Mark Allan
@markxa.com
Learn, Do, Teach, Repeat | Belfast but with Manchester roots | Tech is how I live, art is why I live | Masked scoundrel | Evolving | Microsoft MVP alumnus | NIDC founder | Non-militant cyclist | He/him | markxa.com
Of course I can't read my ADHD book. Because I can't remember where I put it. 🤦
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Of course I can't read my ADHD book. Because I can't remember where I put it. 🤦
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Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It's really important to note that not only was Watson a racist and misogynist but his contribution to the double helix was listening to a Rosalind Franklin lecture and getting mad because Francis Crick wouldn't invite him to his sex parties.
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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When anyone asks me how living in Ireland is I'm gonna show them this www.daft.ie/for-sale/hou...
164a Old County Road, Dublin 12, Crumlin, Dublin 12, D12F894 is for sale on Daft.ie
164a Old County Road, Dublin 12, Crumlin, Dublin 12, D12F894 a 1 Bed Bungalow is now for sale by John Ryan on Daft.ie with an asking price of €220,000
www.daft.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
When anyone asks me how living in Ireland is I'm gonna show them this www.daft.ie/for-sale/hou...
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I got £0.35 from Amazon today. This means someone read my little book of SFF short fiction that I really should do more about publicising...
Go on, it's worth a look!
"Those damn gorillas were on the phone again. Transcendence was never meant to be like this."
www.amazon.co.uk/Hummingbird-...
Go on, it's worth a look!
"Those damn gorillas were on the phone again. Transcendence was never meant to be like this."
www.amazon.co.uk/Hummingbird-...
Hummingbird Futures: Stories of Magic and Machines eBook : Bisson, Simon: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Hummingbird Futures: Stories of Magic and Machines eBook : Bisson, Simon: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I got £0.35 from Amazon today. This means someone read my little book of SFF short fiction that I really should do more about publicising...
Go on, it's worth a look!
"Those damn gorillas were on the phone again. Transcendence was never meant to be like this."
www.amazon.co.uk/Hummingbird-...
Go on, it's worth a look!
"Those damn gorillas were on the phone again. Transcendence was never meant to be like this."
www.amazon.co.uk/Hummingbird-...
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
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He could be just known as Andrew Cunt living in a portaloo on the Sandringham estate and we’re still gonna just want him in court answering big ol’ pedo questions. He can keep all his titles and his little medals if he wants, go talk to the police, fucko.
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
He could be just known as Andrew Cunt living in a portaloo on the Sandringham estate and we’re still gonna just want him in court answering big ol’ pedo questions. He can keep all his titles and his little medals if he wants, go talk to the police, fucko.
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🎶What a difference a day makes... 🎶
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🎶What a difference a day makes... 🎶
Got an exit row for the first leg of the flight home. My knees are so happy!
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Got an exit row for the first leg of the flight home. My knees are so happy!
And You And I by Yes is playing in the Belfast City Airport lounge. For those unaware, this is a 10 minute prog rock epic and not something you would normally expect to hear in an airport.
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
And You And I by Yes is playing in the Belfast City Airport lounge. For those unaware, this is a 10 minute prog rock epic and not something you would normally expect to hear in an airport.
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Spoiler alert: Mone to get away with it buff.ly/9X2A3KZ
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Spoiler alert: Mone to get away with it buff.ly/9X2A3KZ
It is 2 days until I go to Tokyo and I am in no way prepared. Nor will my head let me work out exactly what it is I need to do in order to become prepared, it just knows I'm not.
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It is 2 days until I go to Tokyo and I am in no way prepared. Nor will my head let me work out exactly what it is I need to do in order to become prepared, it just knows I'm not.
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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I found a 19th century Cat Villain!
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I found a 19th century Cat Villain!
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It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
Feeling weird. No, like even weirder than usual.
October 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Feeling weird. No, like even weirder than usual.
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📢 CALL FOR IDEAS: IMAGINE! BELFAST FESTIVAL 2026
Find out more and submit your idea here:
➡️ imaginebelfast.com/2026-call-fo...
Imagine returns 23-29 March 2026.
Submit your engaging and creative proposals by 7 November 2025 to shape the programme.
🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7 November 2025
Find out more and submit your idea here:
➡️ imaginebelfast.com/2026-call-fo...
Imagine returns 23-29 March 2026.
Submit your engaging and creative proposals by 7 November 2025 to shape the programme.
🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7 November 2025
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 CALL FOR IDEAS: IMAGINE! BELFAST FESTIVAL 2026
Find out more and submit your idea here:
➡️ imaginebelfast.com/2026-call-fo...
Imagine returns 23-29 March 2026.
Submit your engaging and creative proposals by 7 November 2025 to shape the programme.
🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7 November 2025
Find out more and submit your idea here:
➡️ imaginebelfast.com/2026-call-fo...
Imagine returns 23-29 March 2026.
Submit your engaging and creative proposals by 7 November 2025 to shape the programme.
🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7 November 2025
Made these down the pub this afternoon (painting TBD once dry)
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Made these down the pub this afternoon (painting TBD once dry)
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis