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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 2h

PAC-MAN FEVER (1982) album by Buckner and Garcia, complete with commentary track!

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Pac Man Fever 30 Year Anniversary - Album by Buckner & Garcia

Listen to Pac Man Fever 30 Year Anniversary by Buckner & Garcia on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

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Through the Square Window @squarewindowpod.bsky.social · 9h

A new episode of Through the Square Window is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social, it's looking at four shows from October 1990: The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Watchdog, Knightmare and Twin Peaks

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 5h

Mind being slightly blown here.

Paul Duncan / Writer / Editor / Films / Books / Comics @kershed.bsky.social · 1d

October 13, 1978: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: #OTD Triple-I created this DIGITAL X-wing fighter, constructed from 60k polygons by Art Durinski, for @ILMVFX to make “Star Wars 2,” but it was too expensive. See Triple I’s test footage here: youtu.be/i8zjMQz5Ftg

John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 5h

I have varifocals cos I am old, but they're fine for me using the computer. Took a few days to get used to, that's all.

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19h

I am currently watching Trainspotting on the new digital channel, U&McGregor.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 5h

when you've run out of material for two outfits

Miss Molly Mol @missymollymol.bsky.social · 22h

I feel like this the kind of gathering @vimtotime.bsky.social would go to even though I know gatherings/parties are her idea of hell

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 5h

ST:TNG - 'The High Ground'

Oh christ - TNG does Northern Ireland and is in no way subtle about it either. This is the one the 2024 meme came from. Bev is kidnapped, but comes to understand the terrorist behind it is a sensitive soul, an artist. I cheered when Picard decked him.

"yes, I murder school children, but I'm actually very sensitive"
"Oh no, my female feelings are all confused"

Gun battles in Engineering, this is what the kids want!

John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 5h

ST:TNG - 'The Hunted'

Federation wannabes create super soldiers and then exile them. One gets loose and causes havoc on the Enterprise. Sort of 'Space Seed 2' mixed with 'Rambo'. Super soldier powers expressed via massive hair. Oh, and it's the 90s now.

"Shall I shave his massive hair now, sir?"

"But he's a nice man - yes he killed hundreds - but he's a really nice man, with really massive hair!"

Picard here, terrified some damage might come to the ornamental pond and plant display.

John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 6h

ST:TNG - 'The Defector'

After 2.5 seasons of TNG the Romulan conflict finally hots up - sort of. An episode that keeps you guessing, the resolution is lots of fun. Not Yet G'Kar turns up again.

"Bit of a rash, have you changed your washing powder recently?"

"But, Geordi, is he a defector?"
"See this tiny speck of dust, Data? That's how much I give a shit"

Lots of good spaceship stuff in this one. Must have been sweeps week.

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Attack of the Giant Retro Monsters 🔞 @monstersattack.bsky.social · 8h

Promotional image for "The Giant Claw" (1957) #kaiju #horrorfam

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 6h

ST:TNG - 'The Vengeance Factor'

Space pirates! Mullets! Revenge! Presumably the 'vengeance factor' in question was the name of the anti-aging face cream worn by Yuta. Who, of course, Riker tries to knob.

"Please feed me your food and then allow me to feed you my dick"

If Worf were in charge, episodes would be a lot shorter and a lot bloodier

One of the fun games to play in season 3 is to drink every time you see these triangular scaffold struts - used by every base and human colony in the 24th century.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 6h

Fallen behind with these, hold on...

ST:TNG - 'The Price'

Aerobixs, sleazeballs and wormholes. Deanna gets seduced, Data and Geordi visit the Delta Quadrant long before Janeway and co, the Ferengi do Ferengi shit. Contains the world's worst seduction scene.

Star Trek trying to be sexy is never sexy

Guinan's controversial 'no hand stamp, no re-entry' policy

This moment has to be seen to be believed.

Amazingly, Riker does not punch him, though he should.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 13d

And here, also, for the first time, is an extended 300-track playlist running chronologically through the 1980s, from 1980 to 1989. This doesn't even cover half of what's in the book, but I think it's a really effective soundtrack. #IntoTheGroove www.tunemymusic.com/share/kQHEUO...

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 20h

He only had the one jacket, didn’t he?

Dr. Uncle Feared 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.social · 20h

Tom Baker dropping the “soft porn” bomb on #CallMyBluff

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 20h

RIP Drew Struzan - movie poster artist extraordinaire

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 21h

Village Institute meeting tonight!

I increasingly empathise with David Horton

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Very much enjoyed this approach to looking at place, ecology, identity and The Mysterious Planet. Is Drathro like Trigger’s Broom? The answer may surprise you!

Black Archive: The Mysterious Planet by Jez Strickley

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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 1d

All a big chuckle to this grotesque fuckwit and these media clowns just lap it up and clap like the shit handed chimps they are.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

(went down a rabbit hole with this) looks like the archives for Yorkshire and Granada - plus others ended up at ITV PLC, while Thames is owned by Freemantle. Can only assume it's what's in their catalogues available for the right price.

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 1d

A fantastic concept trailer for a #StarTrek #DoctorWho crossover.

The original was lost, so this is a second pass, and it's really bloody good.

#WeareroftheCheese on top form!

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Star Trek/Doctor Who Crossover Concept trailer. 'Reign of the Daleks' (REUPLOAD)

YouTube video by Wearer of the Cheese

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

“No, that’s Beryl, the agent and TV producer who founded Hartswood Films”(waves)… “and *that’s* her daughter Sue who produced Coupling and Mr Bean” (waves)

“What are you doing?”

“Vertue signalling.”

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to this marvellous record, an LP that so impressed the drummer from Pimlico that, following a few drinks, he approached Bob Stanley at (I think) The Underworld in Camden and told him how much he loved it-except in his cups he called it Fox Box Belfry. Which we've called it ever since-

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 1d

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Bit sad they phased out the ‘Keep Fit with Sarah Jane’ sequences from stories

Zoe's feather boa @zoesfeatherboa.bsky.social · 1d

#DoctorWho from the start.
The Monster of Peladon by Brian Hayles.
Part Two.

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John Rivers @johnrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Stanhope likes the fact that Harold is “always willing to learn”

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