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TRANSDIFFUSI⭕️N @transdiffusion.org · 6h

We’ve seen an unconfirmed report, from his cousin, that ABC and Thames announcer Philip Elsmore died on 3 August at the age of 87.

David Hamilton, Shelia Kennedy and Philip Elsmore at the launch of Thames in 1968

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 7h

What?

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 4d

Smool koala!

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

#bluesky #animals #nature #wildlife

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 8h

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 8h

The publicity stills from Carry On Doctor look like they could be Caravaggio paintings

A publicity still from Carry On Doctor where the patients confront Dr. Tinkle

A publicity still from Carry On Doctor where the patients give Dr. Tinkle an ice bath

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 8h

This edition was given on-screen subtitles in the Southern region #atthewheeltappers

Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 8h

Proper muck and grit Northern folk pop with incongruous electric guitar addition #AtTheWheeltappers

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 8h

'Thread'

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 10h

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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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 11h

"Wait, I can explain..."

Wyoming Man Found With 30 Eyeballs In His Anal Cavity

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 9h

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 12h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 14h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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David Brunt @davidbrunt.bsky.social · 14h

Terry Scott's 1962 record "My Brother" opens with a "Phwoah".

He must have done it on telly at some point by 1972.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXk...

Terry Scott - My Brother (with lyrics)

YouTube video by LOL Jukebox

www.youtube.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 20h

FACT OF THE DAY. 12 October 1984. Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher survived an assassination attempt when an IRA time bomb exploded at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the period of the annual Conservative Party Conference.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010 Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011. The email will pile further pressure on Duke of York and the royal family as he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the paedophile financier by that point. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 14h

Unexpected rabbit hole today is discovering that "Phwoar!" was first recorded by the dictionary in 1976, and 1972's Carry On Matron may be its first film appearance.

I thought I'd found an earlier 60s TV use, but it seems "Phwoar!" is firmly a 70s phenomenon.

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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 18h

By popular demand, more of Nicholas Ball's mad Pop Art house interior. He's an advertising executive, you know.

Front room with Leyland Mini drinks cabinet, ships figurehead and Alan Jones-esque naked lady S+M mannequin. They have two young children.

Kitchen, with red and green colour scheme and a table made to look like a giant box of matches.

Mood lighting in the sunken linge area. White sofas and red plastic eggcup chairs all round.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 20h

The Crezz - Thames's expensive and doomed attempt to create a middle class soap, covering the doings of the residents of a Kensington crescent who all have frightfully fancy interior design.
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Isla Blair's frightfully chic split level chrome and glass pad.

Nicholas Ball sleeps in his postmodern pilchard tin bed.

The token gay couple's Italian restaurant-style abode.

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 18h

Channel 5 today. First half of October.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

This is all great and everything but to be honest I'd rather they just removed their consistently rubbish AI drivel from the top of the results page. I am fed up with being force-fed answers that are incomplete at best and outright lies more often than not.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Google may be forced to make changes to search engine in UK - BBC News

The regulator has given it "strategic market status", opening the door to what it calls "proportionate interventions."

www.bbc.co.uk

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Two Ronnies and that bloke who's in charge of Argentina has turned up.

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 1d

Kelleher saved Ronaldo's penalty with his foot. Delightful.

The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 1d

Curious film this. Tremendously innocent. Seen it a few times.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 1d

From the FT:
“UK consumers have curbed spending more than anywhere else in the G7 since the pandemic…
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, UK household spending has risen just 1 per cent in real terms and fallen 3 per cent on a per capita basis.”
#economy #uk @financialtimes.com

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