Coming to ruin your day! Tapping into the millenial fears of 1500, Albrecht Dürer illustrates the Apocalypse in woodcuts. Here, the Four Horsemen: plague, war, famine, and death riding a pale horse.

for the potato fears not death

“Well, it is rather obvious.” “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes." #SherlockHolmes

quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap

The launch trailer. Because it's launch day. We are at (nearly) T-2hours. youtu.be/_vZrfmN_lCQ?...

Cthulhu Rises…

RIP David Burke

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

Getting a bit bored of winter now.

National Gallery’s virtual tour grows from eight rooms to the entire museum www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...

Another one bites the dust on your @christhebarker.bsky.social scorecard refukked.lovable.app?utm_id=97758...

“Knowledge of the complex Doctor Who mythology is not a prerequisite for viewing (but it is recommended).” 🫡 Words to live by.

when bsky doesn’t like my posts

Me reposting myself

Future Me: Chin-up kid, eventually this breakup will seem insignificant Past Me: In light of all the joy I experience? Future Me: Well it's been great chattin'

Hobby (Falco subbuteo) over my garden, Putney Heath, SW London. Always a delight to see them. #UKBirding #UKWildlife

Seen a couple of posts about Tony Blair’s performance in the 1999 local elections. So you’ll be pleased to know Vote ‘99 is still available on the BBC News website! news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/s...

The 1980s were the only decade when there were more Doctor Whos than Prime Ministers.

New idea. Next time we publish a report on a politician, I’ll keep the politician’s name blanked out for a week, and let everyone take positions before they find out who it is.

May 1954: Guinness ad «Guinness is Good for You»

Asked my girls to leave me a piece of my birthday cake. They obeyed the letter - if not the spirit - of the request

Happy weekend to all who celebrate.

On a rewatch of the BBC TV series Francesco’s Venice.

It doesn’t.

A tale as old as time.

Rubens Santoro (Italy, 1859–1941) Gondola in Venice

As Sir David Attenborough turns 100 today, here's his memo from December 1966 as Controller of BBC2 to Dennis Scuse at Television Enterprises, turning down the idea that Terry Nation's planned colour Dalek series could find a home on his channel.

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Bechukotai (בְּחֻקֹּתַי) with a bear being startled. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.74v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Good news all! The Lovejoy Actually podcast is back: bsky.app/profile/myst...

Oh I loved this. The first time I've read a real argument against the secret ballot too: in the days when few had the vote, at least doing it openly meant you were accountable to your community (although admittedly that could take the form of mob violence)

Couldn't agree more. I don't think it's in that man to deliver a bad performance.

May the 4th be with you, Sherlock Holmes style

Samuel Pepys has really let himself down here

Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty, you're listening to the boy from the big bad city this is ITV4, and now, a little later than advertised, The Professionals.

Again riffing off @reubs.bsky.social’s #MelancholicMidnight / #MidnightMelancholia strand, recently thought of Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney - m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZqA...

Sod it.

Long bit of a stretch here: Does anyone here in Greater London own an original copy of the first (Sept 1991) issue of the "Big Issue" ?

Enjoying the end of another productive week.

Did you know that, in 1991, Timmy Mallett, of Wacaday and "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" fame, tried explaining apartheid to children? He absolutely did. The real plot twist is... he did a pretty superb job of it. An exceptional job, in fact. They should have shown this in schools.

@keironpim.bsky.social - was going to reply to your post earlier. That must be frustrating. Bad research on the part of who's organising may be. Or they're after ghastly 2-D soundbite stuff as opposed to any meaningful detail... All th best.

My take on Bond would be yet another remake of Casino Royale but set in the Crucible theatre in Sheffield and replacing the high stakes baccarat with the world snooker championship.

No, this is what a CD player looked like

"I would be very happy to see charges actually brought before I die. Because otherwise I suspect it will just fizzle out, the charges will never be brought and nothing will come of it."

Translation: Major General Ahmad Vihadi has told the weak political leadership that they basically can't agree to anything without the IRGC signing off on it.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LotR, or Marvel.

Worth remembering that the first announcement of a nuclear incident came 70 hours after the reactor exploded and even that was prompted by the Swedish authorities picking up increased radiation on workers *entering* a nuclear power plant and asking the Soviets what the hell they were up to.

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