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HOLSTEN PILS: THE MONSTERS (1980) Donald Pleasence became the face (and silky voice) of Holsten Pils in 1979 in a series of macabre ads. This gem sees him meet a mummy, a werewolf, the hunchback, and a vampire!

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

This match needs a dog on the pitch

Three excerpts from poems which evoke ancient standing stones and stone circles, including one written in a Wiltshire dialect! These poems are a part of a history of megalithic structures in art which director Christopher Morris continues in his film A YEAR IN A FIELD. Available on Blu-ray now.

It’s a shame that bad ass poster for the Mexico England game was AI. Anyway, this one I made quickly on the bike at the gym isn’t

The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.

*sighs, updates Number Of Days Since Judge Dredd Was Right About Something board*

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

🤎 nature is amazing. hope this brings ya joy 🪄 namaste 🤎🌿

Our campaign for a union at Rockstar continues! Today, we've filed for recognition with @rockstargames.com, asking Rockstar to meet with their workers to agree a deal for good working conditions, fairness and a say at work. We await Rockstar's response. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Attending Develop:Brighton in July? Join us for our social! ​We'll be hosting the social at the Lazy Fin (​some snacks will be provided!) ​All are welcome, union members and non-members alike - tell your co-workers and bring your pals!

What a rare thing. A genuinely helpful resource that seems to have been made with no agenda except to help others. There's not even a hint of a credit to who made this. Anyone know who did and can I buy them a coffee/beer/cake at develop?

Best way to exhibit someone’s lost glove. 😆

US Fish and Wildlife made an instructional video on horseshoe crab flipping and this looks like the most fun thing ever???? As a "don't feed the birds at parks" guy my minds blown that it's helpful to run around beaches physically moving giant arcane crabs. medium.com/usfws/helpin...

HYDRATION BREAK

I lost the link but someone on LinkedIn recently suggested calling them "heatstorms" to better reflect the intensity and danger of what happens. A 'wave' implies something gradual and fleeting

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

📣📣 Edinburgh & Lothians anti-racism Unity March & Rally DETAILS - Sat 27th June These are our streets. Let’s reclaim them. No to racism! No to Islamophobia! 📣 RECLAIM OUR STREETS 🗓️Sat 27th June, 1pm 🥁March at 1.30pm down Leith Walk 🔈Rally 2pm Pilrig Park

Physical media. I’m just sayin.

Starting this month we’re making a change to how we pay our authors. In some ways it's a process tweak but it's also a really important one: we're paying royalties quarterly rather than twice a year.

Every village seems to have a ‘murder barn’ as part of its psychic infrastructure. A place of bloody phantoms still screaming slaughter. Hauntings at the edge of the parish. A convenient storing of ghosts. - #CJosiffe #Ghosts

Today @uofgfantasy.bsky.social giant @kierongillen.bsky.social DIE RPG, Master @friede.bsky.social, New Forms, New Meanings: The European Goblin Escalates aka Goblin Mode is the Best Mode, Doomsbury Editor, Biblically accurate plagiarism, 3 goblins in a Temu coat + Fool @oliverklangmead.bsky.social

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

This October's SCREAM! HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2026 has been announced! Featuring THE BOG BODY, by me and @vicmalhotra.bsky.social, exploring what happens when one PhD student's obsession with his work becomes all-consuming... a little too literally. It's eerie and damp and I hope you'll check it out!

Students at Nottingham Trent University are working with @chronicinsanity.bsky.social on a survey of jubensha awareness in the UK, please fill it out if you can!

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

I am opening for the Gladys, which is passing upriver

Firmly believe this is one of *the* biggest issues in this industry. What doesn't help is the lack of good examples: models that keep talent together more effectively. E.g. film, it's doable but at the expense of essentially everybody being a freelancer. The only good examples are other dev studios.

In #Glasgow this week for @uofgfantasy.bsky.social #Fantasy 's Present Pasts Conference, I'm leading a workshop on Thu AM, A Wandering for Wondering: Ways to Adventure Playfully and Make Playful Adventures a wee walk aboot campus unveiling some fun join us for a chill daunder! tinyurl.com/yp6x8tkh

Hey the @cymerafestival.co.uk #Games strand was amazing this year (I organise it and sit on the Festival board so maybe biased :) did a wee highlights write up here abs.ventures/cymera-2026/ And if you would like to pitch a game/talk/workshop please reach out, we return on 4th-6th of June 2027!

#Leith is for Everyone #Edinburgh is for Everyone support your community and stand up to racism and islamophobia however you can #solidarity together we can defeat fascism www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

For my last public presentation this summer, I’ll be running the academic version of @kierongillen.bsky.social “Con Quest” DIE scenario at @uofgfantasy.bsky.social on Wednesday. (Figuring out the rest of 2026-27 pre-book travel in a few weeks)

Very nice to see Living Rent and others earlier holding a gathering in support of immigrants near the site of that terrorist's arrest. There was a 30-40-strong crowd for several hours and here's a collage of stuff that they and passersby were making. Lots of tootage from cars passing in support.

Sumer is icumen in. #Solstice #PlaymobilFolkHorror #SumerIsIcumenIn #TheWickerMan #NoGaulsWereHarmedInTheMakingOfThis #PlaymobilInfestation

Three spectators at the iconic Valley of the Rocks in Devon in 1932

There's still 6 weeks left to apply to the Quindrie Comic Fund!

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TRILOBITE BLUES In life, your pet trilobite never got to meet you. The little oval spent quiet days scurrying about the seafloor, as its kind had always done for hundreds of millions of years. Sometimes it would curl up into a ball to protect itself... www.greaterrealityarea.net/trilobite-bl...

"A Ride to Castle Clouds" 🎨 Alice Bolam Preston (1920)

Hey, stop doom scrolling, it’ll solve nothing. Why not instead grab yourself a BASIC emulator, download Usborne’s 1984 Weird Computer Games book & spend the afternoon making A WEIRD GAME, I mean that won’t solve anything too but it’s still a better use of your time drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0...

Another day, another stupid Excel chart.

Last time this happened it was international news. Guess his skin is the wrong colour...

DO YOU NEED A LABEL PRINTER FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS?? I have upgraded mine, and since I got this back in the day when I couldn't afford it thanks to a generous Ko-Fi donation, I want to make sure I pass on their kindness. Just comment if this could help you - and I'll draw a random 'winner'