Mark
@worgztheowl.bsky.social
Recovering showbiz hack. Now in pictures/video. Up for LaserQuest with Andy C.
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Mark
@worgztheowl.bsky.social
· Feb 15
After JD Vance disgraced himself, and the British Trumpists did the same. Feels like a good moment to reshare this Substack on how MAGA can create a new progressive British patriotism.
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Interested to Giles De Bilde is one of the judges on The Graun's Top 100 footballers.
He of the song:
"Giles De Bilde, can we sell him?"
"Giles De Bilde, can we fuck!"
He of the song:
"Giles De Bilde, can we sell him?"
"Giles De Bilde, can we fuck!"
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Interested to Giles De Bilde is one of the judges on The Graun's Top 100 footballers.
He of the song:
"Giles De Bilde, can we sell him?"
"Giles De Bilde, can we fuck!"
He of the song:
"Giles De Bilde, can we sell him?"
"Giles De Bilde, can we fuck!"
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I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
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Europe imagines it can win at Washington’s “neo-royalist” game. Trump sees Europe as an extension of his domestic retribution campaign. Both are wrong, and both underestimate Europe’s ability to fight back (if it finds the will). My thoughts for @agendapublica.es:
agendapublica.es/noticia/2047...
agendapublica.es/noticia/2047...
Against Donald Trump, a Europe that abandons its illusions and wields its coercive power
For Jeremy Cliffe, editor at the ECFR think tank, the administration’s National Security Strategy confirms that both Europe and Washington misunderstand their relationship. In his analysis, he argues ...
agendapublica.es
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Europe imagines it can win at Washington’s “neo-royalist” game. Trump sees Europe as an extension of his domestic retribution campaign. Both are wrong, and both underestimate Europe’s ability to fight back (if it finds the will). My thoughts for @agendapublica.es:
agendapublica.es/noticia/2047...
agendapublica.es/noticia/2047...
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“I bring you fun”
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“I bring you fun”
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
“I bring you sunshine”
“I bring you love”
The Three Morecambe and Wise Men.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
All these people deserve to go to prison for a very, very long time.
After Rubio told Congress lifesaving aid programs were active, his advisors turned around and denied funding requests that would allow those same programs to operate. In South Sudan, that incapacitated the country’s health and sanitation system just as doctors were scrambling to contain cholera.
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All these people deserve to go to prison for a very, very long time.
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This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Cripes.
My God. I don’t know how I feel about agreeing with Laurence Fox 😱
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Cripes.
"Yu know what annoys me, how much television affects people. I was watching that Buffy the Vampire Slayer the other day, and you know what. Before I knew what I was doing I was on the bus to Golders Green and must have slaughtered about 18,000. I thought it's television that's driven me to this."
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Yu know what annoys me, how much television affects people. I was watching that Buffy the Vampire Slayer the other day, and you know what. Before I knew what I was doing I was on the bus to Golders Green and must have slaughtered about 18,000. I thought it's television that's driven me to this."
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An incredible statement. Does he really think that all is well in UK political economy in the year 2025? (Posted on X two days ago).
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An incredible statement. Does he really think that all is well in UK political economy in the year 2025? (Posted on X two days ago).
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Lot of shit things happened this year but on the other hand I just scared my cat laughing after suddenly remembering that Fat Joe tried to claim the Taliban both took a day off when michael jackson died and were shown on CNN solemnly body popping in his memory.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lot of shit things happened this year but on the other hand I just scared my cat laughing after suddenly remembering that Fat Joe tried to claim the Taliban both took a day off when michael jackson died and were shown on CNN solemnly body popping in his memory.
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this bracket keeps getting more competitive and i hate that
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
this bracket keeps getting more competitive and i hate that
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something quite deeply, richly, darkly comical about this headline
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
something quite deeply, richly, darkly comical about this headline
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oh my god there actually is a gated community of horrible people in hiding in Moscow, pleaseeeee someone write that sitcom with me www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
oh my god there actually is a gated community of horrible people in hiding in Moscow, pleaseeeee someone write that sitcom with me www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Congratulations, you win Olympic Gold for Mental Gymnastics
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congratulations, you win Olympic Gold for Mental Gymnastics
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It's not that they aren't present - it's not great are not here and genuinely think BS would be better if people were more accommodating to those on the right. But that X is rigged in favour of not just the right but *the far right*. It's not OK for a social media platform to push Nazi race science.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's not that they aren't present - it's not great are not here and genuinely think BS would be better if people were more accommodating to those on the right. But that X is rigged in favour of not just the right but *the far right*. It's not OK for a social media platform to push Nazi race science.
Do think it's speaks well of my TL that the name "Salazar" keeps coming up right now.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Do think it's speaks well of my TL that the name "Salazar" keeps coming up right now.
Remember when people lost their jobs in America for not being sufficiently nice about Charlie Kirk after his murder.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Remember when people lost their jobs in America for not being sufficiently nice about Charlie Kirk after his murder.
WTAF.
December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
WTAF.
I imagine some from the darts will try it out before then.
The UK’s highest rooftop adventure is set to open next year, as visitors will soon be able to walk across the roof of Alexandra Palace, 130 metres above sea level.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ale...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ale...
Alexandra Palace unveils UK’s highest roof climb
The UK's highest rooftop adventure is set to open next year, as visitors will soon be able to walk across the roof of Alexandra Palace, 130 metres above sea level.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I imagine some from the darts will try it out before then.
I don't think this is unsurprising. Because it's not their thing, their skill, so don't see as valuable but needless hard work. Flip it the other way and say you have an artist saying "wow, I wish had a lovely machine that takes care of everything that goes into business and monetising my work".
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I don't think this is unsurprising. Because it's not their thing, their skill, so don't see as valuable but needless hard work. Flip it the other way and say you have an artist saying "wow, I wish had a lovely machine that takes care of everything that goes into business and monetising my work".
I don't think it will require Morse to solve this Oxford murder.
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't think it will require Morse to solve this Oxford murder.