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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 7h

The fact that these goons - the footsoldiers of the counter revolution - are already at total apathy nine months in is a clear sign We Are Going To Win

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

But don't worry, Lecornu's relaunch is starting with four variant covers and a tie-in to the current crossover, he'll sell THIS time

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 9h

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

"Where's Swoop? We can't do our Extreme Dinosaurs cosplay without him."

Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

"You can't _knock_, mate?"

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 8h

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

A crossover I didn't know I needed!

Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

Now just need Wetworks, right?

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 8h

This is the infuriating bit - "oh no we just want INTEGRATION" but also it takes longer, there's more paperwork, there's more tripwires, it's costlier, rules for marriage is changing, also cor look at Dubai let's be like that.

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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · 9h

It's really cool how there's a Europe-wide push to make it harder and harder for migrants to naturalise and basically nobody gives a shit

Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 11h

Poland’s interior ministry has proposed tougher rules for obtaining Polish citizenship.

They would increase the residency period from three to eight years and require applicants to take a test proving they are integrated and sign a declaration of loyalty.

Poland proposes tougher rules for foreigners to obtain citizenship

notesfrompoland.com

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Sea Lion Press @sealionpress.co.uk · 18h

Gary Oswald's ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) celebrated series on the #ScrambleForAfrica returns with a brand new article about the #history of #Mozambique under #Portuguese #colonial rule. #AfricanHistory #LourençoMarques #Maputo www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...

Africa During the Scramble – Making a Fiction Real

By Gary Oswald.Portuguese Mozambique officially began in 1496 when Vasco de Gama arrived in Maputo Bay and didn't end until 1975. But in reality Mozambique is a big country and for most of that time, ...

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 11h

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

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🎃 Andy Lambert 🎃 @and-e-roo.bsky.social · 2d

I've been informed that "The Fades" is back on iPlayer -
I absolutely LOVED this 6 part supernatural series when it was first shown in 2011, and if you've never seen it before, or haven't watched it in a while, I recommend it - especially during the spooky season! 👻

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Fades

Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits crosses back into the living world, he is forced into a fight to prevent the apocalypse.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social · 1d

More TV shows should do dramatic movie style poster art like this

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Steffi @larkistin89.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Rian Johnson wants to make ‘Knives Out’ movies for the rest of his life

“I don’t feel burnt out doing these at all. If anything I feel energized after doing this one”

His deal to make them at Netflix ends with ‘Wake Up Dead Man’

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

John, hearing Radio 4 go off the air, sighing, powering up bsky and inputting The Take.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

"Remember how this brand meant good stuff?" I do, but I'm getting old.

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 1d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Soon after, you get the sense a lot of the silly university wizarding stuff is so that if they're all consumed with _that_, they're not doing... _this_. And "we need to AVOID the big impressive fantasy battle" is a recurring plot and mood, getting us things like Jingo's list of how everyone dies

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

IIRC because it's been a while since I read both, Fantastic has some better characters like Cohen but Sourcery is the better story, as there is one instead of a series of events and you do get something from Rincewind and it just _goes there_ with the apocalypse - which hangs over later books

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

"If these teenagers don't unite, they're all going to die."

Ten years ago I co-wrote a relentlessly violent horror novel in which students get abducted for death-games by a sadistic necromancer. You know you want it!

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015UIIPSA

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

At least that was in response to a massive terrorist attack, which was still unsettling to witness and exploited, but it's a big thing where people died, not just... the guy they liked won and not everyone else is happy.

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Carpenter almost got to do the Creature too, if not for that most foul and terrible of monsters, Chevy Chase:

www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...

Tales from Development Hell: John Carpenter’s Creature from the Black Lagoon

By Ryan Fleming.In many respects, the monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s from Universal were the first film franchise as we understand them today. A stable of characters, sequels, spin-offs, crosso...

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Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Dredd Megazine 485 is out on 15th October, featuring MEGATROPOLIS II, Part One by:

📝 Script: Ken Niemand
✏️ Art: Dave Taylor
💬 Letters: Jim Campbell

Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc

Megatropolis II, by Ken Niemand, Dave Taylor and Jim Campbell

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