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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 1m

It certainly was a decade in which you could watch food ads and know it looked a hell of a lot tastier in real life (sit down Saucy Spuds, not you). That's the opposite to how it is now, but I suppose advertisers then were going for being over-honest...

Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 14m

Oh, hell NO. Any sandwich that poses the question "Is it Shippams or is it Whiskas?" must be avoided at all costs.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 24m

It certainly doesn't help that it's being slopped onto plates containing recognisable and edible food. They're basically saying "That meal you love? Yeah, we've found a way to ruin it forever for you."

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 54m

Years ago I rented this out on video and asked my friend Clint if he wanted to watch it. "What's it about?" he asked.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 1h

What you said. Whatever's gone wrong at the club over the past couple of years, it's huge and it's got to be reversed fast. We need a been-there-done-it Joe Kinnear-type manager to get the crowds and the players enjoying football again, not someone in their first couple of years as a manager.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 1h

"The consumer doesn't care". O RLY? I reposted what I later suspected to be an AI video yesterday and I've deleted that repost because I'm not having that on my timeline if I can help it.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 1h

The advert's grim enough, but the Saucy Spuds themselves look like some poor sod with a dicky tummy's already eaten them once.

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 2h

imagine wearing a 7th doctor jumper to a tory conference in a world where this story, and many other stories, exist

"Helen A was intended to be a caricature of then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[4][5][2] Hancock stated that she "hate[d] Mrs Thatcher with a deep and venomous passion".[3] In 2010, Sylvester McCoy said that the production team was "a group of politically motivated people and it seemed the right thing to do. [...] Our feeling was that Margaret Thatcher was far more terrifying than any monster the Doctor had encountered." Andrew Cartmel, the story's script editor, said that he "was very angry about the social injustice in Britain under Thatcher" and was "delighted that came into the show."[4][5] The Doctor calling on the drones to down tools and revolt was intended as an allusion to the 1984–85 miners' strike and other industrial disputes in then-recent memory.[5] Most of this element was eventually toned down"

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 9h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 17h

Nowadays, they'd get an animation team in to do the whole lot in a fortnight with a budget of 47p.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 18h

I see the BBC has a complete archive of the 1953 Coronation, but managed to lose two episodes of The Adventure Game. Get your priorities straight, fellas.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 18h

Nowadays The Face Of Evil is placed midway through Season 14 of Doctor Who, not as the start of a new series - the show had only taken a couple of weeks or so off for Christmas!

Old UK Christmas Listings Mags @oldukxmaslistings.bsky.social · 18d

#Christmas 1976 Radio Times: Featuring Coronation Day 1953; Dr Who; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Multi-Coloured Swap Shop; Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; News; Valley Of The Dinosaurs; Ski-jumping; Today's Sport; Rugby League; Horizon; Mister Men; Regional News/Sport and more

This magazine page features TV listings for New Year's Day, 1977, on BBC1 and BBC2. Highlights include Coronation Day 1953, Dr Who, and a film adaptation of Willy Wonka. There are also listings for sports, children's programs, and other shows. An advert for Blakes Holidays is also included.

Featuring:

Coronation Day 1953
Dr Who
Football Focus
Holiday Grandstand
Horizon
Mister Men
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
News
Play Away
Racing from Cheltenham
Regional News/Sport
Rugby League
Ski-jumping
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
The Golden Harp
Today's Sport
Valley Of The Dinosaurs
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 18h

I just decided if the rest of the police department ever looked into Columbo’s personnel files, it would be an empty folder and no one will actually remember when he he actually joined the force.

Kay Profundo @unicornosis.bsky.social · Feb 18

An idea came to me in a dream that Columbo is not so much a cop as he is a ronin*

*masterless samurai

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 18h

Utterly magnificent work!

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 19h

*Outstanding* tune, and a thoroughly deserved No.1.

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 19h

It's mad. You can now get "steaks" from plants that taste, look and feel like the real thing. If that's the future of meat then sign me up.

Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 19h

Can you imagine the owner trying to sell this car on once he's done with it? And why is it I believe I know exactly what he looks like?

Andrew R @excelpope.net · 20h

See yer da’s got a new car.

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Funky Old Medina @funkyoldmedina.bsky.social · 20h

Perfect take.

Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 20h

Love how so many people are pointing at the photo and saying "TULIPS!" There are some smart cookies on this here platform, starting with whoever chose this photo to go with the story.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 21h

I see yer da has been shopping on Temu again

Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, on the border with the United States.

P.S. Are camouflaged Tomahawks already on their way to Ukraine?

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 22h

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A black and white photo of an old woman asleep in her armchair, unaware that the balloon bobbing about on the table next to her is about to be popped by a mischievous kitten. There are words applied to each of them - the old woman is "AI COMPANIES", the balloon is "AI" and the mischievous kitten is "REALITY".

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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