Chris Marsden
@chrismarsden.bsky.social
Professional on LinkedIn, no quote without permission pls. I'm not the news. Often post blue skies. Mainly sports politics (not US) travel. Prof AI & Internet/tech co-regulation: views personal. He/him #FirstGen Liverpool, cricket & cycling tragic #JFT97
Victoria only checks COVID fortnightly & last released info a fortnight ago, when it was trending up. Noticed as a family member just tested positive
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Victoria only checks COVID fortnightly & last released info a fortnight ago, when it was trending up. Noticed as a family member just tested positive
Do not go gently into that night, rage against the dying of the light
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do not go gently into that night, rage against the dying of the light
Blue sky, Hayman Island last month
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Blue sky, Hayman Island last month
In 1957 there was a regular scheduled 20 hour commercial flight, 68 years ago SAnFran-Paris,with a 23hr17min LHR-SFR flight once
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
In 1957 there was a regular scheduled 20 hour commercial flight, 68 years ago SAnFran-Paris,with a 23hr17min LHR-SFR flight once
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest...
Not cricket weather, even in Durham... Still not seen a game yet this wet spring
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not cricket weather, even in Durham... Still not seen a game yet this wet spring
Hero of most boys from nowhere of my generation, though I was comfortable middle class one step removed from working Toxteth. That's his twice widow... 5 years after his flame was extinguished having commanded #1984
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Hero of most boys from nowhere of my generation, though I was comfortable middle class one step removed from working Toxteth. That's his twice widow... 5 years after his flame was extinguished having commanded #1984
Mamdani 1 Murdoch 0
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Mamdani 1 Murdoch 0
That's 6pm 32C, November starting very hot indeed but we'll pay for it tomorrow
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
That's 6pm 32C, November starting very hot indeed but we'll pay for it tomorrow
A toasty 32C back in Marvellous Melbourne after showing the outlaws the Mornington Peninsula
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A toasty 32C back in Marvellous Melbourne after showing the outlaws the Mornington Peninsula
Cooker, noun, Australia slang "about as left wing as Mussolini these flogs" - should be in the REAL citizenship test...
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Cooker, noun, Australia slang "about as left wing as Mussolini these flogs" - should be in the REAL citizenship test...
Have to repeat the great Keith Miller line about pressure in sport, and his Beethoven detour
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Have to repeat the great Keith Miller line about pressure in sport, and his Beethoven detour
Having a lot of weather! Guess who has annual leave on Monday?!
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Having a lot of weather! Guess who has annual leave on Monday?!
No1s were very Alan Partridge though, Boomtown Rats the only recognised No1 though of course Pistols were really No1 in July 1977
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
No1s were very Alan Partridge though, Boomtown Rats the only recognised No1 though of course Pistols were really No1 in July 1977
Blue skies Halloween 2024
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Blue skies Halloween 2024
The extraordinary clarity of Tuscany in autumn blue skies
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The extraordinary clarity of Tuscany in autumn blue skies
Good morning Marvellous Melbourne
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Good morning Marvellous Melbourne
How green? That 💚
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
How green? That 💚
Melbourne ground to a halt yesterday with 35mm of rain (almost 10% of the annual total) - this is 1000mm. Our city would be drowned. Jamaica will be close too. Luckily it's mountainous so much will run off, but many lives will be lost
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Melbourne ground to a halt yesterday with 35mm of rain (almost 10% of the annual total) - this is 1000mm. Our city would be drowned. Jamaica will be close too. Luckily it's mountainous so much will run off, but many lives will be lost
1 mile away on the "thousand and one..." scale. It's now "Hollywood rain" that always spoils the authenticity of England located films (never rains like this in England)
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
1 mile away on the "thousand and one..." scale. It's now "Hollywood rain" that always spoils the authenticity of England located films (never rains like this in England)
Booming stormy afternoon
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Booming stormy afternoon
If Hitler was 3 years old... Pathetic toddler
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If Hitler was 3 years old... Pathetic toddler
Rubbish sunset too, so wide you can't photograph the mountains and the sea
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Rubbish sunset too, so wide you can't photograph the mountains and the sea
Padua June '24, hope to revisit our Monash Alliance partner late June '26
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Padua June '24, hope to revisit our Monash Alliance partner late June '26