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Derek Johnston

@drdjohnston

Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. Media history. Gothic, ghosts, uses and representations of history. Any views my own. Mastodon @[email protected]

Holywood, Northern Ireland Katılım Ekim 2012
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Derek Johnston
Derek Johnston@drdjohnston·
Gone away to Blue Sky and Mastodon with the same handle (but generally using social media less)
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Pulp Librarian
Pulp Librarian@PulpLibrarian·
The Time Machine, Brave New World, 1984: these weren’t the first dystopian novels. There's an interesting history of Victorian and Edwardian literature looking at the impact of modernity on humans and finding it worrying. Today in pulp I look at some early dystopian books…
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Tom Pullin
Tom Pullin@TomPullin_·
🚨🚨🚨The Kneale-Cartier adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, starring Peter Cushing and Yvonne Mitchell, is being repeated on BBC4 on Sun 17 November.🚨🚨🚨 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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Stephen Volk
Stephen Volk@Stevevolkwriter·
The runion that we really wanted.
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Dr Tom May
Dr Tom May@DreamCargoes·
Do you remember watching Play for Today when it was on TV in the 1970s or 1980s? If so, please get in touch (see email address in image) I'm *especially* wanting to hear from any viewers who lived in Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands, or saw it outside the UK!
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Martin Montague
Martin Montague@MartinM_Media·
I hate wasps. So, I have to keep reminding myself that they aren’t just there to annoy us. "A loss of wasps… leads to reduced pollination, and without wasps our plants are more likely to be eaten by insect larvae otherwise controlled by wasps." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski@straczynski·
A reminder that after 50 years Harlan Ellison's THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS will debut October 2nd, so there's still time to pick up the original DANGEROUS VISIONS and AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISONS before this hits the stores.
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Hidden Britain Sign Co.
Hidden Britain Sign Co.@BritainCo·
+ COMPETITION + After a recent rummage in the archives we are giving away a bundle of rarities, sold out items, commissions, prototypes & promotional items. Follow, RT & Like to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. UK only. Summer sale is still on in the shop. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
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Bodleian Libraries
Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs·
We're hiring a new Curator of Printed Ephemera. We're not exaggerating when we say this is a dream job. The role manages one of the most important collections in the world. Candidates with a qualification in librarianship, archives, or similar, apply here: go.glam.ox.ac.uk/JohnJohnsonJob
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Coffin Boffin
Coffin Boffin@DrSamGeorge1·
STUDY OPPORTUNITIES From October 2024 I will be offering supervision for students to study with me online for an MA by Research in Literature on : #Vampire Literature and Culture or Literature and #Folklore One year full time or two years part-time
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Chris Alvino
Chris Alvino@ChrisAlvino·
I still can't get over how bad AI has become. And this is coming from a computer scientist who spent over a decade studying and programming AI. I fucking LOVE AI, but here are 10 reasons I absolutely fucking hate it now, a 🧵 ...
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