@electronicdan.bsky.social
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ A gay, geeky nerd. Fan of Classic Doctor Who, British TV + Britcoms, Sci-Fi, Mysteries, Board and Computer Games, Classic Movies/Hollywood, Math, Science, Technology, Jewish, Liberal/Center-Left/Democrat
Watching The Monster of Peladon and reached this moment, and all I could think of was "No Capes!"
#classicdrwho #doctorwho #tvsky #whosky ๐บ
TIL that a single d100 die was possible (I would have assumed it was simulated with two d10 dice or something, but googling showed that there is such a die)
29.01.2026 15:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If I had a nickel for every orange class ranked war weapon with two bonuses that I managed to buy for the typical price of a non-rw weapon in Torn, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
My newest acquisition.
#torn #torncity #mmorpg #gamesky ๐น๏ธ
There wasn't time for another primary and, given her name recognition and that she dominated in the polling of who Democrats wanted to replace Biden, she would have won the primary anyway. Also, having been on the ticket, she was the only candidate that would have been eligible for Biden's warchest.
25.01.2026 15:04 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Watching Fitzwilly (1967), and did not expect to see Velma snooping around the mansion.
#scoobydoo #velma ๐ฝ๏ธ๐บ
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#scifi #blakes7 #tvsky ๐บ
In the 80s, the Commodore 64 put computing into homes all over the world. Kids experimented, learned to code, built games. Millions of people gained access to tools they never would have had otherwise โ all because a Holocaust survivor refused to let the trauma stop him from making a difference.
6/8
Share someone who looks stylish in a beret
15.01.2026 18:28 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Most likely my faction won't be hit, but likely another faction in the alliance we're in, given the rumors for the last few days...
Time to take a break, I think.
Going in to play Torn City for a bit and... Oh dear.
๐น๏ธ #gamesky #torncity #mmorpg
Crossfire (1947)
#FilmNoir
Keys of Marinus as well (due to damage, rather than overseas cuts)
13.01.2026 14:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's a good episode. Thankfully, though, unlike with the black and white episode of The Planet of the Daleks, it could be removed without hurting the overall story too much.
12.01.2026 17:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This was one of the last episodes I saw, as the story had only ever been broadcast here without the first episode, presumably because PBS didn't want to broadcast a black and white episode when the rest of the story was in color.๐บ
#drwho #classicdrwho
The Martian women in question:
12.01.2026 03:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A scene from Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen of the sixth Doctor facing a Cryon.
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to Cryon.
25.12.2025 22:38 โ ๐ 105 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3"QUATERMASS AND THE PIT: Imps and Demons"
(transmitted 05/01/59)
When an excavation unearths a mysterious missile which has been buried for over five million years. Professor Quatermass (Andrรฉ Morell) and a bomb disposal team gain entry to a sealed compartment... #horrorfam #horror #scifi #1950s
Quatermass and the Pit - Imps and Demons (5th January 1959). "It's all right, they're dead. They've been dead for a long time".
05.01.2026 18:03 โ ๐ 78 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 1An absolute favourite bit of lunancy. Some people dancing to incidental music from The Moonbase in 1966.
03.01.2026 16:38 โ ๐ 111 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 5Montage of creative works entering the public domain in the US in 2026.
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
๐ Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
๐ต๏ธโ๏ธ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
๐ The Little Engine That Could
๐ฉ Morocco
๐ Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
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Welcome to the Public Domain, MURDER AT THE VICARAGE (1930), starring Miss Marple ๐
๐งถ Agatha Christieโs other famous detective appeared in this, her first full-length novel. Uncover the killer in this newly #publicdomain work.
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Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) ๐ญ
๐ Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.
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#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) ๐ฆ
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๐ต๏ธ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
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