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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Your workstation choice is safe enough, I was talking about these: 😉

A selection of HP sauce bottles lined up next to each other

Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

After 800 miles, two taxis, six trains, three missed connections and about 50ft of a mild jog, I finally got my well-read copy of Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art signed by @daisydixon.bsky.social It changed how I view art. Bought @portybooks.bsky.social signed @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social

A copy of Dr Daisy Dixon's 'Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art' stands upright on a wooden table

The inside cover of the book, signed by Daisy Dixon.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Front row for @gregjenner.bsky.social and @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Been really looking forward to this.

A stage with four empty seats behind two desks. The background is a poster for the podcast "You're Dead to Me" in the style of the Bayeux EMBROIDERY.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The news of Starmer standing up to Trump will likely be accompanied by this image...

An image of a man. It is framed from the shoulders up. He is wearing a black polo shirt, has stubble and has male pattern baldness.
The image is famous for accompanying a story on The Onion with the headline "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Good Point"

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate.

A man in a suit and tie sits in the driver's seat of a moving car. He is holding a Dictaphone up to his mouth and saying "Diane, 11.30am. February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It does, sometimes, have its moments.

The home screen is Disney plus. It shows a link to "The Emperor's New Groove", but the accompanying image is from Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith"

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Same, random pair of trousers on Vinted. Same

A close up picture of the top of a pair of trousers. The buttons, belt loop and pocket form a face that looks like it's seen some things.
Things you people wouldn't believe. Like, attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. C-beams glistening at the Tannhauser Gate....

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Me: *tries to poach an egg* The Egg:

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

In sports news elsewhere on the BBC website: "Partial victory for boxer who lost by knock out, but slightly hurt opponent's fist with their face in the process"

Screenshot of the BBC news website. The headline reads "partial victory for nurse in NHS trans changing room row"
The nurse in question overwhelmingly lost the case she brought but one small point was upheld.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy There's a Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day. I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.

A panel from the graphic novel "Watchmen".
It shows the ghostly apparition of a human circulatory system appearing in a kitchen as several horrified people look on.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Bring back the knitting machine!

A magazine advert for a knitting machine designed to work with the Nintendo NES.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Surely a plum job for Eunuch Powell over here

A mugshot of a man who participated in a riot targeting minorities who was hit in the groin with a brick. It was thoroughly deserved

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The skull that the RSC uses for performances of Hamlet is that of the composer André Tchaikovsky. Fun wee fact there.

A man, David Tennant, is dressed in a blue parka jacket, a red woollen jumper and a dark blue woollen hat. He is looking at a skull that he is holding up in his right hand.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Happy birthday to one of the greatest retractions ever printed. It's still pretty indicative of the press today

"We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED."

Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Live footage from inside the OpenAI office:

Two old men with long grey hair and beards wearing robes stand in front of a large green metal box. The box is Deep Thought. A supercomputer from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Deep thought was programmed to give the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. After thinking for 7.5 million years, it gave the answer "42". And then was tasked with designing an even more super computer that took 10 million years to figure out what the question actually was.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"And that was Ugly Bread Discount with their new single 'Made Fresh Today, Just Not so Pretty'. That's the lead single from the forthcoming album "The Tightest Slacks in Disco" and you can catch them tonight at The Salty Gob in Leeds supporting Biff Hitler and the Violent Moodswings

Legendary radio DJ John Peel.
A black and white photo a bearded man with large headphones and a wooly jumper sits behind a mixing desk during a radio broadcast

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Coming outta my cave and I've been doing just fine...

Jesus of Nazareth playing a fender telecaster. This is not historically accurate as the guitar player for Nazareth was actually Manny Charlton, who played a Les Paul

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

So, the table of Premier League winning teams since 1992 is a Fibonacci sequence*. That's nice *Each number is the sum of the two numbers before it. E.g. 13=8+5. 8=5+3. 5=3+2. 3=2+1. 2=1+1. 1=1.

A list of teams that have won the English premier League since 1992.
Man united 13, Man City 8, Chelsea 5, Arsenal 3, Liverpool 2, Blackburn 1, Leicester 1

A Fibonacci spiral made from the sequence 1 1 2 3 5 8 13

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The Overview Effect is when people see the earth from space and are overwhelmed by a profound connection to humanity. The question isn't "Why did Katy Perry turn into a hippy after 11 minutes in space?", it's "Why did Jeff Bezos come back an even greedier, morally bankrupt bawbag?"

