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BinkyBird
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Intellectually promiscuous. Book addict, geek, comedy, rpg, theatre & film fan, seeker of knowledge, lover of stuff & wannabe writer & maker of things! Previously on twitter. No access to DMs.
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Exciting new read arrived! 😆 Will have to try embroidery as extension of cross stitch hobby!
Cover of a book called Naughty Medieval Embroidery, by Tanya Bentham. The centre of the cover shows a blue medieval demon, with red pink bat wings, and red scales on its butt. Its tail has a dog or fox head on the tip. The demon's face is purple and it's sticking out it's tongue. It's ears are big, pointy and go sideways from the head, making room for black horns to point out the top. The background is a gold patterned square, in a bigger blue chequered square, and a gold border.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Good job I didn't post this one! 😉😆

(delayed posting due to rpg sesh!)
David McCallum in just dark trunks, strapping on diving tanks. He's on a boat, looks like it's somewhere warm & sunny, despite the picture being black & white.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I wouldn't presume to suggest he or anyone else I liked was the sexiest ever. However, he was cute!
David McCallum on a boat dock in just white shorts, putting on or taking off a white top...I mean who cares, it's off!
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Loooook - loook at this face! Who wouldn't want to skritch that beard!!
George Wyner & David McCallum in the film Dogs. Wyner is in a dark suit, blue shirt and red tie. McCallum is wearing a plaid shirt & denim jacket. His hair is a blond mop and he's sporting a beard.
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Predictably...!
B&W still from the Man From UNCLE tv show. Napoleon & Illya look at each other, both in white shirts, dark ties, & gun holsters. They're in a lift.
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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We were prob not that far apart, given the size of the crowd. Did you also get snottily sneezed on by a very drunk man? 😉

This was my view. I was on tiptoes for the whole of their set - my calves were very cross!
View of stage at Hyde Park gig in 2017. Green Day are performing, but look quite dinky due to old phone camera & distance. The Revolution Radio burning radio album image is displayed at the back of the stage. In foreground are lots of heads & arms of audience. Above are many lights.
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Yes - the Doctor & her pretty blond companion!
David McCallum, as Illya Kuryakin in Man From UNCLE. He is sat in front of a body of water, talking into his communicator. He is drenched. His blond hair is plastered to his head. His shirt, partly open revealing his chest, is so wet & stuck to his skin, that it's becoming transparent.
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The dvd cover, minus the 2 lead names, so as not to spoil things! 🤣🤣
The dvd cover for a film called Mortal Challenge. The tag line is "Death is the only escape". At the top, a man with a serious but neutral experssion looks out, his eyes covered by some sort of metal glasses, with a couple of small slits. Below, on either side of the film's name, are two men in fighting staces, facing off. They are dressed like 80s computer game fighters. The backgrouns is red, orange & yellow light.
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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For reasons that are very old now.
Paul Kidby drawing of Terry Pratchett's Death (from Discworld) riding white steed, Binky. Death is in a black robe witb large scythe.
October 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The artwork is sooo beautiful! 🥰
Picture of a large humanoid bat, balanced on a metal cross on top of a building. Blood drips from its mouth. Behind it other small bats fly through an orangey brown sky, in the light of a large yellow full moon.
September 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Since I'm still visible till midnight....another cheeky gif.

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September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Oh my...people can see me today...it's like I'm suddenly...visible!! 💗💜💙
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Kurt Russell, best known for playing annoying child & UNCLE agent stalker Christopher Larson in Man From UNCLE.
Child actor Kurt Russell, as Christopher Larson in a smart suit, sits next to smartly dressed Robert Vaughn's Napoleon Solo on an airplane. Christopher is enthusiastically chatting at Solo, who looks put upon.
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Except you get to wield all the fish!
Two men stand by a canal lock in London, wearing safari suits & pith helmets. One man (played by Michael Palin) dances up to & away from the other (John Clease) , slapping his face intermittently with a pair of small fish. The other man pulls out a large fish and swings it at the other, knocking him into the canal.
August 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Found one....several pronouns!!

Plus some annoying gender stereotypes, but these are old books!
To the right, a woman in a blue gingham dress mixes things in a bowl, aided by a young girl. On the table are eggs, flour, scales & other baking stuff. On left the text says: Jane likes to help Mummy. She wants to make cakes like Mummy. "Let me help you, Mummy," she says. "Will you let me help, please? I can make cakes like you." "Yes," says Mummy, "I will let you help me. You are a good girl." "We will make some cakes for Peter and Daddy," says Jane. "They like the cakes we make."
August 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Post a blond.

🥰
Stood in front of a blue water filled pool in a green garden is Illya Kuryakin from The Man From UNCLE tv series (played by David McCallum). He's disguised as a pool boy in tight white tshirt that isn't entirely opaque and tight white trousets. He's blond, with some darker bits underneath and sun kissed skin. He's wearing a silvery watch & a puzzles expression.
August 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Trying again to add some more - bluesky crashed from hot when I tried a moment ago. 3rd times a charm!

Another kinda theme I suppose.

The female gaze.
Picture of Lee Pace as Calpernia Addams in Soldier's Girl. She is wearing a figure hugging shiny white dress, with thigh slit, white chiffon sleeves and feathery cuffs. Her hair is red, shoulder length, with curls around the face. Picture of Alexander Skarsgård as Geert in Kill Your Darlings. Geert is sat on a wooden chair, looking sullen, an olive handbag beside her. She is wearing a cream skirt, brown top and green cardigan, with a brown belt over the top. On her feet are chunky sandles in cream with cork soles. David Bedella playing Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. He is stood, back to the proscenium arch, one leg bent to rest a heel behind him. He is in black basque, pants, fishnets, heels and fingerless gloves. Alan Cumming as the Earl of Rochester (Plunkett & MacLeane) in a gif saying 'I swing every way'. He is in a bright purple hat, cream cravat & purple/pink/brown/red jacket. He is sporting an eyebrow piercing & red lips.
July 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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The female gaze.

I could find so many more examples...some mine & some those of friends. There might be a little theme across these 4 though!
A gif from Our Flag Means Death - Stede (Rhys Darby) and Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) in creamy white sailors shirts. Blackbeard reaches a hand to Stede's neck, the other sliding down his back, as they kiss for the first time. In Aziraphale's (Michael Sheen) bookshop. He (in worn suit) sits in a comfy chair, holding a cup of tea, whilst Crowley (David Tennant) sits on the arm, his back (clad all in black) against Aziraphale's shoulder. An old, delightful & cosy bookshop around them. A screenshot from the Man From UNCLE tv show in b&w. Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) is on the left, looking fondly at Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) looks back from the right. Both are in white shirts, black ties & black shoulder holsters. Promo or behind scenes picture from The Professionals. Bodie/Lewis Collins, in blue jeans & a blue British parachute association jumper kisses Doyle/Martin Shaw (tan trousers, cream shirt & dark jacket) on cheek, as he leans on a car boot reading a book.
July 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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This was my view at the start of Green Day, before I got pushed out of way by wankers trying to rush to front & squashing everyone.
Green Day performing American Idiot at Download 2025. Tré Cool, surrounded by drums & amps in the centre. Billie Joe slightly to left in front, in all black & holding a cream guitar. Further left is Jason, also in all black & holding a guitar. To right stands Mike, in all black, holding a black & red bass. Behind him, nearer Tré is other Jason on keyboards. Behind Tré the hand holding a heart shaped handgrenade inflatable has just finished inflating. Amps are piled up in an arc behind them, with 18 tv screens mounted above them in 2 rows. The lighting mostly red.
June 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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For comparrison - this was the crowd at the start of Sleep Token.
A view of the Apex stage at Download 2025. Sleep Token are performing. A vast crowd, many times that of Trump's parade, fill the bottom of the picture. The stage in the centre is lit with mainly blue green lights. Screens to right & above slow a silhouette of a guitarist on stage. The sky is a greyish blue as day turns to night.
June 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 Finally got a foam finger! 😆
Big pink foam finger, showing only the middle finger. At wrist it says Green Day!
June 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Stopping for the evening, but got some more of the background light blue filled in.
Cross stitched blue road sign on white aida that says 'Beach Road' in white. A lighter blue surrounds everything cross stotched so far. Above it is a life ring, a light brown circular shape, with four prongs & two blodge of blue. To the left of the sign a red and white lighthouse with dark windows & a bright yellow light. To the right is a sailing boat with a green, white, yellow & blue hull, & red, white & orange sails.
June 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Found a picture! 😍
Miss Phryne Fisher, lips bright with red lipstick & black bobbed hair, leans against the open red door of her car. She is wearing cream jodhpurs, a light green jacket and silky scarf, brighter green gloves & a dark green hst.
June 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Finished my sailing boat, more clouds & a bit more blue background (sky?). It's coming along nicely.
Cross stitched blue road sign on white aida that says 'Beach Road' in white. A lighter blue surrounds the sign and a lighthouse. Above it is a life ring, a light brown circular shape, with four prongs & two blodge of blue. To the left of the sign a red and white lighthouse with dark windows & a bright yellow light. To the right is a sailing boat with a green, white, yellow & blue hull, & red, white & orange sails.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Made more progress than I thought I would tonight given delays to starting & weird worry about some of the cross stitches.
Cross stitched blue road sign on white aida that says 'Beach Road' in white. A lighter blue surrounds the sign and a lighthouse. Above it is a life ring, a light brown circular shape, with four prongs & two blodge of blue. To the left of the sign a red and white lighthouse with dark windows & a bright yellow light.
May 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM