PLEASURES: A COMPENDIUM OF THE GRAND GUIGNOL & THE GRAND GUIGNOLESQUE [FULL DISC SPECS & ORDER LINK] severinfilms.com/products/mor...

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey folks! For Goon Pod Film Club in November I want to cover Waking Ned, The Lady In The Van, Nuns On The Run or Bullshot! If anyone is a particular fan of any of these films and would like to be a guest on the show please shout out! Patreon.com/GoonPod

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You're probably right. To be blunt, I don't think it's something I'd put past Archer, but looking at the circumstances, it looks like a tragic accident. Sometimes coincidences happen and this looks like one.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's a good piece. Thank you. I also read the piece on Monica Coghlan. I'd forgotten that she died shortly before his second trial. Can't help thinking how convenient that was for him and I don't know if I'm seeing conspiracies where there are none.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They all go to a different school...

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I like to think 5 Drs comes straight after War Games for Troughton. When he & the Brigadier meet the phantoms of Jamie & Zoe in the Dark Tower, for a moment he dares to hope he might have his friends back. But they vanish and he's left a lonely old man dejectedly mumbling how sad it.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The very last black and white Doctor Who really is something more significant than anyone involved will have intended at the time. It literally spins away into blackness at the end, as if it's taking the whole of the sixties and black and white television with it. timworthington.org/2023/07/18/i...

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It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Seven: Sla-a-ar! That’s What They Call You…

It’s 1969, and Doctor Who is looking to the future while the entire lost world of black and white television goes hurtling off into the past…

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

These days, you'd assume it was probably a relief not having to work with Linehan.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A friend's mentions are currently about 70% people grabbing the wrong end of the stick and then repeatedly twatting themselves over the head with it.

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James @thasceles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Someone pointed out once that most Doctors' second stories feel like Hartnell stories - I think it's something similar. Ghost Monument, Beast Below, 4 to Doomsday - you could imagine Hartnell in any of them.

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