Mark Slater

@markslater.bsky.social

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Remind me I have too many books, BluRays, DVDs, comics, TV & games to get through to be wasting time on socials. Occasional maker of THINGS. British. SF, Horror, Comics, Books, Archive TV, Weird Shit. Letterboxd : @MarkSlater42 (He/Him)

Wile E Coyote holding up a sign that says ‘Genius’
Hywel Bennett as ‘Shelley’ - anti-establishment political philosopher and professional layabout.
Greek composer and musician Vangelis.
Actor, singer, voice artist and political commentator Alex Andreou.
Can of BLACK SHUCK STOUT - 4.4% Black can with a line illustration in white of a glowing eyed Black Shuck
Pointing finger over the word ‘No’
From Wikipedia on Dreadlocks; “The earliest known possible depictions of locs in Europe date back as far as 1600-1500 BCE in the Minoan Civilization, centered in Crete (now part of Greece). Frescoes discovered on the Aegean island of Thera (modern Santorini, Greece) portray individuals with long braided hair or long dreadlocks.”
From the Wikipedia entry on dreadlocks; “The earliest known possible depictions of locs in Europe date back as far as 1600-1500 BCE in the Minoan Civilization, centered in Crete (now part of Greece). Frescoes discovered on the Aegean island of Thera (modern Santorini, Greece) portray individuals with long braided hair or long dreadlocks.”
Quote from Hunter S Thompson in the book ‘Better Than Sex - Confessions of a Political Junkie’ “If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles. He was a swine of a man and a jabbering dupe of a president. Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. Even his funeral was illegal. He was queer in the deepest way. His body should have been burned in a trash bin.”
Cross being carried up to the spire of a church in the film ‘The Navigator : A Medieval Odyssey’
Four bioscience graduates looking like a girl gang. My partner Elaine on the far right.
Trump reinstates Iran port blockade and vows 20% charge on cargo passing through Hormuz
Cover of the DVD set of ‘Reilly Ace of Spies’ starring Sam Neill
Three chairs awaiting Stewart Lee, Robert Lloyd and ? in the railway arch theatre at 53Two in Manchester.
Dave Lee Travis on a candlestick phone.
Dr Rant from the lost TV adaptation of ‘The Tractate Middoth’
A pair of disgustingly green cocktails in glasses lines with blue fruit rollups.
Lloyd Bridges in ‘Airplane’ off his tits on glue.
My twin boys Joel & Ethan aged approx 16 lay down on grass wearing eclipse glasses and looking really cool.
Wile E Coyote off the edge of a cliff holding a sign that says ‘That’s All Folks’ whilst Roadrunner looks on.
Humphrey Smith, who has been called "an absolute titan" of the British brewing world, has passed away at the age of 81.
Pointing finger over the word ‘No’
The cast of Star Cops. Left to right: Jonathan Adams, Erick Ray Evans, Linda Newton, Trevor Cooper and David Calder
Your Results 84% Woke 16% Chud 42% Techbro 58% Neo-Luddite 64% Hopepilled 36% Doomer 83% Davos 17% Dubai YOUR CLOSEST MATCH: Zohran Mamdani
Diptych of John Duttine in the 1981 BBC ‘Day of the Triffids’ in hospital with bandages over his eyes, and Cillian Murphy in hospital gown wandering an empty London in ‘28 Days Later’.
BBC News video article headline “What does Trump want from a new UK prime minister?”
Emoji search for ‘trans’ on an iPhone, which yields a multi-gender symbol, a trans flag, something that think represents translation, and then a load of trains! Transport - geddit!
Monastic cellar
BASTARDO FISH BAR
Lisbon Metro platform
Hydrogen peroxide is a strong oxidizing agent and mild bleach. Applying it to fresh paint-especially within the first 30 days while the paint is still curing-can cause it to discolor, bubble, or lift/peel off the wall completely. The Main Risks to Fresh Paint • Bleaching and Discoloration: Because hydrogen peroxide acts like a bleach, it can strip or alter the pigments in your paint, leaving behind cloudy, faded, or uneven color patches. • Bubbling and Blistering: Chemical reactions from peroxide on uncured paint (or when mixed with other cleaners like baking soda) can release gases trapped behind the paint layer, causing unsightly bubbles and blisters. • Lifting or Peeling: Fresh paint has not formed a completely hard, waterproof seal. Peroxide can seep into the paint film and weaken the bond to the wall, causing it to peel or flake off.
BBC Headline “Great-gran's England-themed home wows neighbours Mary Fannon has kept up her World Cup tradition for more than 20 years”
Trump looking sad, lost and vulnerable.
Hard cased slipcover BluRay copy of ‘Anything That Moves’ from Vinegar Syndrome.
The book ‘Enshittification’ by Cory Doctorow sat on a wooden table next to a pair of glasses and cup of black coffee.
Huge remote control.
Simpson ‘I’m a resurcher’ meme.
The cover of ‘Physical Media Booklet Essay’ - a fanzine of film writing in the format of a boutique BluRay booklet.
Video of lots of impressive fork lightning.
Impressive fork lightning. Almost looks like daytime but this was after midnight.
A finger pointing out of the screen over the word ‘No’ Classic Scarfolk poster.
Crunchie bar - showing cut open cross section of golden honeycomb toffee wrapped in chocolate.
Sam Altman vs Carter Burke from Aliens. Basically the same guy.
Tom of Finland B&W art of a big guy with a moustache in leather boots, jacket and cap, wearing shades and clutching his crotch.
A sleeping samurai being embraced by a skeletal female figure.
The bluray cover to ‘The Ghost of Yotsuya’
Cover of ‘Daiei Gothic’ volume 1 from Radiance films.
GEOFF LOVE AND HIS ORCHESTRA LP Cover “Star Wars and other Space Themes” U.FO. SPACE 1999 STAR WARS STAR TREK BARBARELLA 2001-A SPACE ODYSSEY and other space themes
4 Pinned Mark Hamill •@markhamillofficial.bsky.social • 6m l've posted this FOUR TIMES in the last hour. Each time it has mysteriously disappeared. 5th time the charm? Fingers crossed. This is what censorship looks like.
warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseams... • 1h Good morning: @ • Those results weren't down to more right wing voters but the weakness of those opposing them, whose vote split between 3 different parties in England & 4 in Scotland & Wales. Sadly, unless those parties learn to work together, those maths mean that next GE WILL crown Oswald Farage.
A shelf full of deeply crusty and obscure films released as very beautifully produced slipcased editions from various boutique bluray companies.
Headline from a BBC News article; “Another year, another controversy for Eurovision - but fans are sticking by it”
From the article - “What is also clear is that DC's and WB's fortunes would have been for the better had they stuck to Snyder's guns.”
Three Homunculi jars (King, Seraph & Queen) from ‘Small Prophets’ alongside a ghost carved from driftwood.
Rod Stewart in spangly jacket and blonde hair boofed up like Dusty Springfield.
Perfume bottle - Nostalgia by Veidt - from ‘Watchmen’
Tooth fairy skeleton
Tooth Fairy skeleton, holding a human tooth, in a glass bell jar. Made by me.