Inquisitor
@inquisitor.flickeringframe.com
Ineffectual software developer. Formerly @inquisitor on Xitter, currently also @[email protected] on Mastodon.
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Antidote to the madness.
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Antidote to the madness.
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
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David Walliams' reputation was an open secret, junior staff were told to meet him in pairs & never visit his home, yet HarperCollins only dropped him when a Telegraph investigation came out. The problem is not just him. HarperCollins knowingly promoted & funded a guy sexually harassing junior staff.
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
David Walliams' reputation was an open secret, junior staff were told to meet him in pairs & never visit his home, yet HarperCollins only dropped him when a Telegraph investigation came out. The problem is not just him. HarperCollins knowingly promoted & funded a guy sexually harassing junior staff.
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It's pretty simple. Who would you rather line up behind? Putin or Bjorn from ABBA?
“When they are defending their liberal democracy, they are in fact defending ours as well.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
December 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's pretty simple. Who would you rather line up behind? Putin or Bjorn from ABBA?
A most unexpected spin-off.
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A most unexpected spin-off.
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I just can’t believe the news about Rob and Michele Reiner, it’s just too awful and sad. Rob’s work is woven throughout my entire life. It’s too big a loss.
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I just can’t believe the news about Rob and Michele Reiner, it’s just too awful and sad. Rob’s work is woven throughout my entire life. It’s too big a loss.
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I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
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Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
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Hooray! The only thing apparently worth saying about comedy - that it’s being gagged - is being said once again by someone who’s done absolutely fucking fine by being allowed to do whatever comedy he wanted in an extremely friendly environment that no longer exists, for purely economic reasons.
Peter Kay: I wouldn't put Phoenix Nights on Netflix as I didn't want a trigger warning
Peter Kay: I wouldn't put Phoenix Nights on Netflix as I didn't want a trigger warning
But comic reveals he HAS written a film based on the sitcom
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hooray! The only thing apparently worth saying about comedy - that it’s being gagged - is being said once again by someone who’s done absolutely fucking fine by being allowed to do whatever comedy he wanted in an extremely friendly environment that no longer exists, for purely economic reasons.
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Which generation is the one who just get offended by everything, remind me, I forget.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Which generation is the one who just get offended by everything, remind me, I forget.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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passport: approved! it's taken almost 10 years to hit this point and a frankly baffling amount of money. we will be celebrating this victory, and never forget: abolish the home office
what's it like inside your head?
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
passport: approved! it's taken almost 10 years to hit this point and a frankly baffling amount of money. we will be celebrating this victory, and never forget: abolish the home office
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Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
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Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali
Code is Just — The Compiled Edition
A record of the British home computer revolution — and my place in it. First told live on Twitter in 2021, now compiled, complete, and yours to keep.Code is Just began as a live Twitter thread in 2021...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Code is Just, all three seasons, as heavily requested, is finally out in a compiled PDF and ePub for easy reading. Price is whatever is reasonable for you, including zero. 1720541891659.gumroad.com/l/qkali
RIP Dave Ball. Those Soft Cell backing tracks are just remarkable. youtu.be/hCIUUgw7VlQ?...
Soft Cell - Memorabilia
YouTube video by SoftCellVEVO
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
RIP Dave Ball. Those Soft Cell backing tracks are just remarkable. youtu.be/hCIUUgw7VlQ?...
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We are so sad to hear that Dave Ball, the keyboard genius of Soft Cell, has died. He was an electronic pop pioneer and with Marc Almond made a unique catalogue of songs, completely original in sound and content. Our love and condolences go to Marc and all those close to Dave. Neil and Chris xx
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are so sad to hear that Dave Ball, the keyboard genius of Soft Cell, has died. He was an electronic pop pioneer and with Marc Almond made a unique catalogue of songs, completely original in sound and content. Our love and condolences go to Marc and all those close to Dave. Neil and Chris xx
New Ladytron single rules and is pleasingly a bit more upbeat than their last few records music.apple.com/gb/album/i-s...
I See Red by Ladytron on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 3:50
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October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New Ladytron single rules and is pleasingly a bit more upbeat than their last few records music.apple.com/gb/album/i-s...
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*neither* of our original citizenship referees could be used for the passport, because the scope of who you can use suddenly narrows down. it's remarkable. everyone involved in the running of the home office has ai generated slop for brains, from top to bottom
October 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
*neither* of our original citizenship referees could be used for the passport, because the scope of who you can use suddenly narrows down. it's remarkable. everyone involved in the running of the home office has ai generated slop for brains, from top to bottom
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I'm not going to claim Seattle is still buzzing but I got home 90 min ago after a game that ended at like 6 pm and they were still going when I left
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I'm not going to claim Seattle is still buzzing but I got home 90 min ago after a game that ended at like 6 pm and they were still going when I left
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Someone should ask the guy out of ace of base how he went from a nazi to light weight euro-pop dance songs of love, then we could apply that the the whole fucking world. #totp
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Someone should ask the guy out of ace of base how he went from a nazi to light weight euro-pop dance songs of love, then we could apply that the the whole fucking world. #totp
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If you go see GOOD BOY, stay after the 45-second end credits for a short piece on how they made the film. The director emphasizes that Indy had no idea he was in a movie, and they just had to shoot hundreds of hours of footage for almost 3 years to get each shot. Kinda like working with Jared Leto.
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you go see GOOD BOY, stay after the 45-second end credits for a short piece on how they made the film. The director emphasizes that Indy had no idea he was in a movie, and they just had to shoot hundreds of hours of footage for almost 3 years to get each shot. Kinda like working with Jared Leto.
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the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry
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you shouldn't have to attempt to "argue" that telling spouses of british citizens (for example) that the last 5 or more years of them being here doesn't count and they have to leave is beyond evil, should you. why is this even something that needs to be up for a debate
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
you shouldn't have to attempt to "argue" that telling spouses of british citizens (for example) that the last 5 or more years of them being here doesn't count and they have to leave is beyond evil, should you. why is this even something that needs to be up for a debate
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Gamergate never ended, it’s just became the world we all have to live in.
Thanks, we all hate it.
Thanks, we all hate it.
The funny thing is, I thought the sudden wave of people telling me I need to die was about the white-on-white crime tweet, but it wasn’t.
It was just about me being a liberal woman who occasionally, as a freelancer, as a small part of my career, works for Blizzard
It was just about me being a liberal woman who occasionally, as a freelancer, as a small part of my career, works for Blizzard
September 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Gamergate never ended, it’s just became the world we all have to live in.
Thanks, we all hate it.
Thanks, we all hate it.
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Obsessed with this janky VHS cover for GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, both for the PD cover art and for the taglines touting it as a “chilling horror classic.”
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Obsessed with this janky VHS cover for GODZILLA VS. MEGALON, both for the PD cover art and for the taglines touting it as a “chilling horror classic.”