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Derek Knight

@delrico.djnite.co.uk

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BBC Visual Radio Producer. Movies with Ali Plumb. Radio 1's Live Lounge, Radio 2 and 6 Music sessions. Stuff like that. My opinions, obviously. He/him. http://djnite.co.uk

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 21h

Yes, this. I would have so much better taste than the wealthy buffoons buying gauche trinkets to light up their empty lives.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 21h

Time well spent.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 22h

I've started rewatching Adventure Time with my little boy, and there's so much I can't wait to see again!

Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 1d

Morning.

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 22h

It speaks volumes that their primary focus is them as righteous crusaders above all else. It's an ego trip and always has been.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 1d

The title of "Prince" was automatically given to him at birth by virtue of being born to the monarch. All the titles that he's been stripped of were ones he went on to be given during his lifetime.

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 2d

I don't really know their work, so I'm guess I'm set for my 40s now.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 2d

Me in my 20s about to make Nick Drake my whole personality, followed by me in my 30s about to make Big Star my entire personality.

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 2d

So much opportunity to do the whole "take a sip of coffee and check the news" meme for real life.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 3d

Haha, jinx! Did mine before spotting yours. But don't worry, I know that you have nothing done anything wrong in your life, ever.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 3d

Who’s your favorite reoccurring (that is not part of the regular cast but kept showing up) sitcom character?

He's...

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 4d

As many people have said, the joy is in the creation itself rather than the final result. Whatever it is you're doing. That slow incremental improvement can initially feel like a slog, sure, but when you figure something out and succeed, it's just pure joy. Especially when you're part of a team.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 4d

And obviously completely ignores how creativity thrives in conversation and collaboration, in happy accidents. That some of your best work will be driven by the restrictions placed upon you. Things going wrong forcing you to adapt and think outside the box. Thinking on your feet. Fail. Fail better.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

Didn't go to film school? Don't worry. Legendary investor and movie buff Marc Andreessen doesn't think that will be an issue for future creatives.

During an episode of "Monitoring the Situation," the podcast for the venture capitalist firm that Andreessen cofounded, A16z, he said advancements in AI technology — like OpenAI's Sora 2 — have made it possible for a new type of filmmaker to emerge.

"The filmmaker with no visual skill, or access to a set, or to a camera, or to actors, but with an idea," Andreessen said on Friday. "It's going to start with shorts and animated things and so forth, but it's going to work its way up to full movies."

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 4d

They were put off by his cameo as Flippy The Fish in Dog Man, much as I was. A rare piece of common ground between us.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 4d

I love Al so much. He's so pure.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 4d

Said mixtape, cos it's pure genius:
soundcloud.com/jairalee/06-...

06 - The Avalanches - Breezeblock set 2 (12-11-2001)

Listen to 06 - The Avalanches - Breezeblock set 2 (12-11-2001) by Jairalee #np on #SoundCloud

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 5d

Got a real soft spot for the Beach Boys's Match Point Of Our Love from MIU ever since The Avalanches used it on a mixtape.

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Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 5d

Maybe he figured out he could sext with it now, and got waylaid.

Derek Knight @delrico.djnite.co.uk · 6d

Woah, this is mindblowing!

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · Dec 15

The top row of the Peanuts Sunday strip was called the 'throw-away panel'. If there wasn't enough space in the comic section that syndicated it, the top row could be removed and the rest of the comic would still make sense without it. Schulz often used the throw-away panel for private/obscure jokes.