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James Grady
@jdgrady.bsky.social
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I like films, the odder the better. Interesting music and literature. I occasionally take pinhole photographs.
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It’s time for more ‘Fantômas’
‘Fantômas Returns!’ Blu-ray box set cover
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Tonight’s film, ‘Fantomas’
‘Fantomas’ blu-ray cover
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Come on, Cookie. I'll go show you my chickens.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#34: Coins
A screenshot of a headline to an Adrian Chiles Guardian column. It reads 'I decided to put my change into a cash-converting machine. Big mistake.' I only really have myself to blame, I know that now. I had been living in the woods for about a month, in the battered one-man tent that I’d inherited from Chaotic John after living on the streets proved too much for his bronchitis. I’d always had an affinity with the forest since growing up in the countryside and being there, amongst the trees and plants, took me out of thinking about all the bad things that had happened since—all the moments that had broken me and pushed me out of any kind of regular life. Walking down to the stream one morning for a wash, I came across the log. Moss-covered, half-overgrown, it still somehow glinted in the morning light. As I looked closer I saw that embedded in the wood were hundreds of coins, all denominations, some dating back decades, maybe even longer. It was a beautiful, unusual sight, and I wish to heaven that I’d left it as it was, but the hunger in my belly was growing and my pockets were empty and so, with my rusted penknife in hand, I spent the next hour digging them all out. When I ran to the supermarket I found I was too early—it hadn’t yet opened. But the coin-converter machine in the shop’s lobby was accessible. I don’t know why I threw all my newly-acquired coins into the slot—perhaps just self-consciousness about how grubby they all looked, the silver blackened and scarred, as if that would somehow reflect back upon me—but in a minute it was done. The button in front of me lit up. CHANGE. I don’t remember pressing it, but I do remember the shriek I let out as my bones began to stretch and elongate, as my jaw dislocated and pushed out, as the thick wolfish hairs began to prick out from my skin. I remember falling to my knees as my spine and ribs reshaped themselves and my claws scraped the pavement. I remember my howl to the morning air and I remember running. I awoke hours late with blood staining my teeth, flesh beneath my nails, and the weight of regret that burdens all the accursed.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Yma Sumac, home recording studio, LA, 1955.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Current WFH listening
Xenakis ‘Orchestral Works, vol 4’ CD cover
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Today’s WFH listening, Stockhausen’s ‘Samstag aus Licht’
Stockhausen, ‘Samstag aus Licht’ CD boxset cover
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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This afternoon’s rewatch
‘Death Line’ blu-ray cover
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Flu jab done, though it cost £21
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Tonight’s rewatch
‘Caltiki the Immortal Monster’ blu-ray cover
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Today is the day…
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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This afternoon’s rewatch, ‘The Masque of the Red Death’
‘The Masque of the Red Death’ blu-ray cover
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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'John Waters and David Lynch meet outside of Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Los Angeles, 1979.'
two men shking hands infront of a creepy burger mascot
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Well, I think it’s time to rewatch ‘The Body Beneath’..!
‘The Dungeon of Andy Milligan’ blu-ray boxset
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Deutsches Bier!
Deutsches Bier
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Find out how the institution got its radical reputation in today's story:
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/porn-stars-t...
Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
With its porn studies strand, BCU earns its reputation for the radical
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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A cluster of Birmingham academics have made a Birmingham university a leading institution for porn studies in the UK.

Who knew BCU was home to such a spicy discipline?
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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You may want to do this for when Hookland is rude …
astridoverthere.bsky.social I said abolish and I fucking meant it @astridoverthere.bsky.social · 9d
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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“That’s why on 8th November, The Dyke Project and some of our friends have organised a morning of celebration to reclaim Hampstead Heath from the terfs. How will we do this? By having a fabulous time!”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Upcoming trans-joy-filled community event aims to reclaim Hampstead Heath ponds
A morning of trans joy and community celebration will take place to, as organisers put it, "reclaim Hampstead Heath from the TERFs".
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November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Who knew, it wasn’t patriotism, it was money. And maybe a choice slot on GB News.

These amateurs learning that if you lie to a good journalist, they’ll just fact check you. Nice work @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social

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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Let's dance!
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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This afternoon’s WFH CD, Stockhausen’s Mittwochsgruss
Stockhausen, Mittwochsgruss CD cover
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Welcome to Mortville, ladies.
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Tonight’s film, ‘Who?’
‘Who?’ Blu-ray cover
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM