Mark Faulkner
@markfaulkner24.bsky.social
Librarian, Knowledge Manager, Data Protection Officer and Records Manager. Let me know if I can be of any further help.
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Mark Faulkner
@markfaulkner24.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Bored, so I thought I'd 🧵 my #DoctorWho and professional #library, knowledge management, records management and book related passions together, and chart the occurrences they appear in the time travelling programme. No doubt I've missed some, so please let me know.
Really looking forward to the release of early Super Furry Animals stuff. This, with Rhys Ifans on vocals shows their already brimming potential.
youtu.be/nth8jdyseD4?...
youtu.be/nth8jdyseD4?...
Super Furry Animals - Pocket Sam
YouTube video by Super Furry Animals
youtu.be
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Really looking forward to the release of early Super Furry Animals stuff. This, with Rhys Ifans on vocals shows their already brimming potential.
youtu.be/nth8jdyseD4?...
youtu.be/nth8jdyseD4?...
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Currently listening to this banger. youtube.com/watch?v=p1VQ...
Gorillaz - Momentz feat. De La Soul (Visualizer)
YouTube video by Gorillaz Central
youtube.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Currently listening to this banger. youtube.com/watch?v=p1VQ...
I too am going to recommend Small Prophets.
February 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I too am going to recommend Small Prophets.
I'm watching Smiley's People for the first time, and OMG! It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Alan Rickman!
February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I'm watching Smiley's People for the first time, and OMG! It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Alan Rickman!
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TV show pitch: ‘Tome Team’, where a group of rare books librarians and book historians are sent to investigate an uncatalogued library for interesting incunabula, marginalia and provenances - and they have just three days to do it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
TV show pitch: ‘Tome Team’, where a group of rare books librarians and book historians are sent to investigate an uncatalogued library for interesting incunabula, marginalia and provenances - and they have just three days to do it.
In a library - Emily Dickinson
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
In a library - Emily Dickinson
I mean, this is essentially two of your five a day.
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I mean, this is essentially two of your five a day.
That's more like it.
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
That's more like it.
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Remake of #Threads but after the blast just a series of forlorn faces staring blankly at blank screens. No response from the family WhatsApp group, mushroom clouds not uploading to Instagram, gentle sobbing as it sinks in that Deliveroo won't be delivering and Bitcoins all blown away. Chilling... 😱
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Remake of #Threads but after the blast just a series of forlorn faces staring blankly at blank screens. No response from the family WhatsApp group, mushroom clouds not uploading to Instagram, gentle sobbing as it sinks in that Deliveroo won't be delivering and Bitcoins all blown away. Chilling... 😱
I don't like Moonpig's valentine's marketing and the emphasis its question "Is [name redacted] still your valentine?"
a) None of your business.
b) What are you implying?
c) What if, no, we're not together anymore due to some unfortunate circumstance and you've now driven me to the pit of despair?
a) None of your business.
b) What are you implying?
c) What if, no, we're not together anymore due to some unfortunate circumstance and you've now driven me to the pit of despair?
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I don't like Moonpig's valentine's marketing and the emphasis its question "Is [name redacted] still your valentine?"
a) None of your business.
b) What are you implying?
c) What if, no, we're not together anymore due to some unfortunate circumstance and you've now driven me to the pit of despair?
a) None of your business.
b) What are you implying?
c) What if, no, we're not together anymore due to some unfortunate circumstance and you've now driven me to the pit of despair?
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The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
I nominate the actor Paul Ready to be the next Doctor Who.
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I nominate the actor Paul Ready to be the next Doctor Who.
Yeah, AI can now beat chess masters, but how would it fair in a game of Mornington Crescent?
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Yeah, AI can now beat chess masters, but how would it fair in a game of Mornington Crescent?
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there's a new found footage doc about J. G. Ballard out this month by B.J.A. Samuel, and it's free to watch on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0V...
J.G. Ballard Documentary | The Unlimited Dream Company – Archive & Interviews
YouTube video by BJA Samuel
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
there's a new found footage doc about J. G. Ballard out this month by B.J.A. Samuel, and it's free to watch on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj0V...
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BEST. DAY. EVER.
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
BEST. DAY. EVER.
I hope this is true.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I hope this is true.
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Remembering Joyce Grenfell, born this day in 1910.
February 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Remembering Joyce Grenfell, born this day in 1910.
I hadn't intended watching the film The Elephant Man tonight, but I did. I'm glad I did. Profoundly moving for all the wrong and right reasons.
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I hadn't intended watching the film The Elephant Man tonight, but I did. I'm glad I did. Profoundly moving for all the wrong and right reasons.
It's been a Getdown Services kinda day. Can I 'ave some crisps? youtu.be/3Es9eqJDHBo?...
Crisps
YouTube video by Getdown Services - Topic
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It's been a Getdown Services kinda day. Can I 'ave some crisps? youtu.be/3Es9eqJDHBo?...
Alexei Sayle's Stuff needs a dvd release as they're only available now for silly money. Or a BBC Four repeat. Hurry up and have a birthday or anniversary, Lex.
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Alexei Sayle's Stuff needs a dvd release as they're only available now for silly money. Or a BBC Four repeat. Hurry up and have a birthday or anniversary, Lex.
"I told you you should have put something on for the 3:30 at Chepstow."
February 7, 2026 at 8:13 AM
"I told you you should have put something on for the 3:30 at Chepstow."