Dion Winton-Polak
@dionwintonpolak.bsky.social
Mentor for neurodivergent students / previously editing as The Fine-toothed Comb / AuDHD father, husband and geek. He/Him. A work in progress.
Pinned
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need something fun to watch? how about this: THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1975), dramatized by Tom fuckin' Stoppard and starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
"THREE MEN IN A BOAT" (1975 Jerome K. Jerome TV Adaptation-starring Tim Curry, Michael Palin)
YouTube video by Archive Media Vault
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
need something fun to watch? how about this: THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1975), dramatized by Tom fuckin' Stoppard and starring Tim Curry and Michael Palin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwk...
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is on YouTube.
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990
YouTube video by Rolo Tomasi
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is on YouTube.
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
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2023 timelapse, penciling the first few pages of OCB15
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
2023 timelapse, penciling the first few pages of OCB15
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Excuse me, where’s the car wash?
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Excuse me, where’s the car wash?
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Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
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watching this and thinking “huh, that stare down felt very human for a lion to do” and, well,
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
watching this and thinking “huh, that stare down felt very human for a lion to do” and, well,
Pretty much, yeah.
How I imagine it must be like to work in a small university town
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Pretty much, yeah.
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A reckoning for the Far Right.
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A reckoning for the Far Right.
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Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
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Pitching new versions of A Christmas Carol in 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
Pitching new versions of a Christmas Carol in 2025
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Pitching new versions of A Christmas Carol in 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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This woman is a national treasure 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This woman is a national treasure 🤣
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Yeah I'm in for this for sure.
youtu.be/TIuILeKrH4w
'Oh but RTD2-'
Nope.
'But the ratings-'
No decimal points or appreciation indexes have ever told me how much I like or dislike something.
'Looks woke-'
Fuck off.
youtu.be/TIuILeKrH4w
'Oh but RTD2-'
Nope.
'But the ratings-'
No decimal points or appreciation indexes have ever told me how much I like or dislike something.
'Looks woke-'
Fuck off.
NEW TRAILER | The War Between the Land and the Sea
YouTube video by Doctor Who
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Yeah I'm in for this for sure.
youtu.be/TIuILeKrH4w
'Oh but RTD2-'
Nope.
'But the ratings-'
No decimal points or appreciation indexes have ever told me how much I like or dislike something.
'Looks woke-'
Fuck off.
youtu.be/TIuILeKrH4w
'Oh but RTD2-'
Nope.
'But the ratings-'
No decimal points or appreciation indexes have ever told me how much I like or dislike something.
'Looks woke-'
Fuck off.
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I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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"The key to Wolfblood's success is the series placing character dynamics at the forefront. Together, the packs combat danger while also maneuvering through platonic adoration, unrequited crushes, first loves, and true love."
Nice to know the pack are still finding new audiences!
Nice to know the pack are still finding new audiences!
This Free-to-Stream 5-Season Sci-Fi Series Is an Underrated Replacement for ‘The Vampire Diaries’
With engaging characters, unique werewolf mythology, and relatable themes, this is the perfect binge-watch for fans of The Vampire Diaries.
collider.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"The key to Wolfblood's success is the series placing character dynamics at the forefront. Together, the packs combat danger while also maneuvering through platonic adoration, unrequited crushes, first loves, and true love."
Nice to know the pack are still finding new audiences!
Nice to know the pack are still finding new audiences!
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I want this moment for us
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I want this moment for us
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We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
Palate cleanser.
Take a minute.
this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Palate cleanser.
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Contemporary landscape painter Sarah Jane Brown captures the dramatic beauty of her home on the Pembrokeshire Coast, West Wales #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Contemporary landscape painter Sarah Jane Brown captures the dramatic beauty of her home on the Pembrokeshire Coast, West Wales #womensart
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Northodox have a sale on now for all of their books, including my fantasy murder mystery The Executioner's Blade. Go grab a copy before it goes out of print in January!
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Northodox have a sale on now for all of their books, including my fantasy murder mystery The Executioner's Blade. Go grab a copy before it goes out of print in January!
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...