Mark Biffin
@carlosfandango.bsky.social
Interested in many things, but master of none. Blow in gratefully living in Ireland. Fed up of lunatic billionaires trashing the world. Somewhat left of centre these days. Rubbish at writing profiles. I'm probably not going to answer DMs unless I know you
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I feel like this deserves adding to the list of Stories Of Things That Were Actually Other Things.
And yes, it's absolutely real: www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/l...
The scientist quoted as saying: “I also think that if I hadn’t said it was a James Webb photo, it wouldn’t have been so successful.” 😂
And yes, it's absolutely real: www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/l...
The scientist quoted as saying: “I also think that if I hadn’t said it was a James Webb photo, it wouldn’t have been so successful.” 😂
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I feel like this deserves adding to the list of Stories Of Things That Were Actually Other Things.
And yes, it's absolutely real: www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/l...
The scientist quoted as saying: “I also think that if I hadn’t said it was a James Webb photo, it wouldn’t have been so successful.” 😂
And yes, it's absolutely real: www.lepoint.fr/astronomie/l...
The scientist quoted as saying: “I also think that if I hadn’t said it was a James Webb photo, it wouldn’t have been so successful.” 😂
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This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle, this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden, demi-paradise, this happy breed of men, this little world, this precious stone set in the silver sea, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this GLAND
August 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle, this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden, demi-paradise, this happy breed of men, this little world, this precious stone set in the silver sea, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this GLAND
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I second this while vagulatIng through rugulous separatrix scanner!
@kenchengceo.bsky.social is a very funny guy with a gift for monkey bucket spatchcock.
@kenchengceo.bsky.social is a very funny guy with a gift for monkey bucket spatchcock.
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I second this while vagulatIng through rugulous separatrix scanner!
@kenchengceo.bsky.social is a very funny guy with a gift for monkey bucket spatchcock.
@kenchengceo.bsky.social is a very funny guy with a gift for monkey bucket spatchcock.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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The time has come. EVERYONE who follows me, please repost, share and spread this fundraiser to provide legal defense for whistleblowers in America, including my friend Miles Taylor, who Trump has ordered to be investigated for treason, for the “crime” of criticizing him. Please donate if you can. 🧵
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End Presidential Revenge: Support Miles Taylor's Legal Defense
Join over 200 bipartisan leaders in defending democracy. Support the legal fund opposing presidential retaliation against whistleblowers like Miles Taylor. Stand up for constitutional rights today.
ENDPRESIDENTIALREVENGE.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The time has come. EVERYONE who follows me, please repost, share and spread this fundraiser to provide legal defense for whistleblowers in America, including my friend Miles Taylor, who Trump has ordered to be investigated for treason, for the “crime” of criticizing him. Please donate if you can. 🧵
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Here's my quick go at a UK-biased Connections game. Or Only Connect wall, if you prefer.
connectionsplus.io/game/qfvBfV
connectionsplus.io/game/qfvBfV
connectionsplus.io
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Here's my quick go at a UK-biased Connections game. Or Only Connect wall, if you prefer.
connectionsplus.io/game/qfvBfV
connectionsplus.io/game/qfvBfV
Topical as ever
Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.
January 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Topical as ever
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If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this?
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
December 26, 2024 at 7:48 AM
If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this?
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
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Why did Jeff Bezos appoint Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man to the top job at Washington Post? To do his bidding. And when he did journalists & readers rebelled.
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
All The President's Men
Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos & why press ownership matters.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Why did Jeff Bezos appoint Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man to the top job at Washington Post? To do his bidding. And when he did journalists & readers rebelled.
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 25, 2024 at 7:36 PM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
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A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
@gemmagould.bsky.social
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
@gemmagould.bsky.social
A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
centralbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A great British bookshelf revolt buries Johnson’s Unleashed
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
@gemmagould.bsky.social
A new craze is sweeping the nation’s bookshops up and down the country in a peaceful protest about a certain disgraced ex-PM’s book Unleashed
@gemmagould.bsky.social
Well this is a surprise. Never seen this much snow since I moved to County Mayo. This is a view of the trees bordering my garden taken this morning.
