Marc Settle
@marcsettle.bsky.social
BBC trainer, not journalist — I train BBC staff (& others) how to use phones for newsgathering.
Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal.
My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.
Posts are on mobile journalism, apps, kit, The Wedding Present & Arsenal.
My views ≠ BBC. RT = worth reading. Like = read later. Sharing apps ≠ endorse.
Shout out to Leeds Building Society for the extraordinary breadth of titles offered as choices when registering for their website.
I wonder how often Princess or Marquis actually get used?
I wonder how often Princess or Marquis actually get used?
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Shout out to Leeds Building Society for the extraordinary breadth of titles offered as choices when registering for their website.
I wonder how often Princess or Marquis actually get used?
I wonder how often Princess or Marquis actually get used?
This is an official message from the verified account of Nationwide Building Society 🤨
February 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This is an official message from the verified account of Nationwide Building Society 🤨
It’s Groundhog Day *again* tomorrow?!
a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It’s Groundhog Day *again* tomorrow?!
Don’t ask me how but I’ve just stumbled across a language with the most apologetic-sounding name ever.
It’s like a Geordie being indignant that he should apologise.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymysor...
It’s like a Geordie being indignant that he should apologise.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymysor...
Wymysorys - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Don’t ask me how but I’ve just stumbled across a language with the most apologetic-sounding name ever.
It’s like a Geordie being indignant that he should apologise.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymysor...
It’s like a Geordie being indignant that he should apologise.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymysor...
While it’s always lovely to be wished a happy New Year, I think it’s probably pushing it a bit to send that kind of email on January 29th?
Has anyone else received something similar from colleagues in the last few days?
Has anyone else received something similar from colleagues in the last few days?
January 29, 2026 at 9:24 AM
While it’s always lovely to be wished a happy New Year, I think it’s probably pushing it a bit to send that kind of email on January 29th?
Has anyone else received something similar from colleagues in the last few days?
Has anyone else received something similar from colleagues in the last few days?
I never understand how this kind of thing gets through.
Whoever wrote it initially didn’t spot it.
Nor did the manager who signed it off.
Nor did anyone at the company which printed it.
Did none of them at any point say “ I don’t think that’s how to spell “unaccompanied”?
Whoever wrote it initially didn’t spot it.
Nor did the manager who signed it off.
Nor did anyone at the company which printed it.
Did none of them at any point say “ I don’t think that’s how to spell “unaccompanied”?
January 28, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I never understand how this kind of thing gets through.
Whoever wrote it initially didn’t spot it.
Nor did the manager who signed it off.
Nor did anyone at the company which printed it.
Did none of them at any point say “ I don’t think that’s how to spell “unaccompanied”?
Whoever wrote it initially didn’t spot it.
Nor did the manager who signed it off.
Nor did anyone at the company which printed it.
Did none of them at any point say “ I don’t think that’s how to spell “unaccompanied”?
You too can watch it via this link
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
(This is just the kind of thing that BBC would no longer do once/if we are sold off 😢)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
(This is just the kind of thing that BBC would no longer do once/if we are sold off 😢)
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
You too can watch it via this link
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
(This is just the kind of thing that BBC would no longer do once/if we are sold off 😢)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
(This is just the kind of thing that BBC would no longer do once/if we are sold off 😢)
It’s absolutely fascinating - a real insight into the traditions of the Scots with a Viking heritage
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It’s absolutely fascinating - a real insight into the traditions of the Scots with a Viking heritage
Currently watching: the rather pretty and slightly bonkers Up Helly Aa fire festival from Lerwick in Shetland. It marks the end of the Yule season and end with the burning of an imitation Viking ship.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Currently watching: the rather pretty and slightly bonkers Up Helly Aa fire festival from Lerwick in Shetland. It marks the end of the Yule season and end with the burning of an imitation Viking ship.
Shout out to whoever had the courage to write about there being “only one outcome”, before listing two different outcomes 🤨
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Shout out to whoever had the courage to write about there being “only one outcome”, before listing two different outcomes 🤨
Quite the question from my nearly eight year old daughter.
My reply was “me not choosing to give you an answer” which itself led to a conversation about irony and recursion.
How would YOU answer it?
(Bonus points for your *own* explanation, not one generated by ChatGPT etc)
My reply was “me not choosing to give you an answer” which itself led to a conversation about irony and recursion.
How would YOU answer it?
(Bonus points for your *own* explanation, not one generated by ChatGPT etc)
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Quite the question from my nearly eight year old daughter.
My reply was “me not choosing to give you an answer” which itself led to a conversation about irony and recursion.
