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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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Also S9 has more Claudia Black.

04.03.2026 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think because how the Ori use religion as a form of oppression is more akin to how it's used to oppress in reality, so as a metaphor it works even better. And even though the Jaffa plotline reached a conclusion in S8, seeing what happens _after_ the protagonists have won is also rarely seen.

04.03.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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End of third month of my #StargateRewatch - now on s9 ep 1 of SG-1 - 51st DVD of 96. Ben Browder joins the cast. This actually feels more like the pilot of a spin-off show, and no worse for that. The Goa'uld storyline naturally ran its course, and the Ori are (if anything) a scarier foe.

04.03.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do we have a particle physics sounding name for these particles? Best I've come up with so far is fuehrons. Needs work.

03.03.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was the same, busy working Saturday and out visiting friends Sunday. Got home to a text from my wife saying her flight home had been cancelled because of the war. Errrm what war? Just shows what happens when you don't pay attention.

02.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How every journalist with integrity should question Israeli and US spokespeople and challenge propaganda.

β€œYour prime minister is a wanted war criminal. You don't have the moral high ground here at all.”

"What about the 100 or so girls in Iran who have been killed in a strike?"

02.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 484    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 9
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‘ 2    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‘ 2035    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 17

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‘ 530    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‘ 533    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‘ 183    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‘ 872    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...

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