Mark Drst 🔶🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦🇦🇲
@markofsoton.bsky.social
Lost in Chopeshire. Educated at one of the worst 365 schools in England..expect infinitives to be split. BA(Hons) Teapot Valuation = Software Architect.
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Do hope people will take note of this part.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Do hope people will take note of this part.
Which timelord has arrived?
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Which timelord has arrived?
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www.bbc.com/news/article... Fantastic work by BCP council and the outdoor centre volunteers.
Hengistbury Head activity centre revived by community group
The water sports centre, which has been closed since 2020, has been taken over by a community group.
www.bbc.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... Fantastic work by BCP council and the outdoor centre volunteers.
#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Nick car lass Nicole Be 🤦♀️
June 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Nick car lass Nicole Be 🤦♀️
#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Good Moaning Vietnam
June 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#FranceInMoviesOrSongs Good Moaning Vietnam
Beurre blanc and winding road 🤦♀️
#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen
#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen
May 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Beurre blanc and winding road 🤦♀️
#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen
#SongsAndMoviesForTheKitchen
Which castle..and what film did it feature in.
May 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Which castle..and what film did it feature in.
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Nigel Farage showed his true colours as Trump's spokesman in Britain once again.
Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.
Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.
March 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage showed his true colours as Trump's spokesman in Britain once again.
Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.
Zelensky showed courage and integrity in that room - in stark contrast to Farage’s cowardly approach of licking Trump’s boots.
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The next session of the Education Select Committee's inquiry into Solving the SEND Crisis is getting underway shortly. I will be posting updates here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social this morning.
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The next session of the Education Select Committee's inquiry into Solving the SEND Crisis is getting underway shortly. I will be posting updates here for @tesmagazine.bsky.social this morning.
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Under the leadership of Cllr Mike Cox, Dep. Council Leader and cabinet member for finance, Lib Dem cllrs have successfully delivered a balanced 2025/26 budget for BCP. This achievement faced minimal opposition from the Conservatives, who'd led the council into deficit during their administration.
Council tax confirmed to rise - amid 'poor' opposition to budget
COUNCILLORS voted through a 4.99 per cent council tax rise on Tuesday night along with a raft of additional cuts and efficeinces.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Under the leadership of Cllr Mike Cox, Dep. Council Leader and cabinet member for finance, Lib Dem cllrs have successfully delivered a balanced 2025/26 budget for BCP. This achievement faced minimal opposition from the Conservatives, who'd led the council into deficit during their administration.
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Just look how this post is going down on 'X'. Averaging ~10 unhinged replies a minute, many from 'verified' accounts.
Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.
Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.
February 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Just look how this post is going down on 'X'. Averaging ~10 unhinged replies a minute, many from 'verified' accounts.
Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.
Don't think I can continue posting there much longer.
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If Brexit had never happened…
…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If Brexit had never happened…
…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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…we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things.
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Worth noting also: the Christian Right ADF, which is pursuing anti abortion legal cases in the UK with funding from the US, is also a charity meaning its activities are subsidised by your taxes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Prayer and prosecutions: the US ‘hate group’ waging war over Britain’s abortion clinic buffer zones
Anti-abortion campaigners cheer as JD Vance brands safe zones an attack on ‘liberties of religious Britons’
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Worth noting also: the Christian Right ADF, which is pursuing anti abortion legal cases in the UK with funding from the US, is also a charity meaning its activities are subsidised by your taxes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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The nauseating &infuriating spectacle of British "patriots“, who are (rightly) proud of Churchill &fighting the Nazis, now minimising the fact that Vance endorsed the far-right party in *Germany*, a party that called 12 years of dictatorship &the Holocaust just "a tiny spec of dirt“ on our history.
February 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The nauseating &infuriating spectacle of British "patriots“, who are (rightly) proud of Churchill &fighting the Nazis, now minimising the fact that Vance endorsed the far-right party in *Germany*, a party that called 12 years of dictatorship &the Holocaust just "a tiny spec of dirt“ on our history.
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The ‘final’ evaluation report of the bus fare cap (covering 10 months of the £2 cap) is now out.
Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to:
“The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly
for those on lower incomes.”
Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to:
“The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly
for those on lower incomes.”
Evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap
Final report and associated interim reports on the £2 bus fare cap.
www.gov.uk
February 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The ‘final’ evaluation report of the bus fare cap (covering 10 months of the £2 cap) is now out.
Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to:
“The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly
for those on lower incomes.”
Lots to digest here but key point is it did what it was meant to:
“The evidence suggests… it has reduced the cost of living and has increased bus patronage, particularly
for those on lower incomes.”
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youtube.com/watch?v=Yyho... The Only Living Boy in New Cross on piano..which is nice.
youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=Yyho... The Only Living Boy in New Cross on piano..which is nice.