John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
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John Rivers
@johnrivers.bsky.social
· Jan 28
"Listen to me you overdeveloped German sleazeball!" #eldorado
The Avengers - 'The Cybernauts'
Pre 'The Tenth Planet' by a year & featuring a robot-creating scientific madman in a wheelchair, this feels v close to Who - cast: Bernard Horsfall, Michael Gough, Fredrick Jaeger, Burt Kwouk, Ronald Leigh-Hunt reinforces this.
Also: Emma does judo in her civvies.
Pre 'The Tenth Planet' by a year & featuring a robot-creating scientific madman in a wheelchair, this feels v close to Who - cast: Bernard Horsfall, Michael Gough, Fredrick Jaeger, Burt Kwouk, Ronald Leigh-Hunt reinforces this.
Also: Emma does judo in her civvies.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Avengers - 'The Cybernauts'
Pre 'The Tenth Planet' by a year & featuring a robot-creating scientific madman in a wheelchair, this feels v close to Who - cast: Bernard Horsfall, Michael Gough, Fredrick Jaeger, Burt Kwouk, Ronald Leigh-Hunt reinforces this.
Also: Emma does judo in her civvies.
Pre 'The Tenth Planet' by a year & featuring a robot-creating scientific madman in a wheelchair, this feels v close to Who - cast: Bernard Horsfall, Michael Gough, Fredrick Jaeger, Burt Kwouk, Ronald Leigh-Hunt reinforces this.
Also: Emma does judo in her civvies.
The Avengers 'Too Many Christmas Trees'
Dipping into the paranormal with disturbing dream sequences, a horrifying Santa, Dickensian cosplay and psychic warrior types.
And, of course, the Christmas card from Mrs Gale - "What can she be doing at Fort Knox?"
Dipping into the paranormal with disturbing dream sequences, a horrifying Santa, Dickensian cosplay and psychic warrior types.
And, of course, the Christmas card from Mrs Gale - "What can she be doing at Fort Knox?"
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Avengers 'Too Many Christmas Trees'
Dipping into the paranormal with disturbing dream sequences, a horrifying Santa, Dickensian cosplay and psychic warrior types.
And, of course, the Christmas card from Mrs Gale - "What can she be doing at Fort Knox?"
Dipping into the paranormal with disturbing dream sequences, a horrifying Santa, Dickensian cosplay and psychic warrior types.
And, of course, the Christmas card from Mrs Gale - "What can she be doing at Fort Knox?"
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Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day Nine.
Full credit to Ben Jolly and Lee Allum for their detective work and the video herein.
www.patreon.com/posts/145400...
Full credit to Ben Jolly and Lee Allum for their detective work and the video herein.
www.patreon.com/posts/145400...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day Nine.
Full credit to Ben Jolly and Lee Allum for their detective work and the video herein.
www.patreon.com/posts/145400...
Full credit to Ben Jolly and Lee Allum for their detective work and the video herein.
www.patreon.com/posts/145400...
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I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I've written about the Farage antisemitism allegations - and my dismay at the behaviour of some who, now that the accused is more to their political liking, seem keen to sweep this all under the carpet.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farages-scho...
Discovered I'm on the A Very British Bigotry Block list which is exciting. I think it's the first time I've made any sort of list on Bsky. I probably agreed with a Harry Potter casting decision.
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Discovered I'm on the A Very British Bigotry Block list which is exciting. I think it's the first time I've made any sort of list on Bsky. I probably agreed with a Harry Potter casting decision.
Did Russ write this?
Watching Netflix makes stocks go down: study on.ft.com/44LL27Y
Watching Netflix makes stocks go down: study
Give it some binge
on.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Did Russ write this?
Reposted by John Rivers
Reposted by John Rivers
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
In Weston? You absolutely did not.
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In Weston? You absolutely did not.
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If any of you are watching the Sea Devils on BBC4, the fort that the Doctor and Jo visit is not far from the Mary Rose wreck site.
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If any of you are watching the Sea Devils on BBC4, the fort that the Doctor and Jo visit is not far from the Mary Rose wreck site.
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I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
New Coke: A Warning from History
If, like me, you’re British then your knowledge of New Coke is likely to be (a) it was a massive failure, (b) everyone hated it, (c) it was a terrible business decision, and, if your go-to re…
excelpope.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I haven't blogged for ages, so I wrote far too many words about something that happened 40 years ago, and which nobody outside of America cares about.
"FÉLICETTE, SPACE CAT..."
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"FÉLICETTE, SPACE CAT..."
Well I enjoyed The Meetings Between the Land and the Sea
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Well I enjoyed The Meetings Between the Land and the Sea
Someone let Trinity Wells out of the studio!
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Someone let Trinity Wells out of the studio!
Why would you choreograph a Salsa to a song with "MAMBO" shouted loudly throughout it?
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why would you choreograph a Salsa to a song with "MAMBO" shouted loudly throughout it?
Pfft, Mrs Columbo?
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pfft, Mrs Columbo?
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It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
On A Day Like Today - Bryan Adam’s’ Oasis single
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
On A Day Like Today - Bryan Adam’s’ Oasis single
My opinion:
Yes at the bar
No to everywhere else
Yes at the bar
No to everywhere else
Personally I think civilisation (ie: pubs and bars) started its inexorable decline when the high bar stool became the standard for pub and bar seating.
Give us proper chairs where your feet can reach the ground and give us upholstered sofas against the wall we can sink into.
Give us proper chairs where your feet can reach the ground and give us upholstered sofas against the wall we can sink into.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My opinion:
Yes at the bar
No to everywhere else
Yes at the bar
No to everywhere else
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Netflix have just bought Westward TV. They gain exclusive rights to use Gus Honeybun in a variety of media.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Netflix have just bought Westward TV. They gain exclusive rights to use Gus Honeybun in a variety of media.
Reposted by John Rivers
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Streamy Gonzales
Breaking news: Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery, in a deal set to reshape Hollywood and create a new global entertainment powerhouse. on.ft.com/3MGC59K
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Streamy Gonzales