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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Trump doesn’t like the photo lol

Trump: Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They "disappeared" my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one.
Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Ant @antinbath.bsky.social · 4d

@jimmccauley.bsky.social's Travesties was outstanding!

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, if you're at a loose end this evening there's a play at the Rondo you might enjoy.

Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing to see here. Just people queuing up to see the play I directed.

The foyer of the Rondo Theatre, Bath, with people queuing up to see ‘Travesties’ by Tom Stoppard.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 8d

why can't latinum be replicated

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 10d

Hey! If you’re near Bath and there’s nothing on telly this week that you want to watch, why not come to the Rondo Theatre and see the show I’m directing? www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bat...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Jem Roberts, Monster 🎃 @jemroberts.bsky.social · 10d

As Douglas Adams' official biographer, I'd just like to put it out there that Douglas Adams would DEFINITELY have considered every single person who uses AI to be a moronic and despicable lump of turd.

It's sadly not very likely, but I may as well try to use my powers for good.

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 11d

Or like the finest fishy... or chicken?

Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 12d

Cannot WAIT to find out how well Eurotrash has aged.

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 12d

A bit saucy... a bit naughty... and a bit of the bizarre... that's the new Late Saturday Night offering in 'AFTER MIDNIGHT'

Beginning on #TalkingPicturesTV Saturday 11th October at 12:50am with EUROTRASH (Ep 1) and #KarenBlack in AUNTIE LEE'S MEAT PIES (1992) at 1:30am.

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 13d

True story, I saw it myself.

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 14d

ion storm, game studio, break room, dallas, texas (1999) www.mobygames.com/game/1678/jo...

a tekken 3 arcade cabinet, turned off with an a4 white paper typed out note taped to the screen. the note reads:
no more tekken 3 until daikatana ships
the management

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Matt Oakley @mattoakleymojo.bsky.social · 13d

I miss the 80s and 90s cos if something really bad happened there was always a chance that Beadle was about. Like if your car rolled off a quayside there was always a chance, albeit a slim one, that it was just Beadle being about.

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Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 13d

Via Reddit, appears to be iPad-only: “Serif Labs just placed Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 on free lifetime. Install, activate 7 days trial, go to purchase/“buy” option inside app (it will be $0), enjoy! 🥳🥳🥳”

Affinity Photo 2: apps.apple.com/us/app/affin...

‎Affinity Photo 2 for iPad

‎The next generation of the iPad App of the Year, Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is a genuine desktop-grade, professional photo editor used by photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and o...

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 15d

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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 16d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 16d

Now in Waterstones

Photo of a book display in Waterstones, a Robert Galbraith novel with the altered title "The Toilet Constable", the cover is identical to Galbraith's latest book except for a police man stopping a woman entering the door which is signposted 'toilet'. Text below reads "A shite novel"

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Morris Gould @mixmastermorris.bsky.social · 18d

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The Paul of Cthulhu @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 20d

*Heterosexual cisgender white British man voice* “Dunno what everyone’s issue with ID cards is”

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🦇🤘 Rigg-or mortis 🔶️🏳️‍🌈 @rigg.lgbt · 21d

Roz is a badass. Roz is also an amazing poet. But more than this, Roz is a walking talking reminder of how confected this stupid bloody trans panic of the last few years has been.

She's been a woman for longer than Wes "lickspittle cunt" Streeting has been alive, and she's worth a million of him.

Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 21d

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.

There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years

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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 21d

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.

There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 21d

I’d love to but it’s the opening night of my show at the Rondo so I really ought to be there.

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 21d

Few things in life disappoint me quite as much as @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social showing ads for gambling outfits.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 23d

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 23d

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

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Jim McCauley @jimmccauley.bsky.social · 25d

Hooray it's The Railway Children oh it's that one.

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 25d

This evening on #TPTV Sunday 21st September. All programme #TPTVsubtitles
18:00 THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (2000)
20:00 MEMORIES OF MAKING SERGEANT CORK Premiere
20:05 SERGEANT CORK (1963) Premiere
21:10 AT THE WHEELTAPPERS (1977) Premiere
21:45 CONFESSION OF A POP PERFORMER (1975)

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