Mark Papp
@markppp.bsky.social
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Mark Papp
@markppp.bsky.social
· Dec 22
My pinned Twitter post was something like:
Keyser Söze: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Me: The greatest trick billionaire media barons ever pulled was convincing their readers that their interests were aligned.
It's a shame nothing's changed.
Keyser Söze: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Me: The greatest trick billionaire media barons ever pulled was convincing their readers that their interests were aligned.
It's a shame nothing's changed.
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For a government that is led by a former human rights lawyer, the treatment of these hunger strikers is truly debased
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For a government that is led by a former human rights lawyer, the treatment of these hunger strikers is truly debased
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social has published his worst five columns of 2025.
I note:
1) The general tenor of these columns make a Charles Moore piece from the '90s look measured.
2) Matthew Paris seems to be calling for the mercy killing of Andrew MW; seems a little harsh.
bsky.app/profile/brok...
I note:
1) The general tenor of these columns make a Charles Moore piece from the '90s look measured.
2) Matthew Paris seems to be calling for the mercy killing of Andrew MW; seems a little harsh.
bsky.app/profile/brok...
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social has published his worst five columns of 2025.
I note:
1) The general tenor of these columns make a Charles Moore piece from the '90s look measured.
2) Matthew Paris seems to be calling for the mercy killing of Andrew MW; seems a little harsh.
bsky.app/profile/brok...
I note:
1) The general tenor of these columns make a Charles Moore piece from the '90s look measured.
2) Matthew Paris seems to be calling for the mercy killing of Andrew MW; seems a little harsh.
bsky.app/profile/brok...
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Good old Donald coming to the rescue!
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Good old Donald coming to the rescue!
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Kyiv did not sleep once again last night. On the last weekend of the year, the capital should have smelled of mulled wine, cinnamon, chocolate and joy.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Kyiv did not sleep once again last night. On the last weekend of the year, the capital should have smelled of mulled wine, cinnamon, chocolate and joy.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Belgica *PolishTourismOrganisation *Dormeo *Speediancegym *WeFixLondon *CandlelightUK *AllClearTravel *HafrenFurnishers *TwistedGifts *MetallicElephant *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *CityMoves *ReclaimNation *WNLPrinting *Moneyfactscompare *HousingUnits
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Belgica *PolishTourismOrganisation *Dormeo *Speediancegym *WeFixLondon *CandlelightUK *AllClearTravel *HafrenFurnishers *TwistedGifts *MetallicElephant *Boxt *SimplyFactoring *CityMoves *ReclaimNation *WNLPrinting *Moneyfactscompare *HousingUnits
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Greta Thunberg being arrested this morning for holding a sign which says "I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide"
What happened to freedom of protest?
We declare anybody we don't like a 'terrorist'.
What happened to freedom of protest?
We declare anybody we don't like a 'terrorist'.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Greta Thunberg being arrested this morning for holding a sign which says "I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide"
What happened to freedom of protest?
We declare anybody we don't like a 'terrorist'.
What happened to freedom of protest?
We declare anybody we don't like a 'terrorist'.
Something to cheer up this shortest day.
Not many things in life will have you pumping your fist in the air, but watching little Tommy Robinson’s (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s) face and bravado drop when he gets called out for his racism and hypocrisy by boxer Ty Mitchell is one of them.
This is glorious. 🔥
This is glorious. 🔥
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Something to cheer up this shortest day.
The latest in WTFery from the USA.
What a sorry crowd of dismal incompetents.
What a sorry crowd of dismal incompetents.
meanwhile, the US attorney general also wants to categorize trans equality activists as belonging to “designated terrorist organizations”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The latest in WTFery from the USA.
What a sorry crowd of dismal incompetents.
What a sorry crowd of dismal incompetents.
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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *MajesticWine *LebaraMobile *Belgica *TrailFinders *InheritanceLegalServices *TwistedGifts *HafrenFurnishers *Moneyfactscompare *AllClearTravel *PolishTourismOrganisation *Reclaim_Nation *SelectSpecs *WeAreBoxt *Freshpet *TonicSurgery *LeasingOptions *DormeoUK
GB News' fawning Donald Trump interview reported to Ofcom
Campaign group 38 Degrees delivered the complaint after more than 65,000 people signed a petition demanding an investigation into whether the interview broke impartiality rules
www.mirror.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today's GB News TV advertisers include *MajesticWine *LebaraMobile *Belgica *TrailFinders *InheritanceLegalServices *TwistedGifts *HafrenFurnishers *Moneyfactscompare *AllClearTravel *PolishTourismOrganisation *Reclaim_Nation *SelectSpecs *WeAreBoxt *Freshpet *TonicSurgery *LeasingOptions *DormeoUK
@majesticwine.bsky.social
I won't be buying from you again unless you stop advertising on GB News.
Why encourage it in its mission to divide the country?
That is all.
I won't be buying from you again unless you stop advertising on GB News.
Why encourage it in its mission to divide the country?
That is all.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@majesticwine.bsky.social
I won't be buying from you again unless you stop advertising on GB News.
Why encourage it in its mission to divide the country?
That is all.
I won't be buying from you again unless you stop advertising on GB News.
Why encourage it in its mission to divide the country?
That is all.
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Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
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The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Michael Anton: An American fanatic
Trump’s hacks make their hatred for us clear
comment.press
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
comment.press/anton1212
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I wrote about Russia's greatest disinformation campaign, and then had some thoughts about Putin's useful idiots on the far left.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
Russia's greatest disinfo campaign
They're not winning the war. And some other thoughts about where we are.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I wrote about Russia's greatest disinformation campaign, and then had some thoughts about Putin's useful idiots on the far left.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
In the least surprising news ever, Rupert Murdoch, a man whose moral probity is so great that Dennis Potter named his terminal tumour after him, has been feeding cash to the IEA.
A guest post by Sam Bright on @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social's substack: open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
A guest post by Sam Bright on @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social's substack: open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
Guest post: Murdoch’s invisible hand
How News International funded one of the very right-wing think-tanks its outlets quote all the time...
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
In the least surprising news ever, Rupert Murdoch, a man whose moral probity is so great that Dennis Potter named his terminal tumour after him, has been feeding cash to the IEA.
A guest post by Sam Bright on @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social's substack: open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
A guest post by Sam Bright on @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social's substack: open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
Time to promote the best Christmas song this side of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (which is, obviously and objectively, the best.)
I give you Dylan's Must be Santa. It and its video are magnificently bonkers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE...
You can thank me later.
I give you Dylan's Must be Santa. It and its video are magnificently bonkers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE...
You can thank me later.
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Official Video)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Time to promote the best Christmas song this side of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (which is, obviously and objectively, the best.)
I give you Dylan's Must be Santa. It and its video are magnificently bonkers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE...
You can thank me later.
I give you Dylan's Must be Santa. It and its video are magnificently bonkers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE...
You can thank me later.
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War on Christmas update:
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
War on Christmas update:
The BBC made a stupid and careless edit or two in a documentary - Trump threatened to sue.
The first of Dutch historian Rutger Bregman's BBC Reith lectures was edited to remove a remark that Trump was the most “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Read the article; he is.
The first of Dutch historian Rutger Bregman's BBC Reith lectures was edited to remove a remark that Trump was the most “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Read the article; he is.
Donald Trump’s Restitution Scheme Is Among the Greatest Heists in US History
#Trump
#Trump
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The BBC made a stupid and careless edit or two in a documentary - Trump threatened to sue.
The first of Dutch historian Rutger Bregman's BBC Reith lectures was edited to remove a remark that Trump was the most “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Read the article; he is.
The first of Dutch historian Rutger Bregman's BBC Reith lectures was edited to remove a remark that Trump was the most “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Read the article; he is.
Oh crap - not here too?
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Oh crap - not here too?
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
The prospect of Comcast buying ITV doesn't thrill me.
I've signed this Change org petition against it (for all the good it'll do); it's the only thing I can think of to try to stop it.
If you agree, please add your signature.
www.change.org/p/prevent-am...
I've signed this Change org petition against it (for all the good it'll do); it's the only thing I can think of to try to stop it.
If you agree, please add your signature.
www.change.org/p/prevent-am...
Change starts here
Join over 500,000,000 people creating real change in their communities.
Change.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The prospect of Comcast buying ITV doesn't thrill me.
I've signed this Change org petition against it (for all the good it'll do); it's the only thing I can think of to try to stop it.
If you agree, please add your signature.
www.change.org/p/prevent-am...
I've signed this Change org petition against it (for all the good it'll do); it's the only thing I can think of to try to stop it.
If you agree, please add your signature.
www.change.org/p/prevent-am...
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🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
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11 November 1904 | Dutch Jew, Marcus Koster, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished there on 22 September 1942.
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Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished there on 22 September 1942.
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Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
11 November 1904 | Dutch Jew, Marcus Koster, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished there on 22 September 1942.
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Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork and registered in the camp. He perished there on 22 September 1942.
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Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Another Henry Morris post, another hit.
NEW - D-Day Veteran Removed From Remembrance Parade After Forgetting His Poppy
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Another Henry Morris post, another hit.