Iain
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Comic books, Folk Horror, Kosmische/Krautrock and staying in. iainmspillane.com ⬛️🟫⬜️🟪
Whoever you are in that artist photo, you are not my Canterbury band.
Just why? I’m positive that they change the trade dress on purpose. Vol 1 and 2, both completely different. C’mon @imagecomics.com you can do better than this.
Huge news for me but probably not for anyone else….I finally found the miniature that I used for my D&D Red Box games when I was 13. Have spent so long trying to remember the model name and now I have it:- Renaldo the Roof-Rat from the C04 Thieves range. He was my super sneaky rogue!
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
getting tired of people on the left still launching substack newsletters after all the reporting on that company in recent years
Stepping back from public life?
Alan Partridge Shrugs 'I Don't Know'
ALT: Alan Partridge Shrugs 'I Don't Know'
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New book time: Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince. Thanks to @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social for getting it to me so quickly. Use them people, instead of the evil ones.
The latest edition of the superb illustrators magazine from Book Palace, Issue 51, is available now, and if you’re a Mœbius fan, you definitely don’t want to miss it.
Mœbius in the spotlight in latest illustrators magazine
Another superb edition of the long-running art anthology
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What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.
Kraftwerk - Radio Activity, Trans-Europe Express, The Man Machine.
Mia Murphy 🏳️⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d agoWhat's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)
Still struggling with Mork Borg. I don’t want to to interpret an art portfolio when I want to read an RPG rulebook. Yes, it’s an extremely striking design but unreadable to my eyes. I’ll leave this one to the youngsters.
Morning thoughts:- The Butlerian Jihad needs to happen and verbatim regurgitations are against my principles.
dear god, hearing the way some people have just completely integrating AI shit into their everyday lives is so sad and embarrassing and alienating. you motherfuckers have me on the verge of believing in the existence of the human soul. awful
Watching some live comicbook auctions on eBay. Some viewers are easily manipulated. 🤦♂️
Picked up another superb variant from @alexeckmanlawn.bsky.social this morning. Even my LCS owner was into it.
Conversation topics at my LCS today 01/08/2026:- Strange Tales #110, The Expanse, MCU, cancelled TV shows, Pompeii, Godzilla, new Batman books, 5th week comic slump, Annuals.
The Grumpy Cook website has a ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme where you can pay for a range of meals for people who may be struggling. These range from a small breakfast through to a family pack lunch and also including a child’s meal. The prices are suggested and start at £2.00. grumpycook.co.uk/shop/
Shop – The Grumpy Cook
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HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 6d agoThis has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
After watching a clip of that new Gervais animated thing, I may cancel Netflix forever.
Just bought a 9.8 CGC slab. Trying to convince myself it’ll be the only one, but we all know how that’ll turn out.
The Durutti Column’s Factory Years, Reconstructed...
The Durutti Column’s Factory Years, Reconstructed
The post-punks' first album in 16 years brings their long, revolutionary path full circle.
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Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
Nice to see one of the greatest drummers ever get his own block in Mega City One.
My stubborn belief in buying and storing physical, analog media is getting me closer to the day when I switch off my internet connection for good.
“Features like this are a good reminder that email tends not to be terribly private to begin with,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @huffpost.com. “Gmail’s consistent rollout of AI features in particular really showcases just how much access Google the company has to people’s lives.”
You Might Want To Disable This Controversial New Gmail Setting
“Features like this are a good reminder that email tends not to be terribly private to begin with,” one expert said.
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thank goodness they included the reading order so i don't get them mixed up
