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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imagine if you took all the city's meat and put it in a freezer
January 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
imagine if you took all the city's meat and put it in a freezer
‘I’m so heterodox’ is what someone would say if they had just learnt what the word meant and were desperate to use it.
incredible stuff
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
‘I’m so heterodox’ is what someone would say if they had just learnt what the word meant and were desperate to use it.
Real catch for Reform.
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Real catch for Reform.
Check this out, the cinema that is now the Dancehouse on Oxford Road, Manchester, presumably 1972/73. Look at the line up, though I can’t work out what film ‘Exposed’ is. (Via Facebook)
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Check this out, the cinema that is now the Dancehouse on Oxford Road, Manchester, presumably 1972/73. Look at the line up, though I can’t work out what film ‘Exposed’ is. (Via Facebook)
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Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
Miscellaneous gialli in my local Oxfam.
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Miscellaneous gialli in my local Oxfam.
One of the funniest pictures I’ve ever seen. Pathetic-looking Farage, delighted to be perched on the end of a table ‘with’ Trump, post 2016 election.
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 AM
One of the funniest pictures I’ve ever seen. Pathetic-looking Farage, delighted to be perched on the end of a table ‘with’ Trump, post 2016 election.
Rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise and...
January 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Rotate 90 degrees anticlockwise and...
Lost interest when she was like ‘but what if NFTs were good if *I* did them?’
Experimental artist @hollyherndon.bsky.social says @bandcamp.com's AI ban is misguided
Holly Herndon Says Bandcamp’s AI Ban Is Misguided
Earlier this week, Bandcamp issued a blanket ban on generative AI and deepfake impersonations. This new measure makes Bandcamp an exception on the streaming landscape, were AI music is becoming more a...
stereogum.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Lost interest when she was like ‘but what if NFTs were good if *I* did them?’
Guess how many Palestinians are on this list. Save you a click, it’s zero! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who is on Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza?
The White House has released the names of those who will oversee the next phase of the US president's peace plan for Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Guess how many Palestinians are on this list. Save you a click, it’s zero! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes, these are the worst things about those two people.
January 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Yes, these are the worst things about those two people.
A top-ten film for me and an essential purchase. I hope this gets a UK release.
I've been dying to tell people I wrote the essay for TROUBLE IN PARADISE, a true Lubitsch masterpiece, and now I can. It's hilarious, it's gorgeous, there's nothing like it, and spending time with Trouble last year soothed my soul. www.criterion.com/films/723-tr....
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A top-ten film for me and an essential purchase. I hope this gets a UK release.
Do I need to buy Vampyros Lesbos for the fourth time? No. Will I? Yes.
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Do I need to buy Vampyros Lesbos for the fourth time? No. Will I? Yes.
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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I think we can all agree now that it was an odd choice to give the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who literally begs a foreign power to take over her country, seize its assets, and perform extra-judicial executions of its citizens in order to further her own political aspirations.
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I think we can all agree now that it was an odd choice to give the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who literally begs a foreign power to take over her country, seize its assets, and perform extra-judicial executions of its citizens in order to further her own political aspirations.
New distracted boyfriend meme just dropped with Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, and Joyce 'sister of Lionel' Blair.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
New distracted boyfriend meme just dropped with Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, and Joyce 'sister of Lionel' Blair.
You know you’re in trouble when your sexualised depiction of minors is too much for the Japanese.
Japan has joined the growing list of countries probing X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok and the chatbot’s role in creating and spreading sexualized images of people without their consent.
Musk’s Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualized images
The Cabinet Office has asked the social media platform to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said.
ebx.sh
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
You know you’re in trouble when your sexualised depiction of minors is too much for the Japanese.
My god this sounds fucking awful.
January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
My god this sounds fucking awful.
Fair enough, more than happy for rich assholes to drop dead from their £1000 dinner.
Ynyshir: Giles Coren says hygiene ratings do not apply to Michelin restaurants
Ynyshir: Giles Coren says hygiene ratings do not apply to Michelin restaurants
The restaurant critic says inspectors should "modernise" after Ynyshir recieved a one-out-of-five hygiene rating.
www.bbc.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fair enough, more than happy for rich assholes to drop dead from their £1000 dinner.
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Librofm is having a deal where you get two free audiobook credits at signup when you use code SWITCH
(I love Librofm, I love that it supports indie bookstores. I get nothing in exchange for this.)
(I love Librofm, I love that it supports indie bookstores. I get nothing in exchange for this.)
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Librofm is having a deal where you get two free audiobook credits at signup when you use code SWITCH
(I love Librofm, I love that it supports indie bookstores. I get nothing in exchange for this.)
(I love Librofm, I love that it supports indie bookstores. I get nothing in exchange for this.)
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
This is the thing that 2A advocates always say the guns are for, isn't it?
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This is the thing that 2A advocates always say the guns are for, isn't it?
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#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
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The 'give ice qr codes' thing reminds me of when Sarah Everard was murdered by a real policeman using his real police id to kidnap her, and the police & gvt made out the solution was to have a helpline to check that the person bundling you away was a real policeman (as the murderer was)
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The 'give ice qr codes' thing reminds me of when Sarah Everard was murdered by a real policeman using his real police id to kidnap her, and the police & gvt made out the solution was to have a helpline to check that the person bundling you away was a real policeman (as the murderer was)