Hugh Parker
@hughp1970.bsky.social
Architect, geek, and proud woke SJW. Blocked on Twitter by Peter Shilton Ayrshire via Coatbridge, Liverpool & London. Loves art, science, comics, sci-fi and Celtic. North Stand 403.
@strangenewpod.com not sure if you guys picked up on Scotty's joke in the turbolift last week. Martin Quinn was often in a Scottish comedy sketch show called Burnistoun, and this is one of their most well-known sketches (sadly, no Martin Quinn actually in this one): youtube.com/watch?v=HbDn...
Elevator Recognition | Burnistoun
YouTube video by The Scottish Comedy Channel
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Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
Colin Smith@colinsmith.bsky.social · 2d ago“Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?”
It’s a point that has been made before: These people are here without authorization only because the administration revoked it. It is as if Trump were somehow to strip citizenship from every Democrat.
Bradley P. Moss@bradmossesq.bsky.social · last wk.These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
I have watched a lot of Star Trek in my life. Every episode of TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, DSC, PIC, and LOW. Most of VOY & ENT. All the movies, and so far, all of SNW and SFA. So I don't say this lightly: Level-Five Transporter Accident is the worst Star Trek I've ever seen. Awful. Terrible in every way.
Interesting that Jim Shannon was in the Belfast Telegraph this morning with the piece clipped below and now he has been charged with assaulting a woman
Belfast Telegraph@belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 3w agoBreaking | DUP MP Jim Shannon has been charged with assaulting a woman.
It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.
Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3w ago
It is just unacceptable that the NHS may have to find funds to fight potentially a slew of nuisance lawsuits funded by one extremely wealthy person with an obsession.
@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 4w agoJust so predictable. Labour got themselves into this because those who aren't True Believers thought they could appease those who are then the issue would go away. Not so. The GCs are obsessives attempting a top down reorientation of our culture to spite a minority they despise. They must be fought.
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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The Enterprise refit/ Enterprise-A is the most beautiful spaceship ever put on film. I will die on this hill.
Star Trek Shots@startrekshots.bsky.social · 2mo agoUSS Enterprise-A, STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991)
![Publicity still of the USS Enterprise-A flying over a planet.
According to Industrial Loght & Magic modeler John Goodson, the Enterprise-A filming miniature was in bad shape after its use by VFX vendor Associates & Ferren for STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER: "That was one of the most beautiful ships that we've ever worked with. But we opened up the crate, and much to our dismay, two things had happened. One, the wiring umbilical, which was about two inches in diameter, solid, with all the various wiring that went into the internal neons, the blinking lights, all the internal electronic stuff, had just been hacked off right at the side of the ship. So there was that. And then the other thing was, the entire bottom of the saucer had been spray-painted flat white. So all that beautiful paint had just been obliterated [note: though ILM themselves used dulling sprays, these only added a transparent layer to tone down the gleam of the original paint job, and did not replace it]. Both of these things were really problematic and really time-consuming to correct."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfpnhgzmic34fnr3exokksxb/bafkreic4hancpmplipzmyaq3gmaal4ozydbfrvewul2muzby2zbra4ywe4)
Trump admin acknowledges *in court* that the damage to the reflecting pool was down to dodgy installation by a dodgy contractor. 100% guaranteed that Trump will still publicly and repeatedly claim it was caused by vandals.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · last mo.FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
The Refugee Convention has protected so many people over 75 years: but now it needs protecting. Refugee rights are under huge threat in the UK - with refugees now granted only temporary protection. Speak up for refugee rights now & send your MP a blueprint for a system that actually works:
Give the new PM a blueprint to fix the broken asylum system - Fight for Asylum Rights
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency@unhcr.org · last mo.For 75 years, the Refugee Convention has kept the promise of protection alive, offering a safe haven to millions of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution.
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
Celtic in Scotland 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆❌🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Celtic in UCL group stage ❌✅✅✅❌❌❌❌✅✅❌❌✅✅❌ Celtic in UCL knockout stage ❌✅❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌✅❌ If anyone can't see how we need better players despite our success at home then they're blind.
Still think the best thing they can do with Blade is stick the modern MCU branding on the Wesley Snipes movie and re-release it.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 2mo agoHe can’t say the things that he’s saying in this article about only accepting great scripts considering the overall mid they’ve been selling for years now. I also don’t agree with his idea that Blade can’t just go in rocking leather & start killing vampires. Literally yes he can And He Should!!
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie released the year you turned 18?
Paul [Atreides] Wood@retroid.bsky.social · 2mo agoWithout saying your age, what is your favorite movie released the year you turned 18?
Trump stepping in to overturn #Balogun's red card is the furthest I've seen him go to help someone that he'd normally want deported since he fucked Melania. #Fifa #Corrupt #WorldCup #RedCard
This pathetic faux-innocent “but it was before he was an MP”, when said by actual MPs, who should know the rules, is breathtaking. Any gift in the previous 12 months is potentially declarable. Stds commissioner can take into account Farage’s behaviour during the inquiry. 🧐