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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
Today I learned…
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today I learned…
Well, happy birthday to this guy, I guess, because he’s 77 today
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Well, happy birthday to this guy, I guess, because he’s 77 today
I rewatched Edge of Darkness a couple of weeks ago, and completely missed the graffiti on the phone box. I now feel the need to get the phrase “DEATH OR BONGO” into everyday conversation as often as possible. Anyway: look at this and follow some links
Friday! Lunchtime! Distract yourself from entirely-justifiable pandemic rage with soothing links and emollient words and SO MUCH INTERESTING STUFF. Web Curios! So dense that you could beat a former Tory PM to death with the printout! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-21...
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I rewatched Edge of Darkness a couple of weeks ago, and completely missed the graffiti on the phone box. I now feel the need to get the phrase “DEATH OR BONGO” into everyday conversation as often as possible. Anyway: look at this and follow some links
“Could the owner of a blue Vauxhall Opel, registration number PPW 304R, please move your vehicle, which is blocking in a number of other cars?”
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“Could the owner of a blue Vauxhall Opel, registration number PPW 304R, please move your vehicle, which is blocking in a number of other cars?”
Fascinating thread. Blimey, some serious research has gone into this
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Fascinating thread. Blimey, some serious research has gone into this
“This is unacceptable”
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“This is unacceptable”
It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
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I promise this is not a trap
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I promise this is not a trap
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In highly important news from history today, it’s the 80th anniversary of the 21st birthday of Christopher Tolkien, notable now for the wording (especially the small print) of the invitation to the party
I’ve just learnt this one in the last five minutes: the mammal most likely to kill its own kind is… the meerkat
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I’ve just learnt this one in the last five minutes: the mammal most likely to kill its own kind is… the meerkat
Roses are red
Mark Heap was in Spaced
Mark Heap was in Spaced
'Jobby geyser' on Glasgow street as burst sewer spews human waste
The Shawlands local claimed that a burst pipe on Hector Road left 'turds all over the pavement' for nearly two weeks. Scottish Water has since confirmed that the sewer has been repaired.
www.glasgowlive.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Roses are red
Mark Heap was in Spaced
Mark Heap was in Spaced
For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
Meet the Jellyfish That Never Dies | Moss and Fog
In a process called cellular transdifferentiation, this jellyfish literally starts its life over.
mossandfog.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
Well, to begin with today, it’s the 110th anniversary of the actress Dulcie Gray, who in an early West End role attracted the attention of Aleister Crowley, who “supposedly invited her to be sacrificed at dawn in a ceremony at Stonehenge. She politely declined as she disliked getting up early”
Dulcie Gray
Born: November 20, 1915; Died: November 15, 2011.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well, to begin with today, it’s the 110th anniversary of the actress Dulcie Gray, who in an early West End role attracted the attention of Aleister Crowley, who “supposedly invited her to be sacrificed at dawn in a ceremony at Stonehenge. She politely declined as she disliked getting up early”
Hey babe, come round! You know that tree I planted?
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hey babe, come round! You know that tree I planted?
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Holy crap.
I'm not going to spoil it but this is genuinely bonkers.
I'm not going to spoil it but this is genuinely bonkers.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Holy crap.
I'm not going to spoil it but this is genuinely bonkers.
I'm not going to spoil it but this is genuinely bonkers.
Contains good news for stinkpipe fans
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Contains good news for stinkpipe fans
This is great fun
Watch Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford | Disney+
Track the legend of Harrison Ford across the years – and the mileage – as movie history is made.
www.disneyplus.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is great fun
Good thread, this. Walbrook was a wonderful screen presence
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good thread, this. Walbrook was a wonderful screen presence
19 November is remarkable for several odd things...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller
A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds new light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
19 November is remarkable for several odd things...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
Firstly: the really quite dark story of Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, last seen alive on this day in 1961...
My tiny baby brother, born when I was 15, is 40 today
Michael M - Mortality Maths
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November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My tiny baby brother, born when I was 15, is 40 today
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
Someone reading my tweets
The Honey Thief — Hendrick de Keyser, c.1615-20
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Someone reading my tweets
This was my gateway drug to Lisa’s work, and I never looked back
I hope that the 115th anniversary of Black Friday is a suitable day to say how much I am enjoying reading my third book by @lissakevans.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This was my gateway drug to Lisa’s work, and I never looked back