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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1h

My nam is fishe
And normily
I swimm in rivere
Lek or see
butte somtime i
swimm up to farre
i fal from skeye
an smashe yor carre

Tealin @twirlynoodle.com · 1h

Meanwhile, in Canada: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield | CBC News

Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she w...

www.cbc.ca

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Lucy Blundell @kinmoku.bsky.social · 2h

📢 Exciting news! 📢

VIDEOVERSE will be coming to consoles on...

✨November 14th✨

The port includes all post-PC launch updates plus new Japanese localisation 🇯🇵

Please share! ❤️

#indiegame #visualnovel #gaming

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 3h

I said at the time “the more I learn about NFTs, the less I understand”.

Someone I knew went all in on them hoping to be a big name on the Web 3.0 circuit. You can guess how that panned out.

Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 4h

Say what you will about Beanie Babies, but at least they were cute and made some kids happy. I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a fad with a bigger gap between hype and reality than NFTs. Has to be one of the greatest wet farts in the history of flash in the pan trends.

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 16h

Reddit shuts down its NFT avatars project

August 28, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=reddit-shuts-down-nft-avatars

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 3h

Alright Passantino 😉

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 3h

That is actually adorable and fair play, you were 8 at that time. I was really bloody eager to play it back then so when I got home and went straight through it I felt so cheated. Exchanged it for Alisha Dragoon though so it wasn’t all for nothing.

Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 3h

Hour and a half then? 😁

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 3h

Brilliant looking and sounding game. But an absolute fucking joke to play. I finished it within an hour of purchase back in the day.

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 4h

The far right is corrupt to the core #Reform

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 4h

00’s reboot.

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 4h

Rewatched the first episode of the new series recently and it’s very “of its time”. RTD himself admitted they didn’t know what they were doing then and it shows but now it looks charming in the same way 85 Doctor Who did.

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 23h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Fenner Pearson @fennerpearson.bsky.social · 6h

Last night I was telling (a slightly disbelieving) @notquitelight.bsky.social about how banks create the money for mortgages, and then by sheer coincidence, @domconlon.bsky.social mentioned this piece to me, this morning:

pluralistic.net/2025/10/13/c...

Pluralistic: How to fix the UK housing crisis (13 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 6h

Saw a Facebook post of an article about a teacher who was sacked for putting up over 100 flags and one of the comments was like “should be teaching pronouns 🙄” and it’s like yes? they are a part of English? So if they’re an English teacher yes??

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7h

It is laughable to think that you can neuter the far right with minor tweaks like this.

How many Conservative or Reform supporters even know that immigrants have to pass a language test? They object to immigration on emotional grounds, not because they have dry objections to eligibility criteria.

To ensure graduates contribute effectively to the economy, the maximum post-study stay will be reduced to 18 months from the current 2 years for most from 1 January 2027. It comes after data clearly showed that many holders had not transitioned into graduate-level employment as intended.
Finance requirements for student visas will also be increased for the 2025 to 2026 academic year, meaning foreign students will have to demonstrate they have sufficient funds to support themselves.

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 20h

As a tribute to the late Drew Struzan, a piece from the archives: how the artist created an iconic poster for The Thing in a matter of hours. RIP, Mr Struzan.
filmstories.co.uk/features/the...

The Thing | The story behind Drew Struzan's iconic poster

Artist Drew Struzan created an iconic poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Incredibly, it was conceived and painted in a matter of hours…

filmstories.co.uk

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kyu @kyu.channel · 1d

#silenthill

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 21h

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Michael M 👽 @michaelmisrubbish.bsky.social · 1d

My daft band has a new song out about your da being radicalised by right wing propaganda online, even though he told you to be careful online when you were growing up.

SLIME CITY @slimecitymusic.bsky.social · 1d

🎵 NEW SLIMES BOP ALERT 🚨

'Trigger The Dads' from our upcoming album NATIONAL RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT is now available to stream on Bandcamp ➡️ slime-city.bandcamp.com

💰 Pre-order the album, due for release 21 Nov.

⚠️ No dads were harmed in the making of this banger.

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 1d

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 1d

Mark is selfish but self loathing which sort of balances it. Jeremy is just selfish.

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 2d

Just rewatched the geography trip episode, Neil punching the fish still had me cackling.

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 2d

It’s fine but yeah, unnecessary.

Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 2d

It sticks out because there’s so much the rest of series gets right. The moment when Jay realises Simon is moving away in the first movie is quietly heart-breaking. And that’s after they’ve had a crap fight.

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely that one. It started off really well too but Will is just a horrible prick in the last half.

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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 2d

Great thread on multi-camera TV.

I think partly this is down to the absolute obsession with realism, often to the exclusion of all other forms of expression. Anything even slightly heightened or, god forbid, theatrical is seen as dated.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 2d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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