Mark
@quarkmcmalus.bsky.social
Follow me to learn something of my thoughts and deeds. Can be heard on the @trapone.bsky.social and maximumpowerpod.bsky.social podcasts.
Very funny and revealing insight into planning a successful Doctor Who convention:
Trap One🎙Podcast@trapone.bsky.social · 2w agoOn the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @dhollingsworth.bsky.social & @quiteamess.bsky.social learn what it takes to put a Dr Who convention together, plus backstage gossip with guests Paul & Dexter from Fantom Events Apple: tinyurl.com/54hnsmvb Spotify: tinyurl.com/2mjmekzd Podbean: tinyurl.com/5f5xrxkj
Trap One 2026 Target novelisations reviews thread 🧵 (1/3) The Time of Angels with @sihart.bsky.social, @adamclegg.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/4zryydhm Spotify: tinyurl.com/35azhwta Podbean: tinyurl.com/475zyny5
The wide-ranging panel brings a great variety of perspectives to this episode:
Trap One🎙Podcast@trapone.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @drwhonovels.bsky.social, @janarchy.bsky.social, Paul and Rev. Huguenot descend into the Satan Pit for a review of the recent Target novelisation: Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/muhxj79v Spotify: tinyurl.com/msw32mpt Podbean: tinyurl.com/3tms9esy
We’ve been putting a little wet dog food out for the hedgehog we spotted living in the bushes. Last night I left a camera out to check the hedgehog is definitely getting it…
This made me think of the bit in Seth Rogan’s autobiography where he meets George Lucas
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
“Time AND space? In this economy?” Derrick Sherwin-1969.
A great first episode to whet your appetite for what promises to be a fascinating new podcast:
Erik @sjcaustenite.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you're interested in hearing my thoughts about the great books and the great ideas -- and why they still matter -- have I got a Patreon for you! I've started with The Odyssey, but I already have episodes planned on Descartes, Plato, Frost, etc. First ep is free! www.patreon.com/ABGttC?utm_c...
got interviewed last thursday - early, early morning - about seeing the painted bunting at dix park. if i'd known i was going to be on camera for @wunc.org, i'd have shaved, showered, and maybe put on regular people clothes! youtube.com/shorts/3U3zg...
The Painted Bunting is turning heads at Raleigh's Dorothea Dix Park
YouTube video by WUNC News
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This made me think of the bit in Seth Rogan’s autobiography where he meets George Lucas
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
A really nice tribute to Justin Richards with fascinating insight and anecdotes:
Trap One🎙Podcast@trapone.bsky.social · 4w agoOn the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast @drwhonovels.bsky.social is joined by writers @jonarnold.bsky.social, Jon Blum & Paul Ebbs to celebrate the work of Justin Richards: Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/tth3n7dx Spotify: tinyurl.com/ymxjwa7s Podbean: tinyurl.com/bdfepe86
The Luddites are the subject of our season finale. The spectre of AI coming for our jobs makes Luddite rebellion feel surprisingly relevant today. Join @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social as they search for the true history of the Luddites. Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
I didn't know any of this so I'm sharing it with you. How to recognise symptoms of heatstroke in dogs info from RSCPA: www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwel...
The historian-podcasters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explain why losing the thirteen colonies “annoyed” the British, but “it could have been a lot worse.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
America at 250: A View from Britain, with “The Rest Is History”
The historian-podcasters Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland explain why losing the thirteen colonies “annoyed” the British, but “it could have been a lot worse.”
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Mel got a little paddling pool to help the dogs cool down, but Luca got too excited and ripped the bottom out of it playing with the hosepipe.
We've redecorated here at Maximum Power, and to celebrate we've introduced the Blake's 7 Title Card Generator. Wow your social media followers with a searingly topical title card inspired by a 48-year-old television programme. #Blakes7 maximumpowerpodcast.com/title-card/
Would you be ready for the #dementia journey with your partner? This week, in the #DoctorDILF #podcast, Simon talks to Mike Parish, the award-winning dementia champion! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Doctor DILF: Series 1 Episode 3: Dementia & Caring
Podcast Episode · Doctor DILF · 17 June · 1hr 19min
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I watched the second episode of this earlier after Steven Moffat recommended it to me (along with everyone else in the audience last weekend).
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2mo ago“Widow’s Bay” makes references to the iconography of classic horror, but meticulously crafts an idiosyncratic world, populated with lovable eccentrics played by great character actors to shine alongside Matthew Rhys and Kate O’Flynn. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4xBvne
Coming soon… @drwhonovels.bsky.social, @adamclegg.bsky.social & @andrewphillip.bsky.social look back on their 2021 episode of Trap One about the announcement of RTD’s return to Dr Who and discuss his second tenure.
Stewart Lee joins @aiannucci.bsky.social to look at the detail, or lack thereof in the US and Iran deal. What is a memorandum of understanding? Does the language of UFC apply to this deal? And are Shoreditch hipsters running Iran's social media campaign? opiniontoday.substack.com/i/202555948/...
I love Peter Capaldi but the reason for all the regenerations is they all keep leaving after 3 years! “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this!” 🌭
A fantastic weekend with wonderful friends old and new, at a brilliantly organised convention with an amazing lineup of guests:
Trap One🎙Podcast@trapone.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn the brand new Trap One🎙Podcast we file a field report from this weekend’s fantastic Utopia convention in Milton Keynes Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/ytrrmnrr Spotify: tinyurl.com/4wxe8m36 Podbean: tinyurl.com/y9xdy5bm
