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Mark The Herald Angels Sing
@markslater.bsky.social
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If you see me posting here, remind me I have too many books, BluRays, DVDs, comics & games to get through to be wasting time on socials. Those backlogs aren’t going to clear themselves.

Occasional maker of THINGS.

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Public Information Announcement!

The Spirit Of Dark & Lonely Water is now available in beer form!

@hiddenbritain.bsky.social @scarredpodcast.bsky.social
‘No Swimming’ 8% Worms & Dirt Stout from Neon Raptor
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
markslater.bsky.social
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):

- Quatermass And The Pit
- Alien
- Nosferatu (1979)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Haunting (1963)
slimyswampghost.bsky.social Trevor Henderson 🍉 @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 2d
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):

-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
ianmacewan.bsky.social Ian MacEwan @ianmacewan.bsky.social · 2d
Five perfect films in no particular order

-HANA-BI
-Paris is Burning
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
-Moonstruck
December 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
markslater.bsky.social
Found your Christmas present
Orange long furby with boobs and human hands
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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stephengraves.co.uk
Another short film for the season, the M.R. James-inspired The Estrogen Gospel from @realrobynadams.bsky.social: youtu.be/4atATcWN-50
THE ESTROGEN GOSPEL (2024) | Short Transgender Folk Horror Film
YouTube video by Robyn Adams
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
markslater.bsky.social
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Rivendell Amitri
drfionamoore.bsky.social Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 6d
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Adam and the Ents.
jonwesleyhuff.bsky.social Jon Wesley Huff @jonwesleyhuff.bsky.social · 6d
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Mirkwood Mac
December 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
markslater.bsky.social
The only thing seriously bringing the BBC into disrepute is the current behaviour of their senior management.
markslater.bsky.social Mark The Herald Angels Sing @markslater.bsky.social · 8d
I have never seen @robinince.bsky.social be anything less than measured and polite on social media and if standing up for victims of bigotry and violence is somehow bringing the BBC into ‘disrepute’ (which also sounds a bit slanderous) then that tells you all you need to know about BBC Management.
Response from the BBC regarding a complaint against them for their behaviour towards ‘Robin Ince’ that backed him into a corner where he was forced to resign from ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’; BBC Complaints - Case number CAS-8271610-C7M4C8 Dear MrSlater Thanks for contacting us with your concerns. We've shared these with senior management at Radio 4. After 16 years, Robin Ince has made the decision to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage. We thank Robin for everything he's done for the programme and wish him the very best for the future. While we would not comment in detail on the circumstances relating to an individual, we have very clear expectations in relation to the use of social media for everyone working for the BBC, including freelancers. Robin is not subject to the same requirements for impartiality as BBC staff presenting flagship programmes, but all BBC staff and freelancers are required to respect civility in public discourse and not to bring the BBC into disrepute. Thanks again for taking the time to contact us. If you'd like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch the short film on the BBC Complaints website about how the BBC responds to your feedback. It explains the BBC's process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren't happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive. Kind regards, BBC Complaints Team www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
markslater.bsky.social
I have never seen @robinince.bsky.social be anything less than measured and polite on social media and if standing up for victims of bigotry and violence is somehow bringing the BBC into ‘disrepute’ (which also sounds a bit slanderous) then that tells you all you need to know about BBC Management.
Response from the BBC regarding a complaint against them for their behaviour towards ‘Robin Ince’ that backed him into a corner where he was forced to resign from ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’; BBC Complaints - Case number CAS-8271610-C7M4C8 Dear MrSlater Thanks for contacting us with your concerns. We've shared these with senior management at Radio 4. After 16 years, Robin Ince has made the decision to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage. We thank Robin for everything he's done for the programme and wish him the very best for the future. While we would not comment in detail on the circumstances relating to an individual, we have very clear expectations in relation to the use of social media for everyone working for the BBC, including freelancers. Robin is not subject to the same requirements for impartiality as BBC staff presenting flagship programmes, but all BBC staff and freelancers are required to respect civility in public discourse and not to bring the BBC into disrepute. Thanks again for taking the time to contact us. If you'd like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch the short film on the BBC Complaints website about how the BBC responds to your feedback. It explains the BBC's process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren't happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive. Kind regards, BBC Complaints Team www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
markslater.bsky.social
This is utterly fantastic!
This is what the Internet should be used for.
hannahcooper.bsky.social Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 9d
Yuletide felicitations! The 1975 Christmas 'Radio TV Times' magazine is now available! 🎁

Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.

Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶

visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
1975 Christmas Radio TV Times Magazine
Travel back 50 years into Christmas TV's past. The Christmas Radio TV Times gathers links to TV programmes from Christmas week 1975.
visualmutterings.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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@joerlansdale.bsky.social
Awesome!
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
markslater.bsky.social
My friend’s no-budget full of heart and creativity trans folk horror short ‘The Estrogen Gospel’ is screening in L.A.! Amazing!

@gayofthedead.bsky.social

Full disclosure, both myself and my son also had some input into this little film, and we couldn’t be prouder of @realrobynadams.bsky.social.
dobescrusher.bsky.social Dobes @dobescrusher.bsky.social · 16d
I'm hosting another one of these on the 23rd. If you're local to LA, come join me for a night of indie trans film & then a chill queer mixer. DM for address. It's free but I'll be taking donations to cover event expenses- I'll have stickers too for every donation.
poster for trans movie night featuring the short film the estrogen gospel and a secret feature length film, a mixer after the show and food, drinks and vendors. The date is december 23rd, doors at 7pm, show at 7:30. The address is private and you will need to dm me. a pile of stickers with the logo for trans movie night with shimmering metallic rainbow effect
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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unamccormack.bsky.social
The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15d
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
markslater.bsky.social
The BBC statement is a straight up lie. Who are you going to trust, the version of events given by a man of proven integrity & kindness who has been signalling this for a while or a corporation that has been captured by right wing interests & has a track record of doing this exact thing previously.
johnnymains.co.uk Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 13d
I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
markslater.bsky.social
It’s Chriiiistmaaaaas!
#treeisup
Illuminated Christmas tree is a cosy room lined with bookshelves.
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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theguardian.com
Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage
Comedian Robin Ince quits as host of BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage
Ince says he resigned after fallout with executives because some of his views had been considered ‘problematic’ The comedian and author Robin Ince has resigned from his role as co-host of the long-running BBC Radio 4 podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage after a fallout with BBC executives over “problematic” opinions and what he described as a lack of “obedience”. Ince, who has co-presented the popular science show alongside Prof Brian Cox for 16 years, posted on social media that his personal views, aired outside the BBC, “have been considered problematic for some time” and he “felt he had no choice but to resign”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
markslater.bsky.social
The Landlord and Landlady promise their patrons a ‘Happy Day’.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13d
The Oxenham Arms pub in South Zeal, Devon, boasts the unusual distinction of having been constructed by 12th Century monks around a prehistoric standing stone.

If you’re lucky and visit at the right time of day, as I did today, you might also see it being recharged with sacred energy by the sun.
A 5,000 year-old standing stone replenishes itself with the moorland winter sun today, in a the dining room of a pub where I found out, to my disappointment, non-cash payments of under £10 are not permitted
December 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Just one final thing - someone filmed some of my departure speech after Monkey Cage last night (I should make it clear no one knew I was going to do it) and it has been put up here - i cannot deny i was very emotional #science #comedy

www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...
Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views - Comic leaves Infinite Monkey Cage after pressure from bosses
www.chortle.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
markslater.bsky.social
I just signed up to support @cosmicshambles.com via Patreon. So should you. When Nigel Farage attacked the RNLI, they saw a huge surge in donations. Let’s do the same here.
markslater.bsky.social Mark The Herald Angels Sing @markslater.bsky.social · 13d
Now that @robinince.bsky.social has sadly been forced to resign from BBC’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ for the heinous crime of speaking out against bigotry as a decent human being, it’s more important than ever that independent voices are supported and no better time to support @cosmicshambles.com.
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
markslater.bsky.social
Now that @robinince.bsky.social has sadly been forced to resign from BBC’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ for the heinous crime of speaking out against bigotry as a decent human being, it’s more important than ever that independent voices are supported and no better time to support @cosmicshambles.com.
December 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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iandunt.bsky.social
Incredibly brave. Imagine the faceless bores the BBC will have making their programmes if they continue down this path.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 14d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
markslater.bsky.social
He’s done more in 100 days than some leaders manage in their whole career. At last, the Greens and their policies (including important social and economic principles beyond the obvious environmental ones) are being included in the conversation in mainstream politic discourse in the mass media.
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14d
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.

We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.

And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.

Then we're coming for Reform.

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December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
markslater.bsky.social
WTAF?! Is there now some sort of Santa Cinematic Universe! Is someone trying to claim the copyright on Christmas?
Item with ‘The ELF on the SHELF - SANTAVERSE™’ on it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Its founder openly despises the NHS.

You can push back: use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
markslater.bsky.social
The shakedown begins.
BBC News headline “Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal 'could be a problem'”
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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fesshole.bsky.social
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM