Paul Starkey
@starkers.bsky.social
Reader, watcher, writer. Existing in a curious hinterland where Science Fiction, Horror, James Bond, Information Governance and Derby County intersect.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Trump's message to the new Venezuelan leader.
January 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Trump's message to the new Venezuelan leader.
Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
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my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
"There are FOUR ghosts!"
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"There are FOUR ghosts!"
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Happy Gauda Prime day to all who celebrate.
December 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Happy Gauda Prime day to all who celebrate.
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RIP Gil Gerard
He brought the whole series of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to life with his charm and humour. It would have been far less watchable without him.
The fact it is still entertaining all these years later is down to him and Erin Gray.
He brought the whole series of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to life with his charm and humour. It would have been far less watchable without him.
The fact it is still entertaining all these years later is down to him and Erin Gray.
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
RIP Gil Gerard
He brought the whole series of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to life with his charm and humour. It would have been far less watchable without him.
The fact it is still entertaining all these years later is down to him and Erin Gray.
He brought the whole series of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to life with his charm and humour. It would have been far less watchable without him.
The fact it is still entertaining all these years later is down to him and Erin Gray.
My #filmreview of The Running Man werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...
The Running Man
Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Katy O’Brian, Martin Herlihy , Colman Domingo and Josh Brolin. Seen in November In the n…
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December 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My #filmreview of The Running Man werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...
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The moment when you realise your husband is stealing $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds to give to another woman...
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The moment when you realise your husband is stealing $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds to give to another woman...
The moment when you realise your husband is stealing $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds to give to another woman...
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The moment when you realise your husband is stealing $640 million in negotiable bearer bonds to give to another woman...
A new film review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/t...
The Choral
Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong and Robert Emms. It’s 1916 at the height of the Great War. In the Yorkshire mill town of Ramsden, the loc…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A new film review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/t...
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
So the Jacqueline Pearce tribute on the second season Blake's 7 boxset is fascinating, but also quite heartbreaking.
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So the Jacqueline Pearce tribute on the second season Blake's 7 boxset is fascinating, but also quite heartbreaking.
I think if Horizon came out today the press would be screaming "Blake's 7 goes woke!" Possibly not perfect but as critiques of colonialism go it's fantastic for the late 1970s and Darien Angadi is great as Ro.
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I think if Horizon came out today the press would be screaming "Blake's 7 goes woke!" Possibly not perfect but as critiques of colonialism go it's fantastic for the late 1970s and Darien Angadi is great as Ro.
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No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
The Conservative Party's leader in London, Susan Hall, just shared this Islamophobic disinformation about Sadiq Khan, after it was posted on X by a racist troll
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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30 minute klaxon to NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) at 9:45pm #TPTVsubtitles
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
30 minute klaxon to NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) at 9:45pm #TPTVsubtitles
Happy #DoctorWhoDay to all who celebrate
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy #DoctorWhoDay to all who celebrate