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FLANDRY OF TERRA (1979)
Acrylic on Board - 27 ½" x 16"

This illustration differed from others at the time in that I used models. 1/3
A dark haired woman wearing polar gear and holding a rifle crouches in the snow. Behind her, a blonde man with mustache stands with air raised and a rifle gripped in hand. He aims a laser pistol at a hovering octopoidal alien, one of a group that approaches from behind. Pink sky gives way to a baby blue spacescape. A moon with its craggy surface highlighted in crescent looms huge in the sky, intersected by the white rings of the planet.
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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wyrdwordwitch666.bsky.social
Xmas themed #newpfp 🎄
I may make this into a Xmas card and send it to my enemies...
#28YearsLater #TheBoneTemple
Young Spike climbing the bone temple skull pillar: placing a Xmas star at the top. The pillar is draped in Xmas lights
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
geekchocolate.bsky.social
Waving rather than drowning but certainly needing to push harder to swim against the tide, #TheWarBetweenTheLandandtheSea continues this weekend.

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#review #scifi #DoctorWho #HomoAqua
The War Between the Land and the Sea | GeekChocolate
Awakening and arising from the depths to claim their heritage and cleanse the oceans, Homo Aqua threaten War Between the Land and the Sea.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned.

Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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miketransreal.bsky.social
Sorry to hear this news, he was definitely one of the big names in the 1980s although he didn't publish much in the '90s. Favourite from his early days was Millennium (better than the film!) and later on I enjoyed Red Thunder and it's first couple of sequels...
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d
We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?
Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025 - Reactor
Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype
Biologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
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December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Glittering and dazzling, mesmerising and misleading, sharp and deadly, the great Fabio Testi is the retired agent who believes his nemesis has killed again in Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Reflet dans un diamant mort), now streaming on Shudder.

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Reflection in a Dead Diamond | GeekChocolate
There are some jobs from which you can never gracefully retire, never fully escape, the past a place which continues to haunt, memories refracted in the present, John Diman a long-term resident of a p...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
geekchocolate.bsky.social
Looking to get drunk and party, Kara Zor-El and Krypto just seem to find trouble...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdA...

#trailer #Supergirl #Krypto
Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer
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December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Me six years ago on Sky News at 6am after THAT election night. I've never been invited back, you'll see why.
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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cultedge.bsky.social
UNBOXING! 'Marked To Kill' is hitting doorsteps now! Limited copies of the red vinyl still available. But be quick, it WON'T be repressed. A truly unique piece of #Blakes7 merch. From the album 'Horizon 9' - both available from thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/music @philheeks.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
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SANDIE SHAW REVIEWING THE SITUATION
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Dsy 12

A sad story of unfulfilled dreams…

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Advent Calendar - Day 12 | Toby Hadoke
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December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
For those who don’t know, I have been trying to get ROGUE TROOPER made for 25 years. 25 YEARS!

-And not just “oh, that would be fun…”
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Exclusive footage of Piers Morgan interviewing Nick Fuentes.
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
geekchocolate.bsky.social
"You're a witch, trafficking with the Devil!"

Restored on #Bluray, a man returns from the dead to be with his lover, displaced and alone on the island of Jersey, separated by Neither the Sea nor the Sand.

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#romance #horror #fantasy #folkhorror #classicfilm
Neither the Sea nor the Sand | GeekChocolate
A woman unable to let go of her dead lover finds him returned to her changed in wintery coastal horror oddity Neither the Sea for the Sand.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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paulduane.bsky.social
I was thrilled to write an essay for the 4K UHD release of Dead Kids AKA Strange Behaviour, the directing debut of Two-Lane Blacktop producer Michael McLaughlin. It's a wild ride & the first recorded appearance of the Birthday Party (then Boys Next Door) is on the soundtrack! @indicator.bsky.social
Dead Kids 4K box cover with art of a hand holding a syringe, a frightened face, and lightning striking a house (very little of which is in the film) * Isolated score * Original theatrical trailers * Patton Oswalt trailer commentary (2023, 4 mins): short critical appreciation * Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes * Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Paul Duane, an exclusive extract from producer Antony I Ginnane's unpublished memoirs, archival interviews with director Michael Laughlin, actor Michael Murphy, and composers Tangerine Dream, and full film credits * World premiere on 4K UHD * Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All features subject to change #PHILE434U BBFC cert: 18 REGION FREE EAN: 5060697923742
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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scifireader.bsky.social
It's tough, but remember what Arthur C. Clarke said: "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them." Indie sci-fi can break boundaries! 🪐📚 What genre inspires you most? #WritingCommunity
golgaloth.bsky.social Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 3d
Do you feel judged by your fellow writers? Because of genre? Taking the indie route? Not quoting Shakespeare enough?

#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
Proper literature authors tut tutting in the corner while a science fiction author flies past yelling, "You're all just jealous of my jetpack."
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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wahrsager.bsky.social
Trump's implied threat against traditional US allies. (article gifted)
Danish Intelligence Report Raises Concerns About U.S.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.

All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.

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Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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chrisxl5.bsky.social
Tomb of the Cybermen is on of my favourite stories so I had a lot of fun with this trailer. :)

Hope ya'll enjoy.
bigfinish.bsky.social Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 3d
CYBER ATTACK! 💥 Jonathon Carley returns as the War Doctor in Doctor Who: Cybergene, OUT NOW: bgfn.sh/gene
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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philheeks.bsky.social
THE BRITISH STEREO COLLECTIVE
'Horizon 9' - Music Inspired by Blake's 7 and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Available to pre-order or download now, a month ahead of schedule due to the 'Marked to Kill' 12 inch single being released today #Blakes7
thebritishstereocollective.bandcamp.com/album/horizon-9
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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lexialex.bsky.social
How can we draw more attention to this? They're Palestine Action hunger strikers who are now in critical condition in the hospital and the UK is just letting them die. It also feels like there is a media blackout
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d
Tomorrow's front page 📰

'The UK is letting these people die'
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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newscientist.com
Feedback has spent some time sifting through 2025's key scientific achievements to come up with a range of weird and wonderful (and less wonderful) winners for our inaugural Backsies awards
Best acronym? Best use of AI? We present our end-of-year awards
Feedback has spent some time sifting through 2025's key scientific achievements to come up with a range of weird and wonderful (and less wonderful) winners for our inaugural Backsies awards
www.newscientist.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM