Jeff Billington
@facesofjeff.bsky.social
Now I am become Jeff, destroyer of worlds.
PhD researcher. Outsider Cinema: Marginal Filmmakers in the American Exploitation Film 1960-1985.
Booklet editor for @indicator.bsky.social Freelance film writer.
PhD researcher. Outsider Cinema: Marginal Filmmakers in the American Exploitation Film 1960-1985.
Booklet editor for @indicator.bsky.social Freelance film writer.
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What has to be avoided is letting special cases be used by bad actors to try to undermine the whole tax for their own, less deserving, benefit. Don't let them pretend (for example) that everyone with a £2m house is a poor granny with a bad back and tiny income... 3/3
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What has to be avoided is letting special cases be used by bad actors to try to undermine the whole tax for their own, less deserving, benefit. Don't let them pretend (for example) that everyone with a £2m house is a poor granny with a bad back and tiny income... 3/3
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Tibetans: this is the mountain Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the Earth
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
June 5, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Tibetans: this is the mountain Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the Earth
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
BREAKING: Drivers of electric cars to pay "smugness tax".
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BREAKING: Drivers of electric cars to pay "smugness tax".
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it would rock if RUSH HOUR 4 is a co-production between Paramount and August First Film Studio
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
it would rock if RUSH HOUR 4 is a co-production between Paramount and August First Film Studio
"So everyone is pissed off because they are skint all the fucking time, any ideas on how to address this?"
"Er... make little treats more expensive?"
"Brilliant!"
"Er... make little treats more expensive?"
"Brilliant!"
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"So everyone is pissed off because they are skint all the fucking time, any ideas on how to address this?"
"Er... make little treats more expensive?"
"Brilliant!"
"Er... make little treats more expensive?"
"Brilliant!"
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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Why would The Criterion Collection do this?
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Why would The Criterion Collection do this?
Someone bragging on FB about how they had enhanced a photo with AI. See how this house with ivy on it and a bush in front has become a collapsing portal into hell.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Someone bragging on FB about how they had enhanced a photo with AI. See how this house with ivy on it and a bush in front has become a collapsing portal into hell.
One of those books which is totally rewiring my brain about a topic which I thought I knew a bit about:
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One of those books which is totally rewiring my brain about a topic which I thought I knew a bit about:
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Every one of these is better than the last.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every one of these is better than the last.
Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society releasing a joint album and then their own separate albums in the same year is putting undue economic pressure on fans of minimalism and electronic drone.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society releasing a joint album and then their own separate albums in the same year is putting undue economic pressure on fans of minimalism and electronic drone.
How the fuck is this not a Blue Monday sale?
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How the fuck is this not a Blue Monday sale?
AI is pivoting from ‘what if you didn’t have to talk to your wife?’ to ‘what if you didn’t have to talk to your kids?’
“This study is trying to understand how we can leverage AI and machine-learning principles to improve recognition for toddlers and preschoolers.”
Canadian researchers look into how AI can better understand toddler talk like 'doodidees' | CBC News
Two researchers at Western University in London, Ont., are studying how to improve the way artificial intelligence understands toddlers' speaking patterns. They're recruiting preschool-age children to...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
AI is pivoting from ‘what if you didn’t have to talk to your wife?’ to ‘what if you didn’t have to talk to your kids?’
A spectre is haunting America.
BREAKING: The House passes a resolution condemning socialism, per FOX
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A spectre is haunting America.
Look what’s finally hit the UK @willsloanesq.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Look what’s finally hit the UK @willsloanesq.bsky.social
Facebook reminding me that it was 10 years since this candid shot of me having a cig in Tony Wilson Place with no coat on.
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Facebook reminding me that it was 10 years since this candid shot of me having a cig in Tony Wilson Place with no coat on.
I used to love listening to the ashes all night, another thing my wonderful and beloved children have taken from me.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I used to love listening to the ashes all night, another thing my wonderful and beloved children have taken from me.
Who was it who posited that the narrator of 'Driving Home For Christmas' was the ghost of someone who had died en route?
I wonder if Chris Rea has set off yet.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Who was it who posited that the narrator of 'Driving Home For Christmas' was the ghost of someone who had died en route?
Let me solve this mystery:
1 - things stopped costing £1.
2 - they stopped stocking random cool shit that made it worth a visit.
Poundland is now basically a smaller, shitter Home Bargains.
1 - things stopped costing £1.
2 - they stopped stocking random cool shit that made it worth a visit.
Poundland is now basically a smaller, shitter Home Bargains.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Let me solve this mystery:
1 - things stopped costing £1.
2 - they stopped stocking random cool shit that made it worth a visit.
Poundland is now basically a smaller, shitter Home Bargains.
1 - things stopped costing £1.
2 - they stopped stocking random cool shit that made it worth a visit.
Poundland is now basically a smaller, shitter Home Bargains.
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classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity
January 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity
Can’t wait until literally fucking nothing happens and nobody faces any consequences about this.
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Can’t wait until literally fucking nothing happens and nobody faces any consequences about this.
My 5yo had to postpone her birthday party by two weeks because she had chicken pox and now guess what, half her class has chicken pox and can't go.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My 5yo had to postpone her birthday party by two weeks because she had chicken pox and now guess what, half her class has chicken pox and can't go.
I hadn’t noticed that there was a new Bonnie Prince Billy album this year, and I thought “I must get that as I have all his albums”. Then I looked and the last one I bought was ‘Wolfroy Comes To Town’, almost 15 years ago. Where does the time go
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I hadn’t noticed that there was a new Bonnie Prince Billy album this year, and I thought “I must get that as I have all his albums”. Then I looked and the last one I bought was ‘Wolfroy Comes To Town’, almost 15 years ago. Where does the time go