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John Styx (Ix)

@frogalapeche.bsky.social

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Even he. ❤s Dr Who, Lit, darkness, 007, Gothic Horror. I teach English. Socialist. Conan-Doyler. Nibbled to death by an Okapi. Attempting re-entry. I invented the term 'Tillblerone'. "World's most correct man" 2024

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John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · Apr 28

Best...dvd...subtitle...ever!

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 3h

Wednesday

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 3h

This might be the most infuriatingly boneheaded story I've ever read.

What next?

'I can't get large enough bin bags to contain all the micro-plastics I want to dump in the sea. Why is the binbag industry ignoring people like me?'

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 3h

That's what 'a camera' and 'professional photographers' are for, you silly arse.

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

AI couldn't create an image of a woman like me - until now

Paralympic swimmer Jess Smith, says representation means being seen as part of the AI world that's being built.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 4h

Strange #DoctorWho Hexalogies

The 'It's all gone to cock as we ran out of even average ideas halfway though the first episode' hexalogy

Underwater Menace
The Time Monster
The Green Death
Pyramids of Mars
Seeds of Doom
The Armageddon Factor

Also:
All of S24, (exc TATR)

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 4h

Surely this order should be reversed?

Brendan Jones @retrobrendo.bsky.social · 10h

The Robert Holmes Keeps Writing To Same Story Until He Gets It Sublimely Right Trilogy:

The Space Pirates
The Power of Kroll
The Caves of Androzani

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 4h

Reposted by John Styx (Ix)

Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 13h

It's Roger Moore's birthday...
I love this quote.
It's like Mr Benn - Hunter.
Shoot animals with a camera.
Never a gun.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 12h

Oh god, someone's going to see this and start using it to mean 'shopping holiday', aren't they?

#CallMyBluff

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 13h

Bizarre how everyone on 1970s TV has to have an accent of posher-than-residual-aristocracy English.

#CallMyBluff

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 13h

The theme tune was written by Andy Mackay of Roxy Music.

youtu.be/z3Up8vQ0cd0?...

Armchair Thriller title sequence

YouTube video by TheBlackNun

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 13h

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 14h

*Puts on Armchair Thriller*

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 14h

Well apart from Central and YTV...

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 15h

I believe Cornershop said it best when they sang...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

What is the best pillow for your sleeping style?

What is the best pillow for your sleeping style?

The wrong pillow can disrupt sleep, so finding the right one can guard against decline in mental and physical health

www.theguardian.com

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to name all the VALKYRIES in alphabetical order.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 15h

I'll say!

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 15h

And these are available to BUY, you say? 😃

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 16h

Well at least post pictures of two DIFFERENT people then.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 16h

Dial up the vile.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 16h

Ditto.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 16h

That's not even a sentence in that pic.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 16h

Yes!!!

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 21h

First rule of comedy, be suggestive, but not too suggestive.

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 21h

Skip to 6:55 for the joke.

youtu.be/xHhU7LLFeOA?...

In colour! - NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO - THE ART GALLERY, 1965

YouTube video by Matt's Shack

John Styx (Ix) @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 21h

It's a kind of joke, but it is a cartoon.

www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/le...

Leonardo da Vinci | The Burlington House Cartoon | NG6337 | National Gallery, London

Leonardo da Vinci, The Burlington House Cartoon, about 1506-8. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

www.nationalgallery.org.uk