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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · Jan 11

On Twitter I made a thread where I watched and commented upon every episode of #DoctorWho.

Over the years I've bought a surprising amount of #BigFinish audio stories and can't keep track of them. So I'm going back to the start and listening to them. I apologise in advance

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 34m

And somehow, I don't imagine they will care a jot

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 3h

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1669

Paddington in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social · 2h

More from Your Daily Dracula – ‘Count Brushcula’, The Basil Brush Show (2015)

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The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 11h

The advisor from SimCity hollers at the player, "YOU CAN'T LET A FROG DANCE EROTICALLY AT YOUR SWAT TEAM! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" The typeface is Chicago but the city is Portland.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 2h

Sounds less a video game title, more like an AO3 tag

Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social · 2h

POWERSLAVE

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 11h

Yes but so was Chaplin himself so it seems like less of a surprising clash of times

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 12h

It’s a long time ago and is hardly the most notable story so I can’t be 100% but that story really rings a bell with me as I’m sure I also remembering pestering my parents with how it could have happened and the newspapers being annoyingly vague

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 12h

Never is a long time but I’m glad to hear it nonetheless and I hope all of comics follows

Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 13h

Jim Lee promises that DC will never use AI, saying "AI doesn't dream, feel, or make art."

Iconic Artist Jim Lee Takes Firm Anti-AI Stance at DC Comics

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 18h

That's funny (not in a ha-ha stand up way), I thought the headlines focussed on whitewashing the human rights' abuses, inequality and state censorship in comedy

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 18h

Wow, they've really had to go in a different direction since the host was arrested, eh? 👀

A TV guide listing
The Repair Shop
8pm BBC One
The season finale climaxes with a helmet

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 18h

For a non-American, what actually is section 10 of the US code. Because 'The US code' is a very ambiguous term so I dunno what to look up

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Peter Ramsey @pramsey342.bsky.social · 18h

Ah I see, they want to kill our business and we have to help them.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 19h

Shouldn't the focus be on the care provided rather than pay? 👀

Weirdo British view, I guess

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 19h

One of my favourite artists played my favourite song by him, having omitted it on his previous three shows, and dedicated it to me at the gig because I tweeted him

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 22h

Imagining Dennis Taylor sat down with an SAE filling in a form and popping a tape in the post

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 22h

David Davis standing between two women wearing t-shirts that read: it's DD for me

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 23h

Very surprised to see that the Tory pledge to scrap stamp duty would only apply to primary residences and so won't benefit multiple home owners. Although I suspect loopholes will be forthcoming #CPC25

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 23h

Conservatives promising no stamp duty #CPC25

'Reform promising free beer tomorrow. Jeremy Corbyn promising free jam. Lib Dems promising free lentils.'

Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 23h

Who could have seen this coming(?)

Oh yes, everyone

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 1d

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 23h

It doesn't quite fit into the category but any excuse to mention it:

John Major's dad was a Victorian music hall entertainer

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"

Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

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Tony @tony2times.bsky.social · 1d

Was that meant to be pin break-up? The ref didn't look confident making that third count, so presuambly the announcer was thrown?

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different

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