@nottomburgess
Comedian, voice actor and cult TV lover (esp. Doctor Who and Blue Peter). 📺 Archivist for fictional BBC children's pioneer Peter Fleming and producer of his 'Into the Archives' podcast. He/him. linktr.ee/tomburgesscomedy
‘All those who care about the BBC’s future should hurry and send in their response before 10 March.
Despite strong public support for the national broadcaster, you can bet battalions of enemies driven by the right will be out in force to undermine it.’
"It reminded me of the quote that is often attributed to George Orwell that states, 'Ring ding ding ding ding ding, Ring ding ding ding bem bem bem, Ring ding ding ding ding ding, This is the Crazy Frog! Breakdown!'"
Unless something has changed very recently, I believe iPlayer is still the only streaming service in the UK which deals with video-look* programmes correctly. Which is kinda ridiculous.
* I know this is an outdated phrase, but I think it's probably the clearest and best we still have.
A very large FUCK YEAH to these #ACMS veterans for their Leicester Comedy Festival award nominations:
Best Kids Show
Shelf!
@mrspencerjones.bsky.social!
Best Variety Show
Peter Fleming!
@bjalborough.bsky.social!
Sam Eley!
Best Debut Show
Jessica Barton!
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A tweet from the Daily Mail with a headline saying "Four biblical signs the world has entered the end of days as US bombs Iran
This perfectly illustrates my point that the British tabloids are aiming at a US audience. There like 5 people in the UK who think about this. But it is huge among US evangelicals.
British politicians need to ignore UK tabloids, as UK tabloids are talking to an audience in the US for clicks.
Gas prices jumped again this morning and are on track to double - a stark reminder of our exposure to fossil fuel volatility.
The real solution isn’t more drilling, but moving away from combustion: electrify, use renewable power, and boost energy efficiency.
"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."
#AIslop #refuseresist
This is terrible news and absolutely entirely 100% as predicted. And given most post offices relocated into WH Smith stores, this will have an even greater impact.
Journalists playing dumb is responsible for so much regression in public thought
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
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As Democracy Volunteers are the source of the claim of "Family Voting" in the Gorton & Denton by election, I got curious about their claims and thanks to @joenoonan.bsky.social I came across this claim about "Family Voting" during the 2020 Irish General Election.
A brief 🧵
Mail on Sunday front page, with the headline "FOREIGN-BORN VOTERS STOLE BY-ELECTION BLASTS FARAGE"
Today's Mail on Sunday is going full-on MAGA with a claim that "foreign-born voters" stole the Gorton and Denton by-election...
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It is sectarian to vote for the candidate who's obviously nice instead of the weird freak
I just can't believe we'd be having a discussion about divisive politics in the same way if Goodwin, an actual blood and soil nationalist who would dispute if those same Muslim voters were English, had won. I can't believe we're having it without evidence that Muslim voters did swing majorly Green!
Screen shot from Paul Embery’s X account: Respect to this police officer. Confronted by radicals demanding the arrest of a Christian preacher on the grounds that Whitechapel "is a Muslim area" she was calm and professional and gave them short shrift. Let's see more of this from the police. Has a video of a woman police officer talking to a group of Muslim men
This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too!
The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression.
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People who mock ropey effects in old telly also point at the end credits and say, "See? Not real."
Some great, clear and accessible guidance is now available on how you can respond to the Government's open consultation on the BBC Charter Review. If the BBC matters to you then please get involved. The closing date is 10 March. britishbroadcastingchallenge.com
This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.
Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.
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The plagiarist in chief has made it to BS.
Hide your posts @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
"I say! Are you Georgina?" The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and “Famous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7 her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's. "No," she said. "I'm not Georgina." "Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?" "I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't." "Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway, you look like a boy."
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
This is awful. Stay in the closet or just don't fucking exist as far as school is concerned. Pure hateful bigotry.
Little Harold and Maude thread.
I’d never heard of it until a friend told me I reminded her a bit of Harold. I think I was being gloomy. I had no idea what she meant. So for years, I was looking for this film. And it didn’t seem to be anywhere. This was the mid 90s. Just a missing movie. >>
Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Marc Chagall, I and the Village, 1911
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Après ski:
Similarly, soundtrack the luge coverage with the music that accompanies Virgil going down the slide to Thunderbird 2.
Pro tip: Spruce up your Winter Olympics viewing by playing the OHMSS soundtrack over the downhill skiing.
Today:
An Unearthly Child
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Rescue
The Crusade
The Chase
BBC News headline: MPs back plan to release Mandelson files after Labour anger forces climbdown. Accompanying picture: Peter Mandelson, a white man with grey hair, a suit and black framed glasses, next to Sir Keir Starmer, a white man with grey hair, a suit and black framed glasses, in a lavish old building with tiled flooring and orange marble pillars in the background.
What if Jeffrey Epstein is in the Mandelson files?
"There's a good chance I may have committed some light... treason."
