Mark Elliott
@thatmarkelliott.bsky.social
Cycling, music, political and other random ramblings. Work: computer scientist/language tester/psychometrican in some order. Once drew trees and was told it was "better than felling them", which is a start, I guess.
Views my own; cat photos will happen.
Views my own; cat photos will happen.
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Mark Elliott
@thatmarkelliott.bsky.social
· Jan 11
This is Hněvín Castle – a picturesque little Czech castle atop a hill, poking out above a sea of clouds. But what fairytale village lies beneath those clouds – are you perhaps already packing your bags to visit? If so, hold on for one moment before you do, for this is The Most 🧵. It will be long. 1/
This could end up backfiring both spectacularly and hilariously for the right-wing coup-mongers - Davie gone, Gibb (ad more?) to follow?
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This could end up backfiring both spectacularly and hilariously for the right-wing coup-mongers - Davie gone, Gibb (ad more?) to follow?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Architecture feature! Nice strain stations! I've only been to five of these:
King's Cross (best concourse)
St Pancras (best hotel)
Gare du Nord (grandest)
Helsinki (best clock tower and art deco vibes)
Hungerburg (best view and wavy roof)
King's Cross (best concourse)
St Pancras (best hotel)
Gare du Nord (grandest)
Helsinki (best clock tower and art deco vibes)
Hungerburg (best view and wavy roof)
The 42 most beautiful train stations in the world
Take time to enjoy the journey at these awe-inspiring stations.
www.cntraveller.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Architecture feature! Nice strain stations! I've only been to five of these:
King's Cross (best concourse)
St Pancras (best hotel)
Gare du Nord (grandest)
Helsinki (best clock tower and art deco vibes)
Hungerburg (best view and wavy roof)
King's Cross (best concourse)
St Pancras (best hotel)
Gare du Nord (grandest)
Helsinki (best clock tower and art deco vibes)
Hungerburg (best view and wavy roof)
Fun fact: There are more people in this photo than the entire population of Fair Isle (44 in the 2022 census).
Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation
Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fun fact: There are more people in this photo than the entire population of Fair Isle (44 in the 2022 census).
We need to see a Venn diagram of Liverpool fans who loudly condemned Trent Alexander-Arnold for a lack of loyalty and Liverpool fans who are now loudly demanding that Mohamed Salah is sold because they don't think he's useful any more.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We need to see a Venn diagram of Liverpool fans who loudly condemned Trent Alexander-Arnold for a lack of loyalty and Liverpool fans who are now loudly demanding that Mohamed Salah is sold because they don't think he's useful any more.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Regular, POUNDING heartbeats are not irregular, after all
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Regular, POUNDING heartbeats are not irregular, after all
Rumours are that people find this new fabric a bit like Marmite.
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
Brewery waste can be turned into a cheap, environmentally-friendly textile
www.chemistryworld.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Rumours are that people find this new fabric a bit like Marmite.
"I'm sorry, Donald, I'm afraid I can't do that."
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"I'm sorry, Donald, I'm afraid I can't do that."
I wish to add my hot take to the many I am seeing in response to this: I have no opinion whatsoever on this quote from Zack Polanski without seeing its cotext and broader context.
Zack Polanski: "I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin."
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I wish to add my hot take to the many I am seeing in response to this: I have no opinion whatsoever on this quote from Zack Polanski without seeing its cotext and broader context.
Poem for today, by Siegfried Sassoon
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Poem for today, by Siegfried Sassoon
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it
In a big win for nominative determinism, the new adaptation of Frankenstein features Mia Goth.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In a big win for nominative determinism, the new adaptation of Frankenstein features Mia Goth.
Look on their Massive Statues, ye Mighty, and despair!
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Look on their Massive Statues, ye Mighty, and despair!
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Fully on board with this public information campaign.
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fully on board with this public information campaign.
Yes, "Labour has to convince young people it is 'modern party of the future'" - but it can either do that or it can continue trying to appeal to reactionary, regressive, authoritarian Reform voters. It's a straightforward choice between the two, and the current evidence is not promising.
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Yes, "Labour has to convince young people it is 'modern party of the future'" - but it can either do that or it can continue trying to appeal to reactionary, regressive, authoritarian Reform voters. It's a straightforward choice between the two, and the current evidence is not promising.
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“My name is Victor. Victor Frankenstein.”
“Oh, like the monster?”
“Oh, like the monster?”
Watch Frankenstein | Netflix Official Site
Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro reimagines Mary Shelley's classic tale of a brilliant scientist and the creature his monstrous ambition brings to life.
www.netflix.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“My name is Victor. Victor Frankenstein.”
“Oh, like the monster?”
“Oh, like the monster?”
Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatised you?
The Childcatcher as per down the thread (pretty universally, I guess), obvs - but this one, which was in one of only a handful of films I actually saw in the cinema, was the one that really haunted me. Truly the stuff of nightmares.
The Childcatcher as per down the thread (pretty universally, I guess), obvs - but this one, which was in one of only a handful of films I actually saw in the cinema, was the one that really haunted me. Truly the stuff of nightmares.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatised you?
The Childcatcher as per down the thread (pretty universally, I guess), obvs - but this one, which was in one of only a handful of films I actually saw in the cinema, was the one that really haunted me. Truly the stuff of nightmares.
The Childcatcher as per down the thread (pretty universally, I guess), obvs - but this one, which was in one of only a handful of films I actually saw in the cinema, was the one that really haunted me. Truly the stuff of nightmares.
Yesterday was an excellent day for those keeping track of the extensive Shetland/Guilt cast crossover. We can now add:
Greg McHugh (Colin/Teddy)
Ellie Haddington (Lana/Sheila)
Greg McHugh (Colin/Teddy)
Ellie Haddington (Lana/Sheila)
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yesterday was an excellent day for those keeping track of the extensive Shetland/Guilt cast crossover. We can now add:
Greg McHugh (Colin/Teddy)
Ellie Haddington (Lana/Sheila)
Greg McHugh (Colin/Teddy)
Ellie Haddington (Lana/Sheila)
The good news is that $5.5bn in 2025 represents much better VFM than it would have in 2017.
British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late
First 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, finally ready to deploy to Nato’s eastern flank, where drones now dominate
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The good news is that $5.5bn in 2025 represents much better VFM than it would have in 2017.
So this "Staten Island" place...
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
So this "Staten Island" place...
Sadly for me, I discovered that with the lights out, it was in fact more dangerous.
I must confirm that I am not a bitch. Nor am I a lover. I am in no way a child. Definitely not a mother. Not a sinner, not a saint. Feeling a bit ashamed tbh.
I must confirm that when I get knocked down, I do *not* get up again, and you are in fact going to keeo me down.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Sadly for me, I discovered that with the lights out, it was in fact more dangerous.
t turns out that barely a handful of English folk Llan-dudno how to pronounce Welsh names well enough to make a pun.
I've just heard about my hundredth Care-philly since the election. Come on English dudes, we can pronounce Leicester and Worcester and unlike Caerfili, they're not even spelled phonetically!
"Caer" rhymes with fire. Hth.
"Caer" rhymes with fire. Hth.
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
t turns out that barely a handful of English folk Llan-dudno how to pronounce Welsh names well enough to make a pun.
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.