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Marie Gardiner
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Human geography/history PhD student researching working class identity.

Also writer, photographer, author, documentary producer (Lonely Tower Film & Media) based in NE England.

MDANT 🏅.

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · Oct 15
I needed a new pinned post! I'm a PhD student researching Sunderland's working class identity (human geography/history). And away from that I'm a writer (history, film, place, culture etc), photographer (documentary & landscape) and documentary producer.

#Photography #History #Academia
an old stone bridge with three arches, over a river. In the background are mountains with low rain/mist covering most of them. The last of the light can be seen peeping above them in the middle. Those with a keen eye will see three tiny figures in the far distance. a view from Mostar's bridge of a very turquoise river, in which a small red speedboat is doing a little spin, leaving a white trail in the water. The town can be seen to the right on the bank, with a mosque in the near-background, and mountains in the far background a sea inlet in a sort of zigzag shape, with cliffs punctuating each part of that shape. On the nearest cliff, to the left, a man and woman are looking away from us out to the water. a small white chapel with a red-orange tile roof is to the left, sitting on very green lush grass. The sky is purple-black with storm clouds and you can see the storm breaking in a lightning flash in the background over mountains
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Misty church, from just before Christmas.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
a stone path leading to a church on a misty day. There are bare winter trees to both sides, and some grave stones are visible
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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peek = 🫣

peak = 🗻

pique = 👀
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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'When's bins'
andraswf.bsky.social András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 14h
"STOP MURDERING ME"
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Oscar from duolingo says 'try to finish off my king with your queen!'
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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One from just before Christmas, in the mist - my favourite weather to photograph in I think.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
slightly scruffy sheep with coloured tagged bums, gathered around hay in a metal container on a misty day. Three of them are looking at the camera with suspicion
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Here's Whitby pier from last week - was freezing cold and the pier was getting hammered by waves so they had the wooden part closed off. Got this through the railings.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
a wooden pier, very wet, with blue reflections from the sky. At the end is a yellow telescope and a red/orange life buoy. The sea in the background looks choppy.
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Here's Whitby pier from last week - was freezing cold and the pier was getting hammered by waves so they had the wooden part closed off. Got this through the railings.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
a wooden pier, very wet, with blue reflections from the sky. At the end is a yellow telescope and a red/orange life buoy. The sea in the background looks choppy.
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Our government really is a complete bag of shite.
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 17h
Starmer has said that what has been allowed to happen at X is "outrageous" and that those responsible should face the "full force of the law," calling their tactics "pathetic" no wait sorry, I got confused, that was him describing Just Stop Oil protesters who put some cornflour on Stonehenge.
lizziedearden.bsky.social Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 19h
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X

“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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This, but also though I do think a fair few Online Men are just kinda creepy and actually don't know they are. They are probably a different (but tangential) sort of creepy in real life because they've just never learned how to properly socialise with women and just do a non-ironic variation of:
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Winter inflicting, eh.
news headline reads: Palestinian boy drowns in muddy water flooding his Gaza tent camp, U.N. says It was the latest sign of the miseries that winter is inflicting on the territory’s population, with many left homeless by the devastation from two years of war. angry goose meme saying 'why are they in tents.' 'why are they in tents?'
January 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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One from just before Christmas, in the mist - my favourite weather to photograph in I think.

#ThePhotoHour #Photography
slightly scruffy sheep with coloured tagged bums, gathered around hay in a metal container on a misty day. Three of them are looking at the camera with suspicion
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Posting some zines today if you would like to hop on the ruiny-goodness bandwagon.
mariegardiner.bsky.social Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · Nov 19
Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.

Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a large abandoned farm house from the back, mostly intact. a large abandoned farm house from the front, mostly intact. but with a collapsing left side and no windows or doors, just holes a large abandoned farm house from the front and side (different side to the other picture) on scrubby winter-looking grass. A window and chunk of side/roof is missing, as is the roof from the porch the same house but from a distance, on a summery looking day with blue skies and green frass. Sheep can be seen grazing in the background
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Oh my god, make it stop.
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
intertapes.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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FIFA hurriedly cobbling together a Best Kidnapping Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Start 2026 off with a frivolous purchase of my zine, if not for photographic delight (which you'd surely find...) then to stop the box of zines cluttering up our office.
mariegardiner.bsky.social Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · Nov 19
Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.

Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
a large abandoned farm house from the back, mostly intact. a large abandoned farm house from the front, mostly intact. but with a collapsing left side and no windows or doors, just holes a large abandoned farm house from the front and side (different side to the other picture) on scrubby winter-looking grass. A window and chunk of side/roof is missing, as is the roof from the porch the same house but from a distance, on a summery looking day with blue skies and green frass. Sheep can be seen grazing in the background
January 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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FIFA hurriedly cobbling together a Best Kidnapping Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Fairy lights should be mandatory over the whole of winter. Not Christmas stuff, just twinkly warm white lights to get us through until March.
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Look I know we all hate scolds but c'mon what are some of you still doing on Twitter, man. Just enabling the absolute worst people in society to do and amplify horrendous things for the sake of, what? Sport bants? To promote your stuff?

Is it worth it?
jim.londoncentric.media Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 3d
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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After getting the house reset our 'time to be good after 2 weeks of excess' has turned into a chippy tea and a glass of wine.

Aware my oversize jumper makes my hand look doll sized.

Cheers and happy January 2nd I guess 🥂
A glass of rosè I'm holding in an oversize jumper
January 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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De-Christmassing is a pain in the arse isn't it.
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Hey I don't think you should use a website that generates CSAM on demand
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
mariegardiner.bsky.social
Look I know we all hate scolds but c'mon what are some of you still doing on Twitter, man. Just enabling the absolute worst people in society to do and amplify horrendous things for the sake of, what? Sport bants? To promote your stuff?

Is it worth it?
jim.londoncentric.media Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 3d
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM