If you’re a dude at 15 you have to pick a book to choose what kind of nerd you’re going to be. You can be a Dune nerd or a Tolkien nerd or a William Gibson nerd. This is like picking your starter pokemon

I did fact check this before letting it through the admin and I was delighted to learn it was true and that I'm possibly spreading life saving advice here. At worst it might be correlation and not causation, so nothing to lose, go on and have a wank.

It’s been a hot week in Paris, and the winds preceding the thunderstorms have made it much cooler tonight, but despite the lightning still no rain in the 12th Arr.

700 lightning strike a minute in and around Paris.

Paris always gives ‘this could be a scene from a movie’ vibes but we walked back to our apartment this evening through a lightning storm and JAYSUS

Massive lightning storm over Paris right now.

I've just realised I've mixed up Shakatak and Shalamar and I was very confused at what I'm seeing. #totp

John Peel on film there. #totp

Keytar klaxon. #totp

He won't feel the benefit etc etc #totp

Paging @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social

Play the Cuban Boys you cowards! #totp

Latest in "good news that made me cry". (Happy tears, obviously.)

FYI This post has become a thread to pay tribute to Brian Johnson's fantastic career. 🖖

Problematic man attempts reputation improvement by *checks notes* appearing in a Uwe Boll movie.

Bob Odenkirk returns as Saul Goodman in new video celebrating America’s 250th anniversary 🇺🇸

This is really sad news. His work on Space 1999 and Alien was formative for me.

You can't beat a bit of wire work. #totp #erasure

Now they're just trolling the Doctor Who fans. Haven't we had enough heartbreak this week? #totp

I've said it before, but the video for View to a Kill is magnificent. #totp

Was David Bowie just doing the Red Dwarf theme there? #totp

Now this is the propaganda song I do remember. I quite liked it. #totp

Out in the Fields fields slightly prophetic today, I feel. It's a banger though. #totp

Neil Innes on #totp? I have never heard this song before, and I used to watch a lot of the Innes Book of Records, so you'd think I'd remember it. Or maybe it was later than this when I first discovered him.

Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat.

John Barrowman on saxamaphone there. #totp

I'm glad that's all we got of that 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' cover... #totp

Debbie Harry being effortlessly cool. Can't be beaten. #totp

This is incredibly dark for a Hot Chocolate song. #totp

So much of this episode is stuff I remember so well, and yet this one left no mark at all. #totp

This picture always makes me cry. Today I'm crying more than usual. RIP Anthony Head. And thank you.

Partly filmed just up the road from where I live.

I'm reminded of the time we went to see Jurassic Park on opening night at the Empire Leicester Square. Every time there was a dinosaur on screen, someone near the front took a photo. With a flash. I'd have loved to have seen him pick up his prints from SnappySnaps and found they were all blank.

I'd forgotten how magnificent this was.

Lately I’ve been in an indie team making stop-motion animation. It’s just 4 of us (animator, writer, voice actor, sound designer). The show’s called The Tiny Angry Witch. It’s all basically hand made. No AI. It’s tiring, but we love what we do. So, anyway, here’s a Witch making rude noises:

I’ve popped in to a Tolkeinfest at JRR’s old stomping ground of Sarehole Mill and goodness me the foodpunning’s top notch

The Real Thing start like they're doing the theme to Hill Street Blues. #totp

Nice subtle bit of editing there #totp

I love Bette Davis Eyes. I listened to it a lot back in the day. #totp

I loved the Breaking Glass soundtrack. The film was quite depressing, though. #totp

Anyone know what his trousers are called? #totp

Edward Tudor-Pole gives it everything, doesn't he? #totp

Tom Gray is amazing at this sort of thing. An impassioned speech to the Ivors Academy. Inspiring stuff.

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gates-2 #smbc #comics

Ooh! Beverley Craven. I like this one. I think I just can't resist women at the piano. #totp

Is it true that this got sued by Ian Dury because they rhymed Arapahoe and Eskimo? #totp

What's the difference between a 'New Entry' and a 'Chart Entry'? They've used both in this chart rundown. #totp