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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Gladstone would have one of those vlogs where he interviews OF girls who have become tradwives.
It's interesting that British politics has been so slow to master social media/internet distribution, given how quickly British politicians mastered newspapers, radio & TV when they were new tech. Baldwin would have built a podcast studio in Downing Street & be pumping out content all the time
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cancelled
Not to go all politics (unlike me, I know) but a reason McLaren is loved in Woking is that it takes on people sans degrees with technical skills and offers them a brilliant future. Those kids won this for Lando. And it makes you very happy to be from there.
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not to go all politics (unlike me, I know) but a reason McLaren is loved in Woking is that it takes on people sans degrees with technical skills and offers them a brilliant future. Those kids won this for Lando. And it makes you very happy to be from there.
This is all very Dune.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is all very Dune.
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RIP Martin Parr
Some of my favourite photos
Some of my favourite photos
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
RIP Martin Parr
Some of my favourite photos
Some of my favourite photos
Classic Bit of Both from Lando Norris @footballcliches.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Classic Bit of Both from Lando Norris @footballcliches.bsky.social
Double U O Kay I En Gee!
December 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Double U O Kay I En Gee!
If Piastri plays the good teammate here he drops his ambitions and backs Max up into Norris drops himself down to 4th and guarantees Norris third.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If Piastri plays the good teammate here he drops his ambitions and backs Max up into Norris drops himself down to 4th and guarantees Norris third.
Have genuinely caught the F1 bug back this year. Mainly as McLaren and Woking. But still maintain the line from my F1:The Movie review that is in effect like being a fan of a spreadsheet.
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Have genuinely caught the F1 bug back this year. Mainly as McLaren and Woking. But still maintain the line from my F1:The Movie review that is in effect like being a fan of a spreadsheet.
Woking is genuinely full of McLaren colours. Partly because the company has booked out O'Neill"s but still.
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Woking is genuinely full of McLaren colours. Partly because the company has booked out O'Neill"s but still.
Are you okay babe? You’ve barely touched your The Beatles Official Slipper Socks
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The early Clarkson-May-Hammond ones were/are great but people forget how much it ran on fumes, lazy, bullying jokes and casual racism for the best part of a decade after its peak (probably about 2006/7?). So the changes were a breath of fresh air. For all concerned.
Controversial TV opinion
Harris-Flintoff-McGuinness is the best version of Top Gear, because the only thing they punch down on is each other
Harris-Flintoff-McGuinness is the best version of Top Gear, because the only thing they punch down on is each other
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The early Clarkson-May-Hammond ones were/are great but people forget how much it ran on fumes, lazy, bullying jokes and casual racism for the best part of a decade after its peak (probably about 2006/7?). So the changes were a breath of fresh air. For all concerned.
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The idea that societies and organisations exist without the infrastructure and support staff that keep things running is not exclusive to techbro libertarians. People forget that buildings have a foundation that stops them sinking into the mud
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Apart from anything else, this really embodies the Playmobil approach to workforces that politicians often fall into — it’s all very well and good to laud “frontline” NHS workers but without backroom staff the entire service would actually collapse.
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The idea that societies and organisations exist without the infrastructure and support staff that keep things running is not exclusive to techbro libertarians. People forget that buildings have a foundation that stops them sinking into the mud
bsky.app/profile/lott...
bsky.app/profile/lott...
Death Becomes Her (1992)
December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Death Becomes Her (1992)
He should probably look at young(er - it includes those of us in early middle age) people's attitudes to the government's policies and rhetoric on immigration then.
Keir Starmer Observer interview with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social articulates opportunity for young people as his defining mission for his government
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
He should probably look at young(er - it includes those of us in early middle age) people's attitudes to the government's policies and rhetoric on immigration then.
I would simply not call my advice column "The Kid Whisperer".
Dear Kid Whisperer,
I’m reading your book and having a hard time with how this works for seventh-graders. If I use Strategic Noticing as many times as you suggest, 34 times in one of my 50-minute periods, I think it will actually annoy the kids and they’ll turn it into a joke.
