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dr joshua phillips @woolfianjosh.bsky.social · 2h

The Documentary Cinematic Universe is the most ambitious cinematic experiment ever conceived!

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 2h

oh are you off to work then? Ok see you later, leave some biscuits eh

Frank, a tabby cat, and Lenny, a tuxedo cat, look up at us from the hairy old blanket they are snuggled up on

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 2h

when a dark secret from your past threatens to destroy the new idyllic life you've created for yourself

little yorkie named Rupert sitting in a big pinky beige-colored blanket, leaning up against a dark brown leather couch. there is a potted plant behind him, he's wearing a tiny terracotta sweater. he has a very William H Macy-in-Fargo expression on his face, like he's nervously smiling.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 2h

Esperanto Guy

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · Oct 17

a funny thing that Marvel and Martin Scorsese could do is, he could take over the Stan Lee role of old guy who does cameos in every movie, so, you know, Captain America gets punched through a wall and there's Marty walking his little dog and he tuts 'Oh, for chrissake, *superheroes*' and so forth

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3h

This is an incredible thread, and if you live in Newcastle and want to hear more about it, next Tuesday evening at the Hancock, and book your place immediately (I can give you a discount code to get it free), I might not have to cancel it for lack of uptake www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 3h

well that’s Tarka thoroughly cancelled for me!

Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 4h

Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.

Title page of a collection of animal stories by Henry Williamson: TARKA THE OTTER, SALAR THE SALMON, THE EPIC OF BROCK THE BADGER, CHAKCHEK THE PEREGRINE.

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 15h

when I went to Reading it was the day I realised that the world had changed because I met friends at the train station and they all wandered off to buy snacks and things *without prearranging a pre-train meeting place and time* and it was because they all suddenly had mobile phones

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 15h

yeah! But with a Department Head Rawlings vibe

We Have New Intelligence Regarding The Identity Of The Counter-Spy Within The Department

Welcome, gentlemen. Please, make yourselves comfortable. I’m afraid Mei-Ling is picking out china patterns or planning a bridal shower or some such matrimonial matter this evening. Please feel free to...

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 16h

*muffled explosion noises in background*

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 16h

director! do we have go for Orpheus Protocol??

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 16h

MY WIFE: This is the worst idea ever

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 16h

this is a great YA book idea if you tweak it a bit, like, the kid stumbles in to getting hired to run the guys from the Bourne Identity or something, remotely. You’re juggling school and also the courier hits Bishkek at midnight, we need a team standing by to make the payload safe

Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 16h

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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Kate Devlin 🎃👻🍂 @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 16h

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 16h

honestly by the time I saw Legacy I had forgotten almost everything I knew about Tron, which I mainly experienced as a child in the form of a disappointing novelisation, so it's likely it sailed right past me

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