When the news was talking about "Sora 2", I thought that it was talking about "Saw 2". I wonder which one is more scary.

More "Cool World" work by Barry E Jackson (1992)

It's here to stay.

This #CollegeRadioDay, stations worldwide are celebrating student radio’s past & future. Discover 9,000+ artifacts—station flyers, playlists & more—in the College Radio Collection, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications at Internet Archive. 📻 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/03/h...

Not to spend too much time on it mourning, but I am just about finishing a project that people contributed money to help me finish about 3-4 years ago and they all did it through Twitter and I won't be on Twitter to announce it or have them find that the project did ultimately complete.

Wakefield council votes unanimously in favour of supporting staff on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2549508...

Chile 2025?

The world’s first explicit legal protection for asexuality was passed in New York state’s Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination act, 2002

33 years ago this month, the movie Sneakers hit theaters. 🕵️‍♂️💻 The studio even shipped a floppy disk press kit that reporters had to "hack" into for bios & production materials. www.mentalfloss.com/article/5029... 💾 Explore this rare relic on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Snea...

I wrote a book once that I didn't feel like publishing, so some friends put it up on their website. And that was fine, because I could tell people where to find it. But then they allowed the website to die. But just this last week I found it on the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive rocks!

Starbucks’ CEO currently makes 6,666x what the median worker makes. There’s no better time than Workers’ Labor Day to stand with @sbworkersunited.org baristas as they fight corporate greed.

Owners of the Dragon House Chinese takeaway in York were devastated after their business was vandalised with racist graffiti. When local business Crystal Clean York heard they immediately stepped in to scrub off the graffiti for free.

Alley Cats release new album, first in 42 years www.punknews.org/article/8631...

As #Threads is showing in Sheffield tonight (and I am attending). archive.org/details/thre... via @archive.org

A stem cell donor drive in pub that could save lives? We’ll drink to that! - www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/a-st...

I appreciate logic isn't their strong suit but how will the Faragists who lie about the UK being much more dangerous than US cities square their lies with Donald Trump's lies about US cities being really, really dangerous?

🏆 POSTIE. You've joined the Royal Mail. It's your duty to deliver. Your life is on the line. Drive to the target destination, locate the mailbag, & deliver to all of the mailboxes. Play in-browser ➡️ darobyn.itch.io/postie

☀️ #SummerVacation roadtripping, 1940s style! ⛰️🌲 This #homemovie follows a family's adventures in #nationalpark treasures, including #Yellowstone Falls, geysers & wildlife! (Please don't feed the bears 🐻) 🎞️ Watch the full 16-min film⤵️ archive.org/details/2014...

Tom Lehrer made musical satire sing… & sting. His songs were outrageous & often uncomfortably true. 🎭🗡️ The satirist & mathematician died recently at 97, famously disclaiming copyright to his lyrics & compositions. Read our tribute to his legacy in the commons ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/08/01

Although it is often interpreted as a ballad about unrequited love, Chris Isaak has said that the song was inspired by a telephone call from a woman offering to arrange a hook-up and is about "what happens when you have a strong attraction to people that aren't necessarily good for you."

American Pop is on Blu-Ray! www.amazon.com/American-Pop...

"The civil service does have a real and long documented problem with attracting working class talent". Speaking to Times Radio FDA National Officer Robert Eagleton discussed planned changes to the civil service summer internship.

Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels via @openculture.bsky.social (from the archives) www.openculture.com/2024/12/expl... Illustrations are available to download here: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #Books

Happy 79th birthday to Leeds United legend Allan 'Sniffer' Clarke. lufcdata.com | #LUFC

I am now verified as an adult on Bluesky. I wondered if it would show me an estimate of my age from my photo.

It's coming home #Lionesses

Cornered 🏢 #spooky #horror

President Trump signed into law the worst job-killing bill in American history today that will rip health care from 17 million people to pay for massive tax giveaways for the rich. We won’t rest until the grave harms of this bill are wiped away for good.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, where more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed during the Bosnian war. To mark the anniversary, the NEU is holding an event: Remember Yesterday – Act Today on Thursday, 10 July at Mander Hall, NEU HQ, London.

These definitely seem like the kind of people the British Government should be enthusiastically working with!!!!!

Too hot to think? 🥵 Then grab an ice-cold beverage & make like it's 1933 with this vintage Coca-Cola booklet about how to be a proper jerk… Soda jerk, that is. 🥤 Check out those tiny glasses! ➡️ archive.org/details/a-fe... #Summer #SummerVibes

TV Guide, 35 years ago. Artwork by Michael Smollin. (I like Smollin’s work, but Bart’s missing ear always bothered me.)

8 years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy. We remember the 72 lives lost and stand with the survivors and the community still seeking justice. We need action including reinstating closed fire stations and fully resourcing our fire services. Never again must mean never again!

"What is this obsession with becoming billionaires?" - Jameela Jamil

New insight: 68% of OECD countries formally use #QALYs in pricing decisions, but practices vary. How consistent is economic evaluation across borders? www.ohe.org/insight/how-... #HTA #healtheconomics

Video Essayist Lindsay Ellis was talking about a movie production and said "the script is on Internet Archive" and I found it was hard to find, so I just assembled over 1,100 screenplays and scripts (and growing) and they have a collection now: archive.org/details/scri...

TODAY. There's still time to join us for LIVE DEAD, a #booktalk with JOHN BRACKETT & DAVID GANS on the Grateful Dead’s legacy through live recordings. 🎸 🕚 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1289972294... #music #gratefuldead #livemusic #InternetArchive #AuthorsAlliance

•Thinking about Man Utd’s all time worst season•

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it BY Amelia Hill www.theguardian.com/science/2025... More information en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon #books #language

I was arrested at yesterday’s Palestine solidarity protest. Police said my placard condemning Israel & the execution of Palestinian critics by Hamas was a breach of the peace. Hamas executed protester, Odai Al-Rubai, aged 22, and many others. READ: www.petertatchellfoundation.org/peter-tatche...

Come and play Everything’s A-OK Friendly Union members there! Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!

Fango mourns the recent passing of CARRIE and PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE costume designer Rosanna Norton. Our condolences to her friends and family.

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30 years ago today...

LEEDS ARE THE SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONS FOR 2024/25. We have won the league with a 91st winner!!!!!! SILVERWARE ACHIEVED 🏆