Mark Espiner
@soundnfurymark.bsky.social
Directing theatre with Sound&Fury and writing and living in Berlin. Represented by Giles Smart at United Agents: http://unitedagents.co.uk/soundfury
www.soundandfury.co.uk
www.soundandfury.co.uk
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honestly, if the Royal Society was vetting Musk as a catering supplier he'd fail their policies, but it's fine to have him as a Fellow
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
honestly, if the Royal Society was vetting Musk as a catering supplier he'd fail their policies, but it's fine to have him as a Fellow
@annettedittert.bsky.social hi. I follow you and besides other things also work at DW - could you follow me back so I can direct message you?
August 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@annettedittert.bsky.social hi. I follow you and besides other things also work at DW - could you follow me back so I can direct message you?
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Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
June 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
Get Brexit done
“As per my”
Quote this with your most spine-chilling three-word phrase in the English language. I bet you can't beat "replacement bus service" or "family fun day".
June 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Get Brexit done
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Feed the combined text of all the world's teenager secret diaries to chat-gpt. Then ask it how it feels.
April 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Feed the combined text of all the world's teenager secret diaries to chat-gpt. Then ask it how it feels.
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Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Spread this far and wide
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"Name?"
"Mark Carney."
"Full name?"
"Mark Carney."
"Full name?"
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"Name?"
"Mark Carney."
"Full name?"
"Mark Carney."
"Full name?"
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
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SO fucking glad I renewed my Labour party membership last month. Tax the fucking rich. Hunt down the Mones and the rest of those gougers who owe us billions, turn them upside down and shake out their pockets. Fine the shareholders. In the name of God TAX THE FUCKING RICH YOU GORMLESS WANKERS.
March 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
SO fucking glad I renewed my Labour party membership last month. Tax the fucking rich. Hunt down the Mones and the rest of those gougers who owe us billions, turn them upside down and shake out their pockets. Fine the shareholders. In the name of God TAX THE FUCKING RICH YOU GORMLESS WANKERS.
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Mothering Sunday next week. I'll be reading out the names of our #RememberedMums in church on the morning of Sunday March 30th. If you'd like to add your late mother's name, let me know. It can be oddly comforting to know her name will be typed out and said aloud once again. Reposts welcome. ❤️ 👑
March 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Mothering Sunday next week. I'll be reading out the names of our #RememberedMums in church on the morning of Sunday March 30th. If you'd like to add your late mother's name, let me know. It can be oddly comforting to know her name will be typed out and said aloud once again. Reposts welcome. ❤️ 👑
Drawing of graffiti in Berlin
March 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Drawing of graffiti in Berlin
If you want to help Ukraine consider this donation campaign that @timothysnyder.bsky.social has helped organise. You can give through this website:
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Timothy Snyder and Sławomir Sierakowski Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle | UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation) (Powered by Donorbox)
Timothy Snyder, Sławomir Sierakowski, and UNITED24 Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle for UkraineAmerican historian Timothy Snyder, Polish journalist Sławomir Sierakowski, and UNI...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you want to help Ukraine consider this donation campaign that @timothysnyder.bsky.social has helped organise. You can give through this website:
donorbox.org/armored-mede...
donorbox.org/armored-mede...
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There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
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I went to a sobering talk this evening at which an international human rights lawyer talked in a matter of fact way about the possibility of ‘disappearances’ of political dissidents in the USA.
March 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I went to a sobering talk this evening at which an international human rights lawyer talked in a matter of fact way about the possibility of ‘disappearances’ of political dissidents in the USA.
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A much less-discussed moment in the disgraceful Oval Office meeting was this.
Early on, Zelensky refused to let Trump get away with lies about Europe. Zelensky stood up for his allies, because that is leadership & friendship.
Trump hated it: “Don’t argue with me.”
It all fell apart shortly after.
Early on, Zelensky refused to let Trump get away with lies about Europe. Zelensky stood up for his allies, because that is leadership & friendship.
Trump hated it: “Don’t argue with me.”
It all fell apart shortly after.
March 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A much less-discussed moment in the disgraceful Oval Office meeting was this.
Early on, Zelensky refused to let Trump get away with lies about Europe. Zelensky stood up for his allies, because that is leadership & friendship.
Trump hated it: “Don’t argue with me.”
It all fell apart shortly after.
Early on, Zelensky refused to let Trump get away with lies about Europe. Zelensky stood up for his allies, because that is leadership & friendship.
Trump hated it: “Don’t argue with me.”
It all fell apart shortly after.
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Decoupling.
🇺🇲 Google ---> 🇪🇺 Ecosia
🇺🇲 Chrome ---> 🇪🇺 Vivaldi
🇺🇲 Translate ---> 🇪🇺 DeepL
🇺🇲 Gmail ---> 🇪🇺 Mailfence
🇺🇲 Maps ---> 🇪🇺 Here WeGo
🇺🇲 ChatGPT ---> 🇪🇺 Le Chat
🇺🇲 Chrome ---> 🇪🇺 Vivaldi
🇺🇲 Translate ---> 🇪🇺 DeepL
🇺🇲 Gmail ---> 🇪🇺 Mailfence
🇺🇲 Maps ---> 🇪🇺 Here WeGo
🇺🇲 ChatGPT ---> 🇪🇺 Le Chat
March 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Decoupling.
O Trumpera, O morons
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
O Trumpera, O morons
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Guido Fawkes used a doctored news clip to smear my reputation and it snowballed into a right wing pile on involving the Daily Mail, GB News, three Tory MPs, one Peer, Richard Tice and Paul Staines.
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Guido Fawkes used a doctored news clip to smear my reputation and it snowballed into a right wing pile on involving the Daily Mail, GB News, three Tory MPs, one Peer, Richard Tice and Paul Staines.
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We need real action. Let's unite with our European neighbours against Trump’s dangerous stitch-up with Putin. And let's use the £40 billion in frozen Russian assets held by the UK and Europe to give Ukraine the support it needs.
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We need real action. Let's unite with our European neighbours against Trump’s dangerous stitch-up with Putin. And let's use the £40 billion in frozen Russian assets held by the UK and Europe to give Ukraine the support it needs.
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This is a coup.
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a coup.
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Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.
February 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pretty disturbed by some of the Kremlin framing on the Trump talks being bought by parts of the media worldwide. It’s as if the genesis of the war is entirely forgotten. This isn’t a conflict which needs mediation. It was an unprovoked act of aggression. It could end tomorrow if Putin just withdrew.
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Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE
Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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These people worked selflessly for their country in some of earth's most impoverished or dangerous places under GOP and Dems alike.
One long time foreign service officer told me: "Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked."
One long time foreign service officer told me: "Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked."
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
These people worked selflessly for their country in some of earth's most impoverished or dangerous places under GOP and Dems alike.
One long time foreign service officer told me: "Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked."
One long time foreign service officer told me: "Our government is attacking us. This is worse than any dictatorship where I’ve worked."