Mark Jones
@justanothermark.bsky.social
Reading, walking, gaming, film watching, music-making type person. they/them
https://justanothermark.co.uk
https://justanothermark.co.uk
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
Wait. There's a new Julia Ducournau film that's out now and the first I'm hearing of it is looking through cinema listings? I need a better way of finding out about these things
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1G...
ALPHA Trailer (2025) Julia Ducournau
YouTube video by ONE Media
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wait. There's a new Julia Ducournau film that's out now and the first I'm hearing of it is looking through cinema listings? I need a better way of finding out about these things
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C1G...
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Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
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Zine and small press makers of Manchester (UK) and beyond! I'm going to be running a session of speed friending on November 15th just for you. Come meet folks in a low pressure environment and bring some zines along to trade if you have them www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-maker... #diyzines
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Zine and small press makers of Manchester (UK) and beyond! I'm going to be running a session of speed friending on November 15th just for you. Come meet folks in a low pressure environment and bring some zines along to trade if you have them www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-maker... #diyzines
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i know i wittgenstein post too much but i would love to see his reaction to the wholesale capitulation of critical thinking facilities to machines whose entire model of the world begins and ends in language, a medium he regarded as intrinsically impoverished
June 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
i know i wittgenstein post too much but i would love to see his reaction to the wholesale capitulation of critical thinking facilities to machines whose entire model of the world begins and ends in language, a medium he regarded as intrinsically impoverished
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ushering in an era of bold socialist leaders who support trans rights and make really great font choices
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
ushering in an era of bold socialist leaders who support trans rights and make really great font choices
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It’s great when you put a lot of work into an article and you get good feedback.
I spent a while writing this to make sure it was accurate and informative, without being too technical or complex - and it seems to have worked!
Do check it out if you've ever wondered wtf the 'AI bubble' is all about
I spent a while writing this to make sure it was accurate and informative, without being too technical or complex - and it seems to have worked!
Do check it out if you've ever wondered wtf the 'AI bubble' is all about
Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales.
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
The AI Circular Economy
Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It’s great when you put a lot of work into an article and you get good feedback.
I spent a while writing this to make sure it was accurate and informative, without being too technical or complex - and it seems to have worked!
Do check it out if you've ever wondered wtf the 'AI bubble' is all about
I spent a while writing this to make sure it was accurate and informative, without being too technical or complex - and it seems to have worked!
Do check it out if you've ever wondered wtf the 'AI bubble' is all about
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This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
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Good news from Salford City Council and Historic England. An Urgent Works Notice has been issued on the Crescent pub after its shocking deterioration. (1/2)
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Good news from Salford City Council and Historic England. An Urgent Works Notice has been issued on the Crescent pub after its shocking deterioration. (1/2)
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
Enjoyed listening to @badaude.bsky.social talk about her new book (Amateurs: How We Built Internet Culture and Why It Matters) at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social tonight.
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Enjoyed listening to @badaude.bsky.social talk about her new book (Amateurs: How We Built Internet Culture and Why It Matters) at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social tonight.
My previous quote post seems like a good time to mention some suff I've been reading recently so:
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda. A collection of connected short stories set in Mexico that didn't always work for me but an interesting and quick read nonetheless
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda. A collection of connected short stories set in Mexico that didn't always work for me but an interesting and quick read nonetheless
September 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My previous quote post seems like a good time to mention some suff I've been reading recently so:
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda. A collection of connected short stories set in Mexico that didn't always work for me but an interesting and quick read nonetheless
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda. A collection of connected short stories set in Mexico that didn't always work for me but an interesting and quick read nonetheless
As you'd expect from Hannah, some very interesting sounding books here (& some that were already on my vague future wishlist)
Just what I didn't need when I've already broken my "try to stop buying books until you've cleared some of your backlog" a few times in the couple of weeks 😅
Just what I didn't need when I've already broken my "try to stop buying books until you've cleared some of your backlog" a few times in the couple of weeks 😅
I’m the subject of this week’s “What’s on Your Bookshelf” column at @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social — they reached out when I was on a week off so got deep-reading me. Revolutions, Egyptian alt fantasy comics, citizen assemblies, Luddism and Stewart Lee abound www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-on-you...