How would YOU answer it?
(Bonus points for your *own* explanation, not one generated by ChatGPT etc)
My reply was “me not choosing to give you an answer” which itself led to a conversation about irony and recursion.
How would YOU answer it?
(Bonus points for your *own* explanation, not one generated by ChatGPT etc)
I picked this up and started going “duh-luh-luh-DOWWWWW…duh-luh-luh-DOWWWWW” and my young children looked at me like I had gone mad (fair enough, come to think about it)
January 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I picked this up and started going “duh-luh-luh-DOWWWWW…duh-luh-luh-DOWWWWW” and my young children looked at me like I had gone mad (fair enough, come to think about it)
This TikTok account has 1.9m followers yet the average video has around 10,000 views, sometimes under 5,000 views.
What’s the deal there?
What’s the deal there?
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This TikTok account has 1.9m followers yet the average video has around 10,000 views, sometimes under 5,000 views.
What’s the deal there?
What’s the deal there?
Things I can’t throw away, part seven:
Old boxes from Apple products;
Old Arsenal programmes.
What’s your equivalent?
Old boxes from Apple products;
Old Arsenal programmes.
What’s your equivalent?
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Things I can’t throw away, part seven:
Old boxes from Apple products;
Old Arsenal programmes.
What’s your equivalent?
Old boxes from Apple products;
Old Arsenal programmes.
What’s your equivalent?
My hotel room is as nice as pie
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
My hotel room is as nice as pie
Anyone know who this bigger rival of Trump’s could be…?
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Anyone know who this bigger rival of Trump’s could be…?
Irrational annoyance at the BBC news report about hedgehogs where almost all the voices in it - reporter & interviewees - pronounced it “hedge-ogs”, rather than “hedge-hog”.
Or have I been wrong all along?
Or have I been wrong all along?
a close up of a hedgehog with a very angry look on his face .
ALT: a close up of a hedgehog with a very angry look on his face .
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Irrational annoyance at the BBC news report about hedgehogs where almost all the voices in it - reporter & interviewees - pronounced it “hedge-ogs”, rather than “hedge-hog”.
Or have I been wrong all along?
Or have I been wrong all along?
Accepting it’s weird to have a strong dislike of a cookie pop-up, I have a strong dislike of this particular cookie pop-up, which has so many buttons pre-set to ON
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Accepting it’s weird to have a strong dislike of a cookie pop-up, I have a strong dislike of this particular cookie pop-up, which has so many buttons pre-set to ON
Not sure what this stand has got to smile about, tbh
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Not sure what this stand has got to smile about, tbh
The upgrade to my iPhone is here - finally, a decent zoom lens!
January 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The upgrade to my iPhone is here - finally, a decent zoom lens!
Big up the website pushing iMovie as an app to edit video with in 2026
For context: it’s _fine_ just very boring. Landscape output only; very few exciting transitions; last major update three years ago.
It’s free though.
For context: it’s _fine_ just very boring. Landscape output only; very few exciting transitions; last major update three years ago.
It’s free though.
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Big up the website pushing iMovie as an app to edit video with in 2026
For context: it’s _fine_ just very boring. Landscape output only; very few exciting transitions; last major update three years ago.
It’s free though.
For context: it’s _fine_ just very boring. Landscape output only; very few exciting transitions; last major update three years ago.
It’s free though.
Opened the fridge after being away for a few days to see this - which my wife assures me is NOT as I first thought half a brain but is in fact celeriac which to me is about as appetising.
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Opened the fridge after being away for a few days to see this - which my wife assures me is NOT as I first thought half a brain but is in fact celeriac which to me is about as appetising.
It’s finally time to introduce my son to this.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
It’s finally time to introduce my son to this.
I think this website is probably being a little over-generous with the date range it’s offering 🤪
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I think this website is probably being a little over-generous with the date range it’s offering 🤪
Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
I repeat - Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
This is not a drill. 🚨🚨🚨
(Has this been happening for long, on BBC sounds? This wouldn’t have happened live…I hope?!)
I repeat - Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
This is not a drill. 🚨🚨🚨
(Has this been happening for long, on BBC sounds? This wouldn’t have happened live…I hope?!)
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
I repeat - Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
This is not a drill. 🚨🚨🚨
(Has this been happening for long, on BBC sounds? This wouldn’t have happened live…I hope?!)
I repeat - Radio Four is talking over Big Ben’s bells.
This is not a drill. 🚨🚨🚨
(Has this been happening for long, on BBC sounds? This wouldn’t have happened live…I hope?!)