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It is fantastic. TBH there a few missing episodes of this I'd have back over missing Doctor Who.

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

A brown triangular prism. The top side is used to for the triangular top-loading cartridges (this cartridge has Road Race, Tennis, and Quick Draw). The facing side is the pinball interface, with two paddles, a rotary switch, 'Slam Left', 'Slam Right', a skill selector, a power switch, and a reset button. The far side is a racing interface, with steering wheel and gear selector. The right side is shooting game interface, with a realistic looking sidearm and three buttons in holes. The interface panels alternate woodgrain and faux metal.

A triangular console with triangular cartridges, the Telstar Arcade was the last entry in the Coleco Telstar line, and it certainly left an impression.

First ever WD for me. Found it very confusing.

Tomorrow…

Nice pod. Glad to hear a bit of love for Never Say Die. I'm very fond of that album. Still think you should do Black Sabbath Pub Quiz when finally you want a change from Iron Maiden.

Here you go. If Black Sabbath had been Acid Folk softies.

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The jump scare when you realize Buzz Aldrin is not looking at the flag, he's looking at you

Years and years ago, I was upstairs minding my own business and then I could hear by brother downstair roaring at the television. Went downstairs and he was watching Top Secret. That was the first time I saw it.

Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer) This is the oldest known portrayal of a tree. It shows two people holding a tree, perhaps worshipping it. Nearby paintings also show trees apparently being worshipped. These painting are approximately...

Here is the oldest known painting of a tree. Find out more at Our Trees.

The Ambiguous Realism of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lost Trilogy - Reactor It's time to reconsider one of Le Guin's most vitally important works.

Le Guin's Annals of the Western Shore have never really gotten the attention they deserve, but the books feel more essential than ever. It's time for older and younger readers to rediscover this missing trilogy.

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Blimey, I actually remember watching that episode of James Whale. Glennys Kinnock thought that the show was on at 1pm not 1am when she booked it but she turned up anyway. How the hell do I remember that?

YouTube video by ukandanz uKanDanZ - WAR PIGS (Official Music Video)

Have been losing my mind all morning at this absolutely bowel-crushing Franco-Ethiopian jazz-funk cover of War Pigs. Holy shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVY...

'The Watcher' from Doctor Who, Logopolis

If you're wondering about the welfare of facts on Facebook, this screenshot from Doctor Who was posted as a purportedly genuine photograph of a supernatural event. 100s of thread repliers now seem to wholly accept the claim, even though discovering the image's true source would take a few seconds.

Here's this year's guide to navigating Glastonbury on the iPlayer stage-by-stage: feelinglistless.blogspot.com/2025/06/navi...

A Swift in flight, displaying its long curved wings and streamlined body, against a blurred background of green foliage. Under its small head, at its throat, a round bulge is visible - showing the Swifts' special throat pouch full of tasty insects ready to regurgitate as a 'bolus' (pellet) for its hungry chicks.

Did you know? Swift parents feed their chicks by regurgitating 'boluses' of food.

Caught on the wing & stored in a special throat pouch, they can contain up to 1000 insects!

Check out that throat pouch 👇

📷 Martin Abbess

#SwiftAwarenessWeek

Smug Smaug

Love the copy on the ad for Raleigh.

robolukas.bsky.social You probably won't see this but this is the Tomorrow's World theme I was talking about the other day.

Advert by The Brewers' Society from 1954

Strong "cbeebies magazine had sunglasses as a free gift and your 4-year-old wants to wear them to nursery" vibes in this pic

Still resting up and feeling a bit sorry for myself. But, look! The postie’s been!

Rotation periods & speeds of the planets

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Swifts’ decline: how can Britons help these remarkable birds? Campaigners are calling for compulsory ‘swift bricks’ in new homes to provide nesting sites

Starmer is resisting adding a £35 swift-brick onto the cost of building a house as it will have an effect on the billions of pounds of yacht-money that property developers make. They would have to wait several extra minutes longer before they could buy a new one if this became law

« Silence », 1900

by William Heath Robinson (British illustrator, 1872-1944)
Illustration for "The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, George Bell & Sons, London, 1900

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #WilliamHeathRobinson #EdgarAllanPoe #artnouveau #romanticism #gothicillustration

June 7, 1925: Nuremberg defeats Frankfurt, 1-0, in extra time to win the Viktoria Trophy of Germany's soccer club championship.

If you want to know what it's like hanging out with me in the pub when I'm not banging on about ALF, then listen to Looks Unfamiliar! Contains very little ALF banging.