Mike Collins
@mikecollins99.bsky.social
Storyboard artist on Doctor Who, Rivals, Paris Has Fallen, Good Omens, Witcher, His Dark Materials, Midwich Cuckoos, Horrid Henry, Sali Mali Draws comics: Trek/Who/Superheroes: MARVEL, DC, IDW, 2000AD, Panini. Currently DW Magazine and The Phoenix Project
Feel good moment of the day: Newspaper photog came over to the house for some shots he forgot to take. Me: “Hey, did I ever show you the shot that got me interviewed by The Weather Channel?” Him: “Nope.” Me: “Here it is. Never edited. Shot on a Canon 7D at Salton Sea.” His jaw dropped. 😁📸
One of the interesting aspects of all this footage is it reveals that parties/strategists firmly believe that opinion polls can be used for significant political advantage.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 3d agoUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson.
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
HOLD UP THEY EXTENDED THE TIME LIMIT ON VIDEO UPLOADS??? BUT THAT MEANS... I CAN FINALLY UPLOAD THE ENTIRETY OF 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐄𝐄'𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 PLEASE ENJOY "NAME YOUR POISON" FROM "THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE" (1983)
Lee Anderson tells Sky News that Reform’s James Orr and Dan Jukes - Farage’s right hand man - have stepped down after claims of donation rules breaches. Surely Farage’s position is also untenable.
This is INCREDIBLE and v scary for democracy. Well done to everyone involved.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 3d agoUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 3w ago“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
"I've left your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle with a neighbour"
Gary Bainbridge@garybainbridge.bsky.social · 4d agoOne of two things has happened here: either the business owner failed to Google the name, or our robot overlords lied.
One of two things has happened here: either the business owner failed to Google the name, or our robot overlords lied.
Good morning. As a (comparatively) successful author I feel it’s time to branch out in my career. As a result, I’m excited to be stepping into the world of professional football. Since I’m physically incapable of playing football at a professional level I will be hiring what I call a “ghostballer”
yall are gonna hear me say this a lot so here goes again: make plans to vote in person, and do it as early as possible. literally make turnout this election too big to steal.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d agoThis is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
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If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
"Ah fuckkkkoffff, ah’ve only had a few pints. Lezz get a kebab and go to a disco! WE ARE SAILING! WE ARE SAILING! oooft, me bastard heid."
This still remains the best explanation as to why I don’t watch a lot of tv shows anymore
Saving for future use in case I ever make a joke on bluesky dot app.
history would have been so different if Pontius Pilate could just have said this
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.Absolutely thrilled for Jesus that he is going to Barcelona: more than any other player he transformed the club. Go well.
Saying, "enjoy the bank holiday!" to self-employed people is like saying "enjoy the rapture!" to a satanist.
Is it acceptable to revive my extremely niche joke from when the BBC did that documentary about Dolly Parton's Welsh ancestry? "Work in Nantyffyllon, that's no way to make a living."
Listen I’m not getting into the politics of this but I am telling you that this guy has never, ever, not even on his very best day, looked like he might have a chance of finishing ahead of the specific transgender woman he set this whole thing up to get.
Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · last wk.Curious … the headline claims it’s ’women’ making the demands. Yet read the piece and you discover the campaign group is founded and run by a man, who wishes to remain anonymous …
I don’t know who needs this but here’s the entire 1980 PBS movie version of The Lathe of Heaven which goes far harder than it has any right to
The Lathe of Heaven
YouTube video by kliljedahl
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I see Milo is in the news again, so that's my cue to repost the greatest tweet of all time
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Civil servant tasked with reclaiming missing electronic devices finds himself in a bit of bother when it turns out they don't want to be found
Neill Cameron@neillcameron.bsky.social · last wk.Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Humphrey Bogart reluctantly gets involved in the admin regarding an associate’s immigration issues.
