Sam Proctor
@ononokomachi.bsky.social
Artsy craftsy smartalec TV addict.
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
Seems about right.
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Seems about right.
My disembarkation from a flight returning from New Zealand was delayed, because Helen Mirren was also on the flight, and had to be ushered out past the press pack before the rest of us could get off.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My disembarkation from a flight returning from New Zealand was delayed, because Helen Mirren was also on the flight, and had to be ushered out past the press pack before the rest of us could get off.
This, and the replies, are a complete delight.
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This, and the replies, are a complete delight.
Mrs Bridge
Phineas Finn
Hamnet
Phineas Finn
Hamnet
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Mrs Bridge
Phineas Finn
Hamnet
Phineas Finn
Hamnet
What the hell is with all these "pup" pornbots? Are they not recognised as porny because of the stupid masks etc?
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What the hell is with all these "pup" pornbots? Are they not recognised as porny because of the stupid masks etc?
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Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but not intentionally. They rented the office to film in over the Christmas break and the decorations were already up. McTiernan didn't want to have to take them down and put them back up (risking losing his deposit) so he rewrote the script to set it at Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but not intentionally. They rented the office to film in over the Christmas break and the decorations were already up. McTiernan didn't want to have to take them down and put them back up (risking losing his deposit) so he rewrote the script to set it at Christmas.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
"Torfaen council has been approached for comment."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cwmbran shopping centre left in darkness after clocks change
Street lamps only appeared to be reset to account for the nights closing in after two weeks.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Torfaen council has been approached for comment."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BUNT. Bunt 2 bunt
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BUNT. Bunt 2 bunt
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Oh hell no you did not.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Oh hell no you did not.
I'm at the bar in the Harold Pinter Theatre and one of the bartenders has "Pause..." emblazoned across his chest.
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm at the bar in the Harold Pinter Theatre and one of the bartenders has "Pause..." emblazoned across his chest.
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Aphra Behn (1640-1689) English Restoration era playwright & poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. A feminist forerunner, she was involed in Libertine circles, those who rejected traditional social constraints #WomensArt
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) English Restoration era playwright & poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. A feminist forerunner, she was involed in Libertine circles, those who rejected traditional social constraints #WomensArt
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Reposting with Alt-text:
October 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Reposting with Alt-text:
Possibly the least painful way of discovering this news 😅
Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Possibly the least painful way of discovering this news 😅
The genuine instances of the passive voice in this quiz were correctly identified by me.
When I found an example of “passive voice” (that wasn’t) being condemned and a “correction” proposed that actually was passive voice, I included it in a quiz theweek.com/articles/445... but some people got distracted by the subject matter of the example
Grammar quiz: Do you know the passive voice?
Many people claim they revile the passive. But most have trouble identifying it correctly.
theweek.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The genuine instances of the passive voice in this quiz were correctly identified by me.
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"Remember: 'passive voice' does not mean 'any instance where you let someone off the hook.'" bsky.app/profile/sesq...
October 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Remember: 'passive voice' does not mean 'any instance where you let someone off the hook.'" bsky.app/profile/sesq...
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Got partway down this thread and just started sobbing. For all the best reasons.
What's your favourite British things? I need a load of iconic stuff and I'm rubbish at patriotism or remembering. Stuff like the Mini or the Queen or the Beatles or Jaffa Cakes or the Hay wain or Big Ben, what are the first (good) things you think of?
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Got partway down this thread and just started sobbing. For all the best reasons.
Quite why I've been waiting at least 20 minutes for a bus that's supposed to run every 12, when the #Bristol service I use isn't on strike, I'm not sure. #Stagecoach
September 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Quite why I've been waiting at least 20 minutes for a bus that's supposed to run every 12, when the #Bristol service I use isn't on strike, I'm not sure. #Stagecoach
You were literally always on my mind.
Ruin a song by adding the word ‘literally’ to the title. I’ll start.
Love will literally tear us apart.
Love will literally tear us apart.
September 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
You were literally always on my mind.
40 minutes into Episode 1 of #TheGirlfriend and I am *completely* on Robin Wright's side.
September 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
40 minutes into Episode 1 of #TheGirlfriend and I am *completely* on Robin Wright's side.
STOP RUINING MY MEMORIES OF BAGPUSS 😭
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
STOP RUINING MY MEMORIES OF BAGPUSS 😭