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That very specific panic when you’re putting your bins out late but you’re still the first one.
One month later, after several terrible exchanges with the "customer service" team at The Magnum Company, the Mrs decided to do something about it. This morning she was on BBC Breakfast doing just that. 6m people now know about how dangerous this is. And I'm so proud 🥲 ❤️
BBC Breakfast Annabelle Black 04 08 2026
YouTube video by Annabelle Black
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James Whatley@whatleydude.com · 2mo agoWell, the Mrs having one of the worst allergic reactions I've seen in a good couple of years is at least one way to find out Walls have just gone and added milk to their Twister ice creams. Way to go, dickheads. www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/product-aler...
Fantastic chat with Shirley. Saw Garbage for the first time last month – long, long overdue – and they were INCREDIBLE.
Talk ’90s To Me@talk90stome.bsky.social · 2d ago🎸 NEW EPISODE 🎸 From drug-battered Scottish bands to joining up with Nirvana superproducer Butch Vig to reinventing yourself as Garbage’s voice of fierce feminism, the ’90s was a wild ride for Shirley Manson. 🎙️ Don’t miss her talking with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social 🎧 Listen linktr.ee/talk90stome
New @90minfilmfest.bsky.social! I spoke to screenwriter @edsolomon.bsky.social about Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (90 mins), his latest screenplay, The Christophers & how he got started in the industry 🎙️ pod.fo/e/4f0492
Fantastic stuff as ever from AO
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d agoRay Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
Me, wading through the 79,218 comments on Facebook calling me an arsehole because of a headline I didn’t write that refers to a comment I didn’t make about a film I haven’t seen
don’t know if I’m more scared of who sold this house or who bought it
Okay this is both utterly darling and also an incredible set up for a murder mystery.
kottke.org@kottke.org · 6d agoThe coffee shop where 162 regulars have their own mug (1977). “The cups may not be such a small thing after all. They are a town register and a history and a confirmation that life goes on in a small American town.” [youtube.com]
Of all the hand delivered flyers to come through our letterbox this one has by far the most ‘You Are Going To Get Murdered And Left In A Ditch’ energy I have ever seen
Board for the Operation: Aliens game, based on the abandoned Aliens cartoon series from 1993. Purest pop art.
[whispering at the back of the palace] so you’re saying the identical twin sister of the most beautiful woman in the world is now single and we’re sat here watching incessant weaving
THAT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHOUT
Jenny Holzer@jennyholzer.bsky.social · 4d agoWHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP
Board for the Operation: Aliens game, based on the abandoned Aliens cartoon series from 1993. Purest pop art.
just finished that thing about the amputation surgeon and that’s me never wanting to read again or go to hospital or participate in society
Any know anything about sending Pokémon cards to PSA to be graded? Is this reliable, trusted, legit, etc.?
When did Warchild’s new Help album come out?! First I’m hearing about it.
Paul McCartney becomes first-time nominee for Mercury prize, up against Olivia Dean, Dave and more
Big names including Raye and Suede go up against smaller artists such as Knats and Nia Archives for prestigious album award
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Many many thanks to @its-nice-that.bsky.social for this chat about setting up our stationery shop, collecting ephemera & our recent book. www.itsnicethat.com/features/pre...
The story behind Present & Correct, the perfectly curated stationery shop that’s every graphic designers dream
We catch up with co-founder Neal Whittington as the fan favourite print ephemera and stationery brand makes its first foray into the publishing world with a debut title from P&C Additions and unco...
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