Mark Haldane
@markhaldane.bsky.social
Designer, animator, illustrator, funny fourth thing.
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
Am I the only one who doesn't want Alien and Predator to be in the same canon?
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't want Alien and Predator to be in the same canon?
Imagine going back in time and trying to convince your past self that best thing to happen to Star Wars since the original trilogy will be a TV show with a Mon Mothma dancing scene.
June 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imagine going back in time and trying to convince your past self that best thing to happen to Star Wars since the original trilogy will be a TV show with a Mon Mothma dancing scene.
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
May 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I want to share how I feel about Andor but I can't find the words that do it justice. Just watch it.
May 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I want to share how I feel about Andor but I can't find the words that do it justice. Just watch it.
It's a rare moment in the MCU when they actually have an genuinely interesting antagonist. #Thunderbolts
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's a rare moment in the MCU when they actually have an genuinely interesting antagonist. #Thunderbolts
I'm giving Andor season 1 a re-watch before I start season 2. What started as one episode at dinner has turned into my whole evening. I've seen it multiple times already—how can it still be this gripping?!
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm giving Andor season 1 a re-watch before I start season 2. What started as one episode at dinner has turned into my whole evening. I've seen it multiple times already—how can it still be this gripping?!
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The Tortoise & The Hate: Cut-Throat Edition
March 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Tortoise & The Hate: Cut-Throat Edition
Has any filming location been recreated more often than the oval office? Is it always a fresh build? Or do they ever use a pre-existing set for hire, like how so many plane interior scenes are shot at one specialist studio in LA?
March 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Has any filming location been recreated more often than the oval office? Is it always a fresh build? Or do they ever use a pre-existing set for hire, like how so many plane interior scenes are shot at one specialist studio in LA?
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@krisstraub.com With the new video limit, I can finally send you this cursed thing that felt so much like a skit you’d do that I was waiting for a punchline that never came:
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@krisstraub.com With the new video limit, I can finally send you this cursed thing that felt so much like a skit you’d do that I was waiting for a punchline that never came:
Movie you've watched more than 6 times, gifs only
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Movie you've watched more than 6 times, gifs only
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I suppose it sorta makes sense that early humans traded off fur coats and physical strength for big brains that allowed us to create clothes and tools and now we’re apparently trading off those big brains for the ability to use hallucinatory auto-complete to write reports for us.
February 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I suppose it sorta makes sense that early humans traded off fur coats and physical strength for big brains that allowed us to create clothes and tools and now we’re apparently trading off those big brains for the ability to use hallucinatory auto-complete to write reports for us.
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Rogatons Rediffusions - 18/01/2023 - "Parlez-moi de vous, Pluto."
Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202...
Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202...
February 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Rogatons Rediffusions - 18/01/2023 - "Parlez-moi de vous, Pluto."
Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202...
Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202...
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Rogatons Rediffusions - 15/01/2023 - "Le Jeu de la Dame"
![Dans "Le Jeu de la Dame"
[Beth Harmon qui regarde le plafond à 3h du matin]
(Image: très mauvaise caricature de Anya Taylor-Joy dans son lit, les mains croisées sur la poitrine)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r27hkquktzqguupumigfo672/bafkreiajokccdhfrbvlcjcjkzmt4bbofzq7nidm3m62il3gddkhugtraiy@jpeg)
![[Revoit des parties d'échecs super compliquées]
(Image: reprise d'un plan de la série où l'on voit le plafond, avec des pièces d'échecs animées qui rejouent des parties toutes seules)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r27hkquktzqguupumigfo672/bafkreiaf2hm3hfnekzgfkmh2j45y6icch26y3gxxs3sdt6vjehcpmlrroy@jpeg)
![Dans la vraie vie
[Moi qui regarde le plafond à 3h du matin]
Image: Boulet dans son lit, dans la même pose que Beth Harmon](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r27hkquktzqguupumigfo672/bafkreiahv4t3bgrf6ofpwjnja5oyf6uv2ssefnbaxgv7vtmhkjfmynaopu@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Rogatons Rediffusions - 15/01/2023 - "Le Jeu de la Dame"
How did we get here?
