Campbell

The spine of the the Douglas Bader biography Reach for the Sky bound in blue, the title written in white, all caps, in front of a bookshelf

The fist page of Reach for the Sky showing the stamp of St Thomas’s School, indicating the book is school property

The last page of the book Reach for the Sky which has a library record pasted into it. It shows the last withdrawal was 1 July 1986 to C McGill (me) in Room 6

One of your very best episodes with one of the best guests. I must confess the book made a big impression on 8 year old me too. Possibly time to return it…

Legs or no legs, we're taking on the Luftwaffe! This week, we're watching Reach For The Sky, the amazing Douglas Bader story, with guest Peter Apps, who watched the film as he prepared to rejoin the army after his spine was broken. champ.ly/SVAvFJG0

@taikonaut.bsky.social who else could hunt vampires in song? The Eagles with Tequila Sunrise. Maybe Donovan with Sunshine Superman?

„Ukraine can cede some land to Putin. Exactly this much”

@taikonaut.bsky.social life/death goals here

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

A young Tibopino, dancing out of the saddle of a Lapierre in classic Groupama FDJ blue colours, and an old Citroën 2CV in white and red. Setting aside that Tibo probably put out more Watts than the car’s engine, this image should carry a health warning about exposure to potentially-dangerous levels of Frenchness. Que l’Idole me manque.

Normal people: France, we love you, but are you sure you’re not going overboard on the Frenchness thing?

France:

Maybe Brownlee should DO HIS FUCKING JOB, or are his ears so full of undeclared property he cant hear?

as for winston, the vile, racist old fossil; retire. immediately.

and for anyone that votes for him, his stank is all over you. racists, cookers, all.

A lot of 1990s photos of Oasis look like this to me.

Just FYI @taikonaut.bsky.social

Post a banger not in English

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10/10, no notes, would buy
#Shinkansen

Campbell on the left under a grey sky and Doug on the right with a magnificent beard in Edinburgh

Not sure why, look at the hat I had to wear that time I visited!

I guess I never really believed your mum’s seemingly wild claims about darkness, cold and fried things.

@taikonaut.bsky.social it’s grim up north!

Loving the downhill skiing but the drone POV gives me vertigo and the sound of its rotors is giving vuvuzela vibes #MilanoCortina2026

Warm. The butter must not be liquid, nor must the toast be cold.

My partner is, shall we say, somewhat less immersed in the history of this type of thing, and she rather appreciated the subtext-is-for-cowards aspect, but agrees the movie as a whole is pants.

imagine all the books you could read in this bathroom. you'd never need your phone again

El Padre Antonio y Su Monaguillo Andres - danceable, but also heart breakable if you check the lyrics

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Me at the museum (left, behind the palms) you at the Winter Garden (right, arched glasshouse)

Here’s something I prepared earlier

This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.

The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.

Let's talk about it.

YouTube video by Logan McMillan Great Moments in New Zealand Cinema - Point Break (1991)

Alert Havoc & Newsboy!

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Not new, but a spot worth highlighting. It looks to me like they have a proper abuela in the kitchen - always a good sign.

MP resigns

A badass headline

RIP Maureen Pugh's political career, but we'll always have this headline of mine from 2021

Le crocodile! When will EAFC start having a draft excluder skill level for their players? Adriano 99 shot power, Jan Koller 99 draft excluder