The BBC sadly rejected the idea of renaming later seasons of the show to “Ding Dong! Avon Calling!” due to its strict rules prohibiting third party brand promotion. /jk /sarc /misinformation (though they did rename Top Cat “Boss Cat” for that reason)
Blake’s 7 famous, of course, for spending most of its run having fewer than seven characters, none of whom were called Blake
Eagle-eyed followers may spot that the Blake’s 7 set is the Dutch edition: twenty quid less than the UK edition, and yes, it’s in English (and you can turn the Dutch subtitles off) (though NB it lacks English subtitles)
Box sets of Star Trek: TOS and Blake's 7 DVDs
Have been indulging in my new hobby: acquiring enormous box sets of classic sci-fi shows, ripping them onto my media server, and then not watching them because I’m playing Ace Attorney instead 👍🏻
Attacks leave dead vs killed
Large banner being held aloft at a protest. It reads: Westminster Local Meeting Quakers Equality - Peace - Truth - Simplicity
Flying the flag: less than 48 hours after police raided our meeting house (again), Westminster Quakers were among the thousands marching today against the US, UK and Israeli war on Iran. @quaker.org.uk
Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree?
That seems unthinkable for a clerical regime rooted in deep distrust of America - among its most ideological elements there is burning hostility towards the country they labelled long ago as the "great Satan".
Astonishing framing by the BBC, even by their standards: framing any Iranian refusal to have Trump handpick their new head of state – something to which literally no sovereign state would agree, *by definition* – as a product of the Iranian regime’s “burning hostility” to the “Great Satan”
There’s an expanded piece here from @quaker.org.uk about last night’s police raid, including some good quotes from Westminster Quaker Meeting’s clerk, Caroline Nursey: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
I can't believe I'm saying this, but the UK Eurovision entry kinda bangs: an analogue synths YouTuber singing about rejoining the EU? I'm sold! www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMK...
Here’s the same statement from UK Quakers about the police raid on Westminster Meeting House, but on the website and with nicer formatting: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Press Association comment from Quakers in Britain This evening, for the second time in a year, the Metropolitan Police raided a Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists who were meeting there on the grounds that they were conspiring to commit a criminal act. The room in Westminster Quaker Meeting House was let to Take Back Power to hold nonviolent direct action training. Quakers support the principle of nonviolent direct action, which aims to protest without harming people. Oliver Robertson, head of witness and worship for Quakers in Britain, said: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. “Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. “That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.”
Statement from @quaker.org.uk about tonight's police raid on Westminster Meeting House. Guys, I don't think they're buying the Met's line about it all being a cover for plotting "mass shoplifting"
Anyroad up, time to turn off my phone for the night and do something more constructive
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(And of course, we shouldn’t forget that police raids on places of worship are far from unusual. It’s just that, usually the worshippers are brown people so no one cares.)
Dispiriting to see how effective authoritarianism is at normalising itself. I *am* less shocked and shaken by tonight’s news than I was last year. It’s now Just Something That Happens.
Here’s the activists’ statement on tonight’s police raid and arrests at Westminster Quaker Meeting. Apparently a statement from UK Quakers is expected tonight as well. takebackpower.net/2026/03/05/p...
Uh-oh! Worst person you know learned therapy words
One prediction I’ll make, apologies if I’m going out on too much of a limb here: I bet it’s a white dude
Another lesson the police learned from last year: they didn’t break the door down this time. Waited for someone to open the door then barged their way in. Again, this will have been planned and analysed: no eye-catching photos of a place of worship with its door wrecked
Woke up in a panic, realised I’d forgotten about World Book Day completely, and without hesitation my husband pulled a book about a pyjama party off the shelf and took Chomp to nursery in his jimjams. marry the smart one, pals
(Helped by the BBC, which is always eager to parrot the official line)
The Met have clearly learned one lesson from last year: not, alas, “respect religious freedom” or “don’t do authoritarianism”, but “get ahead of the story and make sure the media frames it in your terms from the start” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Met are claiming that they foiled a plot to commit "mass shoplifting". Let's see how well that story holds up: news.met.police.uk/news/arrests...
Take back POWER Thursday, March 5, 2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Join us for an introduction into nonviolent direct action! We will be covering the basics and principles of nonviolence, why we do it, why it works and how it comes into play in different action scenarios. We will also be sharing a free vegan meal so you don't want to miss this! Westminster Quakers 52 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4EA
This is the event the police have raided this evening. This is the type of event they now consider illegal to organise in Britain, and which they want to intimidate religious and community spaces out of hosting
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile
The Met have arrested 12 activists at a publicly advertised Take Back Power meeting at Westminster Quaker Meeting House. Apparently more arrests have taken place outside of people who arrived late. The request, in true Quaker fashion, is to hold all those arrested in the light 🕯️
Source for this: a couple of Quaker WhatsApp chats I’m in. Channel rules prevent me from posting screenshots. Anyway. It’s Westminster Meeting House again (where I’ve been an attender since… well, since last time the Met kicked the door down – I was there only last night)
This is clearly now the police looking to intimidate Quakers into not allowing protest groups to meet on their premises – part of the Met’s overall goal of intimidating peaceful protest out of existence
The police have raided the Quakers again
As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter
Maybe they could take a leaf out of Israel’s book and declare that anyone they kill is _ipso facto_ a “terrorist”?
