Chris Barker
@chris-egb.bsky.social
I spend most of the time right now watching Doctor Who and listening to Wings
Having consulted the historical documents, 1994 wins for me!
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Having consulted the historical documents, 1994 wins for me!
Something particularly chilling about seeing Casablanca described as a "franchise".
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Something particularly chilling about seeing Casablanca described as a "franchise".
Found a page from the 10th August 1946 edition of @manchestereveningnews.co.uk behind my skirting boards.
Headline is "Truman to accept British plan for Palestine".
Anyone know how that panned out?
Headline is "Truman to accept British plan for Palestine".
Anyone know how that panned out?
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Found a page from the 10th August 1946 edition of @manchestereveningnews.co.uk behind my skirting boards.
Headline is "Truman to accept British plan for Palestine".
Anyone know how that panned out?
Headline is "Truman to accept British plan for Palestine".
Anyone know how that panned out?
Reposted by Chris Barker
Yeeted from elsewhere
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yeeted from elsewhere
Great punchline to the young man (4:16) who describes exactly how to circumvent the law.
The reaction to these sensible measures was extreme..
She received death threats & was told by a BBC journalist 'You're only a woman, you don't drive, what do you know about it?'
This report from the time shows some of the attitudes to the change!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tq...
She received death threats & was told by a BBC journalist 'You're only a woman, you don't drive, what do you know about it?'
This report from the time shows some of the attitudes to the change!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tq...
Legal Drunk Drivers from the 1960s
YouTube video by Robert Exley
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great punchline to the young man (4:16) who describes exactly how to circumvent the law.
Honestly, give the editors the £87,500 #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Honestly, give the editors the £87,500 #celebritytraitors
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
"credible people"
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"credible people"
I don't think this is great, but the sums involved are relatively small and the alternative is presumably even higher spend on hotels. This seems like the best outcome for families.
Obviously it would be better to have available housing stock, but we are where we are.
Obviously it would be better to have available housing stock, but we are where we are.
English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families
English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families
Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlords
Councils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public money”.
Data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via freedom of information requests showed that 37 councils spent more than £31m on one-off cash payments to private landlords on 10,792 occasions in 2024-25. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I don't think this is great, but the sums involved are relatively small and the alternative is presumably even higher spend on hotels. This seems like the best outcome for families.
Obviously it would be better to have available housing stock, but we are where we are.
Obviously it would be better to have available housing stock, but we are where we are.
I fear this pizza in Spain could cause an international incident 😬
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I fear this pizza in Spain could cause an international incident 😬
Important not to set expectations too high at airports. (It was good).
August 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Important not to set expectations too high at airports. (It was good).
I watched The Day Today on DVD through the PS5 recently and honestly it looked great.
Years of Blu-ray conditioned me to assume DVD is basically equivalent to watching a home recording from the neighbouring ITV region on an E240 in long play mode.
Years of Blu-ray conditioned me to assume DVD is basically equivalent to watching a home recording from the neighbouring ITV region on an E240 in long play mode.
SJA is the first thing I've watched on DVD in ages, and that the picture looks good is making me question my ongoing obsession with new home media formats.
August 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I watched The Day Today on DVD through the PS5 recently and honestly it looked great.
Years of Blu-ray conditioned me to assume DVD is basically equivalent to watching a home recording from the neighbouring ITV region on an E240 in long play mode.
Years of Blu-ray conditioned me to assume DVD is basically equivalent to watching a home recording from the neighbouring ITV region on an E240 in long play mode.
If the next Doctor Who special isn't these guys teaming up, I'll eat my fez.
June 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If the next Doctor Who special isn't these guys teaming up, I'll eat my fez.
Well #doctorwho was totally nuts. I loved it!
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Well #doctorwho was totally nuts. I loved it!
Getting a new phone means checking each of the 87 open Chrome tabs on the old one *just in case* there was something really important I meant to read in 2023.
May 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Getting a new phone means checking each of the 87 open Chrome tabs on the old one *just in case* there was something really important I meant to read in 2023.
It's sparked some comment over the years, but is not very current.
May 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's sparked some comment over the years, but is not very current.
Authentic map of the world beyond Pittsburgh. Is it too late for the book @jayforeman.bsky.social ?
April 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Authentic map of the world beyond Pittsburgh. Is it too late for the book @jayforeman.bsky.social ?
Cobus 2700 really has a stranglehold on the whole giant airport transfer bus market don't they?
April 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Cobus 2700 really has a stranglehold on the whole giant airport transfer bus market don't they?
Not the main point, but why do American politicians in general, and T in particular love these printed flipcharts?
Is the tariff on imports of large displays from South Korea too high?
Is the tariff on imports of large displays from South Korea too high?
April 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Not the main point, but why do American politicians in general, and T in particular love these printed flipcharts?
Is the tariff on imports of large displays from South Korea too high?
Is the tariff on imports of large displays from South Korea too high?
Got to admire Norman Foster's commitment to the bit, designing a giant circus tent to reflect the ongoing clown show at Man United.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Manchester United to build new 100,000-capacity stadium next to Old Trafford
Manchester United have confirmed their intention to build a new 100,000-capacity stadium ‘footsteps’ from their Old Trafford home of 115 years
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Got to admire Norman Foster's commitment to the bit, designing a giant circus tent to reflect the ongoing clown show at Man United.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Obsessed with the insistence that the Sony Walkman should be referred to as the "Walk Person to be non-gender specific"... In 1989.
Everything new is old again.
With thanks to the amazing BBC Archive youtu.be/qXG-RGCatwA?...
Everything new is old again.
With thanks to the amazing BBC Archive youtu.be/qXG-RGCatwA?...
March 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Obsessed with the insistence that the Sony Walkman should be referred to as the "Walk Person to be non-gender specific"... In 1989.
Everything new is old again.
With thanks to the amazing BBC Archive youtu.be/qXG-RGCatwA?...
Everything new is old again.
With thanks to the amazing BBC Archive youtu.be/qXG-RGCatwA?...
🚨 My phone is groaning under the weight of emergency podcasts
February 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🚨 My phone is groaning under the weight of emergency podcasts
BBC2 showing All The President's Men feels pretty pointed.
February 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BBC2 showing All The President's Men feels pretty pointed.
When you need somewhere to stay in Yorkshire
February 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When you need somewhere to stay in Yorkshire