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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 1d

I bought this single too Zaph. Small world 😂

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James Cridland @james.crid.land · 2d

These are pretty cool. An e-ink bus countdown sign in #Brisbane - didn’t know these existed.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

History repeats.

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Pirate.ie @pirate.ie · 5d

Ranelagh Community Radio was a low-powered #pirate station broadcasting to the south #Dublin suburbs of Ranelagh, Rathmines and Rathgar. This recording is from 1986.

pirate.ie/archive/sund...

Sunday sounds on Ranelagh Community Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive

Ranelagh Community Radio (RCR) was a low-powered part-time station broadcasting to suburban areas in the Dublin 6 and 6W postal districts between 1986 and 1988. It was a successor to Charisma FM, whic...

pirate.ie

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 6d

To be fair, for years the regions all used the NW titles, then along came 60 mins, it quickly vanished and left them all in the lurch...

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 6d

@transdiffusion.org Ah! What a lovely surprise! This was was waiting for me when I got back from London....

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Mark Fraser @mfraz74.bsky.social · 9d

#Radio2 FM only #Radio5 & new #Radio1 transmitters.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

‘A steampunk Mr Tayto’: why Irish critics hate Netflix’s House of Guinness

While US and UK reviewers have praised the series, in Ireland it has faced a barrage of withering put-downs

www.theguardian.com

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World of Telly @world-of-telly.bsky.social · 14d

A new episode of World of Telly is available now wherever you get your podcasts. This week we travel back to 1960 as we explore The Strange World of Gurney Slade. The video version of this podcast will be released later this weekend.

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 18d

It switches to stations carrying travel reports, rather than displaying it. In "the old manual days" we would hit a button to trigger the "traffic flag" and cancel it afterwards.

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Gareth.

Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 19d

Been a very strange week, started off chilled and relaxed in the wilds of Donegal, then an unexpected dash back home, followed by waiting and sitting with family and friends, then this morning saying goodbye to my Mother In Law. Elaine, you will be so missed and I'll raise a glass to you tonight.

Elaine, my mother in law, who passed away far too soon today. Nice photor of her smiling and saying cheers.

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John J. Hoare @dirtyfeed.org · 20d

Brand new on Dirty Feed: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fawlty Towers, here's a look at all the various parodies of the show over the years.

"Yes madam, I am frightfully tall."

www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/09/herr...

BASIL FAWLTY IMPERSONATOR CHAT from The Peter Serafinowicz Show. Four Basil Fawlty impersonators are standing in a circle, all on the phone, about to have an argument.

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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 21d

got bored. made the test card clown

A photo of my handmade Bubbles the Clown from Test Card F

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22d

Jesus Christ.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 22d

Really cheered me up yesterday, after a bloody awful 24 hours, honestly, I actually smiled. Thanks for all the work that goes into everything TBS.

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 22d

Ah, "ParliSus", very handy for hitting the next programme on billed time 😀.

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Paul Buckle @paulbuckle.bsky.social · 22d

@transdiffusion.org Arrived home last night to find this waiting 😀. Won't mention the fridge magnets...will wait to see how long it is before Mrs B spots them.

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James Cridland @james.crid.land · 25d

Pleasure to be interviewed by RadioINFO in Australia

Although I think I’m rude about almost every radio group in here so I guess that’s lessened my job opportunities…

radioinfo.com.au/news/the-iss...

"The issue isn’t radio 'finding talent', the issue is radio stations convincing these creators that they want to work in radio" - Dave Charles chats with Radio Futurologist James Cridland - RadioInfo ...

Dave Charles, President of Media RESULTS Inc was joined by Radio Futurologist James Cridland for a wide ranging conversation around the future of radio and its definitions, assistive versus generative...

radioinfo.com.au

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The Teletext Archaeologist @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social · 25d

A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: BBC1 from 14 September 1989 1624:40

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2861

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The Teletext Archaeologist @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social · 28d

A new service has been recovered by TandCsApply: Channel Four from 11 September 1988 1524:10

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2855

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The Teletext Archaeologist @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social · 29d

A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Thames from 10 September 1990 2324:22

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2853

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · Sep 8

I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.

Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · Sep 2

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.

It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.

Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

A selection of illustrations and commissions including an album cover design of a vintage radio, a book cover design with an illustration of George Harrison, architecture illustrations, a Listening Party turntable design, a music pattern design and a photo of me wearing glasses.

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Matt Rosser @matt.cymru · Sep 9

I sometimes wake in the night with what I believe at the time to be a great character name for the book I’ll never write. Often Spoonerisms. I have no idea why this happens. Last night - Claude Poncrete, Brutalist Architecture Enthusiast.

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The Teletext Archaeologist @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social · Sep 9

A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Channel Four from 09 September 1988 2224:30

https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2850

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