Mark Hood
@markhoodauthor.com
Author, engineer, photographer, sceptic. I tweet about writing, science, and myths & legends. Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy every day for over 1,000 days.
https://markhoodauthor.com/
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🎶 whoa-oh here he comes
Watch out girl he’ll tell you stuff
You already know
He’s a mansplainer 🎶
Watch out girl he’ll tell you stuff
You already know
He’s a mansplainer 🎶
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🎶 whoa-oh here he comes
Watch out girl he’ll tell you stuff
You already know
He’s a mansplainer 🎶
Watch out girl he’ll tell you stuff
You already know
He’s a mansplainer 🎶
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Interested in 13 quality sci-fi ebooks from 13 amazing indie authors? Offered through StoryBundle, you can get the three featured books for $5 or all 13 for $25 (US prices).
I'm delighted to have my novel, Kelvoo's Testimonial, among the 10 bonus books.
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I'm delighted to have my novel, Kelvoo's Testimonial, among the 10 bonus books.
PURCHASE LINK: storybundle.com/alien…
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Interested in 13 quality sci-fi ebooks from 13 amazing indie authors? Offered through StoryBundle, you can get the three featured books for $5 or all 13 for $25 (US prices).
I'm delighted to have my novel, Kelvoo's Testimonial, among the 10 bonus books.
PURCHASE LINK: storybundle.com/alien…
I'm delighted to have my novel, Kelvoo's Testimonial, among the 10 bonus books.
PURCHASE LINK: storybundle.com/alien…
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The Undercover Aliens Bundle - When anyone could be an alien, who can you trust?
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The Undercover Aliens Bundle - When anyone could be an alien, who can you trust?
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
Check out this incredible deal, available right now: $5 for 3 books, or $25 for all 13!
13 amazing #scifi books, all on the theme of #aliens among us.
With #storybundle, you get to support authors, help charity and discover your next favourite read, all at a great price.
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13 amazing #scifi books, all on the theme of #aliens among us.
With #storybundle, you get to support authors, help charity and discover your next favourite read, all at a great price.
storybundle.com/aliens
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Check out this incredible deal, available right now: $5 for 3 books, or $25 for all 13!
13 amazing #scifi books, all on the theme of #aliens among us.
With #storybundle, you get to support authors, help charity and discover your next favourite read, all at a great price.
storybundle.com/aliens
13 amazing #scifi books, all on the theme of #aliens among us.
With #storybundle, you get to support authors, help charity and discover your next favourite read, all at a great price.
storybundle.com/aliens
Very excited to be a part of this bundle! And I'm in some very exciting company...
Check it out now, 13 great books and you can choose what you pay!
storybundle.com/aliens
Check it out now, 13 great books and you can choose what you pay!
storybundle.com/aliens
The Undercover Aliens Bundle - When anyone could be an alien, who can you trust?
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.
It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.
storybundle.com/aliens
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Very excited to be a part of this bundle! And I'm in some very exciting company...
Check it out now, 13 great books and you can choose what you pay!
storybundle.com/aliens
Check it out now, 13 great books and you can choose what you pay!
storybundle.com/aliens
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"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."
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I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
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And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
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Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!
Boss: I have an idea
Boss: I have an idea
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!
Boss: I have an idea
Boss: I have an idea
A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) www.historyextra.com...
#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime
#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime
A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes)
Led by figures such as Agatha Christie, this is how a group of the world's most celebrated writers of crime fiction formed a clandestine group to collectively improve their field while taking inspiration from real crimes
www.historyextra.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) www.historyextra.com...
#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime
#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime
The first rule of Stone Club is tell everyone about Stone Club
stoneclub.rocks/
#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore
stoneclub.rocks/
#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore
Stone Club
Welcome to Stone Club. Recreating Prehistory since 2021 A place for all
Stone enthusiasts to congregate, to muse and most importantly to stomp to
stones.
stoneclub.rocks
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The first rule of Stone Club is tell everyone about Stone Club
stoneclub.rocks/
#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore
stoneclub.rocks/
#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore
Have we got statistical evidence of psychic abilities?
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(Hint: No. But the reason why is very interesting.)
#Psychic #Math #Maths #Zener #ESP
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(Hint: No. But the reason why is very interesting.)
#Psychic #Math #Maths #Zener #ESP
We have statistical evidence that people are mildly psychic
Learn more about the Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internship25-SUM
Ben's Zener Test: https://zenertest.bensparks.co.uk/
Huge thanks to Ben Sparks (and their brother Tim) for making the site, collecting the data and sharing the story with me. You can book Ben to give a maths talk
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September 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NASA makes a lot of data from the ISS publically available. People have used it to make copies of control panels, models of the station that track the deployment of solar panels, and... a pee tank status bot.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/iss...
#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/iss...
#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee
ISS Piss Tracker (@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social)
Tracks the level of the piss tank on the International Space Station in real time.
Not affiliated with NASA.
Please don't follow me unless you want your feed filled with percentage changes. (It is not as fun as it sounds)
FAQ thread is pinned.
bsky.app
September 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NASA makes a lot of data from the ISS publically available. People have used it to make copies of control panels, models of the station that track the deployment of solar panels, and... a pee tank status bot.
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/iss...
#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee
@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/iss...
#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee
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One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
![A stone that looks like a prehistoric standing stone but inscribed with "Asda Price Promise Permanently [text obscured] prices [text obscured].
The stone is by a Drystone wall and vegetation grows around it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mzhk55756kcluyutorbqyex/bafkreicxukeks37aqp6tgtzj2hlbvjgtxc5syw4ptr6nnojxhazlrfwflq@jpeg)
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
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I never walk more than when I’m in London. Hours a day. Streets I know, streets I don’t… it’s almost like the Aboriginal Songlines, and if I don’t regularly come back to my city & walk it, London will cease to exist. And in a way, with its constant inexorable morphing, maybe it WOULD disappear.
August 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I never walk more than when I’m in London. Hours a day. Streets I know, streets I don’t… it’s almost like the Aboriginal Songlines, and if I don’t regularly come back to my city & walk it, London will cease to exist. And in a way, with its constant inexorable morphing, maybe it WOULD disappear.
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Cake, definitely 🍰
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cake, definitely 🍰
As if I need time passing faster than usual… I still think 1995 was ten years ago.
www.space.com/astron...
#Space
www.space.com/astron...
#Space
Earth will spin faster today to create 2nd-shortest day in history
Our planet has been rotating at its fastest since records began in 1973.
www.space.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As if I need time passing faster than usual… I still think 1995 was ten years ago.
www.space.com/astron...
#Space
www.space.com/astron...
#Space
I love the explanation of 'racetrack' UFO sightings, that they open this video with. Genuinely one I'd never seen before!
VFX Artists Debunk... REAL UFO Videos www.youtube.com/watc...
#UFO #UAP #Debunking #Sceptic
VFX Artists Debunk... REAL UFO Videos www.youtube.com/watc...
#UFO #UAP #Debunking #Sceptic
VFX Artists Debunk... REAL UFO Videos
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July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I love the explanation of 'racetrack' UFO sightings, that they open this video with. Genuinely one I'd never seen before!
VFX Artists Debunk... REAL UFO Videos www.youtube.com/watc...
#UFO #UAP #Debunking #Sceptic
VFX Artists Debunk... REAL UFO Videos www.youtube.com/watc...
#UFO #UAP #Debunking #Sceptic
Get yourself a password manager, now. One weak password can ruin your day (or your company)
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company www.bbc.co.uk/news/a...
#AuthorHowTo #CyberSecurity #Password #Security #Hacking
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company www.bbc.co.uk/news/a...
#AuthorHowTo #CyberSecurity #Password #Security #Hacking
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
Transport company KNP forced to shut down after international hacker gangs target thousands of UK businesses.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Get yourself a password manager, now. One weak password can ruin your day (or your company)
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company www.bbc.co.uk/news/a...
#AuthorHowTo #CyberSecurity #Password #Security #Hacking
Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company www.bbc.co.uk/news/a...
#AuthorHowTo #CyberSecurity #Password #Security #Hacking
Can you build a radio telescope in your back garden? Spoiler: Yes. - YouTube www.youtube.com/watc...
#Astronomy #Telescope #RadioTelescope #Space
#Astronomy #Telescope #RadioTelescope #Space
backyard radio telescope: part I
Radio Jove Project: https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/radio_telescope/observing/
King Salmon Sweater Pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/king-salmon
I knit it in Drops Tweed.
Link to patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/acollierastro
I have merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/ange
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July 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Can you build a radio telescope in your back garden? Spoiler: Yes. - YouTube www.youtube.com/watc...
#Astronomy #Telescope #RadioTelescope #Space
#Astronomy #Telescope #RadioTelescope #Space
Interesting theory - that the stones came from all over as a sign of unification!
One of Stonehenge's biggest mysteries has been 'solved' after 5,000 years apple.news/ASaesUqzRQma...
One of Stonehenge's biggest mysteries has been 'solved' after 5,000 years — Metro
No, it's not aliens.
apple.news
June 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Interesting theory - that the stones came from all over as a sign of unification!
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MIT just pubbed a study on ChatGPT users.
“Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”
“Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MIT just pubbed a study on ChatGPT users.
“Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”
“Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”
Yet more evidence of a LOT of water on #Mars - and plenty of oxygen too...
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Dr. Becky has a real knack for explaining these things in a clear and entertaining manner.
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Dr. Becky has a real knack for explaining these things in a clear and entertaining manner.
New study explains why Mars is RED
AD - Go to https://surfshark.com/drbecky and use code DRBECKY at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN | Mars is quite famously the red planet and it’s red colour has long been thought to be due to something known as hematite - a type of iron oxide - i.e. plain old rust. That’s what we’re
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March 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yet more evidence of a LOT of water on #Mars - and plenty of oxygen too...
www.youtube.com/watc...
Dr. Becky has a real knack for explaining these things in a clear and entertaining manner.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Dr. Becky has a real knack for explaining these things in a clear and entertaining manner.
Are you a creative? Living or working in the UK? Have your say on copyright and Artificial Intelligence - the government want to know what you think! www.gov.uk/governmen...
December 23, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Are you a creative? Living or working in the UK? Have your say on copyright and Artificial Intelligence - the government want to know what you think! www.gov.uk/governmen...