Selv
@selv.bsky.social
City dweller, successful fellow.
If you don’t have a plan, nothing can go wrong.
SW London
If you don’t have a plan, nothing can go wrong.
SW London
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Juries only for the cases the public want to rubberneck on. Absolutely criminal 12 taxpayers weren't allowed to sit on and decide Vardy/Rooney.
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Juries only for the cases the public want to rubberneck on. Absolutely criminal 12 taxpayers weren't allowed to sit on and decide Vardy/Rooney.
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Took a walk to get some fresh air. It’s just above freezing out.
Clear skies means an extra blanket on the bed tonight.
Clear skies means an extra blanket on the bed tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Took a walk to get some fresh air. It’s just above freezing out.
Clear skies means an extra blanket on the bed tonight.
Clear skies means an extra blanket on the bed tonight.
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Prog 400
2000AD celebrates its four hundredth issue with a whaam-tastic cover!
2000AD celebrates its four hundredth issue with a whaam-tastic cover!
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Prog 400
2000AD celebrates its four hundredth issue with a whaam-tastic cover!
2000AD celebrates its four hundredth issue with a whaam-tastic cover!
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Tell me you’ve used AI to tweak an archive photo without telling me you’ve used AI to tweak an archive photo. Breeds musnuey, indeed.
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Tell me you’ve used AI to tweak an archive photo without telling me you’ve used AI to tweak an archive photo. Breeds musnuey, indeed.
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A friend used to say that at his funeral, the name takers at the door would have a (short) list of names of people they were instructed to turn away.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A friend used to say that at his funeral, the name takers at the door would have a (short) list of names of people they were instructed to turn away.
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View from The Shard, London - October 2025
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
View from The Shard, London - October 2025
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🎵 If you're interested, all the songs this week came from a mammoth playlist I put together earlier this year of songs about and inspired by London 🎵
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Songs of London
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🎵 If you're interested, all the songs this week came from a mammoth playlist I put together earlier this year of songs about and inspired by London 🎵
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
Over 18 hours for your listening pleasure.
open.spotify.com/playlist/6sZ...
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Pakistan once supported the Taliban to serve its regional interests. Now, as the relationship collapses and Kabul courts India, Islamabad is quietly shopping for a new Afghan proxy, writes @tamhussein.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
Pakistan Is Quietly Shopping for New Proxies in Afghanistan
As the Taliban turn to India, Islamabad is rekindling ties with their opponents
newlinesmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pakistan once supported the Taliban to serve its regional interests. Now, as the relationship collapses and Kabul courts India, Islamabad is quietly shopping for a new Afghan proxy, writes @tamhussein.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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What links Sherlock Holmes, the British invasion of Tibet, and a royal gambling scandal? Andrew Glazzard investigates the domestic and imperial subterfuge beneath the surface of Holmes’ 1903 return to Baker Street in Conan Doyle’s “The Empty House” — publicdomainreview.org/essay/i...
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What links Sherlock Holmes, the British invasion of Tibet, and a royal gambling scandal? Andrew Glazzard investigates the domestic and imperial subterfuge beneath the surface of Holmes’ 1903 return to Baker Street in Conan Doyle’s “The Empty House” — publicdomainreview.org/essay/i...
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now X’s geotag function has revealed how much online discourse is shaped by Russian trolls pretending to be other nationalities, Westminster hacks might one day realise their naivety & twin addictions to gossipy drama & their own online celebrity has been weaponised against them. One day, maybe
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
now X’s geotag function has revealed how much online discourse is shaped by Russian trolls pretending to be other nationalities, Westminster hacks might one day realise their naivety & twin addictions to gossipy drama & their own online celebrity has been weaponised against them. One day, maybe
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Robert Vaughn, David McCallum and Leo G. Carroll star in the 🇺🇸 American spy fiction television series "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968)
📺 MGM Television
📺 MGM Television
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Robert Vaughn, David McCallum and Leo G. Carroll star in the 🇺🇸 American spy fiction television series "THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E." (1964-1968)
📺 MGM Television
📺 MGM Television
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Yes.
When the US attacked Iran and took out its internet a number of high profile Scexiteers disappeared from Xitter.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just Maga that gets a lot of support from foreign bots and it seems unlikely that they limit their presence to Xitter.
When the US attacked Iran and took out its internet a number of high profile Scexiteers disappeared from Xitter.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just Maga that gets a lot of support from foreign bots and it seems unlikely that they limit their presence to Xitter.
God, I love this.
A big Scottish independence account that is actually run by Iranians is now getting community noted.
A big Scottish independence account that is actually run by Iranians is now getting community noted.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yes.
When the US attacked Iran and took out its internet a number of high profile Scexiteers disappeared from Xitter.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just Maga that gets a lot of support from foreign bots and it seems unlikely that they limit their presence to Xitter.
When the US attacked Iran and took out its internet a number of high profile Scexiteers disappeared from Xitter.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not just Maga that gets a lot of support from foreign bots and it seems unlikely that they limit their presence to Xitter.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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The story of early Lee And Herring vehicle Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World - one of the best radio comedy series of all time, and the fact that it isn't better remembered and more celebrated is a mystery worthy of investigation by Lionel Nimrod himself
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
Come With Me Now, Into The Swirling Mists Of Human Inadequacy…
The just about explicable story of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s first ever comedy show – Lionel Nimrod’s Inexplicable World.
timworthington.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The story of early Lee And Herring vehicle Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World - one of the best radio comedy series of all time, and the fact that it isn't better remembered and more celebrated is a mystery worthy of investigation by Lionel Nimrod himself
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
timworthington.org/2019/04/25/c...
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Torch the gaff
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Torch the gaff
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Happy 62nd birthday #DoctorWho! A big part of my life and I suspect, if you're seeing this, of yours too.
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
60 years of our Doctor Who
Part of popular culture in the UK and beyond for 60 years, Doctor Who is a BBC programme through and through, says Paul Hayes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy 62nd birthday #DoctorWho! A big part of my life and I suspect, if you're seeing this, of yours too.
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
A couple of years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the BBC's 'History of the BBC' site for the show's 60th anniversary. Here's what I came up with... #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho62
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Happy Doctor Who Day!
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day!
A festive thread…
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A festive thread…
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Sir Rowley Birkin QC is looking for love, ladies. What a catch.
West Country OAP aristocrat on hunt for bride 20 years younger
She must be taller than 5ft 6ins, have a shotgun licence, and not be a Scorpio
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sir Rowley Birkin QC is looking for love, ladies. What a catch.
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The Economist on the British government's proposal that the country with the comparatively best record on integration in one generation could emulate Denmark, which struggles in integration, and where the tough line on asylum presents further barriers
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Economist on the British government's proposal that the country with the comparatively best record on integration in one generation could emulate Denmark, which struggles in integration, and where the tough line on asylum presents further barriers
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I highly recommend this entire thread, not just the initial link.
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 7:31 PM
I highly recommend this entire thread, not just the initial link.
So, having just seen these fine-looking beasts, am now actually reading this: www.gov.uk/guidance/kee.... (Ain’t going to happen - but a man can dream, eh? 🐖)
We’re always asking for Cheerios so we thought we’d show you one of the many ways we use them: ENRICHMENT! Mental stimulation is incredibly important for our residents to be as healthy and happy as possible.
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So, having just seen these fine-looking beasts, am now actually reading this: www.gov.uk/guidance/kee.... (Ain’t going to happen - but a man can dream, eh? 🐖)
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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 9:35 AM
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...