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Electronic Dan 🟦

@electronicdan.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈 A gay, geeky nerd. Fan of Classic Doctor Who, British TV + Britcoms, Sci-Fi, Mysteries, Board and Computer Games, Classic Movies/Hollywood, Math, Science, Technology, Jewish, Liberal/Center-Left/Democrat

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · Feb 16

Seeing all the #gally1 posts in my timeline has me remembering my trip to @gallifreyone.bsky.social a decade ago, including sitting at the brunch table with the wonderful @oldsixie.bsky.social

#drwho #doctorwho #whosky #gallifreyone 📺

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

Farewell to Prunella Scales (1932-2025), whose withering takedowns of John Cleese helped make FAWLTY TOWERS one of the most deliciously acerbic sitcoms ever made. #PrunellaScales

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 1d

Hadn't even heard of Scouts until now but I checked and I think it doesn't include them, since it gives an error.

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 1d

Hadn't even heard of Scouts until now but I checked and I think it doesn't include them, since it gives an error.

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 1d

I checked and it does include Very Short Treks.

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, I guess M'aol has won.

#torn #torncity #gamesky #crash #m'aol 🕹️

Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 2d

Also, hilarious that browsers tried to translate the symbols that appeared when M'aol was summoned, thinking it was in Vietnamese

#torn #torncity #gamesky #m'aol 🕹️

Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 2d

Making good progress on my basket for my first Halloweek in Torn City. Hope to complete the first tier of upgrades soon, and make progress towards the "Shadow of Doubt" upgrade that requires 1,000 treats.

#torncity #torn #gamesky #textmmo #mmo 🕹️

Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 4d

One issue with putting Wheel before Seeds - Seeds states that man hasn't gone beyond the Moon, but in Wheel, they have.

(Although it doesn't fit that great after Seeds, unless Zoe is completely unaware of recent history).

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David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.social · 5d

Remembering delightful classic Irish-born American character actress Una O'Connor on her 145th birthday, seen here as Minnie (with Boris Karloff's monster) in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935).

#BOTD on 10/23/1880
@tcmtv.bsky.social #TCMParty

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 6d

FYI: Norway has Social Democracy, not Democratic Socialism. People often confuse the two.

Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 8d

snoopy is blowing out candles on a birthday cake while woodstock looks on .

ALT: snoopy is blowing out candles on a birthday cake while woodstock looks on .

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James Guthrie 🐈‍⬛ @zygoville.bsky.social · 8d

“Three! I have seen three face-eating leopards!”

Graham Crowden, looking distraught as Soldeed in Doctor Who - The Horns Of Nimon (1979/80)

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 8d

Maybe Soldeed too?

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James Guthrie 🐈‍⬛ @zygoville.bsky.social · 8d

Driving home yesterday, listening to Michael Kilgarriff’s magnificent reading of Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen, the Target book by Gerry Davis, produced by BBC Audio, & for some reason this idea popped into my head ..? 🤷‍♂️

1. In episode 2, Klieg is talking to the Cyber Controller. I imagine he is saying: Can you tell me more about the Face-Eating Leopards Party?

2. The Cyber-Controller grabs Klieg’s wrist, and I imagine he asks, worriedly: But the leopards aren’t going to eat MY face, are they !

3. In episode 4, Klieg, laughing, says, perhaps: So, I voted for the Face-Eating Leopards Party!

4. Just as a Cyberman grabs him, and maybe his dying scream is: But I never thought the leopards would eat MY face!

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Semi Co-op @semicoop.bsky.social · 8d

New comic! ⏳ Ever wonder why a ‘60-minute game’ takes all evening? 😅 Based on careful observation of our last few game nights, we present our findings! What would you add (or remove) from it?

You can read this week's blog post at
semicoop.com/comic/game-time-breakdown/ #gamenight

A pie chart titled “Realistic Playing Time of a Game (compared to what it says on the box)” shows how much time board gamers actually spend on various activities. It's clear that the actual playing of the game doesn't take that much longer than the time indicated on the box, but the chart has way more slices than just playing the game. Other slices are: “Analysis paralysis.”, smaller slices include “Setup,” “Grabbing snacks,” “‘Oh, is it my turn?,’” “Looking up rule clarifications on BoardGameGeek,” “Talking about other fun games,” “Interruption by kids/pets/parents,” and “Taking pictures of the pretty game.”.

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𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑 🎬 @wor-will.bsky.social · 8d

Animal Crackers (1930)

Groucho Marx

#FilmSky #Movies #Cinema

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 9d

It's extremely doubtful it was ever recorded, but my morbid curiosity makes me interested in seeing the post-apocalyptic TV play "Underground" from Armchair Theatre, infamous for having one of it's actors pass away back stage during it's live broadcast.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, some more Doctor Who eps would be nice, but there’s other TV shows with missing episodes which I’d rather see turn up.

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 9d

a black and white photo of a woman wearing a fancy hat

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Martin G @thatmartin.bsky.social · 9d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right Answers only?

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 9d

Yes

a black and white photo of a wooden door with a pattern on it .

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 9d

Is Scaroth at it again?

#whosky #drwho #doctorwho #classicdoctorwho #cityofdeath #tvsky 📺

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says

Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery. “A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Rachida Dati wrote on social media. She used the French word braquage, which can mean robbery or hold-up. Continue reading...

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🎃Simon Halloween Pun Name🎃 @dimwittedly.bsky.social · 11d

Me, trying to use the presets on a microwave.

Alien in cockpit of spaceship. Caption: What will happen if...

Spaceship exploding over barren landscape.

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Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 11d

Leaning towards The Big Heat, since Noirvember is right around the corner.

* letterboxd counts various non-films (shorts, various TV episodes, etc) as films, so it's not really 5000 films.

Electronic Dan 🟦 @electronicdan.bsky.social · 11d

According to letterboxd, I'm getting close to my 5000th "film"*. Need to choose an a good, unwatched film from my library for my 5000th.

Some I'm considering include The Big Heat, Meet Me in St Louis, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, White Heat.

#classicfilms #filmsky 📽️

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