Mark Oswin
@markoswin.bsky.social
Comedy screenwriter person. Danger Mouse, Strange Hill High, Lloyd of the Flies, So Awkward, 4 Kids & It, Grand Prix of Europe. That kind of nonsense.
Too late to let Burnham run…?
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Too late to let Burnham run…?
Nice piece on the legendary 1 in 12 Club in The Guardian - and even a passing reference to the all-night raves. It felt like a home-from-home in the 90s (if you go to their FB page you can find a photo of a skinny me DJing on the bottom floor. But don’t do that) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pra...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Nice piece on the legendary 1 in 12 Club in The Guardian - and even a passing reference to the all-night raves. It felt like a home-from-home in the 90s (if you go to their FB page you can find a photo of a skinny me DJing on the bottom floor. But don’t do that) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
This is excellent (although “reverse-centaur” sounds like some kind of shagging position involving a horse) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This is excellent (although “reverse-centaur” sounds like some kind of shagging position involving a horse) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Tram! At last! Get in!
Great to hear the Chancellor today, in Leeds, talking about new investment in Northern connectivity.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Tram! At last! Get in!
What’s this? I’m STILL not in any starters packs? Unbelievable!
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
What’s this? I’m STILL not in any starters packs? Unbelievable!
Bradford City of Culture closing ceremony. What an amazing year! Huge congrats to everyone involved, particularly the missus.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Bradford City of Culture closing ceremony. What an amazing year! Huge congrats to everyone involved, particularly the missus.
Oh - are people slagging off a movie they haven’t seen based on a trailer again? Brilliant. Well done everyone. You are all heroes.
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Oh - are people slagging off a movie they haven’t seen based on a trailer again? Brilliant. Well done everyone. You are all heroes.
Yeeeeeek! COME ON LEEDS!
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yeeeeeek! COME ON LEEDS!
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Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
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Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
I notice the free speech warriors weren’t up in arms when hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza was done for inciting violence. What was it about hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza that stopped them defending his free speech?
September 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I notice the free speech warriors weren’t up in arms when hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza was done for inciting violence. What was it about hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza that stopped them defending his free speech?
Last month, while being bothered by wasps at a picnic table, a woman told me that clicking my fingers at them would make them go away. After testing this thoroughly I’m happy to report that it works in 90% of cases* and also makes me look like a wasp-banishing Fonz. Recommend.
August 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last month, while being bothered by wasps at a picnic table, a woman told me that clicking my fingers at them would make them go away. After testing this thoroughly I’m happy to report that it works in 90% of cases* and also makes me look like a wasp-banishing Fonz. Recommend.
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North Bridge Media has sponsored a Fringe Award w/Neurodiverse Review and the shortlist is out! It's for comedy writing in any Fringe category by d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent writers. Here's the fantastic shortlist - all great shows: (1/2)
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
North Bridge Media has sponsored a Fringe Award w/Neurodiverse Review and the shortlist is out! It's for comedy writing in any Fringe category by d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent writers. Here's the fantastic shortlist - all great shows: (1/2)
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The ongoing whipped up nonsense about asylum seekers in hotels is a rare example of very angry consensus.
The racists don’t want people in hotels, the government don’t want people in hotels and the people in the hotels don’t want to be in hotels.
Everyone agrees.
Just let people work
The racists don’t want people in hotels, the government don’t want people in hotels and the people in the hotels don’t want to be in hotels.
Everyone agrees.
Just let people work
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The ongoing whipped up nonsense about asylum seekers in hotels is a rare example of very angry consensus.
The racists don’t want people in hotels, the government don’t want people in hotels and the people in the hotels don’t want to be in hotels.
Everyone agrees.
Just let people work
The racists don’t want people in hotels, the government don’t want people in hotels and the people in the hotels don’t want to be in hotels.
Everyone agrees.
Just let people work
Grand Prix of Europe opens in UK cinemas this Friday. Positive reviews are already coming in for this fun, fast-paced rodent racing movie - which features a stellar cast (Gemma Arterton, Thomas Brodie-Sanger, Hatley Atwell, Lenny Henry) and smatterings of general script-polishy nonsense by me.
August 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Grand Prix of Europe opens in UK cinemas this Friday. Positive reviews are already coming in for this fun, fast-paced rodent racing movie - which features a stellar cast (Gemma Arterton, Thomas Brodie-Sanger, Hatley Atwell, Lenny Henry) and smatterings of general script-polishy nonsense by me.
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Oh, this is very, very good - how LLMs use the same techniques as psychics.
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
August 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Oh, this is very, very good - how LLMs use the same techniques as psychics.
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
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made a handy little novel title generator for you
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
made a handy little novel title generator for you
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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Read my open letter with @laylamoran.bsky.social regarding #Gaza ⬇️
It is as bad as we have ever seen it.
The scenes of famine in Gaza are simply barbaric.
As MPs of Israeli and Palestinian descent, we hope though that recognition of the State of Palestine will serve to flame the embers of hope for peace.
My open letter with @alexsobel.co.uk
The scenes of famine in Gaza are simply barbaric.
As MPs of Israeli and Palestinian descent, we hope though that recognition of the State of Palestine will serve to flame the embers of hope for peace.
My open letter with @alexsobel.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Read my open letter with @laylamoran.bsky.social regarding #Gaza ⬇️
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Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?
Hey YouTube, if you actively want me to stop me ever buying Lucozade ever, the best way to do it would be to interrupt the limited-time Cardiacs video I'm trying to watch every two ACTUAL MINUTES asking if I can let you see me, let you see me Cherry fucking Hill.
July 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hey YouTube, if you actively want me to stop me ever buying Lucozade ever, the best way to do it would be to interrupt the limited-time Cardiacs video I'm trying to watch every two ACTUAL MINUTES asking if I can let you see me, let you see me Cherry fucking Hill.
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Sadly, the BBC rejected my proposal that they should replace all the Wallace & Torode segments from the new Masterchef with a quick animated summary by 7-zark-7.
July 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sadly, the BBC rejected my proposal that they should replace all the Wallace & Torode segments from the new Masterchef with a quick animated summary by 7-zark-7.
SO regret I won’t get the chance to let Mecha-hitler take control of my steering wheel.
Grok AI to be available in Tesla vehicles next week, Musk says reut.rs/4ksb1WX
Grok AI to be available in Tesla vehicles next week, Musk says
Grok AI will be available in Tesla vehicles next week "at the latest", the EV maker's CEO, Elon Musk, said in a post on X on Thursday.
reut.rs
July 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
SO regret I won’t get the chance to let Mecha-hitler take control of my steering wheel.