What's on your bookshelf: Saltsea Chronicles, Mutazione and Thronglets' Hannah Nicklin
Hannah Nicklin tells us about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As you'd expect from Hannah, some very interesting sounding books here (& some that were already on my vague future wishlist)
Just what I didn't need when I've already broken my "try to stop buying books until you've cleared some of your backlog" a few times in the couple of weeks 😅
Just what I didn't need when I've already broken my "try to stop buying books until you've cleared some of your backlog" a few times in the couple of weeks 😅
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The best time to boycott Xbox and Microsoft was when BDS called for it, the next best time is now. Focused, targeted boycotts work, this one is working, and all you got to do to support it is go play other games. Literally the least you could do in this moment in history
But this win means our collective pressure is working. Palestinians call for increased global BDS and shareholder pressure until Microsoft adheres to international law and ends all complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes.
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The best time to boycott Xbox and Microsoft was when BDS called for it, the next best time is now. Focused, targeted boycotts work, this one is working, and all you got to do to support it is go play other games. Literally the least you could do in this moment in history
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He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.
CREEP’s Mark Duplass Launches Found Footage Fund For Trans Filmmakers
He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.
dlvr.it
September 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
He may play a CREEP but Mark Duplass is a stand-up guy, as Duplass Brothers Productions is teaming up with the Transgender Film Center to launch the Found Footage Fund for trans filmmakers.
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HACK. THE. PLANET.
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
HACK. THE. PLANET.
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BREAKING NEWS:
I am thrilled to be able to report that after a discussion with JPAC, JPAC has agreed to update it's position statement to make it clear that trans people haemoglobin levels should be tested against their hormonal levels, not their Sex at Birth.
1/7
I am thrilled to be able to report that after a discussion with JPAC, JPAC has agreed to update it's position statement to make it clear that trans people haemoglobin levels should be tested against their hormonal levels, not their Sex at Birth.
1/7
Attention UK Based people, I need YOU to help me challenge NHS Blood & Transplants policies towards Trans & Non-Binary people.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rA…
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
BREAKING NEWS:
I am thrilled to be able to report that after a discussion with JPAC, JPAC has agreed to update it's position statement to make it clear that trans people haemoglobin levels should be tested against their hormonal levels, not their Sex at Birth.
1/7
I am thrilled to be able to report that after a discussion with JPAC, JPAC has agreed to update it's position statement to make it clear that trans people haemoglobin levels should be tested against their hormonal levels, not their Sex at Birth.
1/7
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This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x
Tapping the sign
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is trans rights, too. There is no viable position for the Democrats other than “trans rights are human rights.” Trying to triangulate a position where you throw trans people under the bus “just a little” to woo swing voters only feeds the right’s argument that trans people are a threat 1/x
Bought and read Claimed! by Gertrude Barrows Bennett after seeing it in a sale for 99p. A good, fun novella from 1920 about a mysterious green box that cannot be opened and might be causing weird events/hallucinations.
September 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Bought and read Claimed! by Gertrude Barrows Bennett after seeing it in a sale for 99p. A good, fun novella from 1920 about a mysterious green box that cannot be opened and might be causing weird events/hallucinations.
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thinking about how (as mentioned in passing in the linked paper) a Charli XCX song uses samples processed by an open source tool built on Haskell. truly human culture works in mysterious ways.
Small thread for context about this, since it's doing the rounds again. This is dj_dave, who is a livecoder (among other things) in the Boston area. She has a YouTube channel too: www.youtube.com/@dj_dave____
She recently coauthored a paper about 'pop live coding' at ICLC: iil.is/pdf/2024_icl...
She recently coauthored a paper about 'pop live coding' at ICLC: iil.is/pdf/2024_icl...
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
thinking about how (as mentioned in passing in the linked paper) a Charli XCX song uses samples processed by an open source tool built on Haskell. truly human culture works in mysterious ways.
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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British transphobia is increasingly just a demand for every old sexist norm to be restored but with one or two tagalongs going "Yeah but we're doing it feministly" for PR purposess
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
British transphobia is increasingly just a demand for every old sexist norm to be restored but with one or two tagalongs going "Yeah but we're doing it feministly" for PR purposess
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Women's health being downplayed you say? Well I never.
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Women's health being downplayed you say? Well I never.
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I will never forgive the rotten bastards we have in charge. 14 years of things getting worse, a huge mandate to change things in a meaningful way, and what do they do? Go after marginalised groups for no fucking reason other than spite and appeasing the ghoulish press. A generational betrayal.
August 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I will never forgive the rotten bastards we have in charge. 14 years of things getting worse, a huge mandate to change things in a meaningful way, and what do they do? Go after marginalised groups for no fucking reason other than spite and appeasing the ghoulish press. A generational betrayal.