quiettrickster
@quiettrickster.bsky.social
shutterbug, writer, semi-professional geek
tfw the next book in your favourite series is going to be published on your birthday… #murderbot
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Platform Decay
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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
tfw the next book in your favourite series is going to be published on your birthday… #murderbot
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ID cards are a terrible, racist, privacy-invading idea; Digital ID cards a terrible, racist, privacy-invading idea that can’t be securely implemented and will (further) exclude non-tech-connected people from increasingly digitally managed public services.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ID cards are a terrible, racist, privacy-invading idea; Digital ID cards a terrible, racist, privacy-invading idea that can’t be securely implemented and will (further) exclude non-tech-connected people from increasingly digitally managed public services.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
“Of course, the dignity, safety and well-being of women should be secured, but if we value these principles, then it makes no sense to secure one group’s dignity, safety and well-being by depriving another group of dignity, safety and well-being.”
This Is Wrong www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This Is Wrong www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong: Executive Order 14168
When diversity, equity and inclusion become ‘threats’ to the order of society, progressive politics in general is...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Of course, the dignity, safety and well-being of women should be secured, but if we value these principles, then it makes no sense to secure one group’s dignity, safety and well-being by depriving another group of dignity, safety and well-being.”
This Is Wrong www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This Is Wrong www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Finally crawled out to return to @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social for The Return: a solid adaptation of the latter half of the Odyssey that’s elevated by a typically fine performance by Ralph Fiennes as the complicated man. (1/3) #GFF25
March 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Finally crawled out to return to @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social for The Return: a solid adaptation of the latter half of the Odyssey that’s elevated by a typically fine performance by Ralph Fiennes as the complicated man. (1/3) #GFF25
Film Festivaling on hiatus because I have a cold :(
March 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Film Festivaling on hiatus because I have a cold :(
Silver Star: Lo-fi Amer-indie film about an odd couple pair of young women whose lives cross just as they’re both in crisis; one, a quiet, wounded black woman, takes the other, a filter-deficient, homeless and pregnant white woman, hostage after robbing a bank. (1/2) #GFF25
March 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Silver Star: Lo-fi Amer-indie film about an odd couple pair of young women whose lives cross just as they’re both in crisis; one, a quiet, wounded black woman, takes the other, a filter-deficient, homeless and pregnant white woman, hostage after robbing a bank. (1/2) #GFF25
The Extraordinary Miss Flower: Somewhere between experimental documentary and extended music video, wittily illuminating an album by singer Emilíana Torrini that was inspired by a stash of love letters to the titular woman. #GFF25
March 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Extraordinary Miss Flower: Somewhere between experimental documentary and extended music video, wittily illuminating an album by singer Emilíana Torrini that was inspired by a stash of love letters to the titular woman. #GFF25
Ghost Killer: (It’s about a killer who is a ghost!) Fun action flick about a college student who finds herself tied to the ghost of a hitman seeking revenge for his murder; he possesses her to enable the slick action sequences… (1/2) #GFF25
March 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ghost Killer: (It’s about a killer who is a ghost!) Fun action flick about a college student who finds herself tied to the ghost of a hitman seeking revenge for his murder; he possesses her to enable the slick action sequences… (1/2) #GFF25
Mr K: Inventive, splendidly art-directed and funny fantasy-horror with Crispin Glover as a beleaguered magician trying to escape a hotel that’s decaying and contracting around its inhabitants. (1/2) #GFF25
March 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mr K: Inventive, splendidly art-directed and funny fantasy-horror with Crispin Glover as a beleaguered magician trying to escape a hotel that’s decaying and contracting around its inhabitants. (1/2) #GFF25
Kill the Jockey: Stylish and entertainingly surreal film that takes a sharp left turn from racing comedy-thriller into an exploration of gender and self-reinvention that’s a little too obtuse to be convincing. #GFF25
March 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Kill the Jockey: Stylish and entertainingly surreal film that takes a sharp left turn from racing comedy-thriller into an exploration of gender and self-reinvention that’s a little too obtuse to be convincing. #GFF25
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking: Lo-fi queer Philippine film following four young men as they try to return the body of a friend to his hometown—there’s a tonal shift from the scuzzy realism of sex work in Manila’s seedier corners to… (1/2)
February 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking: Lo-fi queer Philippine film following four young men as they try to return the body of a friend to his hometown—there’s a tonal shift from the scuzzy realism of sex work in Manila’s seedier corners to… (1/2)
Rather throws Starmer’s appeasement into sharp relief, doesn’t it?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Zelenskyy leaves White House early after fiery meeting with Trump, who claims Ukrainian leader isn’t ready for peace – live
Press conference between US and Ukraine leaders cancelled and no minerals deal signed after angry scenes in White House; European leaders stand behind Zelenskyy
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rather throws Starmer’s appeasement into sharp relief, doesn’t it?
