Feel I should watch something to commemorate 100 years of telly, so I shall.
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Feel I should watch something to commemorate 100 years of telly, so I shall.
100 years since the birth of television. 200 years since the opening shot from The Leisure Hive began.
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
100 years since the birth of television. 200 years since the opening shot from The Leisure Hive began.
It's also a lot bloody closer than I realised.
Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages here on Earth, new research finds
Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages here on Earth, new research finds
Mars’s gravity shapes ice ages here on Earth, new research finds
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It's also a lot bloody closer than I realised.
Before I could flush, it defected to Reform.
#DefecationDefection
#DefecationDefection
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Before I could flush, it defected to Reform.
#DefecationDefection
#DefecationDefection
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"What you doing there, Jones?"
"Re-enacting my favourite bit from Hot Fuzz. Stand still."
"Right-oh."
"Re-enacting my favourite bit from Hot Fuzz. Stand still."
"Right-oh."
January 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"What you doing there, Jones?"
"Re-enacting my favourite bit from Hot Fuzz. Stand still."
"Right-oh."
"Re-enacting my favourite bit from Hot Fuzz. Stand still."
"Right-oh."
Watching a documentary about the Ealing Comedies. Only ever seen 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988) era Charles Crichton and couldn't help thinking "Oh, look how young he is!"
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Watching a documentary about the Ealing Comedies. Only ever seen 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988) era Charles Crichton and couldn't help thinking "Oh, look how young he is!"
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Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
I don’t know what you’re all going on about. Television began with the first Quatermass serial. Before that it was just radio vid-blogging.
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I don’t know what you’re all going on about. Television began with the first Quatermass serial. Before that it was just radio vid-blogging.
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The thing about TV being hundred means that it was exactly at its halfway point in January 1976, and yes, part four of The Brain of Morbius, that is probably the peak moment of all television.
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The thing about TV being hundred means that it was exactly at its halfway point in January 1976, and yes, part four of The Brain of Morbius, that is probably the peak moment of all television.
Don’t want to start a panic, but I’m beginning to suspect that some people online are not arguing entirely in good faith.
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Don’t want to start a panic, but I’m beginning to suspect that some people online are not arguing entirely in good faith.
Me, 11 seconds into a social engagement.
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Me, 11 seconds into a social engagement.
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"Not so very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway..." Ivor the Engine puffed back onto TV in a new series of colour episodes starting #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed co-creators Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin (Ivor background artwork on wall).
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"Not so very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway..." Ivor the Engine puffed back onto TV in a new series of colour episodes starting #OTD 50 years ago. @radiotimes.bsky.social photographed co-creators Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin (Ivor background artwork on wall).
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We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
When someone rings the doorbell after 6PM.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
When someone rings the doorbell after 6PM.
Lousy pun and factually inaccurate. Still a great story, though.
January 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Lousy pun and factually inaccurate. Still a great story, though.
JL2 Lucie Miller / To The Death. Sorry, I hated this. Dalek Invasion Of Earth - The Boring Version, lots of action masking a snail's pace plot, maudlin speeches, repetitive exposition, contrived histrionics, cheap shock deaths, leaden dialogue. Miserable, cynical and dull. Good acting, tho.
January 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
JL2 Lucie Miller / To The Death. Sorry, I hated this. Dalek Invasion Of Earth - The Boring Version, lots of action masking a snail's pace plot, maudlin speeches, repetitive exposition, contrived histrionics, cheap shock deaths, leaden dialogue. Miserable, cynical and dull. Good acting, tho.
Not sure tutting counts as a war.
Labour at war after Starmer blocks Andy Burnham’s Commons comeback bid
Labour at war after Starmer blocks Andy Burnham’s Commons comeback bid
Labour at war after Starmer blocks Andy Burnham’s Commons comeback bid
www.independent.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Not sure tutting counts as a war.
Not Paul Simon's best, to be honest.
Five ways weight-loss jabs are changing spending habits
Five ways weight-loss jabs are changing spending habits
With GLP-1 drugs rising in popularity, how are businesses adapting to a new type of consumer?
www.bbc.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Not Paul Simon's best, to be honest.
Might stand for parliament, as a joke, win, take the leadership, dissolve the UK, sell everything, buy a nice flat in Worthing and retire. As a joke.
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Might stand for parliament, as a joke, win, take the leadership, dissolve the UK, sell everything, buy a nice flat in Worthing and retire. As a joke.
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It was hidden in the last place anyone would look, hung on the wall about two foot from another portrait.
January 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It was hidden in the last place anyone would look, hung on the wall about two foot from another portrait.
Maybe it's the despair talking, but I'm finding the Burnham stuff very funny.
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Maybe it's the despair talking, but I'm finding the Burnham stuff very funny.
Rebrand as BBC Views, then you can drop the act. “Here’s what people are saying. The facts? Sorry, you’ll need a news service for that, we just do gossip.”
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Rebrand as BBC Views, then you can drop the act. “Here’s what people are saying. The facts? Sorry, you’ll need a news service for that, we just do gossip.”
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Decided to get in the mood for the Wonder Man TV series and @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social's new Iron Man comic with a rewatch of one of my favourite MCU movies.
boxd.it/cOa0MZ
boxd.it/cOa0MZ
A ★★★★★ review of Iron Man 3 (2013)
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January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Decided to get in the mood for the Wonder Man TV series and @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social's new Iron Man comic with a rewatch of one of my favourite MCU movies.
boxd.it/cOa0MZ
boxd.it/cOa0MZ