Mark (Baron Of Sealand)
@iamjurassicmark.bsky.social
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”
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Introduction : I have the same handle on Twitter. I like music, cats, lovely people, chocolate, music, films, books, architecture, and geeky stuff. Fiftysomething, bald, and I am the second finest living Englishman after Jarvis Cocker*.
*this is not a legally binding promise.
*this is not a legally binding promise.
"Sex and Corruption Enthusiast finally allows files to be released after his team have had enough time to Ctrl+F+Replace his name in every one of the 153,748 files."
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Sex and Corruption Enthusiast finally allows files to be released after his team have had enough time to Ctrl+F+Replace his name in every one of the 153,748 files."
You're in her replies, suggesting an unearned familiarity.
She's rolling her eyes, being polite.
She's rolling her eyes, being polite.
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You're in her replies, suggesting an unearned familiarity.
She's rolling her eyes, being polite.
She's rolling her eyes, being polite.
Today has mostly been me thinking "I need to move that", "I need to vacuum that", "I need to clean that" and "I need to bin that." And well, I did ALL of that today. And took a bunch of stuff to CEX to exchange for 'Raise The Titanic' on DVD.
*punches the air*
*punches the air*
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Today has mostly been me thinking "I need to move that", "I need to vacuum that", "I need to clean that" and "I need to bin that." And well, I did ALL of that today. And took a bunch of stuff to CEX to exchange for 'Raise The Titanic' on DVD.
*punches the air*
*punches the air*
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Well that’s next year’s new movie trend sorted…
A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit
The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.”
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Well that’s next year’s new movie trend sorted…
www.theguardian.com/money/ng-int... : We saw how flogging our guts out resulted in being underpaid, exploited, job security removed, pensions castrated, and home ownership made out of reach for many of us.... and yet, we're the problem?
Undisciplined? Entitled? Lazy? Gen Z faces familiar flood of workplace criticism
A new generation of younger workers are being derided as delusional and unreliable, just as millennials were
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/money/ng-int... : We saw how flogging our guts out resulted in being underpaid, exploited, job security removed, pensions castrated, and home ownership made out of reach for many of us.... and yet, we're the problem?
Well Predator : Badlands, starts badly, gets progressively less terrible, and then turns into something quite good by the end. The 25 minute sequence before the title card, none of it in an Earth language, and absolutely drowning in exposition, is the most incoherent element.
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Well Predator : Badlands, starts badly, gets progressively less terrible, and then turns into something quite good by the end. The 25 minute sequence before the title card, none of it in an Earth language, and absolutely drowning in exposition, is the most incoherent element.
Sometimes I remember they tried to make Sam Worthington a 'thing' in movies, and good lord, he was a charisma vacuum on screen.
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sometimes I remember they tried to make Sam Worthington a 'thing' in movies, and good lord, he was a charisma vacuum on screen.
For some bizarre reason, I am always fascinated by this trainwreck of a movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZZI...
Raise the Titanic • Soundtrack Suite • John Barry
YouTube video by HD Film Tributes
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For some bizarre reason, I am always fascinated by this trainwreck of a movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZZI...
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It's corruption only it comes from the Corruptian Mountains of Eastern Europe, otherwise it is just a sparkling gold bar.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's corruption only it comes from the Corruptian Mountains of Eastern Europe, otherwise it is just a sparkling gold bar.
What movie do you consider perfect?
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
What movie do you consider perfect?
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@scalzi.com you say this? bc it’s the best - and your the best but people should know it’s you for realz.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@scalzi.com you say this? bc it’s the best - and your the best but people should know it’s you for realz.
If you keep doing *A Certain Thing*, and every time you do *A Certain Thing* it annoys and hurts people who tell you to stop doing *A Certain Thing*, pretty sure that it isn't a random explosion of unpredictable behaviour, but just ... You Being An Arsehole.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If you keep doing *A Certain Thing*, and every time you do *A Certain Thing* it annoys and hurts people who tell you to stop doing *A Certain Thing*, pretty sure that it isn't a random explosion of unpredictable behaviour, but just ... You Being An Arsehole.
This Is Not Normal.
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This Is Not Normal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Birmingham phased out the night bus in 2008, and murdered any chance of an affordable night out in that town.
Birmingham phased out the night bus in 2008, and murdered any chance of an affordable night out in that town.
Samuel Ojo on the world of the night bus – cartoon
There’s never a dull moment on the top deck
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Birmingham phased out the night bus in 2008, and murdered any chance of an affordable night out in that town.
Birmingham phased out the night bus in 2008, and murdered any chance of an affordable night out in that town.
I got fed up of biting my tongue to quiet the fury of others.
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I got fed up of biting my tongue to quiet the fury of others.
The song that U2 have played the most that has never had an official live video release is "Twilight", at 257 times.
The song that U2 have played the least - excluding one-offs - that has had the most video releases is "Dirty Day", at 13 times, with 2 appearances [Sydney 1993 and Berlin 2018]
The song that U2 have played the least - excluding one-offs - that has had the most video releases is "Dirty Day", at 13 times, with 2 appearances [Sydney 1993 and Berlin 2018]
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The song that U2 have played the most that has never had an official live video release is "Twilight", at 257 times.
The song that U2 have played the least - excluding one-offs - that has had the most video releases is "Dirty Day", at 13 times, with 2 appearances [Sydney 1993 and Berlin 2018]
The song that U2 have played the least - excluding one-offs - that has had the most video releases is "Dirty Day", at 13 times, with 2 appearances [Sydney 1993 and Berlin 2018]
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Why can't every tech guy be like Tom from MySpace: make $500 million and then fuck off into obscurity. Why do they have to keep bothering us
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Why can't every tech guy be like Tom from MySpace: make $500 million and then fuck off into obscurity. Why do they have to keep bothering us
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
7 years ago this week, the last European U2 gig and the last time (to date) I saw U2.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
7 years ago this week, the last European U2 gig and the last time (to date) I saw U2.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... : Don't argue with strangers. Nobody wins, and everyone loses time.
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... : Don't argue with strangers. Nobody wins, and everyone loses time.
"What shouldn’t be an opinion is what AI art is worth, because it is worth nothing. No one made it. And no one, especially not Activision, should be charging for it."
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"What shouldn’t be an opinion is what AI art is worth, because it is worth nothing. No one made it. And no one, especially not Activision, should be charging for it."
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Discussing retirement yesterday and my thoughts tend to be "Buy a load of synths and make terrible music that nobody will buy on Bandcamp."
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Discussing retirement yesterday and my thoughts tend to be "Buy a load of synths and make terrible music that nobody will buy on Bandcamp."
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."