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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 9h

Ever see an elephant do a Dad joke?

Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 1d

The elephant pretends to eat this guy's hat.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 9h

"While this outcome is disappointing, the proposal is still far from becoming law."

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 10h

Has any degree caused more harm than the wretched Oxford PPE?

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 14h

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 13h

Andy Capp being, of course, the animated and written work of an original creator.

Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 14h

Intellectual wealth, yes. Spiritual wealth, yes. Creative wealth, yes. Social wealth, yes. Oh, money? That really was not the point.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 1d

Decent Guinness too.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 1d

You want that pint in the Nelson, as you know you're going to get a second in and you can sprint to the station in a minute.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 2d

Could watch it again and again.

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 2d

Well, fuck that. We need to stop intellectualising it. No more tolerance for intolerance. We won the debate years ago. Let's stop litigating, because every time we do racists like Farage, Trump or Robinson steal a tiny shred of legitimacy. And that way disaster lies.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 2d

PA target firms with huge Israeli defence contracts. Thus are terrorists. That I had to consider if I really wanted to publish this post bears testimony to how fast the UK is plummeting towards totalitarianism.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 2d

Just found (or been found by) bsky.app/profile/film... which looks like a terrific film resource, for those who'd want to know.

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨 @thepeterbriggs.bsky.social · 3d

If you're into #screenwriting (or a user of an older Macbook Pro that won't run newer operating systems as Apple have ceased support) here's a link for "Open Core Legacy Patcher" - the operating system hack that "mysteriously" brings your machines more up-to-date.

dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Leg...

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

Very. Could only honestly put a cross against military supremacy and religion/state, which was Mussolini's own definition of Fascism. It's not dark yet, but we're getting there.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 3d

USA? Every box ticked.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

I'll have a rear pulsate with wand clean finish thanks.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

Correct. I would have no idea about what's really happening in the US if I weren't on bsky. And, like a storm that hits america first, it's on its way over here. We need to prepare.

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

If Val Guest is involved, it is going to be interesting.

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The Twilight Zone @thenightgallery.bsky.social · 4d

You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QMh...

Forbidden Area (1956) Starring Charlton Heston & Tab Hunter; directed by John Frankenheimer

This was the first episode of "Playhouse 90", originally aired on October 4, 1956. Written by Rod Serling from a book by Pat Frank. Also stars: Vincent Price, Diana Lynn, Victor Jory, Jackie Coogan…

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 4d

It's 15:30 on 4th October 2025. Britain is getting almost 90% of its electricity from clean energy sources. grid.iamkate.com

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 4d

They really knew how to launch a show in the 60s- "Anything can happen in the next half hour" , "The weekend starts here" got any others?

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 4d

Because its so windy there is excess power in the system Green-energy supplier Octopus is giving customers free electricity between 12 and 2 today and between 11 and 12 tomorrow.

Deform UK don't want you to know that. Their fossil fuel paymasters don't like it.

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 6d

59 years ago, Seconds (1966) redefined identity and paranoia. Frankenheimer’s masterpiece still haunts.

Explore it ➡️ cinephiliabeyond.org/limitation-l...

Limitation of Life: You Can’t Go Back in John Frankenheimer’s ‘Seconds’ • Cinephilia & Beyond

By Tim Pelan Who we are depends on a multitude of influences, societal and blood-borne. Mankind is the only entity on the planet with a philosophical understanding of its own existence, but paradoxica...

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Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 6d

lol

Vincent O'Connell @vincentoconnell.co.uk · 6d

I am now more worried than I was.

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