Mark W
@bantamw.bsky.social
Gay scuba diving husky owning mountain climbing nerd.
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Holy Moly. The huge hay barn fire just next to the A1 near Durham is massive. The amount of heat you feel even when driving past is insane. My dashcam video doesn’t do it justice.
January 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Holy Moly. The huge hay barn fire just next to the A1 near Durham is massive. The amount of heat you feel even when driving past is insane. My dashcam video doesn’t do it justice.
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Breaking News: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker, has died at 78. He was known for his surreal style in films like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive,” as well as the TV series “Twin Peaks.” nyti.ms/3WphQj8
January 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking News: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker, has died at 78. He was known for his surreal style in films like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive,” as well as the TV series “Twin Peaks.” nyti.ms/3WphQj8
Interesting article about the Jet Stream in @newscientist.bsky.social - apple.news/AJnFKYEoqSH2... - although they are also seeing wacky weather in the Indian Ocean. Usually January is 90mm per month in Hulhulemale, Maldives. Just on 3rd Jan in 2 hours they had 108mm of rain. en.mmtv.mv/1482
Is a broken jet stream causing extreme weather that lasts longer? — New Scientist
Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with potentially catastrophic consequences
apple.news
January 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interesting article about the Jet Stream in @newscientist.bsky.social - apple.news/AJnFKYEoqSH2... - although they are also seeing wacky weather in the Indian Ocean. Usually January is 90mm per month in Hulhulemale, Maldives. Just on 3rd Jan in 2 hours they had 108mm of rain. en.mmtv.mv/1482
Yeah, ok. I could have been a bit quicker.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah, ok. I could have been a bit quicker.
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I can categorically say that the new OK Go music video is clever, mind bending and excellent. The song has a good message about the state of the world too. (The video will be released later today on YouTube).
January 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I can categorically say that the new OK Go music video is clever, mind bending and excellent. The song has a good message about the state of the world too. (The video will be released later today on YouTube).
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January 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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So sad about Tony Slattery passing away. I used to love him on Who’s Line is it Anyway and the documentary about him recently was heartbreaking but fascinating. A huge loss. Comedian and actor Tony Slattery dies aged 65 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tony Slattery: Comedian and actor dies aged 65
He was known for his quick-witted improvisations on shows like Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So sad about Tony Slattery passing away. I used to love him on Who’s Line is it Anyway and the documentary about him recently was heartbreaking but fascinating. A huge loss. Comedian and actor Tony Slattery dies aged 65 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is anyone else having an issue with @octopus.energy Octopus Mini not pulling any data from their smart meter?
Mine had worked fine for 12 months until Sunday when it suddenly stopped working. Worked intermittently since then, more off than on, despite restarts etc. Emailed octopus - no reply 😞
Mine had worked fine for 12 months until Sunday when it suddenly stopped working. Worked intermittently since then, more off than on, despite restarts etc. Emailed octopus - no reply 😞
January 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Is anyone else having an issue with @octopus.energy Octopus Mini not pulling any data from their smart meter?
Mine had worked fine for 12 months until Sunday when it suddenly stopped working. Worked intermittently since then, more off than on, despite restarts etc. Emailed octopus - no reply 😞
Mine had worked fine for 12 months until Sunday when it suddenly stopped working. Worked intermittently since then, more off than on, despite restarts etc. Emailed octopus - no reply 😞
Watching a documentary about the Carpenters and didn’t realise how much of their music is imprinted in my memory courtesy of my Dad’s family who loved them. You forget how beautiful Karen Carpenter’s voice was.
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watching a documentary about the Carpenters and didn’t realise how much of their music is imprinted in my memory courtesy of my Dad’s family who loved them. You forget how beautiful Karen Carpenter’s voice was.
Here we find a Land Rover in its usual state, broken down mid carriageway in the most dangerous place in Yorkshire near the top of Sutton Bank, yet it seems the driver was in no rush to get it moved and no police in attendance. Two pictures taken 90 minutes apart.
January 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Here we find a Land Rover in its usual state, broken down mid carriageway in the most dangerous place in Yorkshire near the top of Sutton Bank, yet it seems the driver was in no rush to get it moved and no police in attendance. Two pictures taken 90 minutes apart.
Biggest challenge I have with doing @nytimes.com ‘connections’ is that I’m not American and many of the ‘connections’ are very specifically yank focussed, which sometimes mean absolutely nothing to the more discerning international audience.
January 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Biggest challenge I have with doing @nytimes.com ‘connections’ is that I’m not American and many of the ‘connections’ are very specifically yank focussed, which sometimes mean absolutely nothing to the more discerning international audience.
Just checked the car’s charged (it has) but also curious about what it’s currently seeing as the outside temperature. -9C here!
January 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Just checked the car’s charged (it has) but also curious about what it’s currently seeing as the outside temperature. -9C here!
The video is very clever as it sort of digs into the Pete Burns side of fame - do stars get surgery because they hate themselves? Probably. Uncomfortable to watch and he’s only missing the full on trout pout which seems very popular currently.
As an aside - the song is just outstanding.
As an aside - the song is just outstanding.