I’m reading your book and having a hard time with how this works for seventh-graders. If I use Strategic Noticing as many times as you suggest, 34 times in one of my 50-minute periods, I think it will actually annoy the kids and they’ll turn it into a joke.
The Kid Whisperer: How teachers can be simultaneously weird, uncool and effective
Dear Kid Whisperer, I’m reading your book and having a hard time with how this works for seventh-graders. If I use Strategic Noticing as many times as you suggest, 34 times in one of my 50-minute p…
trib.al
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I would simply not call my advice column "The Kid Whisperer".
Seems like everyone here needs to find a dignified way of saying goodbye rather than souring a relationship with arguably the most important Liverpool player in terms of achievement in 35 years.
Mohamed Salah has cast his Liverpool future in doubt, saying he feels like he has been "thrown under the bus" by the Premier League champion.
Mohamed Salah casts Liverpool future in doubt saying he's been 'thrown under the bus'
Mohamed Salah has cast his Liverpool future in doubt, saying he feels like he has been “thrown under the bus” by the Premier League champion.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Seems like everyone here needs to find a dignified way of saying goodbye rather than souring a relationship with arguably the most important Liverpool player in terms of achievement in 35 years.
This is right in one sense. I do think you need to be less hectoring when unnecessary and "live and let live" to some extent. But it doesn't preclude having strong values and standing up for them either. It is fine to try and be nice but also angry when you think something is badly wrong.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is right in one sense. I do think you need to be less hectoring when unnecessary and "live and let live" to some extent. But it doesn't preclude having strong values and standing up for them either. It is fine to try and be nice but also angry when you think something is badly wrong.
We should do this. It's probably right.
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We should do this. It's probably right.
Ibex on a chimney I know, I know. He's serious.
'Adult male Alpine Ibex (Steinbock or mountain goat) on a chimney at Merlet Park, Les Houches, France'
Unknown photographer
Unknown photographer
December 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ibex on a chimney I know, I know. He's serious.
A good point is that the 'Ripper' stuff is bad because so often is taken out of context due to its notoriety. The late Victorian world is fascinating as is in some ways like our own but really horrible, deadly and violent. And there's a lot of documentation telling you what it was like for everyone.
The honourable exceptions are @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, for her book focusing on the women who were killed and restoring their humanity and dignity, and Katie, whose guided walk around the landmarks of the victims' lives, brings Hallie's work to life lookup.london/walking-tour...
Feminist Jack the Ripper Tour - Alternative Jack The Ripper Walk - London
Feminist Jack the Ripper tour. Learn the grim & unfair situations in Victorian London. Our tour focuses on East End women's lives
lookup.london
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A good point is that the 'Ripper' stuff is bad because so often is taken out of context due to its notoriety. The late Victorian world is fascinating as is in some ways like our own but really horrible, deadly and violent. And there's a lot of documentation telling you what it was like for everyone.
"It has to be something we have to have a conversation about" is a fantastic way of saying "someone has pointed out very good reasons why this is unworkable but I want to stick with the headline pledge as my fans like it."
Asked if she would want it to be mandatory for all businesses to become workers' cooperatives under her idea of a nationalised economy, Zarah Sultana tells the BBC: "It has to be something that we have a conversation about." But, she adds, this is not Your Party policy (as it has no platform yet).
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"It has to be something we have to have a conversation about" is a fantastic way of saying "someone has pointed out very good reasons why this is unworkable but I want to stick with the headline pledge as my fans like it."
Sorry, what is this guy doing in Doha?
The Prime Minister of Qatar tells Tucker Carlson that his country WILL NOT pay for the reconstruction of Gaza.
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Sorry, what is this guy doing in Doha?
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How bad England are. Glen McGrath seems embarrassed and sorry about his usual 5-0 prediction.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How bad England are. Glen McGrath seems embarrassed and sorry about his usual 5-0 prediction.