Aidan Cook

@Uksimes2 @hellothisisivan Stay calm - there’s now way he’d have parted with the Crossroads DVDs.

@hellothisisivan Strangely enough, just been given a shopping list with instructions to go there tomorrow morning….

Have had 3 days off this week to do a massive tidy & clearout of my books & DVDs this week. Get yourself down to the charity bookshelf at Tesco in Hove & YOU could pick up a piece of Ivaniana!

@hellothisisivan Bogarde got an honorary degree at my graduation (he and Dickie Attenborough shook my hand and gave me my degree). His acceptance speech began “As you begin your long, slow slide down the razor blade of life…”

John Schlesinger’s notes on potential casting of Guy Burgess in Alan Bennett’s An Englishman Abroad

@UnderwaterLance Someone on bloosky was talking about Normandy subs which made me look for you over there, but I see your presence is limited. Might be a nice moment to pop over and deploy your expertise…

Ready to live chat WWII diving history? Here's the link to join: youtube.com/watch?v=htenOd…

@maxrostron Thwaite Mills? Beautiful industrial museum and nature reserve? Shut it down.

🏛️ Fund Abbey House Museum? That cost's £160k per year, we DEFINITELY can't afford that as the 6th richest country in the world. 🚉 Northern Powerhouse Rail/ HS3? This is starting to become a comedy act right? Jog on. Probably more to add here that I can't think of right now.

Leeds is probably the most unlucky city in Western Europe 🎭 European City of Culture funding? Sorry we're leaving the EU. 🚄HS2? Sorry we spent too much in the chilterns. 🛫New Airport terminal? Sorry that's not climate friendly, but London Airport expansions are fine. (1/X)

@hellothisisivan Also this…

Remember the “Indian!” dad from Goodness Gracious Me?

@DannyDrinksWine @Addydiary Bit Freudian….

@Addydiary The Mummy?

What's a movie that made you incredibly horny?

@RealPaulPutner @galesiko I'm a dream?

@galesiko No

Just finished a series that has an amazing twist at the end. I won't tell you what the series was as it is maddening when someone tells you a story has a twist at the end, because from the off you spend the whole time trying to second guess what the twist will be. Pointless post.

@dynamic_voltage @DothanDave @ATRightMovies Yeah, take his delivery as reflective musing; two friends reminding each other of what they both know, while still acknowledging Leia is even less trained than Luke and although there is another Skywalker, they might not be a solution.

@DothanDave @ATRightMovies I think you're misinterpreting the scene. Obi-Wan knew about Leia, but didn't consider her in the moment. Also, this was really just a tease - and Obi-Wan even told Luke about Leia being his sister in Jedi.

What's the movie plot hole that still bothers you to this day? Predator 2, where it removes its mask and still has heat vision...

@pompeanut1898 @DFCRiver “You got no stand”

@DFCRiver How about the complete opposite…?

@Bagpuss29300189 @MrPaulRobinson I’m going to say…no. My arms just did a funny little dance routine. Weird.

@MrPaulRobinson Is that Zammo?

On this day: a familiar face makes a cameo appearance during Gary Mac's victorious post-match interview #lufc

@RealPaulPutner Fiends would make a great screen adaptation, whether TV or film.

Prog 152 Now, where were we?

Dan?! @AccidentalP

@hellothisisivan I think you should be very pleased with “…sort of alt right Cassandra”.

Coming Up for Air is one of my favourite novels. I feel sorry for people who only think of George Orwell as a sort of alt right Cassandra

@hellothisisivan 🎶”You should get the chair Pierre”🎶

Sodding hell

@MrPaulRobinson Got, got, seen, got…

I should really put these on the house insurance

@Nath_Brudenell @LiveMusic_UK @musicvenuetrust Congrats, and also this reminded me to look for you on Bsky.

Very honoured to have received this award of ‘Grassroots Champion’ from the @LiveMusic_UK Awards😍 It genuinely means a lot, but also recognises the work of our partners too & the good work they do. 1/4

@AJamesMcCarthy THX 1138

What do you think is the most underrated sci-fi movie? I have a couple hours free tomorrow and I’m thinking I want to turn off my brain for a bit.

@BryanMillsFist @duin_thijs @danbarker Arkansas population density: 57.9 psm 2022 Murder rate: 10.2 per 100k NY state population density: 416 psm 2022 Murder rate: 4 per 100k Murder rates aren’t determined by population density. The murder rates and population densities are similar in those other states I mentioned.

@AidanCook @duin_thijs @danbarker Those states have cities. 10,000 Black Americans are murdered annually. They constitute approximately 50% of all homicide victims while making up 13% of the population. Murder rates are highest in urban areas because stating the obvious there are higher concentrations of folks.

UK knife deaths 2023: 244 US knife deaths 2023: 1,562 More than 6 times as many knife deaths in the US, but only 5 times the population. UK gun deaths 2023: 29 US gun deaths 2023: 46,728

@RealPaulPutner The letters page back then was always very clear Eastwood was the only one that could play Dredd.

Prog 148 Dredd is a hairbreadth way of saying "Make my day", isn't he?

No.