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Mark Childs

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Durham University Senior Learning Designer. Co-host of Pedagodzilla. DJ on The Thursday Night Show. Posts mainly about comics, cats and kaiju. Chaotic neutral apparently.

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An image of the Tyrell Corporation headquarters, manufacturers of the replicants in Blade Runner. their slogan is More Human than Human. I suppose not the off-shoot of the crisp manufacturer ... but you never know.

An image of the Tyrell Corporation headquarters, manufacturers of the replicants in Blade Runner. their slogan is More Human than Human. I suppose not the off-shoot of the crisp manufacturer ... but you never know.

Maybe time to start diversifying www.perspectivemedia.com/tyrrells-veg...

28.02.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hannah Spencer: the Green MP speaking to everyday people’s frustrations Winner of Gorton and Denton byelection was driven into politics by growing gap between super-rich and the β€˜rest of us’

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member.

We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

27.02.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2009    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 16

If AI can do your schoolwork, you've been set the wrong schoolwork.

25.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Attaching a wooden nose that grows when you lie - brilliant idea. Fit one to trump and it would be such a massive carbon sink it'd solve global warming.

25.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell

These are wonderful - like the antithesis of www.entrances2hell.co.uk

25.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Though straight after posting that I started cooking. The ringpull came off the tin i was opening and the tin opener wouldn't connect. My creative solution involving a chisel and a mallet led to me and the kitchen now being covered in chopped tomatoes. So maybe I'm not the best judge of creativity.

23.02.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling yourself a "creative" makes it clear that you think everyone else isn't. It's very rare to meet someone who doesn't have some creative talent.

23.02.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

First had it pointed out to me by my wife who got very angry while we were looking at The Great Tapestry of Scotland. The posh blokes who did the art that the tapestry was based on were the creatives, the (mainly) women (mainly) working class embroiderers who did the work were the craftspeople.

23.02.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also the huge class correspondences of the word - a lot of creative working class people have roles that are labelled technical or crafts - middle- / upper-class people commandeer the word "creative" as a noun to label their role.

23.02.2026 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this post a character that starts with the letter D

22.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A) can’t wait for this movie bc long live Gorillaz and B) the smarmy way the radio host is like β€œoh so you’ve NEVER used AI??” And Jamie and Damon both laughing and being like β€œlmao no” is the energy we should all have for these losers

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DVC1lAs...

22.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of a tabby cat in full BrΓΌnhilde gear (winged helmet, breast plate of armor) staring off camera. Presumably toward some early 20th century churro-type treat.

Black and white photo of a tabby cat in full BrΓΌnhilde gear (winged helmet, breast plate of armor) staring off camera. Presumably toward some early 20th century churro-type treat.

And a thank you to @librarycongress.bsky.social IG page for today’s #Caturday photo.

21.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 3
Noel Neill as Lois Lane in Superman (1948)

Noel Neill as Lois Lane in Superman (1948)

It's good to read that Margot Kidder is doing well - and no diss intended to her - but the "original" Lois Lane? How poorly do these journos do their research? Or evem just pay attention to the world around them?

www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...

The Noel Neill side-eye is very appropriate here.

20.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mom whose 7-year-old has brain swelling from measles still wouldn’t vaccinate EXCLUSIVE: South Carolina parents living in the state’s measles epicenter tell Rhian Lubin of their devastation after their unvaccinated 7-year-old son, Ethan, developed encephalitis, a complication f...

"It's in god's hands" www.the-independent.com/news/health/... No no no you stupid fuck. There is no god. It was in your hands and you fucked it up. This is the face of evil of 2026. How the hell do we stop this?

19.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Notions.

19.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't. My mind is going.
I can feel it
I can feel it.

18.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Year nine children to be offered vaccinations Schools in Wolverhampton are inviting parents to sign their children up for vaccinations.

It's disappointing (and dangerous) that this is an opt-in process rather than opt-out. Default should be that children get vaccinated _unless_ parents object. Some won't be bothered, and if the child is pro-vaccine and the parents aren't, they can just not tell them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

16.02.2026 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What? Trimpe is TWO syllables? Buscema starts with a byoo? Moench has a silent "o"? This is like 50 years of sounding these wrong in my head to fix.

15.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember the couple from Yorkshire? They are here again.

12.02.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
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β€œWe Thought Someone Else Would Stop Him”
Holocaust survivors were asked the same question for decades.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

05.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 871    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 38

only 30 mins left so hurry

05.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Internet Radio Live Music Eclectic | thethursdaynightshow Eclectic Internet Radio with online live music and art showings every Thursday Night! www.thethursdaynightshow.com

Uh if you're not listening to Jan Travell on ttns.uk RIGHT NOW, you are missing out, drum and bass, techno, jungle with a very avant garde twist.

05.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...

NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.

Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

31.01.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2738    πŸ” 836    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 299
Christopher Judge as Taul'c and Neil Dennis as Rya'c.

Christopher Judge as Taul'c and Neil Dennis as Rya'c.

End of the second month of the #FullStargateRewatch Disc 31 of 96. A month ago I'd made it to Disc 12 of 86, but since then I've bought both seasons of SGU. This is season 6 ep 1 of Stargate SG1 - Redemption.

31.01.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

31.01.2026 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3779    πŸ” 1303    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 147

And not forgetting The Sausage Bunch.

30.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I'm betting, the thing that you wrote 10 years ago that you accidentally come across is SO good you can't believe you wrote it. Weird how that works out.

29.01.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A sausage cable.

A sausage cable.

Oh well then ... if we're doing Peckinpah - The Ballad of Cable Sausage

29.01.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Chicken Sausage

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