Phil Marsden
@philmarsden.bsky.social
Reader, runner, cyclist, not necessarily in that order.
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OK. Seeing how I have been drawn into this....
Dear American commentators: Not every part of the world is the same as the USA. Advising people in the UK to do things that would send them to prison is unethical and makes you look like an overinsulated idiot.
Dear American commentators: Not every part of the world is the same as the USA. Advising people in the UK to do things that would send them to prison is unethical and makes you look like an overinsulated idiot.
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OK. Seeing how I have been drawn into this....
Dear American commentators: Not every part of the world is the same as the USA. Advising people in the UK to do things that would send them to prison is unethical and makes you look like an overinsulated idiot.
Dear American commentators: Not every part of the world is the same as the USA. Advising people in the UK to do things that would send them to prison is unethical and makes you look like an overinsulated idiot.
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Welcome to #TraitorsGreekMyth Part 1!
Alan Carr: Odysseus. He could betray his closest friend without hesitation. He’s clever, plausible, entertaining and ruthless. His greatest liability? Running his mouth off and getting himself into trouble...
Alan Carr: Odysseus. He could betray his closest friend without hesitation. He’s clever, plausible, entertaining and ruthless. His greatest liability? Running his mouth off and getting himself into trouble...
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Welcome to #TraitorsGreekMyth Part 1!
Alan Carr: Odysseus. He could betray his closest friend without hesitation. He’s clever, plausible, entertaining and ruthless. His greatest liability? Running his mouth off and getting himself into trouble...
Alan Carr: Odysseus. He could betray his closest friend without hesitation. He’s clever, plausible, entertaining and ruthless. His greatest liability? Running his mouth off and getting himself into trouble...
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A letter from war torn Portland Oregon, truly heartbreaking. Please pass along so others across the world can see how bad it is🤭
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DefendersOfDemocracy
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A letter from war torn Portland Oregon, truly heartbreaking. Please pass along so others across the world can see how bad it is🤭
#DefendersOfDemocracy
#DefendersOfDemocracy
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It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
10 Favourite tv comedies:
Blackadder
Spaced
30 Rock
The Thick of It
Yes Minister
The Day Today
Flight of the Conchords
Larry Sanders Show
Peep Show
Ab Fab
Blackadder
Spaced
30 Rock
The Thick of It
Yes Minister
The Day Today
Flight of the Conchords
Larry Sanders Show
Peep Show
Ab Fab
Okay fine. Favourite 10 tv comedies. In order that I think of them.
Mid Morning Matters
Father Ted
Look Around You
The Day Today
One Foot In The Grave
Human Remains
The Office (UK)
30 Rock
The Simpsons (until the mid to late 90s)
The Thick of It
Mid Morning Matters
Father Ted
Look Around You
The Day Today
One Foot In The Grave
Human Remains
The Office (UK)
30 Rock
The Simpsons (until the mid to late 90s)
The Thick of It
Favourite 10 TV comedies (no particular order)
Black Books
Happy Endings
A Very Peculiar Practice
Ripping Yarns
You Rang M'Lord?
Police Squad!
Nightingales
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Cheers
Porridge
Black Books
Happy Endings
A Very Peculiar Practice
Ripping Yarns
You Rang M'Lord?
Police Squad!
Nightingales
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Cheers
Porridge
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
10 Favourite tv comedies:
Blackadder
Spaced
30 Rock
The Thick of It
Yes Minister
The Day Today
Flight of the Conchords
Larry Sanders Show
Peep Show
Ab Fab
Blackadder
Spaced
30 Rock
The Thick of It
Yes Minister
The Day Today
Flight of the Conchords
Larry Sanders Show
Peep Show
Ab Fab
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Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Waiting for Elmo"
YouTube video by sawing14s
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...
Thread:
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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In the last few days, we've assembled independent theatres in LA, New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Chicago to air this thing.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be in theatres on October 2nd after all, followed by the first theatrical screening of Sex House. It is going to be fun as hell.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be in theatres on October 2nd after all, followed by the first theatrical screening of Sex House. It is going to be fun as hell.
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In the last few days, we've assembled independent theatres in LA, New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Chicago to air this thing.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be in theatres on October 2nd after all, followed by the first theatrical screening of Sex House. It is going to be fun as hell.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be in theatres on October 2nd after all, followed by the first theatrical screening of Sex House. It is going to be fun as hell.
