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Doctor Who: The Flux Review

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WARNING: Embargoed for publication until 22:55:01 on 15/10/2021 – Programme Name: Doctor Who S13 – TX: n/a – Episode: Doctor Who – Generics (No. n/a) – Picture Shows: Dan (JOHN BISHOP), The Doctor (JODIE WHITTAKER), Yasmin (MANDIP GILL) – (C) BBC Studios – Photographer: Zoe McConnell

The six-part season of DW season 13 looked promising, showcasing what we hoped to be the best of Chibnall.

In a way, it was better than what he had previously given us, but I found it a little too… messy.

The series consisted of a number of familiar (and unfamiliar) villains. The Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, the Grand Serpent, as well as Azure and Swarm. The latter three mentioned on the above list were some of the new faces we were introduced to.

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Accept all cookies. Do it, do it now!

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It has been a good ten years or so when all of a sudden, we had to consent to accepting cookies on every single website we visited.

No, this is not another Oreo post… I promise.

It’s all about security and consent but gone are the days where that little box won’t show up.

2021, guys…. 2021.

Find out about the cookie law here: https://www.cookielaw.org/the-cookie-law/

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Oreos are overrated

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Oreos, the most overused biscuit in the history of humanity with the most lacklustre flavour of any food ever. (Or ‘cookie’ if you are… you know..)

Photo by Tijana Drndarski on Pexels.com

That was until I bought an entire box of them and realised how harsh I have been to them over the years.

There is a place for you in this world I guess. Even if it is mostly reserved for the double choc variant.

Syd

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Blessed are we

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Yesterday, I saw comments on a Facebook post of people genuinely struggling during this pandemic.

Some comments were silent cries for help and others were desperate pleas for them to return to their motherland.

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Text

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Writing dies out… only if reading does first.

In a totally media-intensive world, words that are typed are merely secondary to images and videos that they accompany.

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Captcha, ReCaptcha and Robots – Why Bother?

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If a bot or a program can successfully bypass Captchas then i fully support the robot movement.

Hear me out.

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In Deep Thought

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And he sat there, with all the worry in the world.

Silence and noise all at once.

He sat there thinking…

“What shall I have for lunch?”

Photo Credit: http://www.laura-bond.com/2012/06/microwaves-a-hot-potato/