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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 17h

Hombre Previn #mexicanmorecambeandwise

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 18h

Great to hear the words of Tash Farrant at the #CWC25, my favourite Terry Nation coded cricket commentator.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 21h

A View to a Spill

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 21h

Just finished. It was a big old effort, but an enjoyable one nonetheless. A snapshot of England in the 1820s, told through keen observation and high farce. Funny, but also socially relevant. As revealing as Austen had been around 15 years earlier.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

‘Big Jessie’ in honour of the Krankies

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

I’m taking this as a sign for Missing Episodes

The Way of Positive Change @waypositivechange.bsky.social · 1d

Friday 10/10 COTD The High Priestess. She is symbolic of the highly receptive feminine power, the psychic in all of us.

She asks us to be still, to go deeper, and to look and feel beyond the obvious. Tune in, listen, and watch for signs and omens,

Secrets will be revealed today!

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Never noticed that the blue strip here kinda mirrors the river that Indy will be hanging over at the end of the film

John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

I love the opening. The Busby Berkeley sequence has zero grounding in the reality of the scene, then David Yip turns up!

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

I love the opening. The Busby Berkeley sequence has zero grounding in the reality of the scene, then David Yip turns up!

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s movie was INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) which is very enjoyable, the mine cart sequence alone is worth it.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

What am I supposed to do on a Friday night once #totp is all over and I've still got a couple of cans left?

The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 2d

🟦 CLEAN FEED | It's being reported in the press tonight that MTV is planning to close all but one of its linear channels in the UK.

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and Live HD will close on 31st December.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Barry Evans in 'Adventures of an Undercover Journalist!'

(i know it isn't, don't write in)

Zoe's feather boa @zoesfeatherboa.bsky.social · 1d

#DoctorWho from the start.
Invasion of the Dinosaurs by Malcolm Hulke.
Part Five.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

This conference next year promising so much on name alone.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

"We are the Rip Offs"

🅡🅞🅑 🅜🅔🅢🅤🅡🅔 @robmesure.bsky.social · 1d

Just going to assume the next Kraftwerk album is called Dynamische Preisgestaltung, or something.

A screenshot, pinched from @stevejvickers.bsky.social, showing ludicrously high ticket prices for a Kraftwerk gig.

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Matt @mattlibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Went to purchase a copy of Winnie the Pooh and was shocked to discover that it now comes with a Tigger Warning

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 2d

Brand new on Dirty Feed: what was special about the Fawlty Towers episode "Basil the Rat"?

Short version: it had two days in the studio, while every other episode only had one.

Long version: www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/10/tc8-...

Fawlty Towers, "Basil the Rat": the Major spots the offending creature in the bar.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to figure out the middle one's Gallifrey Base username

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 3d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 2d

Paging Sir Mix-a-Lot

Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 2d

The world’s largest helium aircraft had a test flight here today! The Air Lander launch was very nearly cancelled after the outer skin tore badly but, as you can see here, we persuaded an American tourist to lend their cycling shorts and it saved the day.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 2d

reposting this cos it's ace

Richard M. Kirkpatrick @richmkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 3d

“Mission To The Unknown” premiered 60 years ago today. Here is the University of Central Lancashire’s recreation of the episode from 2019. #DoctorWho

youtu.be/NW8yk-m5Ig8