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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 11h

Current mood

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently as I age, I'm turning into Helen Lederer. I can think of worse ways to go...

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What the streamers and VOD services have done is revolutionary. And the investment in money and talent is keeping the industry alive right now. But nobody has actually replaced what curated linear TV does. And I’m not sure they can ever do that, or should want to.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The whole menu / on demand system reveals itself to be astonishing at some things, and very poor at others. There are loads of things a streamer should never even try to make, as the menu system will vanish it completely. VOD needs to exist in parallel with linear TV for a healthy TV culture.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

salted gargamel is that anything?

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Everyday objects are the real archaeological treasures! Birch bark is perfect for making containers and wrapping. This 7,500-year-old wrapping was X-rayed, but unfortunately, it didn't show anything. It probably held something perishable. From the Mesolithic settlement of Motala/Sweden. 🧵1/2 📷me

A compact, irregular item of folded birch bark with a rough, wrinkled surface in shades of reddish and brown, shown against a dark background.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's entirely fair. There's no getting around the Tom Cruise of it.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Really enjoyed Digger. Doctor Strangelove meets Birdman with a sprinkling of Wes Anderson. Can also understand why other people might not enjoy mannered, high-concept satire. If you do, however, it's well worth your time. You might love it. I almost did.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not sure it's faint. I liked it more than I like Strangelove. I think Inarritu has a better understanding of what's funny than Kubrick did. I think it's ambitious and exciting film-making.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wedged between Cruise and Burn Gorman and still doing amazing work!

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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't mean to be rude but this is absolutely insane.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 04/10/2026

Honestly the main thing about this ridiculous ‘AI’ era is realising how many people in positions of substantial power and influence are, in fact, lazy stupid fucking bozos would would rather not actually even do their over-rewarded jobs.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ha ha! That reminds me of the first thing I ever posted on B3ta in 2002. Spent hours trying to find the right bits of letters to construct ARMADILLO in Photoshop...

A Photoshopped bit of the Bayeux Tapestry with an armadillo in. HIC EST ARMADILLO

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Why the two orders, Withnail?" "What?" "If you gave the order that Santiago wasn't to be touched and your orders are always followed-" "How dare you!" "I can have the court read it back to you if you want..." "I don't have to have it ready back to me like I'm some kind of semi-comatose bollock!"

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So many. We Know Where You Live. Bis. Shampoo.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Goes and exhumes 7-inches from Laxton's Superb, Eggman, Geneva, Sepiary, Magnapop, Babybird, Showgirls, The Candyskins, The Bigger The God and maybe The Longpigs. Yes. Yes, I did.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

MY APPLE TREE TODAY (1st October): Hey, happy spring, everyone! Let's get blossoming! ME: Hm. This is probably fine.

My apple tree, blossoming on the 1st October...

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Since the Hormuz crisis, EU gas prices are up 132% and oil 52%. Electricity is up 44%, after falling through spring. Every boiler, car and furnace that switches to electricity is less exposed to the energy crisis. Electrification is increasingly energy security.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.com

Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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Dean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You came into power and raised the cost of employing people, especially for entry level jobs and have been non-stop talking about how amazing AI is to boost productivity, which in reality comes through reducing entry level roles, and now have decided the cause of youth unemployment is welfare

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

It is really important to understand that anyone trying to claim this is a "technological transition" is either deeply misguided or trying to sell you something. What this is, is a deliberate act of harm being done by people with names and addresses.

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

What is happening is not that AI-generated cultural goods are replacing human-made cultural goods; what is happening is that capital is flowing out of the production of cultural goods *entirely,* making us all poorer for it.

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026

It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment.

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Sans Strings Studio @sansstrings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Congratulations to @netflix.com and the entire Bad Dinosaurs team on the announcement of Seasons 2 and 3! 🦖 We’re especially proud of our Executive Creative Directors, @thatnatt.bsky.social & @rathergood.bsky.social , the brilliant show runners behind the series. Excited for what's next! 🙌

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

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Big "Say what you like about National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos," energy here

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/09/2026

my humble newsletter turned three this week! to celebrate I assembled a top 25 (a format we all know and love) of my favourite pieces so far, and I am also offering you a sale, if you would like to become a paying subscriber an read all my pieces: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/young-vulg...

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh my, you definitely should have already been on there. Will amend immediately...

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

All right - I've done a comedy writer and producers starter pack for everyone who's into that sort of thing. And YES, I've forgotten you, so remind me that you exist and YES I will put you on it (unless you have slighted me in some unremembered way in the last 20 years). go.bsky.app/AkQCH7U

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What's this? What's this? More... Bad Dinosaurs? Oh my. I wonder how bad they will be this time... (Answer: very bad)

Headline in Deadline announcing more Bad Dinosaurs...

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026

I don't know what you're going to do, England. In Northern Ireland, they let the fascists riot for a bit and then threaten to take their government funding away and they stop for a year or so. England seem to be taking the same policing approach but with no off switch. Not good.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maybe Barbara Windsor and Barbara Castle and Windsor Castle are triplets?

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.

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Matt Miller @mattmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a comic by Russ Heath, who drew the comic one of Lichtenstein’s most famous panels was based on

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Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of Magdalen's most legendary figures, Martin Routh was born #OnThisDay in 1755. He served as our President for 63 years, between 1791–1854. This daguerreotype of Routh was taken on his 99th birthday on 18 September 1854, making him one of the earliest born people to be photographed.

Black-and-white daguerreotype portrait of an elderly man leaning forward and looking down, displayed behind glass in a distressed yellow mat speckled with blue and a red velvet frame.

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Zoe Thorne @zoethorne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So Reform have launched an app that tracks small boats arriving in the UK in real time, and already their supporters are complaining that it's boring because there are hardly any boats. They are SO close to getting it.

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Grumpyrocker @grumpyrocker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This Labour government has been a massive disappointment from the off. But its failure to protect the #RNLI has me genuinely seething with anger.

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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also, we came second four (?) years ago, when we submitted a really good song and performer. We didn't move the whole island to Eastern Europe for that to happen.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I worked in a factory with a part-time lifeboatman once. His beeper would go off every now and then and he'd drop whatever he was doing and RUN out to his car. No-one would say a word, we'd just work around him, what with the guy being an actual real life hero and everything.

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