Simon Bedford
@llamastrangler.bsky.social
Twitter refugee, tired of far right nonsense. Some random bloke. Into music, Doctor Who and various other geeky things, cooking the cuisines of the East, red wine, real ale, literature, history, politics, stuff.
Pronouns he/him
Pronouns he/him
Just blogged Fantastic Four#4… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Fantastic Four #4
"One side, woman! I got me an idea!" It's weird to think that this is the Sub-Mariner's first Silver Age appearance... yet his last Golden ...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Just blogged Fantastic Four#4… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Just blogged the third issue of Fantastic Four… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Fantastic Four #3
" I'm disappointed in you, Reed! You almost had him, and then he slipped through your fingers!" This issue begins to feel a bit more Marvel...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Just blogged the third issue of Fantastic Four… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
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Just blogged the introduction of Henry Pym in Tales to Astonish #27… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/tale...
Tales to Astonish #27
"I won't tell you yet! You would only laugh at me as you've done before! But when I've finished it, I'll show you! You shall know I'm a gre...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Just blogged the introduction of Henry Pym in Tales to Astonish #27… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/tale...
Just blogged Fantastic Four #2… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Fantastic Four #2
"No wonder our leaders dare not invade Earth until the Fantastic Four are stopped!" Issue #2, and we have Skrulls! But, well, they're drawn...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Just blogged Fantastic Four #2… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Just blogged the first issue of Fantastic Four… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Fantastic Four #1
"You've turned into monsters... both of you! It's those rays! Those terrible cosmic rays!" Yes, it's a bit of a sudden change of direction ...
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January 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Just blogged the first issue of Fantastic Four… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/fant...
Just blogged Ghostwatch… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/ghos...
Ghostwatch
"You don't know, do you?" "..........No. I don't." I haven't seen this since... well, 31st October, 1992, so reluctant was the BBC to admit...
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January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Just blogged Ghostwatch… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/ghos...
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Reposted by Simon Bedford
Reposted by Simon Bedford
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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Just blogged Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/wolf...
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Yes, I know: I've seen the television series based upon this novel and its sequels, and I usually arrange to read the novel first. But it ma...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Just blogged Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/wolf...
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Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
#StrangerThings Just blogged the finale… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 8- The Rightside Up
"Oh, I was planning on carelessness...!" I saw this finale last night, and I'm glad I've let it sink in a little before articulating my tho...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged the finale… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/01/stra...
Just blogged Mark Gatiss’ latest Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Room in the Tower
"I've given you the room in the tower..." It's that time of year, and so we have the latest of the BBC's Ghost Stories for Christmas helme...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just blogged Mark Gatiss’ latest Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
Just belatedly blogged the finale to The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The War Between the Land and the Sea: The End of the War
"We will give you anything you want. Because we are terrified of you." RTD is writing again for what proves to be a dramatic finale that hi...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just belatedly blogged the finale to The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#StrangerThings Just blogged the penultimate ever episode… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 7- The Bridge
"Guess you didn't need truth serum, huh?" So Max is awake. Her muscles are weak, she's in a wheelchair for now, but these things will pass....
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December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged the penultimate ever episode… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Blogged another episode of Stranger Things… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 6- Escape from Camazotz
"Before you say anything... I know it's five o'clock in the morning, but I need you to build me a telemetry tracker." Fortunately, in the l...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Blogged another episode of Stranger Things… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
#StrangerThings Just blogged Chapter Five of the new season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 5- Shock Jock
"There are no happy endings, Jane. Not for us." We begin (incidentally, Frank Darabont of Walking Dead fame directs), despite the awesome r...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged Chapter Five of the new season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
Just blogged the fourth episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The War Between the Land and the Sea: The Witch of the Waterfall
"You'll never swim alone!" Hmm. I can see what they're trying to do, and even admire it. There's a racism and xenophobia subtext in this ep...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just blogged the fourth episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#StrangerThings Just blogged the most recent episode… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 4- Sorcerer
"Henry is a lot of things, but in trouble with the monsters is not one of them." Wow. That episode was a bit good, to put it mildly. But I'...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged the most recent episode… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
#StrangerThings Just blogged the third episode of the new season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 3- The Turnbow Trap
"No, we're saving a child via kidnapping." I know, I'm getting rather behind: bear with me, it's my condition. All will be well after the ...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged the third episode of the new season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Finally blogged the third episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The War Between the Land and the Sea: The Deep
"If you're trying to keep the peace, you've already failed." The third episode maintains the quality by pushing the tension even further, d...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Finally blogged the third episode of The War Between the Land and the Sea… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#StrangerThings Just blogged the second episode of the final season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...
Stranger Things: Season 5, Chapter 2- The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler
"Heavens to Betsy!" This season continues to be brilliant, in terms of script and acting. It also looks amazing, a case in point being the ...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#StrangerThings Just blogged the second episode of the final season… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2025/12/stra...