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Spilt Milk: Heart-tugging story about a Kojak-obsessed lad in 1980s Dublin whose passion for investigating mysteries gradually opens his eyes to the realities of the drug problems of his local estate. (1/2) #GFF25
February 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Spilt Milk: Heart-tugging story about a Kojak-obsessed lad in 1980s Dublin whose passion for investigating mysteries gradually opens his eyes to the realities of the drug problems of his local estate. (1/2) #GFF25
The Kingdom: Absorbing drama about a girl being drawn into her mob boss father’s world; a subtle entwining of sunkissed Corsican vistas and lowkey mobster camaraderie punctuated by violence. #GFF25 (1/2)
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Kingdom: Absorbing drama about a girl being drawn into her mob boss father’s world; a subtle entwining of sunkissed Corsican vistas and lowkey mobster camaraderie punctuated by violence. #GFF25 (1/2)
Sew Torn: Entertaining multi-strand thriller following a seamstress through the consequences of three possible decisions when she witnesses a crime. (1/2)
February 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sew Torn: Entertaining multi-strand thriller following a seamstress through the consequences of three possible decisions when she witnesses a crime. (1/2)
#FilmFestRedux: The Universal Thoery is in cinemas, and at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social from tomorrow
The Universal Theory: Strange goings on at a scientific conference in the Swiss alps in this inventive scifi thriller. The sf elements are neat and never oversold, and there’s a nice b&w retro vibe that’s… (1/2) #gff24
December 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
#FilmFestRedux: The Universal Thoery is in cinemas, and at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social from tomorrow
Important news: the gritter map is now in 3D #snow #ice #ScottishGritters
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Experience
experience.arcgis.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Important news: the gritter map is now in 3D #snow #ice #ScottishGritters
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experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
#FilmFestRedux: Made In England is now on BBC iPlayer
Made In England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger - a very personal perspective on the work of the great British filmmaking duo from Martin Scorsese. The films really speak for themselves, but Marty’s insight and enthusiasm is always worth hearing, and… (1/2) #gff24
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
#FilmFestRedux: Made In England is now on BBC iPlayer
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Celebrate the festive season with GWL at our first ever Festive Fayre!
Enjoy a glass of something mulled & browse a selection of unique gifts & stocking fillers!
Saturday 30 November, 12noon - 4pm. Free entry, all welcome!
womenslibrary.org.uk/event/femini...
Enjoy a glass of something mulled & browse a selection of unique gifts & stocking fillers!
Saturday 30 November, 12noon - 4pm. Free entry, all welcome!
womenslibrary.org.uk/event/femini...
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Celebrate the festive season with GWL at our first ever Festive Fayre!
Enjoy a glass of something mulled & browse a selection of unique gifts & stocking fillers!
Saturday 30 November, 12noon - 4pm. Free entry, all welcome!
womenslibrary.org.uk/event/femini...
Enjoy a glass of something mulled & browse a selection of unique gifts & stocking fillers!
Saturday 30 November, 12noon - 4pm. Free entry, all welcome!
womenslibrary.org.uk/event/femini...
RIP to the master (Not the king of the Bs, as all the lazy headlines say - they were never B-movies - B-movies were the studios’ second- and third-string programme fillers, and Corman was THE independent filmmaker and producer)
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and king of the B-movie, dies aged 98
Corman made over 400 movies including cult classics Death Race 2000, Piranha and The Little Shop of Horrors and launched the careers of Scorsese and De Niro
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2024 at 8:28 AM
RIP to the master (Not the king of the Bs, as all the lazy headlines say - they were never B-movies - B-movies were the studios’ second- and third-string programme fillers, and Corman was THE independent filmmaker and producer)
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
www.theguardian.com/film/article...
Rosalie: Delicate, bittersweet period drama about a young woman with hirsutism; being a French film, rather than Hollywood, she faces acceptance from her community first before it turns against her, while her husband rejects her at first but slowly comes to see her beauty. #gff24
March 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Rosalie: Delicate, bittersweet period drama about a young woman with hirsutism; being a French film, rather than Hollywood, she faces acceptance from her community first before it turns against her, while her husband rejects her at first but slowly comes to see her beauty. #gff24
Jericho Ridge: Entertaining riff on the Assault on Precinct 13 genre, with the twist that the cop under siege is a black single mother with a (temporary) disability; it works best when it leans into the schlocky premise with cheesy dialogue and oversize violence… (1/2) #gff24
March 9, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Jericho Ridge: Entertaining riff on the Assault on Precinct 13 genre, with the twist that the cop under siege is a black single mother with a (temporary) disability; it works best when it leans into the schlocky premise with cheesy dialogue and oversize violence… (1/2) #gff24