Mark
@markde.bsky.social
Keeper of keys & grounds, unpicker of knots, grower of metaphors and finder of paths.
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Mark
@markde.bsky.social
· Sep 8
If you know me, you know why this is living here until further notice.
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The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders.
White British.
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
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Pluribus, the new series from Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan, is phenomenal. Best to go in without knowing too much about it, but it has a lot to say about the world today. And Rhea Seehorn is on course for that Emmy.
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pluribus, the new series from Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan, is phenomenal. Best to go in without knowing too much about it, but it has a lot to say about the world today. And Rhea Seehorn is on course for that Emmy.
@realgdt.bsky.social good grief, what a film in Frankenstein! Brilliant.
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@realgdt.bsky.social good grief, what a film in Frankenstein! Brilliant.
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Sometimes news photos ring through the ages — the Iwo Jima flag, the Secret Service agent clambering across JFK's car, Bush's reaction on 9-11. This one is likely to tag Trump for generations.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sometimes news photos ring through the ages — the Iwo Jima flag, the Secret Service agent clambering across JFK's car, Bush's reaction on 9-11. This one is likely to tag Trump for generations.
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This week’s kitchen diary… observer.co.uk/style/food/a...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This week’s kitchen diary… observer.co.uk/style/food/a...
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I recommend the two sleeps approach, especially if your brain is not totally calm with the world at present. No, I don’t count the 0400 bathroom visit as a sleep break.
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I recommend the two sleeps approach, especially if your brain is not totally calm with the world at present. No, I don’t count the 0400 bathroom visit as a sleep break.
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"No one asked me if I was the mayor."
That is incredible. As bad as you think the state of journalism is in this moment, it's worse. It's much much worse.
That is incredible. As bad as you think the state of journalism is in this moment, it's worse. It's much much worse.
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"No one asked me if I was the mayor."
That is incredible. As bad as you think the state of journalism is in this moment, it's worse. It's much much worse.
That is incredible. As bad as you think the state of journalism is in this moment, it's worse. It's much much worse.
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So, er, I have the main story on the front page of the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. Not bad for a random guy with a blog that got out of hand.
Reform’s shambolic Kent experiment
The catastrophic mess at Kent County Council shows what happens when a populist party, with no idea how government works, gets into power
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So, er, I have the main story on the front page of the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. Not bad for a random guy with a blog that got out of hand.
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In the all-conquering media/politics ecosystem that brought you Brexit, Boris Johnson, austerity, Liz Truss & the recent revival of weapons grade racism, she really is the Newcomer of the Year. Hands down. And the Spectator is now owned by a man who basked in the ugliest depths of far right Twitter.
Lam took a bunch of X posts from far-right racists and so-called "thinktanks" and turned them into a policy that collapsed as soon as anyone actually read it/understood it.
Would have been an absolute travesty if she hadn't won!
Would have been an absolute travesty if she hadn't won!
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In the all-conquering media/politics ecosystem that brought you Brexit, Boris Johnson, austerity, Liz Truss & the recent revival of weapons grade racism, she really is the Newcomer of the Year. Hands down. And the Spectator is now owned by a man who basked in the ugliest depths of far right Twitter.
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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I confidently predict that people who profess to be outraged by, say, the removal or destruction of statues honouring slavers and other racists because "history something tradition something something" will be completely silent about this abomination.
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I confidently predict that people who profess to be outraged by, say, the removal or destruction of statues honouring slavers and other racists because "history something tradition something something" will be completely silent about this abomination.
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This calm, cool decency is dangerously absent from our discourse at the moment. Almost everyone is embracing, normalising or ignoring the 'cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.'
We need more Bertrands.
We need more Bertrands.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This calm, cool decency is dangerously absent from our discourse at the moment. Almost everyone is embracing, normalising or ignoring the 'cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.'
We need more Bertrands.
We need more Bertrands.
This #TravelographyTuesday (shh, we can make it a thing!) - Dolphin watching in Madeira.
#GFX100RF #photography #madeira #metaPhotography #scape #Landscape #Travel #Outdoor #TravelPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlifephotograpy #wildlifePhotography
#GFX100RF #photography #madeira #metaPhotography #scape #Landscape #Travel #Outdoor #TravelPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlifephotograpy #wildlifePhotography
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This #TravelographyTuesday (shh, we can make it a thing!) - Dolphin watching in Madeira.
#GFX100RF #photography #madeira #metaPhotography #scape #Landscape #Travel #Outdoor #TravelPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlifephotograpy #wildlifePhotography
#GFX100RF #photography #madeira #metaPhotography #scape #Landscape #Travel #Outdoor #TravelPhotography #OutdoorPhotography #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #wildlifephotograpy #wildlifePhotography
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Everybody: please stop mentioning that Farage was regularly on Russia Today, a channel now banned for its Russian propaganda content, blamed the EU for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, had a Russian spy running his Welsh operation, and built his whole career on a policy Putin supports.
Farage is doing a big media push to deny he has any links with Putin and Russia.
It’s obviously starting to hurt.
It’s obviously starting to hurt.
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Everybody: please stop mentioning that Farage was regularly on Russia Today, a channel now banned for its Russian propaganda content, blamed the EU for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, had a Russian spy running his Welsh operation, and built his whole career on a policy Putin supports.
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‘Suck it up’: leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent council www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Suck it up’: leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent council
Exclusive: Footage reveals Kent leader berating councillors amid rows over budgets and bullying claims
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
‘Suck it up’: leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent council www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good morning. October 17th, 10C overcast, high of 14C. Foxglove flowering. Absolutely what I expect in mid-October in the northern hemisphere. Everything’s fine. 🌱🌍🔥
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning. October 17th, 10C overcast, high of 14C. Foxglove flowering. Absolutely what I expect in mid-October in the northern hemisphere. Everything’s fine. 🌱🌍🔥
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
It is that time. A feel of true Autumn in the air and changing leaf colours. This means quinces from the garden, also
meaning that the house shall smell incredible for the next 48 hrs of quince cookery. Quince Jelly, quincemeat, qodka…. 🌱 with the ever helpful @nigelslater.bsky.social tender vol II
meaning that the house shall smell incredible for the next 48 hrs of quince cookery. Quince Jelly, quincemeat, qodka…. 🌱 with the ever helpful @nigelslater.bsky.social tender vol II
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It is that time. A feel of true Autumn in the air and changing leaf colours. This means quinces from the garden, also
meaning that the house shall smell incredible for the next 48 hrs of quince cookery. Quince Jelly, quincemeat, qodka…. 🌱 with the ever helpful @nigelslater.bsky.social tender vol II
meaning that the house shall smell incredible for the next 48 hrs of quince cookery. Quince Jelly, quincemeat, qodka…. 🌱 with the ever helpful @nigelslater.bsky.social tender vol II
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet