Even Bertie knows how to deal with perfect perishers in black shorts. youtu.be/4inPWHuXvBk?...

Beautifully dramatic lighting effect in this altar depicting the god Sol found near Edinburgh. In the low light of the temple, worshippers would see Sol’s eyes, mouth and the rays of his solar crown glowing. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Drop some BUNNIES. 🐇🐇🐇

It’s the 136th anniversary today of some highly prized artefacts from Ancient Egypt being auctioned in Liverpool. From there, the 180,000 mummified cats in question went to their splendid and dignified final resting place. A museum? No. They were ground up and used for fertiliser 🧵

Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this

The Avengers (TV Series 1961–1969) With Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Season Five Intro.

Sam Wasserstrum said: “We are aware of the vile & extremely dangerous TikTok videos filmed inside properties let by SmartLet Estates. We recognise the very real threat these videos posed to the individuals filmed & to whom false views were attributed.” archive.ph/w1MDf

#SaturdayCartoons #looneytunes

Saturday night calls for 8%.

Saturday morning! youtu.be/SgZlw4O1qzk?...

Saw this on Google - thought it was Harry H. Corbett circa 1972.

Show me something more perfect. You can’t x

That time I recreated the Simpsons intro using only stock footage.

The Spirit from February 5, 1950. Art by Will Eisner & Jerry Grandenetti, with letters by Abe Kanegson.

I don't know anyone over the age of 40 that didn't love Hong Kong Phooey. And yet I've never heard of a child called Penry

*Snigger.* 😏

Toast Rack, Manchester, by Sheffield artist Mandy Payne (spray paint and oil on marble). One of my favourite buildings.

Proposal: fast / slow lanes in cafés and pubs for those of us who just want a tea or a pint, and those who want grotesquely over complicated coffees.

The Hippfest schedule is up! I kickstarted a release of KIDNAPPED (1917) years back and it is getting its big screen debut, possibly the first time it has been screened live in over a century www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/hip...

Buster Keaton level genius here. Kid's a natural!

It’s Ida Lupino Day! #BOTD February 4, 1918

Added Yakety Sax to that video from Minneapolis

Restrictions on overtourism in Europe. For tourists, it means planning ahead. For residents, it’s a long-overdue shift. & for Europe’s most famous cities, it may be the only way to survive their own popularity. archive.ph/AHQPc

Everyone wave your severed limbs! The Refocus series has a new volume on the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis. Ed @brassupnorth.bsky.social w/ @serialmummy.bsky.social @mleeder.bsky.social @drdantils.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus...

Its pot is blacker than its kettle.

£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)

The Scottish Traveller Duncan Williamson (1928–2007) was known for his vast store of traditional tales & for his dynamic storytelling. Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches has over 200 recordings of his stories & songs gathered over a lifetime #BookWormSat www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/major-contri...

#NationalBackwardsDay youtu.be/e61uC-5s9VU?...

My favourite Catherine O'Hara moment: youtu.be/ZKlWtq0_RvU?...

Our newsletter, out on Sunday, will be revealing our submission themes for the year! Sign up here: buttondown.com/carnyx

We've got a competition for all you cunning writers out there. . . 😏 This month, we're challenging you to write a 50 word story featuring a fox. 🦊 Prizes up for grabs for adults, young writers and Gaelic entries! www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fict...

Mädchen und Tod ex libris 1916 • Robert Budzinski

The soundtrack to Dr Phibes Rises Again is getting me through a stressful day at work. It's amazing and has the best cover of Somewhere Over the Rainbow ever. Sung by Vincent Price and arranged with help from Wagner, Mahler, and Tchaikovsky. youtu.be/v79H8NSczTw?...

The Spirit from January 29, 1950. Art by Will Eisner & Jerry Grandenetti, with letters by Abe Kanegson.

The world's largest democracy, India, celebrated its 77th anniversary, joining us in Edinburgh's City Chambers for a wonderful evening of Scottish-Asian fusion dance performances.

Thursday

Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe in #FilmNoir Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Back in the beforetimes of 2021, over on the other place, I set out to answer the age old question "is my wankpanzer bigger than a tank". Here are those findings for the Bluesky record. Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank? A. Not quite but getting there.

Chicago Public Library is doing some amazing work.

George Douglas Brown (1869–1902) was born #OTD, 26 January – best known for his 1901 novel THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS: “…the TRAINSPOTTING of its day… an angry young man’s response to the misrepresentation of contemporary Scottish life” A 🎂 🧵 💙📚 1/7 list.co.uk/news/39535/g...

My nephew is forcing me to watch Is It Cake? youtu.be/JM8quCF_Qkk?...

Merry #BurnsNicht. archive.org/details/merr...

From my mum's family photos. The man on the right is wearing a full dress Gendarme uniform. Who took it and what the occasion was is an enigma - which is why I like it.

Two 🌟 and a wish! No typos or spelling mistakes, but: You could delete the colon; substitute it with the redundant comma after 'joining'; delete the second redundant comma after 'will be'; replace 'Letter' with 'email'; and delete the redundant 'at any time'. (You've already said 'ever'.) 5/10

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

Bloody hell - this popped up in my Facebook memories from 2019. And no - I wasn't in a Wetherspoons. This was posted through my letterbox. I🙄

🎙️ Looking for Scottish Gaelic voice actors for paid work on a small indie horror game set in the Highlands. 1 female role (~12 lines) 2 male roles (~5 & ~50 lines) Remote recording OK. DMs open or share if you know someone! Tapadh leibh #gamedev #horrorgame store.steampowered.com/app/4224960/...

Doc Savage magazine, dated January 1943. Cover by Emery Clarke.