Ed Jefferson
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writes/codes/talks about things no-one else would bother to. e dot jefferson at gmail. he/him. was @edjeff.
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The cultural impact of Avatar is all your posts about it.
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The cultural impact of Avatar is all your posts about it.
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Look! A @singmaraoke.bsky.social "wrapped" piece @edjefferson.com. It is very good. Have a read:
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Maraoke Wrapped 2025
Some people singing at Maraoke. Photo by Grey. I help run a live event called Maraoke, which is Modded Karaoke - a karaoke event where the lyrics to the normal kinds of songs you'd sing at maraoke hav...
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December 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Look! A @singmaraoke.bsky.social "wrapped" piece @edjefferson.com. It is very good. Have a read:
edjefferson.com/blog/maraoke...
edjefferson.com/blog/maraoke...
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My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
The real meaning of Christmas is getting sent photos by the cattery
December 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The real meaning of Christmas is getting sent photos by the cattery
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Last Friday’s Maraoke was amazing! Festive songs, loud voices, no regrets! Thanks to everyone who came 🤗
Maraoke will return in February 2026! Until then, have an amazing Festive Break, and see you next year! 🎤
Maraoke will return in February 2026! Until then, have an amazing Festive Break, and see you next year! 🎤
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Last Friday’s Maraoke was amazing! Festive songs, loud voices, no regrets! Thanks to everyone who came 🤗
Maraoke will return in February 2026! Until then, have an amazing Festive Break, and see you next year! 🎤
Maraoke will return in February 2026! Until then, have an amazing Festive Break, and see you next year! 🎤
The driver of this Elizabeth Line has just explained how doors work, so I imagine he's having a good day.
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The driver of this Elizabeth Line has just explained how doors work, so I imagine he's having a good day.
Finally he will pay for his crimes
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Finally he will pay for his crimes
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In which I attempt to figure out if you can prove what are the most Christmassy films using "science"
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In which I attempt to figure out if you can prove what are the most Christmassy films using "science"
My wife's watching some programme about chefs getting Michelin stars and I wasn't very interested until it turned out when you get awarded one the actual Michelin man turns up
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My wife's watching some programme about chefs getting Michelin stars and I wasn't very interested until it turned out when you get awarded one the actual Michelin man turns up
it's been bought by mr beast and he's going to fire it into space
Tolkien’s Merton College desk fetched £330,200 at auction, almost seven times the estimate. Christies say it is likely that “he managed the proofs of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King” from the desk: “the roll-top formed part of his daily editorial practice”.
The desk J.R.R Tolkien used during his tenure at Merton College as Professor of English Language and Literature is up for auction at Christies, with an estimate of £50,000. It was subsequently owned by Dame Iris Murdoch and John Bayley.
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
it's been bought by mr beast and he's going to fire it into space
I think this is basically right but also I don't think there was necessarily a solution other than just stop making MCU movies after Endgame which obviously they weren't going to do so.
Ok here’s my moderately spicy take - most of the 2019 MCU’s problems are because it’s too much like comic books now. And most people (not all but most, including me) just prefer films to comic books and always have
*Waves fist in air* CHAPEK!
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I think this is basically right but also I don't think there was necessarily a solution other than just stop making MCU movies after Endgame which obviously they weren't going to do so.
Apart from anything else, isn't she notably not a professor anymore?
Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
December 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Apart from anything else, isn't she notably not a professor anymore?
"Captain America" didn't warn anyone about 9-11? Interesting
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Captain America" didn't warn anyone about 9-11? Interesting
In which I attempt to figure out if you can prove what are the most Christmassy films using "science"
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In which I attempt to figure out if you can prove what are the most Christmassy films using "science"
merry christmas i have given you the best present of: a blog post with some DATA about DIE HARD
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Is Christmas A Movie Die Hard?
The season is here, the decorations are up, it's time again: you're going to hear someone pointing out that actually Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and if you are very lucky someone else might even tr...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
merry christmas i have given you the best present of: a blog post with some DATA about DIE HARD
edjefferson.com/is-christmas...
edjefferson.com/is-christmas...
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2025's final video is now available for all.
God Help Ye, Merry Gentlemen, it's Little and Large at Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujz...
God Help Ye, Merry Gentlemen, it's Little and Large at Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujz...
God Help Ye, Merry Gentlemen: Little and Large at Christmas
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December 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
2025's final video is now available for all.
God Help Ye, Merry Gentlemen, it's Little and Large at Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujz...
God Help Ye, Merry Gentlemen, it's Little and Large at Christmas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gujz...
not huge on breakfast normally but can't eat before i get a blood test in about an hour and please sir can i have some more
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
not huge on breakfast normally but can't eat before i get a blood test in about an hour and please sir can i have some more
dying and finding yourself being led somewhere bad by the spitting image court case paddington
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
dying and finding yourself being led somewhere bad by the spitting image court case paddington
the problem with all your avatar hot takes is regardless of whether some element of it is 'good, actually', they are films about extremely naff looking blue cgi people and if you honestly enjoy them you are a pervert
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the problem with all your avatar hot takes is regardless of whether some element of it is 'good, actually', they are films about extremely naff looking blue cgi people and if you honestly enjoy them you are a pervert
actually these are incredible. real 'does the person who made this have a head injury or do i?' stuff comicskingdom.com/alice/
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
actually these are incredible. real 'does the person who made this have a head injury or do i?' stuff comicskingdom.com/alice/
So we're all going to binge watch The War Between The Land And Sea right after the King's Speech yeah?
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So we're all going to binge watch The War Between The Land And Sea right after the King's Speech yeah?
The university free speech stuff always seems so bizarrely disconnected from what I remember university being like. I don't think I went to see a single person giving a talk in 4 years!
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The university free speech stuff always seems so bizarrely disconnected from what I remember university being like. I don't think I went to see a single person giving a talk in 4 years!
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
laughing at some would be Very Sensible type on facebook going 'but IS IT weird for drag queens to read books to children'. wait until you find out about panto mate
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
laughing at some would be Very Sensible type on facebook going 'but IS IT weird for drag queens to read books to children'. wait until you find out about panto mate