January 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
How did we get here?
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I'd forgotten the disconnect. The odd mental juggling act where you are at once witnessing the behaviours of the most inane, childish collection of adults on the planet, while also having to remember how incredibly dangerous it all is.
January 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'd forgotten the disconnect. The odd mental juggling act where you are at once witnessing the behaviours of the most inane, childish collection of adults on the planet, while also having to remember how incredibly dangerous it all is.
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So all the water in Wallace and Gromit: Murder Most Fowl—was that all CG fluid sims? Did they do any practical or real-time water effects? I'd love to see some behind-the-scenes of this.
#murdermostfowl #wallaceandgromit
#murdermostfowl #wallaceandgromit
December 28, 2024 at 10:18 AM
So all the water in Wallace and Gromit: Murder Most Fowl—was that all CG fluid sims? Did they do any practical or real-time water effects? I'd love to see some behind-the-scenes of this.
#murdermostfowl #wallaceandgromit
#murdermostfowl #wallaceandgromit
It's like letting your 4-year-old choose their own dinner each night. It's always going to be Coco Pops. They don't understand nutrition.
And yes, TLJ is the best Star Wars film outside the OT. I will fight you.
And yes, TLJ is the best Star Wars film outside the OT. I will fight you.
Seven years ago, The Last Jedi came out.
Was it so good it destroyed the entire money-making machinery of major IP?
Terrified studios say: Yes! www.avclub.com/studios-cons...
Was it so good it destroyed the entire money-making machinery of major IP?
Terrified studios say: Yes! www.avclub.com/studios-cons...
Studios are apparently consulting with superfans before the movie pisses anyone off
Studios are apparently consulting with superfans before the movie pisses anyone off
www.avclub.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:53 AM
It's like letting your 4-year-old choose their own dinner each night. It's always going to be Coco Pops. They don't understand nutrition.
And yes, TLJ is the best Star Wars film outside the OT. I will fight you.
And yes, TLJ is the best Star Wars film outside the OT. I will fight you.
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(The existence of Andor argues that there’s still some fight left in Star Wars)
December 15, 2024 at 7:08 PM
(The existence of Andor argues that there’s still some fight left in Star Wars)
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The Christmas story!!!
Guardian comic from yesterday
Guardian comic from yesterday
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins. Script as follows:
Scene is rural NAZARETH. A young MARY is walking along a country road at night.
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[Silence as Mary walks in the still night]
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[Suddenly an ANGEL appears]
ANGEL:
MARY!
MARY:
Wurgh!
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ANGEL:
You’re going to have god’s baby!
MARY:
No *way*
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ANGEL:
Innit brilliant!
MARY:
So brilliant
ANGEL:
I’m so pleased you’re pleased
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MARY:
I am pleased, it’s a completely uncomplicated and good thing
ANGEL:
Aren’t you a bit weirded out
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MARY:
I am yeah but overall feeling dead positive about the whole thing
ANGEL:
Great
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MARY:
So is it gonna be like a ball of light or a heavenly sound or what
ANGEL:
No mate, normal baby
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MARY:
Wurgh the surprises keep on coming tonight don’t they!
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MARY:
So are you gonna appear to lots of other people and tell them so I don’t look like I’m making it up cos of society and that
ANGEL:
Sure babe
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ANGEL:
We are going to tell… *six random guys*.
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MARY:
Any of them my boyfriend?
ANGEL:
Gotta go babe sorry
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MARY:
Can you tell my boyfriend
ANGEL:
See ya!
[Angel disappears]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreifwhlafnzjbur5txtztw362h2jdxisfi4dty2iz5qqrw2xhzg6uza@jpeg)
December 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The Christmas story!!!
Guardian comic from yesterday
Guardian comic from yesterday
A Taskmaster task for artists. Draw as many exotic/obscure animals as you can without using any reference material. Most realistic animals wins give points.
this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰
November 28, 2024 at 9:08 AM
A Taskmaster task for artists. Draw as many exotic/obscure animals as you can without using any reference material. Most realistic animals wins give points.