Jonathan Lang
@gnalnoj.bsky.social
*Insomnia* *Male Pattern Baldness*
Llandeilo Ferwallt, Abertawe
He/Him
Llandeilo Ferwallt, Abertawe
He/Him
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Jonathan Lang
@gnalnoj.bsky.social
· Oct 11
LaBostrie moves his black-fringed lips in something very like a prayer -
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
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It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
Small Prophets | Official Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC Trailers
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
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Oh my Small Prophets was so good.
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Oh my Small Prophets was so good.
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I've waited 35 years for the spiritual heir to The Beiderbecke Affair, then suddenly Small Prophets comes along. Just perfect.
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I've waited 35 years for the spiritual heir to The Beiderbecke Affair, then suddenly Small Prophets comes along. Just perfect.
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Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
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James Sallis was one of the true towering figures, crossing multiple genres and categories, but particularly in crime fiction. His death at the age of 81 is a real loss, but we do have two more books of his to look forward to this year. mailchi.mp/sohopress/re...
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
James Sallis was one of the true towering figures, crossing multiple genres and categories, but particularly in crime fiction. His death at the age of 81 is a real loss, but we do have two more books of his to look forward to this year. mailchi.mp/sohopress/re...
Post four TV couples you love
(both actual relationships and profound yearning are acceptable)
(both actual relationships and profound yearning are acceptable)
January 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Post four TV couples you love
(both actual relationships and profound yearning are acceptable)
(both actual relationships and profound yearning are acceptable)
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Been reading through John Crowley's wonderful Ægypt novels.
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Been reading through John Crowley's wonderful Ægypt novels.
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I always appreciate some love for Gef the Talking Mongoose.
December 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I always appreciate some love for Gef the Talking Mongoose.
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Also worth noting here are the replies to this of people who've had a similar belief trajectory, I find them quite heartening
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Also worth noting here are the replies to this of people who've had a similar belief trajectory, I find them quite heartening
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Core Hookland influence.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Core Hookland influence.
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And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness makes so much sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
thequietus.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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It's amazing the difference in vibes between English and Welsh language poetry events.
English: cringe
Welsh: a powerful continuation of a 1500yo cultural tradition that stirs, awes, bites and stings, draws crowds and is broadcast nationally.
English: cringe
Welsh: a powerful continuation of a 1500yo cultural tradition that stirs, awes, bites and stings, draws crowds and is broadcast nationally.
Thinking of the time I went to a queer poetry night and I sat down, ready to round the night off with some beautiful queer poetry and the first speaker stands up, announces they'll be doing "dolphin poetry" and proceeds to start squealing like a dolphin for ten minutes on stage
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's amazing the difference in vibes between English and Welsh language poetry events.
English: cringe
Welsh: a powerful continuation of a 1500yo cultural tradition that stirs, awes, bites and stings, draws crowds and is broadcast nationally.
English: cringe
Welsh: a powerful continuation of a 1500yo cultural tradition that stirs, awes, bites and stings, draws crowds and is broadcast nationally.
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Everything is so fraught...
I've never seen Hollyoaks, but clearly I've been missing something absolutely batshit...
I've never seen Hollyoaks, but clearly I've been missing something absolutely batshit...
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Everything is so fraught...
I've never seen Hollyoaks, but clearly I've been missing something absolutely batshit...
I've never seen Hollyoaks, but clearly I've been missing something absolutely batshit...
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The beautifully grotesque horror art of Ken Reid, one of Britain's greatest cartoonists. The genius behind Faceache, Jonah, and Frankie Stein was let loose with WORLD WIDE WEIRDIES (1974), full-page pinups in Whoopee! and Shiver and Shake. For kids, if you please!
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The beautifully grotesque horror art of Ken Reid, one of Britain's greatest cartoonists. The genius behind Faceache, Jonah, and Frankie Stein was let loose with WORLD WIDE WEIRDIES (1974), full-page pinups in Whoopee! and Shiver and Shake. For kids, if you please!
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few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats
Because I can never stick to the brief.
Introduce yourself using only two foods you refuse to eat, two movies you'll never watch again and two songs you can't stand.
Kendal Mint Cake/Pig's Trotters
Santa Claus & The Ice Cream Bunny/Cannibal Holocaust
The Pina Colada Song/Imagine
Introduce yourself using only two foods you refuse to eat, two movies you'll never watch again and two songs you can't stand.
Kendal Mint Cake/Pig's Trotters
Santa Claus & The Ice Cream Bunny/Cannibal Holocaust
The Pina Colada Song/Imagine
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.
Shellfish. Ugh. Snot & glop.
Short Circuit - first date nightmare.
Passengers - Elton John. Even thinking of this lurching abomination of a song makes me feel angry and sick.
Shellfish. Ugh. Snot & glop.
Short Circuit - first date nightmare.
Passengers - Elton John. Even thinking of this lurching abomination of a song makes me feel angry and sick.
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.
Raw tomatoes*
A Serbian Film
Agadoo
*All other forms are perfectly acceptable.
Raw tomatoes*
A Serbian Film
Agadoo
*All other forms are perfectly acceptable.
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Because I can never stick to the brief.
Introduce yourself using only two foods you refuse to eat, two movies you'll never watch again and two songs you can't stand.
Kendal Mint Cake/Pig's Trotters
Santa Claus & The Ice Cream Bunny/Cannibal Holocaust
The Pina Colada Song/Imagine
Introduce yourself using only two foods you refuse to eat, two movies you'll never watch again and two songs you can't stand.
Kendal Mint Cake/Pig's Trotters
Santa Claus & The Ice Cream Bunny/Cannibal Holocaust
The Pina Colada Song/Imagine
LaBostrie moves his black-fringed lips in something very like a prayer -
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LaBostrie moves his black-fringed lips in something very like a prayer -
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
Laissez les bontemps rouler.
Please.
For us.
For all of us.
#SwampThing #AlanMoore #MichaelZulli
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My longtime (near lifelong) pal Rick Veitch announced this earlier today, OK for me to share now, here, with you.
It's real. It's happening. At long last.
It's real. It's happening. At long last.
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My longtime (near lifelong) pal Rick Veitch announced this earlier today, OK for me to share now, here, with you.
It's real. It's happening. At long last.
It's real. It's happening. At long last.
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I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol
A ★★★★★ review of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
I remember watching this the first time and being a bit baffled by it. It seemed weirdly theatrical, the Scotland unconvincing and clichéd, and I didn’t pick up on any chemistry between Wendy Hillier ...
boxd.it
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol
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Good morning! Its a whole new week! What better way to start the week than by playing the game described as "I became genuinely worried how much I wanted to strangle the horse" and "is there even a horse in this?"
i will strangle a horse
A game. By me.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse
A game. By me.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Good morning! Its a whole new week! What better way to start the week than by playing the game described as "I became genuinely worried how much I wanted to strangle the horse" and "is there even a horse in this?"
i will strangle a horse
A game. By me.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse
A game. By me.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day to everybody who is alive thanks to him. If you don't know him, today is a great day to read his story.
Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody.
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day to everybody who is alive thanks to him. If you don't know him, today is a great day to read his story.