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Mal Franks
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Data Analyst since 2023. IT Supervisor/SysAdmin 1997-2023. Computer tinkerer/gamer since 1982. Console gamer since 1977. Tea drinker since 1974. He/him.

Loves telly, music, comics, movies, games and tea.
Pinned
That time when I caught the 3rd Doctor breaking and entering in my street.
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I think it's very important that Rupert Lowe's "Million Nonce March" gets widespread media coverage. Critical to amplify diverse voices.
We go live to the Protect our girls crew, unsure what they are doing
January 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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We are sad to learn that T.K. Carter has passed away at the age of 69. Carter is best known in the horror world for playing the character Nauls in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). His credits also include Space Jam, Punky Brewster, Ski Patrol, and Tony Scott's Domino.
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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If people quit the Titanic the iceberg wins - so I’m staying
January 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Something happy - a squirrel eating a bounteous flower like me eating a big meringue
January 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Very good book. Can't wait for the sequel!
Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
January 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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FUCK OFF.
January 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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REISSUED TODAY: 'Face The Music' by Electric Light Orchestra

Come back on ELO and carry on playing…

Reissue of a symphonic pop-rock treat from ‘75.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2129...
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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<Jaw drops>

Extraordinary find!
Rare Silent Movie

Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a rare silent movie:

The Servant Girl’s Legacy (1914)

The movie contains the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver ‘Babe’ Hardy.
January 9, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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After a lot of consideration this week, in order to protect my community I've blocked X/Twitter links on my Discord server. My honest advice would be that if you have a server you should do the same too
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.

Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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DLSS 4.5, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, path-traced Pragmata, G-Sync Pulsar and much more Nvidia stuff! Everything we went hands-on with: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
Nvidia Hands-On at CES: DLSS 4.5, Path-Traced Pragmata
Dynamic Frame Generation, RTX Remix Logic, more.
www.digitalfoundry.net
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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#PaulDraper has re-recorded 11 #Mansun tracks for 'Mansun Retold' which is available on CD, vinyl and as a 2CD+blu-ray set with a Dolby Atmos Mix > bit.ly/49cT8cB
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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#KimWilde's hit-packed 1988 album 'Close' gets a 2CD+DVD deluxe edition release, in March, with vinyl formats also available. More > bit.ly/4jy2KIM
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Thank you to Martin Belam at the @theguardian.com for including a mention of the 2026 SDE Reissue Preview in the "What else we’ve been reading" section of today's 'First Edition' newsletter 🙏 Link here > bit.ly/45FTg1O
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Skulls for the Skull Throne #TheTraitors
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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New Year/New Board Game!
We kick off 2026 with a game that is based on the "thrill" of buying tat on auction websites...
Yes, we are playing "The eBay Electronic Auction Game" this Sunday 11th JAN @ 5pm
Join Paul, @ashens.bsky.social & @oliverharper.bsky.social for madcap card collecting nonsense!
January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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“debuts”
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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It is genuinely one of the funniest bits of memory-holing the extent to which, other than a handful of dyed-in-the-wool Jenrickites, everyone to the right of Nick Clegg in British politics has forgotten that Badenoch inherited a party on the up in both the polls and local elections.
"Moving up quite impressively"

Lol.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Andrew Bodnar has died at 71. A longtime bassist in Graham Parker’s band The Rumour, Bodnar also played the reggae-influenced bassline on Elvis Costello’s “Watching the Detectives” and co-wrote Nick Lowe’s “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass”. #RIPAndrewBodnar m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDbU...
Nick Lowe - “I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass” (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Yep Roc Records
m.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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I have accidentally trained the instagram algorithm to give me endless posts about dying dogs and honestly I'd rather it was fascism
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM