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Varun
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Please let this be the final micro-blog destination for everyone! Enjoying the calm here before this blows up
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Blake Crouch curating and The Andy Weir writing, good fun but the overload of expectations was a bit heavy I guess. Recommended quick half an hour read still

fable.co/review/03474...
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Every Contra NES boss in glorious 3D - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5bG...
#videogames
AI Brings ALL Contra Bosses to Life – A Retro Gaming Alien Invasion!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A year to create that one spectacular shot - youtu.be/iq5JaG53dho...

#TheMatrix #Cinema
ONE YEAR of Work for TEN SECONDS of Film
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November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bloody good television is what it is! Banger of a season, with just half the epsiodes so far. Top notch writing, exponential rising stakes with humor and dialogues so rhythmic it's a verbal orchestra!! Slow Horses Season 5 continues this year's tradition of an insane line up of shows
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Noah Hawley’s #AlienEarth is at its best when it’s contrasting space monsters with our own species’ worst instincts. Spoilers ahead…
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Alien: Earth | The franchise expands to TV, but greed remains the true villain (spoilers)
Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth is at its best when it’s contrasting space monsters with our own species’ worst instincts. Spoilers ahead…
filmstories.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Perfect films with equally perfect remakes
July 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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We finally made it to Bluesky—just a few billion years after the Big Bang, and only slightly late to the party ✨🌌

We’re sharing some of our best stories from the year so far to kick off our Bluesky journey!
What is Scientific American?
YouTube video by Scientific American
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July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show.

Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
Watch Murderbot - Apple TV+
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission prote…
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April 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
After racking up enough of @scalzi.com John Scalzi’s books in my reading list, started with a sampler story and oh boy, ‘Slow Time Between The Stars’ was flabbergastingly good. On to either ‘Starter Villain’ or ‘Redshirts’ now
April 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Tad concerned this is like quitting smoking then trying a vape.
November 14, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A splendid return to form! @charliebrooker.bsky.social, Bisha and Ally really cooked up a mean appetiser for the Season 7 buffet. #BlackMirror #NormalPeople
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A ★★★★½ review of Black Mirror: Common People (2025)
A near perfect Black Mirror episode, much like my preferred coffee - Dark, cold and with chunky ice cubes of reality floating in the bitter brew.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
OK Computer, Radiohead's third album felt like such a steep growth from a two album old band with a marked focus on making the songs epic. An instant favourite of all time, so excited to hear where they go next with this -
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Review of OK Computer by v7k - Musicboard
Review of OK Computer by Radiohead. Varun rated the album 5.0 / 5 stars. - Airbag is so good, and then Paranoid Android is so hauntingly melodic. - Exit Music(For a Film) is a powerful ballad, did feel like the end credits rolling for a film. What amazing sounds and mixing! - Loved loved Let Down. A literal hug in the form of a song! - Karma Police straight up became...
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April 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Radiohead's second album The Bends made me feel terrible for not discovering it in my teenage years - musicboard.app/v7k/review/a...
Review of The Bends by v7k - Musicboard
Review of The Bends by Radiohead. Varun rated the album 4.5 / 5 stars. Liked it so much more than the first album. There is ample growth and nice twinge of cinematic soundscapes. High and Dry has been added to my list for future karaoke sessions. My Iron Lung was another favourite from this banger of an album!.
musicboard.app
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Do you love @filmstories.bsky.social?

Well, on Friday 30 May, Film Stories editor @simonbrew.bsky.social will be joining us to share the behind-the-scenes tales of one of the most notorious film productions of all time - WATERWORLD!

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Holiest of the fuck!

Ep 7 of #Invincible S3 goes magnificently hard into all the things that rightfully make it a G.O.A.T.

How does one top this! Just have a feeling that they still somehow will, with the season finale next week!! What a time to be alive 😎
March 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The best Kaiju action since Pacific Rim - Kaiju No 8! Terrific manga and a surprisingly better anime adaptation. Clocked till Chapter 118, can't wait for what's next
https://myanimelist.net/manga/127907/Kaijuu_8-gou?q=kaiju&cat=manga
Kaijuu 8-gou (Kaiju No. 8) | Manga - MyAnimeList.net
Grotesque, Godzilla-like monsters called "kaijuu" have been appearing around Japan for many years. To combat these beasts, an elite military unit known as the Defense Corps risks their lives daily to protect civilians. Once a creature is killed, "sweepers"—working under the Professional Kaijuu Cleaner Corporation—are left to dispose of its remains. Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old man, is unsatisfied with his job as a sweeper. From a young age, he has aspired to join the Defense Corps and kill kaijuus for a living. After a few failed attempts, however, he gave up on his dreams and resigned himself to the mediocrity that provided a decent paycheck. Nevertheless, when an ambitious, 18-year-old recruit named Reno Ichikawa joins his cleaning team, Kafka is once again reminded of his desire to join the military. Following a chain of unfortunate events and an interaction with the junior sweeper, Kafka encounters a parasite-type kaijuu that forces its way in through his mouth—turning him into a humanoid monster. With his newfound powers, Kafka aims to give his lifelong dream a final try. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
myanimelist.net
February 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Disturbingly close to what I always imagined one of my dream jobs to be - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTno8D-b2E
This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet
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February 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That feeling when you discover an old obscure band & go into a spiral of gratitude mixed with horror of how life would've been if you managed to not discover them? That into 100x is what these eargasm dealers made me feel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mbi8MamPiI #fun-da-mental #JaShaTaan #music
Ja Sha Taan - Fun-da-mental & Aki Nawaz feat Nawazish Ali Khan
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January 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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HEART EYES. Mother. Fucking. HEART. EYES. Brutal, scary, hilarious, romantic. A SCREAM style horror slasher whodoneit that will have you howling. The most fun you’re likely to have in a theater this February. Watch it with a big, loud, raucous crowd. And make sure to see it with someone you love.
January 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM