Manos: The Hands of AJ 💀🤚🏻
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Writer @lothianlife.bsky.social. Duolingo nerd (NB/SV/FI/ZH). TV shitposter/ @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social podcaster. Runs #COVIDEO film club on Discord. Gymbro. Forager. #Sjögrens. Bi. Nonbinary (they/them).
Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.
"I'd really like to be recognised for my journalism outside of New Zealand" *monkey's paw curls*
This is definitely the name of an English "It Girl" actor who suddenly turns up in everything and when you look into it her father owns Shropshire.
James Kelleher@jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · yesterdayOne step closer to the ur-treat, the treat that contains all treats within it
There was much media excitement last week over a well-substantiated claim that a Scottish film - shown in an Edinburgh picture house - was the world's first "Talkie", a year before… https://threadinburgh.scot/2026/10/12/pooles-synod-the-thread-about-edinburghs-pioneering-cinematic-hall-of-horror/
Poole’s Synod: the thread about Edinburgh’s pioneering cinematic Hall of Horror
There was much media excitement last week over a well-substantiated claim that a Scottish film - shown in an Edinburgh picture house - was the world's first "Talkie", a year before the "Jazz Singer". This thread examines that cinema and the pioneering family of entertainers who ran it.
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researchers gave raccoons puzzle boxes with marshmallows. even after eating the reward, the raccoons kept solving puzzles. Chancleta is appalled. dress this up how you will: these raccoons are embracing unpaid labor. they must stop being wreckers and develop some class consciousness.
The people at the BBC who think they're doing this to appease the right wing press are currently testing their hair out wondering why it's not working. The people who know it's all about destroying the BBC as an institution are laughing about how easy it is.
It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here!@scriblit.bsky.social · 11h agowell done lads, it's 2026 & you've managed to allow the fucking Sun to position itself as slightly less hostile to people who support LGBT+ rights than The Big Supposedly Gay Dancing Show
We picked the perfect day to see the exhibit
Whit EM@whittyrem.bsky.social · 2d agoA Keith Haring exhibit just opened at a museum near where we’re staying; truly I am god’s favorite
they should invent a Halloween party for people over thirty with depression
That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.
Celebration of the Manifesto of October 17, 1905 (flipped), by Ilya Repin, 1906, 📸 by Chris Kim
The last half of this quote wasn't circulating nearly as much yesterday, but it's actually the clincher. God bless this brilliant, gifted, absolutely deranged man.
Fryda Wolff@frydawolff.bsky.social · 2d agoNic Cage:
Heard someone suggest a reason that kids drink and do drugs less these days is because so many more are properly medicated for Adhd and autism and it's been stuck in my head since
I'm still sorting through these but like this thing has folders which contain hundreds of joel valentine's original sound effects for powerpuff girls and this is like fucking christmas for sound effects artists. this is like finding the ark of the covenant
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · yesterday⚠️ A massive leak containing model sheets, puppet rigs, storyboards, and other materials from Cartoon Network shows have been spread on the internet. Fans are speculating that the Skydance merger (as Paramount’s content is very notorious of getting leaked) was the cause.
It’s a beautiful day in the tiger enclosure and you are a horrible goose.
Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social · 2d agoGeese are insane: Example #2,987,304
Sitting on the sofa when suddenly a magpie marches past like he owns the place
In "Andy is doing another thing" news, on Wednesday I will be one of a panel of 3 speakers for the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust discussing "When Historic Buildings Go Viral". I will try impart my experience of trying to get the clicks about old buildings 🖱️ events.humanitix.com/when-histori...
When Historic Buildings Go Viral: Preservation in the Age of Social Media, sponsored by Curtins
Are we making the most of the social media appeal of our iconic buildings? With Finlay McFarlane, Andy Arthur and Ben Tisdale.
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Gone on holiday and I think this hotel is haunted by George Michael
Voice Actors for Palestine is back again this year, and I'm taking part again! If you can, please donate and get a VA to say what you want! ♥️
Kawiria | VA🎙️@kjcreed.bsky.social · 2d agoOver 120 VOICE ACTORS FOR PALESTINE. Let's raise as much support as possible for @opolivebranch.bsky.social! GO GO GO Requests OPEN: ‼️NOW‼️ Requests CLOSE: Oct 24 Form: forms.gle/zTij7kZtoeT7... #VoiceActorsforPalestine
I saw Tiramisu Cruffin play Viola in Twelfth Night at the Globe. Iqbal Achieve played Sebastian and Heathcote Pursuit was a surprisingly sympathetic Malvolio
James Kelleher@jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · yesterdayOne step closer to the ur-treat, the treat that contains all treats within it
(The top left hole has two pigeons) #critterposting
depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · yesterday
Also ignores how much later people now become home owners; shared space, flatmates; smaller homes or flats once you do manage to buy one.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · yesterdayThis article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The BBC charter section 6.4: "...the BBC should accurately and authentically represent and portray the lives of the people of the United Kingdom today, and raise awareness of the different cultures and alternative viewpoints that make up its society"
Mike (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴@mxmike.co.uk · yesterdayBethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
