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Peter Cushing in the TV version of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Rudolph Cartier, 1954

For the first time, EVERY ISSUE of the classic TALES FROM THE CRYPT original run has been collected for an epic hardcover tome. Releasing November 10 from Dark Horse Books. Every story, every cover, and every ghoulish illustration from the original run... over 1,000 pages!

Cones and I watched this yesterday and it’s absolutely superb. A marvellous bit of social history unbothered by any commentary, just a snapshot of northern English life fifty years ago. youtu.be/5KUz2rMdRds?...

1976: SCARBOROUGH Bank Holiday | Classic BBC documentary | BBC ArchiveYouTube video by BBC Archiveyoutu.be

GIANT WREN NEWS www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

These tiny birds are doubling in size on remote Scottish islands – and are on their way to “becoming a new species” | Discover WildlifeIsolated on remote Scottish islands, tiny wrens have recently been discovered to be a fascinating case of island gigantism.www.discoverwildlife.com

In case any Edinburgh social history people are interested: I have an MSc student looking at bath- and wash-house usage statistics, and he's turned up a Carnegie report from 1918 with these photos of the Simon Square wash-house.

Chop Suey - 1929 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104031

What the hell is the BBC 6pm news doing leading with Farage's clickbait about using the Royal Navy to stop immigrants? An absurd soundbite from a tiny party with a disgraced leader and that's the most important news in the UK today? Dear God. The rot has truly gone deep.

The EU will require AI labels on any authentic-looking online content. Text, images, video and audio designed to look truthful must be visibly marked as AI-generated and contain a digital watermark to show the artificial origins of the content. Please can the UK have the same?

AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rulesCompanies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look realwww.theguardian.com

But for the Austin in the foreground, you could be looking at a still from Blade Runner. An incredible, neon-washed long exposure shot of the Hielanman's Umbrella in 1955, looking west from Grants home furnishing store. 📷 Malcolm Dunbar for Picture Post #Glasgow

Many happy returns to our dear friend MADELINE SMITH who celebrates her birthday today. She is joining us at our Cellar Club Live event on Sun-30-Aug. Happy Birthday Maddy! renownfilms.co.uk/product-cate...

Happy Birthday Madeline Smith, born this day in 1949.

#nowplaying Kate Bush - Sunset youtu.be/V4gn0736MPE?...

Sunset (2018 Remaster)YouTube video by Kate Bush - Topicyoutu.be

‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI

‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AISecondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyedwww.theguardian.com

#nowplaying Kate Bush - Nocturn youtu.be/enLfQ_dPuqE?...

Nocturn (2018 Remaster)YouTube video by Kate Bush - Topicyoutu.be

Stewart Lee's Basic Lee gets a DVD release

Stewart Lee's Basic Lee gets a DVD releasePut together by a cult folkloric rambling zinedlvr.it

More on the book sale scuppered by AI suspicions. "This will be an important teaching moment for writers with aspirations to become serious bankable authors. The lesson: stay the hell away from AI"

AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' NovelThat screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.deadline.com

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

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