The music video for “I Hate Myself” is now on YouTube! Thank you to everyone who came along to the livestream earlier. Check out this video if you haven’t already… and if you already have, watch it again!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Zu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Zu...
January 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The video is very clever as it sort of digs into the Pete Burns side of fame - do stars get surgery because they hate themselves? Probably. Uncomfortable to watch and he’s only missing the full on trout pout which seems very popular currently.
As an aside - the song is just outstanding.
As an aside - the song is just outstanding.
Here’s a simple video I shot of a couple of dives on the trip I just did to the Maldives. 2 hours of footage edited down somewhat - but pretty much as it happened. First dive was with 35+ reef sharks, second was a few Manta Rays at a cleaning station. youtu.be/rFDL1T3zAeE?...
Scuba Diving in the Maldives with Sharks & Manta Rays, January 2025
YouTube video by MarkW
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January 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here’s a simple video I shot of a couple of dives on the trip I just did to the Maldives. 2 hours of footage edited down somewhat - but pretty much as it happened. First dive was with 35+ reef sharks, second was a few Manta Rays at a cleaning station. youtu.be/rFDL1T3zAeE?...
But driving home from Manchester airport last night at 10pm was horrid. Roads weren’t busy, just the standing water made it terrible to drive, slush blocking carriageways, really varying driving standards. I’m lucky my Polestar has 4WD and winter tyres on being based on an XC40 underneath.
January 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
But driving home from Manchester airport last night at 10pm was horrid. Roads weren’t busy, just the standing water made it terrible to drive, slush blocking carriageways, really varying driving standards. I’m lucky my Polestar has 4WD and winter tyres on being based on an XC40 underneath.
Blimey. I consider myself lucky as the Qatar flight I arrived on yesterday evening in Manchester was one of the only not diverted. Poor Singapore Airlines people waited hours for their bags due to no staff being available to take them off the plane (we waited an hour due to dnata being ‘useless’).
January 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Blimey. I consider myself lucky as the Qatar flight I arrived on yesterday evening in Manchester was one of the only not diverted. Poor Singapore Airlines people waited hours for their bags due to no staff being available to take them off the plane (we waited an hour due to dnata being ‘useless’).
A short video of a Manta I was lucky enough to see on a cleaning station in the Maldives last week whilst on a week’s scuba diving trip. We were there for 70 minutes watching a few different manta turn up for their de-lousing. Something so moving about these beautiful creatures. #marinelife #scuba
January 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A short video of a Manta I was lucky enough to see on a cleaning station in the Maldives last week whilst on a week’s scuba diving trip. We were there for 70 minutes watching a few different manta turn up for their de-lousing. Something so moving about these beautiful creatures. #marinelife #scuba
Just listening to a new pressing of Fleetwood Mac’s self titled album from 1975 and I realised I used to love the embossed W logo on the sleeve of Warner Music Group releases. I wonder how many other people miss little things like that?
November 8, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Just listening to a new pressing of Fleetwood Mac’s self titled album from 1975 and I realised I used to love the embossed W logo on the sleeve of Warner Music Group releases. I wonder how many other people miss little things like that?
Had the pleasure of seeing Jurassic Park accompanied by a live orchestra this evening. Was rather magical and how much you take for granted how the mood and power of a movie is made or broken by the music.
October 22, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Had the pleasure of seeing Jurassic Park accompanied by a live orchestra this evening. Was rather magical and how much you take for granted how the mood and power of a movie is made or broken by the music.
Managed to get a second hand box set of both series of Phoenix Nights as I haven’t watched it for years and it isn’t on any streaming service.
Had no idea why Brian uses a vase to drink out of until I saw the first episode again - it was because he couldn’t reach the optics (1/2)
Had no idea why Brian uses a vase to drink out of until I saw the first episode again - it was because he couldn’t reach the optics (1/2)
October 15, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Managed to get a second hand box set of both series of Phoenix Nights as I haven’t watched it for years and it isn’t on any streaming service.
Had no idea why Brian uses a vase to drink out of until I saw the first episode again - it was because he couldn’t reach the optics (1/2)
Had no idea why Brian uses a vase to drink out of until I saw the first episode again - it was because he couldn’t reach the optics (1/2)
Hello world! So I’m Mark and I mostly will post about;
Music (and bands I may have seen).
Films & TV
Scuba & Freediving - cos I do that.
Marine biology & oceanography because I have a degree in Oceanography but work in IT (!!).
Mountain Climbing
Travel
(and sometimes a combo of all the above)
Music (and bands I may have seen).
Films & TV
Scuba & Freediving - cos I do that.
Marine biology & oceanography because I have a degree in Oceanography but work in IT (!!).
Mountain Climbing
Travel
(and sometimes a combo of all the above)
October 15, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Hello world! So I’m Mark and I mostly will post about;
Music (and bands I may have seen).
Films & TV
Scuba & Freediving - cos I do that.
Marine biology & oceanography because I have a degree in Oceanography but work in IT (!!).
Mountain Climbing
Travel
(and sometimes a combo of all the above)
Music (and bands I may have seen).
Films & TV
Scuba & Freediving - cos I do that.
Marine biology & oceanography because I have a degree in Oceanography but work in IT (!!).
Mountain Climbing
Travel
(and sometimes a combo of all the above)