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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, and Merry Michaelmas to you all. I hope you all imbibed freely of the rucklety goose, and baked the appropriate quantity of barley bread without using any metal implements. Also, you'd better not have picked any blackberries today! (Shakes fist)

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A home-made journo (with no small amount of talent) and an astrophysicist learning to build a dry-stone wall should not be this interesting... and yet... #tomscott #drbecky youtu.be/7S8mK7WSNZQ

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Turns out building dry stone walls is difficult

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm glad #TomScott is posting his videos again. Fascinating stuff. I might even prefer his new format to his old(er) format. His short documentary about the indoor 'water circus' in Great Yarmouth was exceptional.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've been watching this movie for 42 years, and this is the first time I realised that David Lynch put himself in the film as a worker on the spice harvester. #dune #dune1984

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's that time of year again. The person most often credited with inventing Daylight Saving time is George Vernon Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist. #NewZealand #daylightsaving Full Rant: www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do autistic/ADHD people seem disproportionately delighted by tiny versions of normal things? Asking for a friend. #neurospicy

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not being so subtle there, Amazon Prime Video. Though I might skip the Tom Cruise version, if you don't mind. #Reacher

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Imagine discovering one of the greatest prehistoric monuments in Britain, contemplating its immense archaeological value, and thinking: “That would make a lovely wall.” #archaeology #history #britain www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bradford, England. 1858. Here's an interesting one. Consider this from the point of view of a legal professional of the age, as best you can. Who would you send to prison, if anyone? #history #england #sweets www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm not one to suck the joy out of a lurid tale of dozens of people drowning in human poo, but I think this one deserves a little bit of context. #history #germany #europe www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can't give her anything because she's got allergies, and until we figure out what to, she's on a strict diet. Trust me Cosmo, this is just as hard on me as it is on you.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thunderbird 2 is by far the best Thunderbird. Fight me.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NASA’s LRO photgraphed a new (2024) crater on the #Moon called McGetchin, at 140ft deep & 720ft wide. The #asteroid was ~70ft across. Had it hit Earth instead of the Moon... Chelyabinsk (2013) was ~65ft across and exploded like ~500 kilotons of TNT. For context, the Hiroshima bomb was 15 kilotons.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sometimes an extraordinarily unfortunate coincidence really is just an extraordinarily unfortunate coincidence. Isn't it? www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I knew this Afghan Hound reminded me of something.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We all know that infinity's an endless progression of numbers from zero to... well, forever, right? The natural numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc, are infinite because however far you count, there is always another number. #math It does get weird though... Full Article: www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What do people think about the new #GrandTour trio? They're not May, Hammond, and Clarkson - obviously - but one episode in and I don't mind them. They might do. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt at this point. It's not a train-wreck like the replacement Top Gear crew.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In a world where everyone seems to go with the AI voice, I'm still hiring human voice talent... but honestly guys... if you can't pronounce 'velociraptor', ASK me, rather than making me wait a week for an edit. What the hell is a "Vesselratter"?

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Managed to get bitten by a spider (or something equally nasty) this weekend, so am back on the anti-biotics again. Turns out even if the little buggers aren't venomous, they don't brush their little teeth, and the resulting bacteria can be nasty. My call: Toothbrushes for Spiders!

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm starting to think that we need to implement a process whereby you can only use a piece of technology if you can pass a basic test covering the main points of how it works, and where it came from.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Americans oppose Trump's renaming of Lake #Ontario to Lake America 63% to 14%, with the remainder undecided. (Reuters-Ipsos)

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

From "The Gorgon" (1964) - Two Dr Whos. Number 2 on the left, and Number 1.5 on the right. Both here before they played The Doctor. #doctorwho

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Was at a Starbucks and they called “Order for (my name)!” - I went to get it and a guy said “Hey! That’s my order!” and pushes me (I’m on a crutch) away. He tastes the coffee. “This isn’t Hazelnut!!” The barista says “Is your name (my name)?” He says “No…”

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Hey, Jeremy. Have you ever noticed this camera before?"

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The 35th anniversary! Rock out, dudes!

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Mandalorian series soundtrack just never gets old.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#StarTrek - What did everyone else think of this?

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have found out the answer to an age-old question. It turns out it was going to the golf course.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I saw "Be a Dolly, not a Donny" today. I rather like that.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There was probably a deleted scene in A New Hope where Obi Wan suggests that Luke try to avoid being quite so snuggly with Leia. The audio from that bit later being used in the Trench Run scene where he says "Let go, Luke!" - but we'll probably never know. #StarWars www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two giant wind turbines are hanging out in a field. One asks What kind of music do you like?” The other says “I’m a huge metal fan”.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Some of us are old enough to remember the birth of the Panini Sticker Books, and people hereabouts are currently scrambling to get pencil-topper "Ooshies". The tradeable/collectible industry just doesn't want to go away. #collectible www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#StarWars So: * Andor first, then Rogue One, or... * Rogue One first, then Andor.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"Rob, what are you doing?!" the angry teacher cried, and I realised that last dice-roll had been too loud, as the over-sized plastic dice rolled off the quiet paper to clatter loudly against the wooden desk-top. I was in so much trouble. www.reddit.com/r/VillainyGr...

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I CAN RETIRE! Suck it, doubters!

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'll go on record & say I think John Carpenter's The Thing ('82) is one of the best movie remakes ever. While the movie it is based on, Thing from Another World ('51) will always be a classic, no movie has ever scared me as much as Carpenter's re-imagining. Do you guys have any other contenders?

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Since we moved into our house, our rates have gone from $900/yr to $4,500/yr. In that time, berm mowing has stopped, inorganic rubbish collections are less frequent, Council service centres have closed, 10k public bins have been removed, large public events reduced. And yet we're paying 5x as much.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

What’s the etiquette for texting re- time? Do people treat it like email, or no texts after 8pm etc?

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I nearly had a starring role on Xena: Warrior Princess. And by that I mean I was going to be a face in a crowd waving angrily as the heroes rode past. Then, the day before, I came down with the worst flu. I was literally bed-ridden for two weeks, and so severely ill I was nearly hospitalised.

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Rob Mordor @villainygroup.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

There was a Formula One game I used to play, and they introduced ads. People were initially incensed... but they were ads on billboards as you drove around. If anything it was MORE realistic, and not even remotely intrusive. In everything else... it generally makes me stop paying and go elsewhere.

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