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@tanngrisnir.bsky.social
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Glasgow, Scotland based SFFH fan and sometimes conrunner. Less so these days since disabilities have worsened. Happy to eat tofu, not ashamed to be “woke”. Trans rights matter, queer rights matter, if you think otherwise, awa’ an bileyerheid.
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Well done PictCon, I approve!
Sign, with four standard figures for toilet doors including a disabled symbol: This is a gender-neutral bathroom. It’s for everyone.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I only just noticed this label. It’s on an item I got a while ago. Spoiler: it isn’t a kitchen sink strainer (it’s actually an accessory for a wheelchair). I’m glad got the thing I ordered!
A faint and blurred image of text (this is largely down to the quality of the printing) which reads Tomario Kitchen Sink Strainer, Plug 78mm.
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Is this unusual?
Palmar aspect of a right hand, index and little fingers touching in front of the two middle fingers. Dorsal aspect of a right hand, index and little fingers touching behind the two middle fingers.
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Nock Loose: a brightly coloured paperback cover with the title in large red letters surrounded by imagery including a strangely garbed person (possibly a woman) shooting an arrow from bottom left towards top right, some figures wearing armour riding in the back of a pickup truck, one waving a torch while a town seems to be on fire, a severed hand, a pair of lances (one turning into a tree, one skewering what look like marshmallows), two archery targets, a can of beer, a bottle with an apple on the label, and a burning apple.
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
Steptoe and Son — wearing party hats and linking arms to drink something alcoholic. The old man seems to be looking forward to his drink, Harold seems more resigned to his lot.
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Tasty!
"Caption this with the 2nd to last text you sent" with a blood spray covered scene
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Head & shoulders shot of a pale-skinned naked woman with red lips and black hair cut in a neat bob; she is looking at something out of picture to her right. (Andrea Rau in Daughters of Darkness, 1971)
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Probably more like
Neon-lit sign “Biff Tannen’s Pleasure Paradise Casino” from Back to the Future Part II, prominently featuring a picture of Tannen’s grinning face as he burns money he’s holding in his right hand.
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Today is the day for preorders coming in. That’s a lovely cover for Daughters of Darkness (someone described that film as “sumptuous” and that’s a perfect word for it).
Two box sets, one lying on top of the other. The background one is Daiei Gothic (“Three ghost stories newly restored in 4K”). The one on top is Daughters of Darkness, a film by Harry Kümel (“UK blu ray premiere”). Its cover features a large illustration of Delphine Seyrig, beautiful and glamorous, and beneath that a group of three figures, most prominently Andrea Rau who is dressed deceptively primly. In the foreground a naked blonde woman lies prone on a bed, partially wrapped in sheets.
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Have you seen this Ea-Nasir T-shirt listing and the comment someone left on it?
Etsy listing for a T-shirt: brown, bearing the following text in white above a block of smaller text – “DO NOT PURCHASE COPPER INGOTS FROM THIS MAN “Ea-nasir is running a scam” A 5-star review below the T-shirt listing…. The review is in cuneiform.
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Black and white image: In the foreground in right profile a beautiful young blonde woman in an expensive dress is sitting at a heavy old dining table, an empty plate in front of her. At the head of the table, to her left and facing us, is a cadaverously thin old man, perhaps slightly effete. In his hands he has carving implements with which to attack the joint of meat in front of him. With his right hand, while holding the knife, he is sliding a porcelain dish of potatoes towards the young woman. He is saying, “Have a potato.” (Sadly neither pictures nor words can really convey the delicious delivery of the line, to experience that you’ll just need to watch The Old Dark House (1932) and see and/or hear Ernest Thesiger and Gloria Stuart and the rest of the excellent cast in that sublime film.)
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Show us the last four albums you listened to.
All the Hits by The Dave Clark Five Genesis Revisited by Steve Hackett Complètement fou by Yelle Ascenseur pour l’échafaud by Miles Davis
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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It looks like a fucking brothel. And not a classy one, either.
Post from another site by Donald J. Trump (@realDonald Trump) Some of the highest quality 24 Karat Gold used in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room of the White House. Foreign Leaders, and everyone else, "freak out" when they see the quality and beauty. Best Oval Office ever, in terms of success and look!!! President DJT
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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That is a very good film. Weird there’s no GIFs, isn’t it? Here’s a plain image though.
Black and white image: in the background in profile, George Clooney, in the foreground in semi profile, David Strathairn. Across the bottom of the image in white and red lettering, “Good Night, and Good Luck”.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Share a preacher, priest, or nun.
Fabrizio Jovine as Father Thomas (or at least his undead form) in Paura nella città dei morti viventi. He has a thin face, and is wearing a priest’s cassock and collar. The cassock is filthy and grimy, as you expect from his clawing his way out of the grave. In the dark image he is lit from beneath with a violet-tinted light, lending him a very sinister aspect (entirely justified).
September 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”
The face of a “policeman” — but it’s clearly a mask over something inhuman. In the eye hole, something blank glistens. (Doctor Who, Terror of the Autons) The so-called policeman has had the mask ripped away. Revealed is a blank mockery of as face, with a dent where the mouth should be, and dark, empty eye sockets. The “face” is moulded from plastic, strands of plastic connect the end of the nose shape to the area above the hint of a mouth. Under one eye, the plastic shines, reflecting light — the glistening appearance that had been visible through the mask. (Doctor Who, Terror of the Autons)
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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'Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech'
Image from Doctor Who story “The War Games”: the Doctor and Zoe are in the foreground, looking shocked and apprehensive; behind them are four men in military uniforms, each from different historical eras. Everyone is wearing strange glasses which wrap around the front of their head. The “glasses” seem to be solid white plastic with shapes cut in them to see through. The glasses worn by the Doctor and Zoe (and one of the soldiers) have crosses, three of the soldiers have glasses with eight vertical slits arranged across the front of the thing.
