Mal Franks
@merseymal.com
Data Analyst since 2023. IT Supervisor/SysAdmin 1997-2023. Computer tinkerer/gamer since 1982. Console gamer since 1977. Tea drinker since 1974. He/him.
Loves telly, music, comics, movies, games and tea.
Loves telly, music, comics, movies, games and tea.
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Mal Franks
@merseymal.com
· Oct 17
That time when I caught the 3rd Doctor breaking and entering in my street.
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Throwback to April when we introduced you to Miro, who we’ve been helping to hit Nat 20’s in games like Baldur’s Gate 3 with his accessible gaming setup! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/miros-d...
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Throwback to April when we introduced you to Miro, who we’ve been helping to hit Nat 20’s in games like Baldur’s Gate 3 with his accessible gaming setup! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/miros-d...
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Made a frankentree for Christmas instead of buying one. Collected fallen branches from the woods, three hours of arranging, tying, screwing and gluing.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Made a frankentree for Christmas instead of buying one. Collected fallen branches from the woods, three hours of arranging, tying, screwing and gluing.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
One child burst into tears at the sight, one ran out of the room.
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Lots of these fake "hero stands up to ICE" videos doing the rounds
ALL of them are AI.
Look at the letters in the background.
ALL of them are AI.
Look at the letters in the background.
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Lots of these fake "hero stands up to ICE" videos doing the rounds
ALL of them are AI.
Look at the letters in the background.
ALL of them are AI.
Look at the letters in the background.
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Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 7
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 7
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🎶Muttley, you sniggering cowardly hound
When courage is needed, you're never around!
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest
should be for bungling, in which you are best🎶
When courage is needed, you're never around!
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest
should be for bungling, in which you are best🎶
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🎶Muttley, you sniggering cowardly hound
When courage is needed, you're never around!
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest
should be for bungling, in which you are best🎶
When courage is needed, you're never around!
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest
should be for bungling, in which you are best🎶
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I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
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Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 6
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 6
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I would smash this with hammers if it did this shit anywhere near me
Always important to remember that this is because these robots are "faking" being human
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I would smash this with hammers if it did this shit anywhere near me
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Can’t be bothered to search it. Has anyone else done FIFA giving Prince Andrew the babysitter of the year award?
December 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can’t be bothered to search it. Has anyone else done FIFA giving Prince Andrew the babysitter of the year award?
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Putting his keys into epstein's punch bowl
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Putting his keys into epstein's punch bowl
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Love your PC's Ultrawide Monitor and wish Keeper was supported? Now it is!
Our newest update adds 21:9 and 32:9 monitor support for the game, and it is absolutely dazzling, if we say so ourselves. Look at this vista, it's breathtaking! 😍
Update Details: www.doublefine.com/news/keeper-...
Our newest update adds 21:9 and 32:9 monitor support for the game, and it is absolutely dazzling, if we say so ourselves. Look at this vista, it's breathtaking! 😍
Update Details: www.doublefine.com/news/keeper-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Love your PC's Ultrawide Monitor and wish Keeper was supported? Now it is!
Our newest update adds 21:9 and 32:9 monitor support for the game, and it is absolutely dazzling, if we say so ourselves. Look at this vista, it's breathtaking! 😍
Update Details: www.doublefine.com/news/keeper-...
Our newest update adds 21:9 and 32:9 monitor support for the game, and it is absolutely dazzling, if we say so ourselves. Look at this vista, it's breathtaking! 😍
Update Details: www.doublefine.com/news/keeper-...
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Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
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Perplexed at this. The mid-market restaurant is in a bad way, and frankly what has changed to make Jamie’s Italian a better proposition than it was six years ago?
Jamie Oliver to relaunch Italian restaurant chain in UK six years after collapse
Jamie Oliver to relaunch Italian restaurant chain in UK six years after collapse
Celebrity chef will start with branch in London’s Leicester Square, backed by Prezzo owner Brava Hospitality Group
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Business live – latest updates
Jamie Oliver is to revive his Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain in the UK, more than six years after the celebrity chef’s brand collapsed.
