David Matthewman
@djm4.bsky.social
Sheffield,-UK-based liberal leftie geek, into SFF generally and Dr Who specifically. Likes cycling and birdwatching, but very much playing both on easy mode. LOFC fan in exile. Pronouns he/him/himself
Also on Mastodon as @djm4@mastodon.me.uk
Also on Mastodon as @djm4@mastodon.me.uk
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I would crawl over broken glass to see this, with one change: bring back Pierce as Bond. Grizzled beardy Bond. We all know he loves The Muppets.
Right. Here's my big pitch:
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
Muppet James Bond
James Bond in…A Heart-Felt Goodbye
Dominic Cooper as Bond
Kermit M Frog
Mrs Moneypiggy
Beaker & Dr Bunsen HoneyQ
The agents of G.O.N.Z.O. want to kidnap the world's chickens. MI5 has a mole (Rizzo the Rat). An agent is undercover as a chef in Sweden.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I would crawl over broken glass to see this, with one change: bring back Pierce as Bond. Grizzled beardy Bond. We all know he loves The Muppets.
Tell me you haven't read From Russia With Love without telling me you haven't read From Russia With Love.
(Context: at the end of the novel, Bond is poisoned by Rosa Klebb. He collapses to the floor and it's strongly implied he's dying. This cliffhanger is simply ignored in the next book.)
(Context: at the end of the novel, Bond is poisoned by Rosa Klebb. He collapses to the floor and it's strongly implied he's dying. This cliffhanger is simply ignored in the next book.)
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tell me you haven't read From Russia With Love without telling me you haven't read From Russia With Love.
(Context: at the end of the novel, Bond is poisoned by Rosa Klebb. He collapses to the floor and it's strongly implied he's dying. This cliffhanger is simply ignored in the next book.)
(Context: at the end of the novel, Bond is poisoned by Rosa Klebb. He collapses to the floor and it's strongly implied he's dying. This cliffhanger is simply ignored in the next book.)
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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I'm still not over the three Doctor Who fans in "Lux" unanimously agreeing that "Blink" was their favourite episode. One of them is holding a Pertwee-model sonic screwdriver. They have shelves full of Big Finish and VNAs. They absolutely know what Faction Paradox is. (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I'm still not over the three Doctor Who fans in "Lux" unanimously agreeing that "Blink" was their favourite episode. One of them is holding a Pertwee-model sonic screwdriver. They have shelves full of Big Finish and VNAs. They absolutely know what Faction Paradox is. (1/2)
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After a brief argument establishing that only stuff written and filmed for television counts, one of them names a serial that only exists in telesnap form, one of them says "Shada", and one of them breaks out a powerpoint presentation defending Trial of a Time Lord. (2/2)
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
After a brief argument establishing that only stuff written and filmed for television counts, one of them names a serial that only exists in telesnap form, one of them says "Shada", and one of them breaks out a powerpoint presentation defending Trial of a Time Lord. (2/2)
Just tried BlueSky's age verification partner again. It's still quite rude about my features.
Also following the instructions as they appear on screen? I took my glasses off - I can barely see that they exist!
Also following the instructions as they appear on screen? I took my glasses off - I can barely see that they exist!
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just tried BlueSky's age verification partner again. It's still quite rude about my features.
Also following the instructions as they appear on screen? I took my glasses off - I can barely see that they exist!
Also following the instructions as they appear on screen? I took my glasses off - I can barely see that they exist!
Oh brilliant! I remember being gripped watching episode 1 as an 11-year-old and then missing the next two because I was away from home. Didn't pick it up again because I figured I'd missed too much of the story. I will definitely watch this when it comes round.
Lummy! Just saw an ad on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social for 'The Omega Factor'. Starts December 5th.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Oh brilliant! I remember being gripped watching episode 1 as an 11-year-old and then missing the next two because I was away from home. Didn't pick it up again because I figured I'd missed too much of the story. I will definitely watch this when it comes round.
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The reason I'm reluctant to concede Remembrance Sunday and the symbol of the poppy to jingoistic scolds and nationalistic chauvinists is that I'm old enough to remember the generation who experienced the horrors of 1914-45. Nothing disrespects them more than what many are trying to turn today into.
