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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 1m

"The sea is rough and foggy, and I swim pretty badly."

Regarded as one of the finest French films of the era, Marcel Carné's 1938 drama Le Quai des Brumes arrives on Blu-ray from StudioCanal next week.

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#review #BluRay #classicfilm #worldcinema

Le Quai Des Brumes | GeekChocolate

The lost souls of a post-Great War France find themselves washed by the currents of tragedy to Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows).

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 40m

Tron (1982): Solar sailer, art by Jean "Moebius" Giraud

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4h

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2h

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Giles Sparrow @gswrites.bsky.social · 3h

Movie idea: The Incredible Journey but in this one, the animals hijack a plane to get home.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3h

‘We spent £2,000 flying our cat to America - she wasn't grateful’

Chris Morris, reading tomorrow’s newspaper headlines.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine how dumb you must be to have an ego the size of Earth yet still artificially create hype that you’ll win an award that you literally cannot win (Nobel nominations closed in Jan) so to guarantee you’ll appear as a reject & loser when the winner is announced.

A spectacular own goal for Trump.

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 4h

😂😂😂

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 3h

With blackjack! And hookers!

Jenny McKinnon @jennymckinnon.bsky.social · 3h

He’ll denounce the Prize and set up his own

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 6h

There are hundreds of years of history of women’s scientific accomplishments not being recognised or being minimised (“not notable”). It *still* happens. Many female scientists are only acknowledged on Wikipedia thanks to the efforts of, yes, other female scientists, notably physicist Dr Jess Wade.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 18h

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 3h

Night Watch's Timur Bekmambetov puts Chris Pratt through an automated justice procedure with the face of Rebecca Ferguson in a search for Mercy which uncovers a bigger conspiracy.

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#scifi #trailer #MercyMovie

Mercy - Official Trailer - Only In Cinemas January 23

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Releasing UK

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Cult Edge @cultedge.bsky.social · 4h

1 WEEK left to pre-order this red vinyl/mag bundle. A love letter to #Blakes7 and the music of its era by @philheeks.bsky.social Think Laura Brannigan meets Bronski Beat! Raising money for charity, in memory of Jacqueline Pearce. PRE-ORDER: bit.ly/markedtokill VIDEO: bit.ly/federationvi...

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 4h

"Give me the peace prize, or else!"

Kind of sums it up...

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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · 5h

The next NO KINGS day is Saturday October 18.

#USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MidasMighty #america #Trump #TRUMP #MAGA #FuckTrump #fuckmaga #Anti-Fascist #antifa #AntiTrump #AntiMAGA #stopthecoup #ConstitutionalCrisis #WokeAF #FightOligarchy #TrumPedo

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Annie Worsley @annieworsley.bsky.social · 1d

The stones of Calanais... brooding, magical, other-worldly... a remarkable place especially on a wild Hebridean day.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 6h

Amber in the shadows . Thanks to @BELLEGREENWICH for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 5h

Another repost for #PhantomsFriday

Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 2d

And here's the cover of the 1949 Rider & Co. Ltd edition, another wonderful artwork.

Front cover art of 'Haunted Britain' by Elliott O'Donnell, depicting a swirling cloud in which menacing figures with bright red eyes and mouths are visible in the swirls. Less distinct are a coach and horses and a horse rider with antlers. Occasional gaps in the cloud reveal the walls of a ruined house, a manor house, and a tree. On the books spine is another cloudy figure and a crossroads.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 5h

We wants it.

Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 1d

OK I’ve got this thing in my office. What should I do with it?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6h

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 17h

Thís is Eglantine Price
Eglantine learned Witchcraft to figbt
tbe Nazis
Be Líke Eglantine.
Hex the Fascists.

Image from Bedknobs and broomsticks

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 17h

The original #StarTrek pilot, "The Cage"⬅️ features sugar cubes that Pike uses to feed Tango, while the first episode of #StarTrekTOS ever shown, "The Man Trap"➡️ features salt tablets that Dr. Crater uses to feed the salt vampire/Nancy. I just like such juxtapositions.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17h

Donald Trump wants to sell YOUR student loan debt to Wall Street.

He's not looking out for you — he's looking to make his CEO buddies more money off of your back.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 19h

A four-footed star carries one of the most unusual horror films of the year as death stalks a decaying house and only a Good Boy can protect his master, on general release from tomorrow.

#horror #halloween #GoodBoy #review #newrelease

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Good Boy | GeekChocolate

Moving into the supposedly haunted house of his late grandfather, a man is watched over and protected by his loyal dog, a Good Boy.

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 20h

"Do you believe in evil? In evil powers, in evil thoughts?"

Streaming on Arrow from tomorrow, it's certainly easy to believe in bad movies after a stay at the BoardingHouse, also known as Psycho Killer.

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#review #horror #halloween #slasher

BoardingHouse | GeekChocolate

Renting out the house he has inherited to aspiring models and actors, an aspiring telekinetic invites horror into the Boardinghouse.

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 22h

We sympath! Having put off persistent toothache for months a checkup this week resulted in "yeah, that wisdom tooth is coming out; you want an appointment at the hospital for full knockout or just have the jab and I'll get the pliers?" So, being us, there was some crunching and wrenching...

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