It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here!

It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here!

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Comedy writer & Author. Repped by JFL. Dead Funny History, Horrible Histories & Horrible Science! Loadsa R4 stuff! And more! Buy the Darkwood Trilogy or Rooks Trilogy or Cursed Under London! 🐝 with the 🫖. Avatar by Tealin!

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Hello new people! If you like words I write, BOY HOWDY HEY do I have good news for you, bc I write words a LOT, and many of the things I write are free for you to enjoy at point of use - or otherwise pretty cheap to buy. BEHOLD! A SELF PROMOTION THREAD! (might pin this)

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Bluesky a band Fun Boy Three Of Us On Here, At Least, Would You Believe, Aren‘t Actually From the US

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Tim Worthington
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Estelle Hargraves on No. 73, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Press Gang, Jonny Morris on Crackerjack!, Mic Wright on Around The World With Willy Fog and Garreth Hirons on Trap Door. timworthington.org/2024/10/24/t...

timworthington.orgThe Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “BBC Controlled Anarchy”Watch with Estelle Hargraves on No. 73, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Press Gang, Jonny Morris on Crackerjack!, Mic Wright on Around The World With Willy Fog and Garreth Hirons on Trap Door.
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And there are several touches in the Scene With The Computer that play with what those characters can and can't work out from contextual knowledge what to do - with something as complex as a 21st century desktop computer vs something as simple as a pen.

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I also think it's cute that multiple ghosts now have a confirmed Type (Fanny: strong & silent, very physical men - Thomas: slim, Bambi-ish brunette women - Cap: hyper-capable, well-presented men of around 40 - Robin: kinda shabby looking yet mischievious middle aged women)

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I'm going to keep it vague - Most of the details are down to thinking properly about what different things the different ghosts would know about or at least have enough context and intelligence to be able to figure out themselves & that aren't necessarily drawn attention to.

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And they did this through the show! ie Robin is a polyglot who can read, as he taught himself around the living, reading over their shoulders. Pat & Julian have enough contextual knowledge of late 20th century tech for a lot of 21st century tech to make sense to them.

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Tim Worthington
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Still can't quite get past @scriblit.bsky.social's observation that Spider-Man: Far From Home is essentially a film about some middle-aged men ruining a teenage boy's holiday and stealing his glasses... timworthington.org/2021/01/21/i...

timworthington.orgIt’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: Far From Home With Gabby Hutchinson CrouchGabby Hutchinson Crouch joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Peter Parker attempting to recreate National Lampoon’s European Vacation while being interrupted by a giant steam monster in Spi…
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Obviously if I talk about even the gags I loved it will spoil it but seriously it's great. It's everything that's wonderful about the tv series, but expanded slightly in a way that makes sense. As any good movie of a tv comedy should be.

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Shaun Aitcheson
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a spooktacular all-time high 65% off in the Steam Scream sale! 🎃 Spooky season is the perfect time to check out our acclaimed folk horror adventure set on the moors of Northern England. The answers lie in the soil...

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@scriblit.bsky.social

I wrote this trilogy about a family of ghost hunters, which is also about enduring love, and death, and socioeconomic neglect, and the small ways we can save the world.

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The second trilogy is supernatural comedy adventure series The Rooks. Again, available internationally as paperback, ebook or audiobook. farragobooks.com/book-series/...

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A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

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Felipe Pepe
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People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

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Pete Fraser
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This seems a very obvious point, but the result in Brazil reveals just how clean the line is between Left and Right re Interests - sure, plenty of normal people vote both sides, but the engine of the right is capital and the engine of the left is people.