November 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Well this is a surprise. Never seen this much snow since I moved to County Mayo. This is a view of the trees bordering my garden taken this morning.
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Republicans want to impose the Ten Commandments on schoolchildren but not on their president.
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Republicans want to impose the Ten Commandments on schoolchildren but not on their president.
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Holy wow
Hi,
I'm Anthony Etherin, and I write constraint-based poetry. Like this:
VOLCANO (Palindrome)
A vale,
sirenic.
Its alps
a red net’s atlas;
a bared, nude summit,
pure.
Pools loop, erupt.
I’m mused —
Under a basalt
as tender as plasticine,
rise, lava.
I'm Anthony Etherin, and I write constraint-based poetry. Like this:
VOLCANO (Palindrome)
A vale,
sirenic.
Its alps
a red net’s atlas;
a bared, nude summit,
pure.
Pools loop, erupt.
I’m mused —
Under a basalt
as tender as plasticine,
rise, lava.
November 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Holy wow
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Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
November 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...
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Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 14, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Here’s a good one to multi block some wrong ‘uns… this is how it works
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
1 Select the list
2 Click “Subscribe”
3 Select “Block” the entire list in one click
Boommmm
Bluesky is trying to keep this place tidy with healthy debate
Let’s help them to do it
👍🏼👍🏼💙💙
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Wow!
Just for fun, let me tell you about somebody you've probably never heard of, but who was once one of the most famous people in England, a national hero, a disgraced fraudster, and an astonishingly accomplished piratical maniac.
He led quite a life. (1/53)
He led quite a life. (1/53)
November 12, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Wow!
The Irish skies have no comment to make on America's choice for their new president.
November 7, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The Irish skies have no comment to make on America's choice for their new president.
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Dear websites,
How about we just assume that nobody wants any tracking cookies? At all. Ever. And then, *if* someone decides they'd love some tracking cookies, they can just pop into their settings and enable them.
Sincerely,
Every person that uses the web.
How about we just assume that nobody wants any tracking cookies? At all. Ever. And then, *if* someone decides they'd love some tracking cookies, they can just pop into their settings and enable them.
Sincerely,
Every person that uses the web.
October 18, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Dear websites,
How about we just assume that nobody wants any tracking cookies? At all. Ever. And then, *if* someone decides they'd love some tracking cookies, they can just pop into their settings and enable them.
Sincerely,
Every person that uses the web.
How about we just assume that nobody wants any tracking cookies? At all. Ever. And then, *if* someone decides they'd love some tracking cookies, they can just pop into their settings and enable them.
Sincerely,
Every person that uses the web.
Well, I don't know how prevalent this is, but I for one found Threads to be utterly soul destroying. Just deleted my account and feel lighter already.
March 30, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Well, I don't know how prevalent this is, but I for one found Threads to be utterly soul destroying. Just deleted my account and feel lighter already.
I wish that the online ads I get for intermittent fasting were more intermittent.
December 11, 2023 at 3:32 PM
I wish that the online ads I get for intermittent fasting were more intermittent.
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Farage getting paid £1.5m for I'm a celebrity. Don't watch it, don't send them money in phone votes, don't reward the advertisers, and fuck Ant and Dec for platforming him, no matter how many oh so edgy winks to camera and cutting remarks they make.
November 12, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Farage getting paid £1.5m for I'm a celebrity. Don't watch it, don't send them money in phone votes, don't reward the advertisers, and fuck Ant and Dec for platforming him, no matter how many oh so edgy winks to camera and cutting remarks they make.
Took the dog down to a local beach this afternoon. Very peaceful but it felt like winter is on its way. Will have to dig out the wooly hat soon.
November 7, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Took the dog down to a local beach this afternoon. Very peaceful but it felt like winter is on its way. Will have to dig out the wooly hat soon.