And now, with the time coming up to a quarter past eleven, a reminder that @cultedge.bsky.social’s titles - including the #Blakes7 Production Diaries for Series A & B - are still available online.
Happy #GaudaPrimeDay, one and all. And please, don’t have nightmares.
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Happy #GaudaPrimeDay, one and all. And please, don’t have nightmares.
www.lulu.com/shop/grahame...
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And now, with the time coming up to a quarter past eleven, a reminder that @cultedge.bsky.social’s titles - including the #Blakes7 Production Diaries for Series A & B - are still available online.
Happy #GaudaPrimeDay, one and all. And please, don’t have nightmares.
www.lulu.com/shop/grahame...
Happy #GaudaPrimeDay, one and all. And please, don’t have nightmares.
www.lulu.com/shop/grahame...
What a wonderfully tantalising treat! Whatever bits and pieces they turn out to be, it's delicious to think there are still new connections to be made with the craft of yesteryear. 🥰
16mm Doctor Who film still keeps turning up. A few days ago this was gifted to me by a long retired former editor on the series during the 1960s. Hopefully we will find out very soon what is on it. Looks like a mixture of different sequences as you can see the edits on each reel.
December 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
What a wonderfully tantalising treat! Whatever bits and pieces they turn out to be, it's delicious to think there are still new connections to be made with the craft of yesteryear. 🥰
THREAD 🥸🥰🤣
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
THREAD 🥸🥰🤣
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
Utterly, utterly magnificent.
One of those promos the BBC used to be so good at making. A raft of comedy talent on display here
December 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Utterly, utterly magnificent.
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Omg. I thought "oh that's nice, you can read it." But no, not just that, you can WATCH the stuff. You can click on the programmes and watch them. Flaming hell
Yuletide felicitations! The 1975 Christmas 'Radio TV Times' magazine is now available! 🎁
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
Explore 10 days of December 1975’s TV listings across both BBC and ITV.
Open the PDF, click on a programme title and start streaming from various platforms. 🤶
visualmutterings.com/1975-christm...
1975 Christmas Radio TV Times Magazine
Travel back 50 years into Christmas TV's past. The Christmas Radio TV Times gathers links to TV programmes from Christmas week 1975.
visualmutterings.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Omg. I thought "oh that's nice, you can read it." But no, not just that, you can WATCH the stuff. You can click on the programmes and watch them. Flaming hell
Ageing fan thought: I find it *incredibly* sobering to think that - as of Christmas ‘85 - this was a seventeen year-old story.
It was as old then as The Next Doctor is now. 😵💫
It was as old then as The Next Doctor is now. 😵💫
Cats and guest asleep. Chance for me to go back in time to the 1985 #DoctorWho Christmas Special. Well, it was for me, thanks to the miracle of V.H.S. and my parents being amazing.
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ageing fan thought: I find it *incredibly* sobering to think that - as of Christmas ‘85 - this was a seventeen year-old story.
It was as old then as The Next Doctor is now. 😵💫
It was as old then as The Next Doctor is now. 😵💫
Thought experiment: what would end up happening if legislators established an effective way to penalise every LLM response that couldn’t attribute its sources? 🤔
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Thought experiment: what would end up happening if legislators established an effective way to penalise every LLM response that couldn’t attribute its sources? 🤔
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Better to share this than the other thing @barackobama.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Better to share this than the other thing @barackobama.bsky.social
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever
From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever
Reiner’s own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever
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There's gonna be a lot of Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Stand By Me and When Harry Met Sally content about today so here's my favourite version of the Spinal Tap trailer, made for a NATO* showing. "You want stars? I'm in the picture!"
youtu.be/ZNQpH_epiI0
* North American Theater Owners
youtu.be/ZNQpH_epiI0
* North American Theater Owners
Spinal Tap - Cheese Rolling promo
YouTube video by Emory Lane
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There's gonna be a lot of Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, Stand By Me and When Harry Met Sally content about today so here's my favourite version of the Spinal Tap trailer, made for a NATO* showing. "You want stars? I'm in the picture!"
youtu.be/ZNQpH_epiI0
* North American Theater Owners
youtu.be/ZNQpH_epiI0
* North American Theater Owners
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
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Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
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He’s also responsible for helping to overturn Prop 8 in CA, teeing up the original marriage equality cases that led to Obergefell, helping start First 5, getting smoking banned in CA bars, and dozens of other causes. The world lost a truly remarkable person.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
He’s also responsible for helping to overturn Prop 8 in CA, teeing up the original marriage equality cases that led to Obergefell, helping start First 5, getting smoking banned in CA bars, and dozens of other causes. The world lost a truly remarkable person.
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The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff
Incredibly sad news. 😢
Rob Reiner, who directed such beloved Hollywood classics as 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me' and 'When Harry Met Sally' after starring in the trailblazing sitcom 'All in the Family,' died Sunday along with his wife, Michele, in their Brentwood home. bit.ly/48UWXSi
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Incredibly sad news. 😢
Was *exactly* my first thought.
(My second thought: what are the odds that Spielberg has actually watched Caves and/or that the similarity isn’t entirely accidental? 🤔)
(My second thought: what are the odds that Spielberg has actually watched Caves and/or that the similarity isn’t entirely accidental? 🤔)
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Was *exactly* my first thought.
(My second thought: what are the odds that Spielberg has actually watched Caves and/or that the similarity isn’t entirely accidental? 🤔)
(My second thought: what are the odds that Spielberg has actually watched Caves and/or that the similarity isn’t entirely accidental? 🤔)
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Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Martin Parr, absolute mensch.
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
From Colin Wilkinson, founder of Bluecoat Press, on FB
“AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more.”
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more.”
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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“Yes. That is how I rea… Wait WHAT?!”
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Yes. That is how I rea… Wait WHAT?!”