Countryside. Tolstoy. National Trust.
What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Countryside. Tolstoy. National Trust.
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Toni Basil co-directed the famous video for Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime with David Byrne, and he then asked her to make this video for Crosseyed and Painless (THREAD)
youtu.be/yHoqH-26UDk?...
youtu.be/yHoqH-26UDk?...
Crosseyed and Painless
YouTube video by ToniBasilsHouse
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Toni Basil co-directed the famous video for Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime with David Byrne, and he then asked her to make this video for Crosseyed and Painless (THREAD)
youtu.be/yHoqH-26UDk?...
youtu.be/yHoqH-26UDk?...
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NEW: Britain’s fiercest libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for the $4bn OneCoin fraud and threatened its critics. Now they’re being prosecuted at the SDT.
Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out.
Thread
Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out.
Thread
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: Britain’s fiercest libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for the $4bn OneCoin fraud and threatened its critics. Now they’re being prosecuted at the SDT.
Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out.
Thread
Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out.
Thread
N: St Petersburg
S: Melbourne
E: Sydney
W: San Francisco
S: Melbourne
E: Sydney
W: San Francisco
N: Copenhaguen
S: Mexico City
E: Kyiv
W: Baja California
S: Mexico City
E: Kyiv
W: Baja California
N: Tromsø 🇳🇴
S: Ushuaia 🇦🇷
E: Whakatāne 🇳🇿
W: Honolulu 🇺🇸
S: Ushuaia 🇦🇷
E: Whakatāne 🇳🇿
W: Honolulu 🇺🇸
August 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
N: St Petersburg
S: Melbourne
E: Sydney
W: San Francisco
S: Melbourne
E: Sydney
W: San Francisco
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As someone who is in contact with dozens of different non-citizens every day, I can anecdotally confirm that all of the documented people I know are living with some degree of anxiety and all of the undocumented (& their families) are living in some degree of terror. Please support where you can
July 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As someone who is in contact with dozens of different non-citizens every day, I can anecdotally confirm that all of the documented people I know are living with some degree of anxiety and all of the undocumented (& their families) are living in some degree of terror. Please support where you can
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Gonna take this opportunity to bust a bit of a myth about the mobile phone network during 7/7.
The wider London phone network never went down. The Security Services, TfL and the Met Police all wanted it up.
But it DID go down briefly in the Square Mile. Due to a C&C issue nobody had spotted. /1
The wider London phone network never went down. The Security Services, TfL and the Met Police all wanted it up.
But it DID go down briefly in the Square Mile. Due to a C&C issue nobody had spotted. /1
Wasn’t that partly because they shut it down because there was a possibility it was being used to remotely detonate bombs?
July 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Gonna take this opportunity to bust a bit of a myth about the mobile phone network during 7/7.
The wider London phone network never went down. The Security Services, TfL and the Met Police all wanted it up.
But it DID go down briefly in the Square Mile. Due to a C&C issue nobody had spotted. /1
The wider London phone network never went down. The Security Services, TfL and the Met Police all wanted it up.
But it DID go down briefly in the Square Mile. Due to a C&C issue nobody had spotted. /1
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One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
thinking of getting into pre-code cinema, because I think we can all agree I don't have enough hobbies - where should I start? any recs, especially for someone who's almost entirely used to modern films?
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
thinking of getting into pre-code cinema, because I think we can all agree I don't have enough hobbies - where should I start? any recs, especially for someone who's almost entirely used to modern films?
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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🧵 There’s a thread going around misrepresenting my work and Bellingcat’s education strategy. I want to use this as an opportunity to explain what we’re actually doing—and why it matters.
This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society.
x.com/buynevich/st...
This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society.
x.com/buynevich/st...
May 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🧵 There’s a thread going around misrepresenting my work and Bellingcat’s education strategy. I want to use this as an opportunity to explain what we’re actually doing—and why it matters.
This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society.
x.com/buynevich/st...
This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society.
x.com/buynevich/st...
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Once again I brushed so much fur off my dog that I was able to make a new dog.
May 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Once again I brushed so much fur off my dog that I was able to make a new dog.
VATman
Add a tariff and ruin a movie
Tariff Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest
Tariff Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest
May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
VATman