Welp, the final has a lot to live up to tomorrow

Well, no 'we were robbed' about that one, Argentina were better tactically and wanted it more. England tried to defend a lead for half hour against a team with too much firepower, we just about got away with it against Mexico and Norway but why abandon the initiative like that in a semi?

We've completely abandoned the initiative in this match and have deserved to go behind here.

Background paintings by Shuichi Kusamori for Ghost in the Shell (1995), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G

Me: *watches a load of retro game vids* YouTube algorithm: 😴 Me: *watches a bunch of anime vids* YouTube algorithm: 😴 Me: *watches a single video about ghosts on the London underground* YouTube algorithm: 'AH! I SEE YOU LIKE TRAINS! GOT IT MY GOOD SIR, I WILL RECOMMEND TRAIN VIDEOS EXCLUSIVELY

It's rather hot in York at the moment, so if you're on campus why not cool off in our climate controlled study space on the first floor of the Raymond Burton library? We're keeping it open access all week, no archives or appointments required (and we can vouch for the icy chill) 😎

Damn, can it be that England were actually...exciting in the 2nd half? We need to keep that intensity for the rest of the tournament

A few weeks back I stumbled across the HMV Vault shop in Birmingham, and it was like stepping back in time 20 years. It's one of the last 'original concept' HMV locations, prioritising film and music over merchandise and pop culture. I didn't realise how much I'd missed browsing shops like this

John Blanche has died. Absolutely devastating news. I have no words right now. It will have to wait. Farewell, old friend.

Ok, so I have today learned that we could have had a Doctor Who series starring Tom Baker and Mark Hamill with production design by H R Giger, I have no idea what that would have been like but I wish we'd found out 😭

Sweltering in the UK heatwave?? Why not visit your Local Archival Repository! Low temperatures and humidity GUARANTEED* And we throw in the history for free😍 *by regulatory standard BS4971:2017 Archives - Where the records are cool and so are you.

Castle in the Sky (1986) #animationtidbits #sakuga #animation #2danimation

The Gundam ‘bits box’ is full once more - so here’s a giveaway for the lot! Plus, well, a new & unopened Metal Robot Spirits Wing Gundam figure..! 👉 To enter, follow + repost (or quote). Winner will be picked at random, next Monday 16th Mar, international post all ok! Good luck. 🍀

It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link: www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...

Damn, Studio Ghibli make a kickass beer label

Words to live by

While it's impossible to improve on perfection, Rowntree's attempted it in 1933 by adding a clear wrapping and a jaunty blue ribbon. Incredibly, this was its last appearance in the catalogues, although some say on dark nights at the Cocoa Works you can still hear the distant rustle of cellophane...

You might think a Rowntree's Easter catalogue could have nothing to do with #Halloween, but that's because you haven't seen the two-sided chocolate twin face egg of 1932. A bargain at 1 shilling.

Ok, this beer shouldn't work but for some reason it does? Kind of like a sweeter IPA

Liverpool look like a real glass cannon at the moment, reminds me of those early Klopp days when they couldn't defend but their attack was good enough to score more than they conceded

Weird watching the opening game of premier league season without my dad, Liverpool made heavy weather of it but got the result. Raising my glass to absent friends

Wow! Talk about doing it the hard way! Congrats to England!🥳🥳🥳

Oh man, Ozzy has gone, for some reason he just seemed like he'd go on forever. Gutted, Black Sabbath are one of my favourite bands and their music always reminds me of my dad. Remembering seeing Sabbath at Download back in 2005 tonight, just an incredible gig youtu.be/9DuK_KeZlyM?...

Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki

Venn diagram

Local graffiti has upped its spooky game 💜

people complain about One Piece being too long, you wanna see long? look at fuckin British soap operas. And they are all basically fuckin depressing all the time! Just watch One Piece, it's much shorter and much more fun.

I told you we’d be back

Currently watching Skunk Anansie in Chipping Sodbury of all places, damn good gig

Always love seeing a load of Spectrum games for sale in a shop, gives me a proper nostalgia hit

Environment designs by Satoshi Kon for Magnetic Rose (1995), dir. Koji Morimoto, Studio 4°C

T-shirt: jimll.co.uk/products/sme...

The Shetland TV series slightly exaggerates the seriousness of crime on the islands

Currently in Shetland, the scenery is something else

Remove a letter, ruin a movie: Rave of the Fireflies

Wish you were here for this dad

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

You know, I'm not religious in the slightest but damn do I love the architecture of old churches. Just the fact that people could make something like this at a time when they couldn't build houses straight

England is a deeply serious country

As a strange aside to this even though I've not seen El Hazard I found a random PS2 magazine cover disc in the case with it which I must have put in there at some point. Let me tell you, this is such a weird little time capsule of proto-Youtube content from a year before YouTube was even a thing

The energy i bring to Bluesky

Movies you have watched more than 6 times, gifs only

Found something for your next battle report @peachytips.bsky.social

Not sure if anyone is still playing Pokémon Go but I have an 'add a friend' research task so chucking this out into the ether

Jesus H Christ Liverpool were awful today, great performance from Plymouth though, can't say they didn't deserve it

When damning with faint praise becomes an advertising philosophy

I love the design in this film, there's a kind of ramshackle but organic aesthetic which i don't think I've seen anywhere else

the only true water beef

a crumbling well by a ruined cottage with berry-bright hedges who am I to drop a stone into that long deep silence #tanka #isolation #peace #poetry