I recall around 1990 an elderly supply teacher explaining to my class what war is actually like, macho mythology aside. The sound bullets make. Men crying for their mummys as they die on the battlefield. It's haunted me ever since, and certainly played a role in politicising me.
As a teen or young adult in the 1990s you had constant encounters with people in their 50s-80s who were combatants, victims or perpetrators during catastrophes of the mid-20th century
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The reason I'm reluctant to concede Remembrance Sunday and the symbol of the poppy to jingoistic scolds and nationalistic chauvinists is that I'm old enough to remember the generation who experienced the horrors of 1914-45. Nothing disrespects them more than what many are trying to turn today into.
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One of the things I often hear guys complain about when it comes to dating is that they got rejected (or sometimes ghosted) without understanding why.
Here are 3 possibilities to consider...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
Here are 3 possibilities to consider...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
One of the things I often hear guys complain about when it comes to dating is that they got rejected (or sometimes ghosted) without understanding why.
Here are 3 possibilities to consider...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
Here are 3 possibilities to consider...
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY FUCKING FIXED IT
And now we are seated for Chess, woohoo!
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY FUCKING FIXED IT
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Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hear me out Blake’s 7 but Muppets, Vila the only human
Look, I know it's 'just good acting', but I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone inhabit a different person each time they step on the dancefloor as clearly as Alex Kingston does. It's like she actually shapeshifts. #Strictly
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Look, I know it's 'just good acting', but I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone inhabit a different person each time they step on the dancefloor as clearly as Alex Kingston does. It's like she actually shapeshifts. #Strictly
My first walk out of the house since coming down with Covid on late Tuesday. Sheffield from Parkwood Springs on a November afternoon: I love my city.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My first walk out of the house since coming down with Covid on late Tuesday. Sheffield from Parkwood Springs on a November afternoon: I love my city.
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And so it was that throughout the lands, as news readers named Watson and Crick as the discoverers of the DNA helix, a rousing chorus of “Rosalind Franklin” was directed towards the news.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And so it was that throughout the lands, as news readers named Watson and Crick as the discoverers of the DNA helix, a rousing chorus of “Rosalind Franklin” was directed towards the news.
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Me: The reason no production of Chess has ever succeeded other than the in-concert version is because absolutely no one including the authors are aware of the fact that Florence is the protagonist of the show--
Sarah: Babe, the question was "are you interested in anything for lunch".
Sarah: Babe, the question was "are you interested in anything for lunch".
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Me: The reason no production of Chess has ever succeeded other than the in-concert version is because absolutely no one including the authors are aware of the fact that Florence is the protagonist of the show--
Sarah: Babe, the question was "are you interested in anything for lunch".
Sarah: Babe, the question was "are you interested in anything for lunch".
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November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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How did I not know that this actually exists??? robotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Celebri... thank you @drlucyrogers.com!
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How did I not know that this actually exists??? robotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Celebri... thank you @drlucyrogers.com!
I love that they always play The Hanging Tree for the final round table. #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I love that they always play The Hanging Tree for the final round table. #CelebrityTraitors
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This is very good
Kind of my point www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog...
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is very good
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
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Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
Boston mayor Michelle Wu officially claims second term, cementing dominance in city - The Boston Globe
Mayor Michelle Wu ran unopposed, presiding unchallenged over Boston politics after a year in which it seemed her true political opposition was President Trump.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Let's not forget that the only reason we're not talking about Boston @mayorwu.boston.gov's victory tonight is because she won her preliminary election so decisively that her billionaire heir opponent dropped out. ✊
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Look, I know it's one election, and not even in this country, but thank you New York. I'd forgotten what it was like to wake up to hope rather than despair.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Look, I know it's one election, and not even in this country, but thank you New York. I'd forgotten what it was like to wake up to hope rather than despair.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
The billionaires are going to hate this so much. I hope you react like you reacted to the green goblin being mean to Spiderman in 2002.
Oh dear.
(clears plans for the next week or so)
(clears plans for the next week or so)
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh dear.
(clears plans for the next week or so)
(clears plans for the next week or so)
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No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
No more Black or trans staffers. No politics of any kind. The cowardice of mainstream media isn't just insulting, it's *boring.* Now TV is just like any other beauty rag. Why not just kill it quickly? Why the slow-motion pretense?