LOL. whenever someone who hasn't had a tangible success in a while reverts to the "we couldn't make that show today" argument it usually means "i haven't had a hit like that show since yesterday".

I think people are right that Doctor Who shouldn't be written by fans, like the disastrous Christopher Eccleston season. Instead it should be written by people who hate the series. Just being unfamiliar with it isn't enough. They need to have a violent emetic response to just hearing the theme tune.

among the biggest problems with television today, the lack of economic or logistical pressure to actually make shows is among the greatest. (1/14)

Farewell Michael Keating. I came to appreciate his Vila Restal in Blake's 7 thanks to talking to @gkw.bsky.social about it on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social sites.libsyn.com/592215/episo...

This disparity is bonkers.

An almost overwhelming urge to watch the recon of The Daleks’ Master Plan 4 and the existing Episode 5 today. I mean, let’s just keep finding Master Plan episodes.

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For this entire century, 'politics' has meant 'what will the Boomers burn up before they die?'. Trumpism is basically Boomerism in scorched earth mode. The answer is everything. We get nothing. Medicare is currently slated to end when the Boomers do.

I really liked Daredevil Born Again overall... but only loved about 20% of it. (That number was 30% but I rewatched all three seasons of the Netflix Daredevil). But I let a lot slide because Dario Scardapane had to build season one from the ashes of the legal dramedy that Kevin Feige nixed.

#EveryAlbumIOwn (Revisit) Please Please Me. The Beatles. 1963. Top 3 tunes: I Saw Her Standing There, PPM, Twist And Shout You can skip: Love Me Do (sorry!) Rating: 9/10 Most 60s bands' debuts are full of tedious blues numbers; the Beatles covered girl group b-sides which is why they are best.

Trump's Board of Peace meets up without him after Air Force One has to an urgent diversion to get the president a Big Mac...

There was a Toronto-based BBS that was, no joke, devoted to discussions of the Bible and discussions of Doctor Who. (Not both). This would be 1993 or so before I discovered Usenet and email. I spent so much time on the Doctor Who part of it. And discovered Sylvester McCoy haters and IRL fans.

I wrote a short story 15 years ago about the life and career of Canadian superhero Johnny Canuck after his comic was cancelled. There was a mention of an obituary in a (real) Canadian newspaper. Turns out a fandom wiki cited the newspaper in my story as a legit source!

Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it. Everyone, give @skatunenetwork.bsky.social your money. They deserve it.

There’s a congressman that got Superman 1 from the Library of Congress and I still think that’s so cool, even though I’d probably use my family’s copy of The Good News Bible from the 1970s for sentimental reasons more than anything.

Three ghosts take Pierre Poilievre on spiritual journey through time to no effect

Lovely and very generous appraisal of our podcast in The Guardian, courtesy of @nickabadzis.bsky.social

Cleaning out the notes app. I *think* this is a list of West Wing characters who go missing without explanation, but why would I even think I needed that?

The years 2004-2021 (after Frasier but before Only Murders) were the Golden Age of Nobody Saying the Word “Jejune” on American Television.

Re: the Avatar discourse. The criticism that nobody can think of quotable lines is based on the misconception that good dialogue = dialogue that lends itself to being quoted. But if you come out of a film having been engrossed by the story and the characters, not remembering a quip is not a fault.

Episode 228: Is It the Ship's Vampire? With guest @graemeburk.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/4CuK...

I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just… In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.

Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!

"Smug is the emotional tone of Mastermind. I want the buyer to feel judged by the box. Like the box is already disappointed in them. If you don’t want smug, don’t name the game Mastermind. This isn’t fucking checkers. This is a duel in a seminar room at Davos."

SWOOOON!

I recently finished the first season of my podcast, The Comics Code. The first season told the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. You can find it on www.comicscodepodcast.com or wherever you get your fine podcasts.

I'm so proud of my friend Graeme. He's always been an exceptional storyteller but his new podcast series, The Comics Code, is so good I'm actually crying on public transport. The story of Superman's creation is heartbreaking and inspirational. Roll on, series two!

I'm not the biggest #superman fan in the world, but I *do* love well-produced documentaries about nearly any topic. The COMICS CODE is absolutely one of those! If you're a fan of Supes (or not!) I highly recommend this podcast! https://www.comicscodepodcast.com/

Um… Daniel Craig’s Bond was a total reboot giving him the story of Bond’s first mission as a 00 agent. They just start over again? New Bond, first mission (ish)

Finally set aside some time to catch up on the first two episodes of The Comics Code podcast by @graemeburk.bsky.social, diving deep into the story behind Siegel and Shuster's creation of Superman. Thorough in its research and gorgeous in its production. I can't recommend it highly enough.

It's a good day when you can wake up and find that @rubenbolling.bsky.social has written something about your latest podcast! boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...

I have an idea: If city council votes to put more money into Lansdowne, the move could include renaming it to "Watson-Sutcliffe Park." Whatever resulted, good or bad, would be tied to their names indefinitely. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

If you liked Laika…

Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther #comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky More info and links: www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...

I want to bring The Comics Code Podcast to your attention, created by my pal @graemeburk.bsky.social This is a superb piece of work, telling the story of how Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lost the rights to their creation: Superman. Ep01 is out now. comicscodepodcast.com

Hey @riverwardriley.bsky.social I get the plan to do repairs on the canal bike path I October/November but for those of us still biking closing off the only access route from the canal to Bank street is dreadful planning.

My new podcast, The Comics Code, starts next Tuesday! The first arc is about Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Here's a preview of episode 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuwA...

#DoctorWho #CGSets Any Cybermen fans in? Behold: a recreation of The Tomb of the Cybermen Episode One, in Lime Grove Studio D!

My new podcast about comics history, The Comics Code, is coming October 28. The first season features the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and how they created, and lost the rights to, Superman. The trailer is now up, have a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/0EdU...

Chimpanzee lady making me cry at my desk on a Sunday morning was not on my to-do list, but here we are. Thank you, Doctor Goodall. ❤️

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Artist Marshall Rogers. #BatmanDay

And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...

This week’s comic now up on @dailykos.com - CBS - Captured Broadcasting System - www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The Warner Bros YouTube channel posted this today, so kudos to them: the entire one shot from All The President’s Men of Robert Redford on the phone investigating Dahlberg. Screws up the last line, stays in character and recovers. Brilliant. https://youtu.be/UmLNzZsEgA4?si=AY8-0wJOdBGsxN7T&t=196