September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”
A Dalek is carrying a new Dalek mutant to its casing. It is holding the mutant in front of it, so the mutant — a tentacled, slime covered blob — is right in the foreground, coming towards us. (From “The Power of the Daleks”, 1966)
September 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
Dr. Mabuse: dishevelled, sitting on the floor surrounded by scattered papers and looking directly at the camera; he appears less than entirely sane.
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Drop an old person you're going to turn into.
Karl Marx.
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Post someone who looks good in stripes
A battleship painted in dazzle camouflage.
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Share some of the best eyes in movies
B&W image: A strikingly beautiful brunette, eyes wide, possibly in alarm or apprehension, her hair in disarray. She is clearly sitting on a bed, at its foot. (Rosanna Schiaffino in La Strega In Amore)
August 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Polari Statement (18.08.2025) Polari is part of the LGBTQ+ writing and reading community and for fifteen years, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people have been part of that community - at our events, on our judging panels, on our long and short lists and among our prize winners. This commitment to inclusion remains unchanged. Polari is not and has never been a trans exclusionary organisation. These are not our values and we condemn all forms of transphobia. What was supposed to be a celebration of exceptional LGBTQ+ literature has been overshadowed by hurt and anger, which has been painful and distressing for all concerned and we apologize to everyone who has been affected. Many discussions have been undertaken over the last two weeks -with authors, judges, stakeholders, and funders - about the impacts and ramifications of the longlisting of John Boyne's novel and how we can learn from this experience and move forwards. We have decided as a result to pause the prize this year while we increase representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels for all the awards and undertake a governance and management review to include our aims and values and work to better support everyone within our LGBTQ+ Polari community. We have already secured strong representation for next year, which we will build on. We will also explore discussions about the tensions between the claims of freedom of expression and the need to create inclusive and supportive spaces in a world hostile to our trans community members and our community at large. We extend our heartfelt apologies to everyone affected this year, for the disappointment and despair this has caused. We acknowledge the ongoing support of the Polari community, everyone we have consulted, and our hugely supportive partners. We are a tiny operation that has run on goodwill and small pots of funding and sponsorship for 15 years and will endeavour to find a way forwards in good faith. Polari Statement (18.08.2025) Polari is part of the LGBTQ+ writing and reading community and for fifteen years, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people have been part of that community - at our events, on our judging panels, on our long and short lists and among our prize winners. This commitment to inclusion remains unchanged. Polari is not and has never been a trans exclusionary organisation. These are not our values and we condemn all forms of transphobia. What was supposed to be a celebration of exceptional LGBTQ+ literature has been overshadowed by hurt and anger, which has been painful and distressing for all concerned and we apologize to everyone who has been affected. Many discussions have been undertaken over the last two weeks -with authors, judges, stakeholders, and funders - about the impacts and ramifications of the longlisting of John Boyne's novel and how we can learn from this experience and move forwards. We have decided as a result to pause the prize this year while we increase representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels for all the awards and undertake a governance and management review to include our aims and values and work to better support everyone within our LGBTQ+ Polari community. We have already secured strong representation for next year, which we will build on. We will also explore discussions about the tensions between the claims of freedom of expression and the need to create inclusive and supportive spaces in a world hostile to our trans community members and our community at large. We extend our heartfelt apologies to everyone affected this year, for the disappointment and despair this has caused. We acknowledge the ongoing support of the Polari community, everyone we have consulted, and our hugely supportive partners. We are a tiny operation that has run on goodwill and small pots of funding and sponsorship for 15 years and will endeavour to find a way forwards in good faith. Polari Statement (18.08.2025) Polari is part of the LGBTQ+ writing and reading community and for fifteen years, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people have been part of that community - at our events, on our judging panels, on our long and short lists and among our prize winners. This commitment to inclusion remains unchanged. Polari is not and has never been a trans exclusionary organisation. These are not our values and we condemn all forms of transphobia. What was supposed to be a celebration of exceptional LGBTQ+ literature has been overshadowed by hurt and anger, which has been painful and distressing for all concerned and we apologize to everyone who has been affected. Many discussions have been undertaken over the last two weeks -with authors, judges, stakeholders, and funders - about the impacts and ramifications of the longlisting of John Boyne's novel and how we can learn from this experience and move forwards. We have decided as a result to pause the prize this year while we increase representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels for all the awards and undertake a governance and management review to include our aims and values and work to better support everyone within our LGBTQ+ Polari community. We have already secured strong representation for next year, which we will build on. We will also explore discussions about the tensions between the claims of freedom of expression and the need to create inclusive and supportive spaces in a world hostile to our trans community members and our community at large. We extend our heartfelt apologies to everyone affected this year, for the disappointment and despair this has caused. We acknowledge the ongoing support of the Polari community, everyone we have consulted, and our hugely supportive partners. We are a tiny operation that has run on goodwill and small pots of funding and sponsorship for 15 years and will endeavour to find a way forwards in good faith.
August 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Goon?
B&W photo of Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe, A.K.A. The Goons. Spike is holding a microphone on a stand and is apparently singing; Sellers and Secombe have their fingers firmly in their ears.
August 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM