Good double bill on Talking Pictures tonight. "The Fog" and "Night of the Eagle". Not seen either for AGES.
Antony 'Dop' Shepherd
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Was @AntonyShepherd over there, also Dop in places. Likes messing with old cameras when I get the chance.
Section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 says that "A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life". Here's hoping!
Has Streeting been watching that Doctor Who episode with space spitfires? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to launch military squadron to protect satellites in space
New RAF unit will warn of incoming missile attacks, and support offensive and defensive operations
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Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? The complete arse.
Been to Kew Gardens, took most pictures with a film camera but a few phone snaps.
Turns on Radio3 and thinks “Ah, this is that Aaron Copeland Appalachian Spring bit that riffs on ‘I am the lord of the dance settee’ - as Richard Herring had it.
"Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that allows PC and Xbox games to serve advertisements during game sessions, seemingly without disrupting gameplay." Well bollocks to that! www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-pa...
Microsoft patents idea for in-game PC and Xbox adverts shown during downtime "trigger events"
Microsoft may soon show ads during downtime moments in PC and Xbox games, similar to free-to-play mobile games.
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Just realised that earlier I'd started off a loaf in the breadmaker and that it would have been ready hours ago! Well at least I didn't leave it there all night!
Thursday I took a 1947 folding camera loaded with a 2 year out of date roll of HP5+, today during development I exposed it all to light for a few seconds before continuing development. I did kind of screw that up a bit but still the results when I scanned them are interesting.
Well why don't you just fuck off to Dubai then, you brexity polluting tax-dodging buffoon. Do let the door hit you on the way out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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With Doctor Who up for tender, what next? The Disney deal having fallen through means no Muppet Doctor Who. Maybe get Science Saru to do an Anime Doctor Who? Maybe reboot the whole damn thing to do away with messy 'canon' which the original writers didn't give a stuff about anyway? Or just leave it?
Simon@hungryhatter.bsky.social · 2w agoThe fact that there is something to see on the live webcam suggests that the work on the Richard Montgomery is currently going well. From what I gather, if things go awry the flow of the Thames will be briefly diverted vertically so fingers crossed it doesn't. unexploded.live/operation/
Maybe more people would visit websites by Reach if they weren't such massively ad-stuffed and click-baity heaps of where only 10% or less of a page is actual content?
Lisa Nandy possibly the only person in the entire world to feel sympathy for Ed Sheeran.
Normally a village might only have one or two idiots, but there's one that today announced it has 285 idiots!
We know what the cryptotwats expect for their handout to frogface, they expect full control over a country where there are zero checks, balances and laws governing their dodgy dealings, and no taxes on what they rake in.
What was Disgraced Former Prime Minister Johnson (to use his full title) even doing there? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Train carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say
Ukrainian Railways says former British PM and David Petraeus crossed into Poland shortly before drone attack near border
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Heard odd bits of the Proms over the season but this one hit my musical buttons and made me think "Whoa! I need to buy their music!" One album makes it certain I'll buy more. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2026, Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra
Live at the BBC Proms: Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra.
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Couldn't they have replaced the usual Jingoistic Bullshit Half-Hour with the Dolly Parton tribute instead?
The Cryptotwats are trying to buy a government. £72 Million Pounds to frogface so far. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Penda's Fen" is one of these shows I'd often read about but never seen. But it's on iPlayer. It suffers mightily from the main character being absolutely insufferable, and staying so even after his world-view has been dashed. To be fair, much of the clumsiness comes from being a product of the 70s.
“They are clearly going to allow new drilling in the North Sea but want to keep it under wraps during a byelection where they know the public want tougher action on climate, not backsliding." Well, you can see how they'd think that, can't you? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing
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80s movies tried to warn us about corporate scumbags who'd happily wipe out humanity so long as they got a big profit out of it first. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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