Dan Fox
@d4nf0x.bsky.social
Mental health, military history, mudlarking, and other malarkey. Comedy jokes for the new age of descent.
Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
Marc Morris@marcmorris.bsky.social · 6d agoToday's BBC radio drama about the Bayeux Tapestry sounds arrestingly original.
25 years since this thing came out. I’m very fond of it, it’s possibly the most personal thing I’ve made and, if I’m allowed to be proud for a day, I’m rather proud of it. All 8 eps up on Channel 4. #TheArmandoIannucciShows #Ch4 #ABigEgg
TVARK@tvark.bsky.social · last wk.The Armando Iannucci Shows Comedy Channel 4 (TalkBack) 30 August - 18 October 2001 Each episode focused on specific themes related to human nature and existentialism, around which Iannucci would weave a series of surreal sketches and monologues.
‘COYOTE VS. ACME’ is finally playing in theaters! • Warner Bros. tried to permanently delete the film for a tax write-off 3 years ago. • It is now the highest-rated Looney Tunes movie ever. Read our review: bit.ly/CoyoteDF
The only one on this shortlist that is anywhere near being a proper #Bond is Callum Turner (and Dua Lipa could do the theme). pagesix.com/2026/08/26/h...
Exclusive | Unknown actor is shock favorite to be new James Bond with string of A-listers set for screen tests in days
“Bond 26” director Denis Villeneuve and casting director Nina Gold have scoured the UK and looked at a stream of unknowns to play the new 007,w with Jack Barton emerging from that pack.
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‘If you want the rainbow you’ve got to put up with the rain’. Do you know which “philosopher” said that?
Private William Austin of 2 KOYLI died of exhaustion at a German work camp on 17th October 1918. So near and yet so far.
For those unaware, she’s wearing a top made of, or at least made to look like, a London Transport/TfL moquette. Ledge.
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · 3w agoUK transit nerds are next level.
Randomly flicked on to the Comic Relief episode of The Office and had forgotten that, between the classic scenes, Tim for real sexually assaults Gareth.
England & RoW v Germany about to kick off on Sky Greats right now. #EscapeToVictory #ALLvGER
Nice to see natural selection still happening. The influencers getting bitten while chasing the perfect shark shot www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The influencers getting bitten chasing the perfect shark shot
Tayane Dalazen was on a shark-diving trip in Brazil when she was attacked.
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Jack Mann z”l, very last of the #SAS originals, passed last night, aged 100. Born in Egypt, hearing about the fate of fellow Jews from uncles in Europe, he lied about his age to join up in 1942 aged 17. Served with Royal Signals, LRDG, SOE, SAS, SBS. Hero. Gentleman. #thegreatestgeneration #WWII
Bezos’s internet now full of ads for stakes in top six clubs across every league in Europe.
Serious racist violence in Thetford two decades ago. A mob of 200 attacked a Portugese-run pub after Portugal beat England in Euro 2004. There were 20 convictions & a dozen jailed. The sizeable Portugese population seen as well integrated into the towm today news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england...
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Norfolk | Portuguese fans attacked by mob
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Carly Simon has always said that she would reveal the other two subjects, after Warren Beatty, of ‘You’re So Vain’ once they died. So that’s Rod Liddle, Bill Oddie and Jimmy Cricket ruled out then.
“Indiana Jones and the Detectorists’ Enquiries”. Origin story, in which Indy starts his archaeological career as a Finds Liason Officer in East Anglia.
Just Another Film Nerd@anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social · last mo.Pitch your most pointless, dull prequel idea that could potentially be greenlit in this idea-starved world. DIRTY: In which we learn how Harry Callahan earned his nickname.
Apparently there is an annual bris conference. A BRISCON, if you will. Must be where the mohelim go to…swap tips. 🥁 thejewishweekly.com/bris-annual-...
BRIS Annual Conference 2026, 50+ Mohelim Unstoppable
The BRIS annual conference 2026 brought 50+ UK and European Mohelim to Stamford Hill for training, amid rising antisemitism. Learn about the British Initiation Society's work.
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Miriam Rodrigues-Pereira (z”l), one of the last #WWII #BletchleyPark codebreakers, passed away on 4 August aged 104. She also worked on Op MINCEMEAT & went on to serve in the Foreign Office & GCHQ. As well as being an historian & archivist for the Sephardi Jewish community. #thegreatestgeneration
New episode of For Honour’s Sake, with Neville Silver, the Jewish community’s last #KoreanWar veteran. We talked about his #RoyalArtillery soundranging operations just short of the frontline; and after demob, supervising construction of Britain’s first motorways. www.buzzsprout.com/2423937/epis...
Times crossword clue today: definition was ‘fighting vehicle’, answer was tank.
Teacher's Angry Lecture
ALT: Teacher's Angry Lecture
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Why not start the week with the latest episode of For Honour’s Sake? Our guest is East End boy Monty Goldstein, 102 this year, talking about surviving the Blitz, serving as a gunner and driver with the #RoyalArtillery during #WWII, and his later career in the schmutter trade.