Jamie’s Italian is poised to be relaunched in the spring, starting with a restaurant in London’s Leicester Square. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Perplexed at this. The mid-market restaurant is in a bad way, and frankly what has changed to make Jamie’s Italian a better proposition than it was six years ago?
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
BP is ditching paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for 5,400 workers in its petrol forecourts as it attempts to offset a planned rise in the independent living wage.
The company has told workers in its 310 company-run forecourts that it will be changing their benefits in February. Workers at a further 850 BP-branded forecourts run by partners are on different pay deals. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
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This cartoon and two others are available now as prints here: www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This cartoon and two others are available now as prints here: www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025
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Hurrah! Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show has been shortlisted in the Best Podcast Audio Drama category at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2026. I knew that washing-up glove was a good idea. #DoctorWho #BBCAudioDramaAwards #TheStuffOfLegend #AudioDrama
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC Audio Drama Awards - The 2026 Shortlist
Announcing the shortlisted people and programmes for the 2025 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hurrah! Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend - The Live Show has been shortlisted in the Best Podcast Audio Drama category at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2026. I knew that washing-up glove was a good idea. #DoctorWho #BBCAudioDramaAwards #TheStuffOfLegend #AudioDrama
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
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There’s a lovely tribute to Nick by @thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk if you’ve not read it yet.
www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2025/12/a-tr...
www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2025/12/a-tr...
A Tribute to Retro Gamer Magazine's Nick Thorpe
www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There’s a lovely tribute to Nick by @thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk if you’ve not read it yet.
www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2025/12/a-tr...
www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2025/12/a-tr...
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Amazon has totally fucked up my folk horror books listings… lost 1,700 ratings off Withered Hill somehow, and Scuttler’s Cove has plummeted in the rankings for some reason. Anyhow, buy one! From anywhere! Lots of options here: www.canelo.co/authors/davi...
David Barnett | Canelo
About the author David Barnett
www.canelo.co
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Amazon has totally fucked up my folk horror books listings… lost 1,700 ratings off Withered Hill somehow, and Scuttler’s Cove has plummeted in the rankings for some reason. Anyhow, buy one! From anywhere! Lots of options here: www.canelo.co/authors/davi...
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"The Life and Loves of a Sea Devil" came to me at 2am, I apologise.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"The Life and Loves of a Sea Devil" came to me at 2am, I apologise.
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who starred in the Mortal Kombat franchise and Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle television series, has died. He was 75.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Actor, Dies at 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who starred in the Mortal Kombat franchise and Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle television series, has died. He was 75.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who starred in the Mortal Kombat franchise and Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle television series, has died. He was 75.
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Had a really fun chat with Stephen Kick about Blood: Refreshed Supply and the future of Nightdive. Particularly intrigued by his plan to build an internal equivalent of Gearbox to develop expansions for their remasters. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/b...
Blood: Refreshed Supply is the dawn of a new era for Nightdive
Nightdive's Stephen Kick on creating an "internal Gearbox," Digital Eclipse-style documentaries, and what a renewed Warner Bros. partnership might mean for future projects.
store.epicgames.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Had a really fun chat with Stephen Kick about Blood: Refreshed Supply and the future of Nightdive. Particularly intrigued by his plan to build an internal equivalent of Gearbox to develop expansions for their remasters. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/b...
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Dad told us all Muppets Christmas Carol was on at 8pm so we all gathered around the TV ready to watch Muppets Christmas Carol but it was actually just some people on Sky Arts talking about Muppets Christmas Carol so now he’s being shunned
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Dad told us all Muppets Christmas Carol was on at 8pm so we all gathered around the TV ready to watch Muppets Christmas Carol but it was actually just some people on Sky Arts talking about Muppets Christmas Carol so now he’s being shunned