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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 11h

How good is Riot Women? Just brilliant television, and Joanna Scanlon deserves all the awards going.

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 18h

This won't mean a lot to most people, but I remember buying a TiVo here in the UK and watching open mouthed as it paused live broadcast television. I used to show it off as a party trick and friends were always equally astounded.

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TiVo has sold its last DVR

The company is killing its hardware business, 26 years after becoming synonymous with TV recording.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

“You don’t look sick”.

Chronic illness is often invisible

Many disabilities are invisible

People can look “fine” on the outside and have devastating disease processes inside their body

They can be living in constant pain, fatigue & exhaustion

Don’t judge a book by its cover

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my days this is brilliant

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 4d

This, from a woman who was probably not born when Elliott Smith died, makes me happy.

www.instagram.com/p/DPkNM2Jjgsp/

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 1d

Goodness me

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 1d

This man is a beautiful soul. I bloody love him.

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 1d

Always thought Blur must have got inspiration for Sunday Sunday from Cardiac's Dog Like Sparky. One flaw though, Dog Like Sparky came out two years later!
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Cardiacs - Dog like Sparky

Listen to Dog like Sparky on TIDAL

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 1d

YouTubers I BEG you to stop using the "dusty film" effect to fill out the 16:9 frame when using 4:3 footage. It looks shit and it pulls away attention.

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 2d

I fervently agree with every single word here.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 2d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 2d

Rarely can I listen to this song without tears forming. Stunningly, achingly beautiful. @lowtheband.bsky.social

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Low - Just Make it Stop

Listen to Just Make it Stop on TIDAL

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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💙 MaryH 💙 @maryh58.bsky.social · 3d

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 3d

Always hug 10% harder.

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 4d

Sad times. My cable box was permanently tuned to MTV2 in the early 1990s and it introduced me to a lot of amazing music and filmmaking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK

The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.

www.bbc.co.uk

Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 5d

Trump announces plans to invade Machado

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 5d

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 won by a woman - Maria Corina Machado

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 6d

Reform UK in the dock ⚖

9th October Andy Osborn.
14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan.
15th October Sarah White.
21st November Nathan Gill.
16th December Mandy Clare.
22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor.

Under investigation:
Joseph Boam.
Lee Duffy.
George Cottrell.

#ReformInTheDock

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah same. Under 75 and not immunosuppressed. Apparently the current strain is "quite mild".

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 6d

Throwing shade

www.theargus.co.uk/news/2552839...

Major police response following reports of incident in shop

There is a major police response following reports of an incident inside a shop in Hove

www.theargus.co.uk

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 6d

Throwing shade

www.theargus.co.uk/news/2552839...

Major police response following reports of incident in shop

There is a major police response following reports of an incident inside a shop in Hove

www.theargus.co.uk

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 6d

Perfect take.

Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 6d

What a tune

Owl Berg @owlberg.bsky.social · 7d

#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

7. Psychic TV - Godstar

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Godstar

YouTube video by Psychic TV - Topic

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 6d

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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