waltydunlop
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Small, hairy ex-library assistant
This came out today, and oh my. I can only judge by the Kindle edition which is the one I have access to, but it's just... beautiful. Pretty much all of the main range covers (some of them are full page, others rather smaller), commentary from artistic admirers. I love this thing.
Someone stole my toilet! I suspect this guy
I'd be quite cross about this idiotic quote, but I can't get past those ears. They look like they're attached to a sort of headband thing so he can take them off at night.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."
Just went looking to confirm a bit of Doctor Who related news. The site I landed on suggested I might like to accept cookies from 1266 of their partners / associates before continuing, and I'm sorry but that's not going to be happening. I don't need the information THAT badly.
The Law... In Order, all the way back to the beginning. At 5.5" by 8.5" they're smaller physically than The Complete Case Files, but rammed full of good stuff (volume 1 is 224 pages long). DC's Compact Comics have been a roaring success. I can't see any reason why this won't be either.
Maverick Morris@stevewmorris.bsky.social · 2h agoJudge Dredd: Compact Crimes - * Same size as DC’s Compact Comics * Every Dredd story in chronological order * New volume publishing each and every month in 2027 * Priced £9.99 in UK; $12.99 in USA * John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, Pat Mills, Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Ron Smith, and more!
Today's Hancock's Half Hour - "The Rail Strike" from June 1955. Starts with the sound of a train whistle and Hancock muttering "Just thought you'd like to hear one again". The national strike which ran from 29th May to 14th June and led to a State of Emergency declaration was obviously biting hard.
Hancock's Half Hour - Series 2 - The Rail Strike - BBC Sounds
The Lad tries to outwit a strike on the railways.
bbc.co.uk
Found myself earwormed by "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears" by The Monkees. You know a band has got hold of you to the depths of your soul when you start humming their rarities.
A while back, found myself wondering if children these days had any barmy older relative figures to painlessly explain science, physics etc in the way I had. Then I caught a bit of something where Fran Scott demonstrated displacement of water by standing in a paddling pool, so the answer's yes.
All those brilliant barmy uncles. I learned an awful lot and it never felt like school.
Graham Ward@grahamward.bsky.social · 5h agoI just want to thank my old teachers. Particularly Mr Ball (maths), Mr Hart (art), Mr Wolff (physics), Mr Bellamy (biology), Mr Pyke (chemistry) and Mr Lunn (metalwork)
America has never been more America. Cheerleaders recreate 9/11
CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 22h agoOh my god I think I found the video.
After his funeral the kids he taught to operate his Victorian letterpress helped each of the mourners ink up and print a tribute to him.
My obituary in today’s Guardian for the much-loved Simon Trewin, my literary agent for three decades.
Search engines would start working properly. Crap nostalgia groups on FB would have to put the graft in to produce their ridiculous posts. People in photographs might suddenly have two arms again, instead of three and a tentacle or something. Art might not be uniformly sludge brown. Be nice, really.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 18h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Dare to be as confidently wrong as the designer of the Dalek movie Blu-ray menu:
Given that I seem to spend my life looking for the "switch AI off" button in everything I ever use online, I think I'll be alright somehow if it goes away.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 18h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Dai Station currently hiding and hoping Idris the Firebox Dragon hasn't gone over to the dark side.
Joe Scaramanga@joescaramanga.co.uk · 21h agoIvor the AT-AT
Expect a declaration of war from the Selenites before the day's out.
The Independent@the-independent.com · 10h agoBREAKING | An out-of-control SpaceX rocket has collided with the Moon READ MORE: trib.al/mGkWuJh
Caught short and having to make an emergency stomp for the bushes, Take That's giant robot is not best pleased to be interrupted by a bunch of pesky humans.
Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 11h agoSurely that’s just Gary Barlow’s ginormous son?
Happened to me almost every day of my working life. You don't know terror until you hear the sound of someone who hasn't bothered to check if there's anyone in the stacks unsnibbing the locking bar and giving it the full Star Wars Trash Compactor routine when you're the one inside.
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 18h agoi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
He's not looking far off from Doomlord in that image. Is he going to get out of this by taking over a dog or something?
John86@john86l.bsky.social · 19h agoIf you listen really carefully you can hear the distant sounds of hundreds of people preparing their Downfall memes.
It wasn't until I started digging into the PDFs on Network's Callan set that I realised that - there were three episodes of the bugger, but two of them have (fortunately) been lost. The surviving one is a tough watch. A real endurance test. I almost didn't make it through...
Why Don't YouTube?@whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 20h agoAt his peak of Callan fame TV's song'n'dance'n'burning alive man gets himself The Edward Woodward Hour today in 1971, including a crossover sketch between Callan and Father Dear Father that Woodward would call the most embarrassing moment of his career.
Listening to a bootleg of a Police gig from early 1982. Andy Summers has just taken Demolition Man by the scruff of the neck and delivered one of the best live solos you could imagine. Sting - "Nice one, Andrew. Andy Summers, everyone" Audience goes batshit, Sting shuts them down (more)
Short French adaptation of "The Nine Billion Names of God", from 2018. Looks absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to see this.
Captain Howdy@captainhowdy.bsky.social · 22h agoAnd here's the whole thing. Looks great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtvS...
"Are you listening to Steven Wilson in there?" "NO! DON'T COME IN!!!!"
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · yesterdayMy wife is getting suspicious because I'm staying up later than her to do things on the computer. I've actually got into prog and am streaming stuff and don't want her to take the piss
Oh, don't be upset. It was a mercy killing.
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
My pleasure to inform you that The National Theatre of Brent's "All The World's A Globe" is being repeated at the moment. Episodes 1-4 up to listen again. Everything that ever happened of any importance, recounted by Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, with help from Mr Barker.
BBC Radio 4 Extra - All the World's a Globe, 1. The Creation
The chaotic and noisy story of life on Earth from the National Theatre of Brent .
bbc.co.uk
