John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
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John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
· Jan 28
"Listen to me you overdeveloped German sleazeball!" #eldorado
I’m not saying the company I work for has ideas above its station, but-
January 22, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I’m not saying the company I work for has ideas above its station, but-
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London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
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Important perspective from Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Important perspective from Greenland.
This can’t be accurate, Kennedy looks sober
From January 1980 : The TV Times gave you a regional guide to your local news girl. Just hoping the following week they did the same for the men in the name of balance and fairness. 😀
#80s
#80s
January 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This can’t be accurate, Kennedy looks sober
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The #Blakes7 Production Diary Series C will be published on 31st March, 46 years to the day since the broadcast of ‘Terminal’. Cost/ordering details will be posted on the day. No need to pre-order as it's a print-to-order book. Keep an eye out for more updates. www.cultedge.art
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The #Blakes7 Production Diary Series C will be published on 31st March, 46 years to the day since the broadcast of ‘Terminal’. Cost/ordering details will be posted on the day. No need to pre-order as it's a print-to-order book. Keep an eye out for more updates. www.cultedge.art
Walked into a pub quiz in a bar in Gothenburg. Score not great as Swedish not a speciality.
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Walked into a pub quiz in a bar in Gothenburg. Score not great as Swedish not a speciality.
Big shout out to Macron for his commitment to the cyberpunk dystopia timeline
January 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Big shout out to Macron for his commitment to the cyberpunk dystopia timeline
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Do you all know the joys of the Danish Voice Actor for Starscream in the original Transformers cartoon? I promise you aren't ready for it.
November 26, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Do you all know the joys of the Danish Voice Actor for Starscream in the original Transformers cartoon? I promise you aren't ready for it.
"It will be a useless technological development, like the cellular phone, rather a useful one, like the Fax."
Behind The Headlines today in 1993 interrogates the greatest invasion of privacy possible, the coming of the video phone. John Diamond talks amongst others to Rosie Boycott and Auberon Waugh about whether it'll take off.
1993: VIDEO PHONES are Here! But Do You WANT One? | Behind the Headlines | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
"I sat down for an hour to try to think of a reason, a time when I have ever needed a videophone in my life - I can't think of one!"
John Diamond is joined by publishing director Clare Alexander, columnist Auberon Waugh, and editor Rosie Boycott to discuss the videophone. It's been a science-fictio
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January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
"It will be a useless technological development, like the cellular phone, rather a useful one, like the Fax."
used to play the Danmass remix off this, cos of its breakbeat
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
used to play the Danmass remix off this, cos of its breakbeat
What a mad football match.
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
What a mad football match.
And now Senegal have scored. Mental. #AFCON2025
January 18, 2026 at 9:22 PM
And now Senegal have scored. Mental. #AFCON2025
Proving this is the banter timeline the Moroccon penalty was saved and now we have 30mins of extra time. The time of penalty was about 90 + 25mins.
January 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Proving this is the banter timeline the Moroccon penalty was saved and now we have 30mins of extra time. The time of penalty was about 90 + 25mins.
Absolute scenes at #AFCON2025 final where a last minute penalty favouring Morocco has resulted in managers on the pitch and the Senegal team walking off
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Absolute scenes at #AFCON2025 final where a last minute penalty favouring Morocco has resulted in managers on the pitch and the Senegal team walking off
"...who can fail to remember the occasion he scored double points by using both hands in different actions to finish off One Man & His Dog in under thirty seconds!"
OK Una... Four words... 1st syllable!
And it's not long to go before GIVE US A CLUE is back on #TPTV
Begins Sunday 25th January at 3:30pm #TPTV with team Captains #UnaStubbs & #LionelBlair
And it's not long to go before GIVE US A CLUE is back on #TPTV
Begins Sunday 25th January at 3:30pm #TPTV with team Captains #UnaStubbs & #LionelBlair
January 18, 2026 at 10:27 AM
"...who can fail to remember the occasion he scored double points by using both hands in different actions to finish off One Man & His Dog in under thirty seconds!"
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Putting this here in case useful over the next couple of days.
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Putting this here in case useful over the next couple of days.
Birthday pints in the Baron of Beef
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Birthday pints in the Baron of Beef
Where’s the episode on Rise of Skywalker? if you want to know what real disappointment feels like
TERRY WANTS TO KNOW…
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
What are YOUR memories of seeing The Phantom Menace for the first time in 1999? We’d love to hear from you for our next episode.
Please RT.
(Thank you)
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Where’s the episode on Rise of Skywalker? if you want to know what real disappointment feels like
“Everybody if you can do the-“
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“Everybody if you can do the-“
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Is this the ECB legacy?
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Testing times for English cricket | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Emma John’s article on the difference in attitudes to the game in England and Australia
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Is this the ECB legacy?
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘In England it has become elitist, with free-to-air TV coverage long gone, the cost of going to a game increasingly prohibitive and the county game’s importance as a place to learn having been eroded.’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Happy birthday to Michelle Obama, Jim Carrey, Calvin Harris and me.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Happy birthday to Michelle Obama, Jim Carrey, Calvin Harris and me.
A brilliant programme, it shunned the lengthy method to make the whole thing utterly exciting
#OnThisDay 1994 : The first edition of Time Team was broadcast on Channel 4.
20 series between 1994 to 2014 was broadcast on the channel and was led by Tony Robinson and a team of specialists who would undertake an archaeological dig.
#90s
20 series between 1994 to 2014 was broadcast on the channel and was led by Tony Robinson and a team of specialists who would undertake an archaeological dig.
#90s
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A brilliant programme, it shunned the lengthy method to make the whole thing utterly exciting
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The Seattle Star
Friday, January 16,1914
Friday, January 16,1914
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The Seattle Star
Friday, January 16,1914
Friday, January 16,1914
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I see that X, The Everything App has crashed.
a man holding an umbrella with the words where we throw our heads back in laughter
ALT: a man holding an umbrella with the words where we throw our heads back in laughter
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I see that X, The Everything App has crashed.
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