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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 14h

SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! (John Carpenter, 1978)

This made-for-TV thriller feels an awful lot like a dry-run for HALLOWEEN. A television producer, having just moved into a fancy high-rise apartment, is pursued by a clever & murderous stalker. Starring Lauren Hutton, David Birney and Adrienne Barbeau.

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 2h

The haunted Beechnut Street mansion is one of the weirdest locations I’ve run across in the 2003 GTA Houston mod.

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 23h

Japanese poster for REPULSION (1965)

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 23h

Silent Light (2007)

Staggering, Tarkovsky-esque art film about a farmer in a conservative Mexican Mennonite colony who can't resist his compulsion to carry on an adulterous affair, not even with his wife being aware of what is going on

Written and directed by Carlos Reygadas - BOTD in 1971

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly think the only way we’ll clear out the dregs clogging up the top of the UK press is when they flee the country after once again failing to force Farage down peoples throats. 20 fucking years of this shite now

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Sinden in "An Alligator Named Daisy" - BOTD

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 1d

Alastair Sim in "The Belles of St. Trinian's" - BOTD

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Bob Lawrence 💙 @trumpluvsobama.bsky.social · 2h

🙄🤷‍♂️🤬

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Myra🇨🇦 @timeforchange.bsky.social · 2h

Never underestimate Canada’s excellent wine makers and craft brewers …. And the old still in the back yard. Maple syrup has all sorts of applications. 🇨🇦

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

www.cbc.ca

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X Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 2h

Digestive.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ~ Trout Mask Replica (1969)

Cover art by Calvin "Cal" Schenkel.
youtube.com/playlist?list

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A K (Bone Coloring, Silian Rail Font) @aklingus.bsky.social · 2h

If you think you’ve got better things to do on this fine Saturday morning than to watch the Pee Wee Herman HBO special from 1984, guess what? You’re wrong, stupid youtu.be/VbhZZnIRPOI?...

The Pee-Wee Herman Show - Live at the Roxy Theater 1981

YouTube video by The Spirit of 1976

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2h

Sources:

IMDB: buff.ly/w0qSrHX
Kevin McCorry: buff.ly/bkVlWtW
TV Tropes: buff.ly/bkVlWtW

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2h

I hope you enjoyed that look at The Littlest Hobo.

If you enjoy my Canadian history content, you can support my work with a donation at 👇
www.buymeacoffee.com/craigu

*sources in next post*

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Craig Baird is creating Canadian history content

Hello!Bringing Canadian history to people is my full-time job through my podcast Canadian History Ehx, and on social media.I love Canadian history and I share my passion with my listeners and viewers.

www.buymeacoffee.com

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2h

On Oct. 11, 1979, the first episode of the revival of The Littlest Hobo debuted on CTV. Based off a 1958 movie and 1960s TV show, it aired for six seasons and 114 episodes.
With its famous theme song, it is beloved by generations of Canadians.
This is the story.

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A collage featuring the title "The Littlest Hobo" in bold yellow letters, with four images of a German Shepherd dog: one sitting at a desk with papers, one standing near trees, one near a brick wall, and one in a natural outdoor setting with greenery, all set against a black background.

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe I need to write a book.

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Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · 3h

Elizabeth Gaskell’s "The Old Nurse's Story," one of the finest Victorian ghost stories ever written, originally appeared in the Extra Christmas Number of Household Words in 1852. #BookWormSat

Black and white portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell.

Front cover to the Penguin edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s collected Gothic Tales.

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john dummett @dummypublic.bsky.social · 2h

practical help available for rising sea levels

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 2h

Innsmouth Hosiery isn’t any less spooky.

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 2h

#vintagead

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 2h

The haunted Beechnut Street mansion is one of the weirdest locations I’ve run across in the 2003 GTA Houston mod.

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hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social @hear-ye--hear-ye.bsky.social · 2h

Is trump using the USA tax payers to benefit his organization.
Seem weird he get golf courts, private planes and American get the bill.
America first lies are American paying for subsidizing other countries trump made arrangements with.
Qatar gets Air Base? Idaho loves it

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Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business

The Trump family company has struck a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar. It's a sign that the company has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration.

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 3h

one enduring legacy of GW Bush

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h

"free speech zone" is such a bullshit phrase

according to the constitution, the entire country is a free speech zone

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 18h

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 21h

Did you know there's a Clark Ashton Smith conference happening in January? Learn more about the event, and the group behind it, here: www.thesmithcircle.net

A photo of Clark Ashton Smith sitting in an armchair. The text along the top reads: CLARK ASHTON SMITH CONVFERENCE. A celebration of local weird fiction author, artist, and sculptor. Sat Jan 10th 2026. Auburn Carnegie Library. 175 Almond Street Auburn California

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22h

I think we need to be crystal clear about how Trump's creation of a nationwide police force—loyal only to him—threatens to create a feedback loop of lawlessness in which our constitutional right to dissent may vanish. slate.com/news-and-pol...

It is now beyond debate that one of Donald Trump’s key goals is the creation of a national police force that is loyal to him alone. To that end, the president has repeatedly federalized the National Guard—often over governors’ objections—and deployed troops to invade blue cities whose residents oppose his administration. He has also transformed Immigration and Customs Enforcement into a kind of secret police that targets, with especially sadistic brutality, journalists, protesters, and others exercising their First Amendment rights. Trump’s multifaceted attack on the Constitution creates a feedback loop of lawlessness: He first erodes the structural limits on his authority, then exploits his newly unchecked power to trample the people’s freedom to dissent.

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