William Shatner: "I had thought that going into space would be the ultimate catharsis of that connection I had been looking for between all living things-that being up there would be the next beautiful step to understanding the harmony of the universe. In the film "Contact," when Jodie Foster's character goes to space and looks out into the heavens, she lets out an astonished whisper, "They should've sent a poet." I had a different experience, because I discovered that the beauty isn't out there, it's down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet even more profound.

It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered. The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna... things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral."

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Big fan of this one. Phenomenal away result for the wee bear.

A sign above a cinema advertising "Gladiator 2, Paddington 3"

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Now, where have I seen that before?

The stage at CPAC 2021. The layout is a recreation of a nazi symbol.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"Lent" already had a lot of brand recognition so this is a bold move. Let's see if it pays off.

An image of a man in a black shirt with dark hair and a cross drawn on his forehead. The chyron reads "Mark Wahlberg's 40 day challenge"

The man is Mark Wahlberg who in 1986, at the age of 15 threw rocks at black children and called them the n-word and threatened to kill them. Then he did it again the next day. Then in 1988 he was convicted of the racially-motivated assault of a Vietnamese-American man.
Then in 1992 he was charged with the unprovoked assault of a neighbour after stamping on his head while someone held him down.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Time for another, excuse me, damn fine cup of coffee. #twinpeaks

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Yeah, I just went low-brow. It was either that or Gulfy McGulfface

A map of the Gulf of Mexico renamed the gulf of Ulfulfalulf

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Spot the difference. Sort yourselves out @theguardian.com

A screenshot of the guardian website.
The text refers to Israelis held by Palestine as "hostages" but Palestinians held by Israel are "prisoners" and "detainees"

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Apocalypse Now by Waldemar Swierzy

Film poster for "Apocalypse Now" with an oil painting of Marlon Brando. There are many scuffs and brush marks across his face

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Taxi Driver by Jacek Staniszewski

A black and white image of Robert De Niro with spikes instead of a face

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1983) by Jakub Erol

A poster for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" by Jakub Erol.
It shows a skull with elongated teeth with a bullwhip coiled through it like a snake

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Cabaret (1973) by Wiktor Gorka

A polish poster advertising the film "Cabaret" it depicts a swastika made of showgirls' legs with Liza Minelli's face in the middle

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Today feels like a day to have, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee.

A grey coffee cup and saucer sitting on a table. It is, excuse me, a damn fine cup of coffee.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Looks like they hung around for Christmas dinner.

A page from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings showing that the fellowship departed Imladris on Christmas Day. At dusk, which probably means they hung around for dinner but then left before helping with the washing up. It was probably Boromir's suggestion, but there's no way Merry or Pippin had a problem with it.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Can confirm. There's even a few scenes set on Christmas day.

A page from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings showing that the fellowship departed from Rivendell on December 25th

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The DV camera in question was the Canon XL-1. It was used for a couple of handheld "zombie-vision" shots and it's actually pretty hard to describe the impact this had on ultra low-budget filmmakers at the time. Seeing what was possible with, comparatively, accessible kit was a huge boost.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is what happens when your data has already gone through a selection process *before* you collected it. Some of you may have seen this image ... 3/8

A diagram of a WW2 aeroplane. Red dots cover every part of it except the engines, cockpit and narrow parts of the body

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

There are many reasons why I won't be watching "Mary" on @netflix.com , but I'm looking forward to the inevitable backlash when @waterstones.bsky.social only stocks copies of The Protoevangelium of St James with the movie poster cover and a "now a major motion picture" sticker.

Poster for Netflix' "Mary".
It shows some actors' faces but not the right wing mega-church funding or the cultural insensitivities.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

If, from January 1st 2025, you "earned" $5000 every day you'd have $1m by July 17th. To earn what Elon Musk has, you'd need to live another 197,164 years. We should be taxing billionaires.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For anyone hoping that better times are coming, check out February 2027

A screenshot of a google calendar. It shows February 2027, the first falls on a Monday, the 28th on a Sunday

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The blu-ray release of "I Love Lucy" used AI to upscale the resolution. It can't tell the difference between low-res and out of focus so the results are nightmare fuel. Original scan presented for comparison.

A still from I Love Lucy with two extras in the background out of focus.

A still from I Love Lucy where AI has been used to project in-focus faces onto two background extras who are out of focus.

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Xander Flatt @xanderflatt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

We forged these chains in life with our questionable top tens, you wear such a chain yourself. Expect the first spirit when the clock strikes one.

The Marley brothers from the Muppet Christmas Carol visiting Scrooge

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