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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · Dec 22

My pinned Twitter post was something like:

Keyser Söze: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

Me: The greatest trick billionaire media barons ever pulled was convincing their readers that their interests were aligned.

It's a shame nothing's changed.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.

Use the Quick Vote option.

Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them

Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand

secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.

secure.cesvotes.com

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 5h

What a shock. I've been calling Trump's style "Middle Eastern Dictator Chic" for ages.

Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 6h

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 7h

I suppose that runs on railway quack.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 15h

I have a similar happy place. (Old photo, possibly from 2012.)

Sock to create darkground effect.

Me, wearing a green sun hat and a yellow and black dry suit, sitting at a lab bench looking down a stereo microscope while manipulating a staining block which hold the specimen I'm looking at.

A shot of a stereo microscope with cold light goosenecks set up to illuminate a staining block that holds the specimen.

A black sock is hanging out of the front of the microscope.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 15h

FIFY: “… mine and my ex-missus’ entire relationship…”

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 1d

This is disturbing.

No matter what safeguards might be built into this system, all it takes is an authoritarian government and the safeguards can be rolled back.

We’re in danger of falling into Chinese-style state surveillance.

Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 1d

🚨LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION IS EXPANDING

The Home Office told us they’d consider a legal framework to govern it’s use.

But what we’re seeing is a rapid rollout - and no safeguards to protect us.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not that good; any political principle is ephemeral, lasting only until it’s no longer expedient.

The exception is the cling to power principle.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not just the The Times.

The Telegraph used to be a proper newspaper, despite its politics, with an excellent page two summary of the day’s news.

It’s now just deranged.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 2d

I hope it was Rees-Mogg’s trusted economist, one of the brains behind Britannia Unchained.

Patrick Minford, is it you? Have you changed your mind?

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 2d

Talk about justifying his criticism.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 3d

Did you ever see the late comedienne Janey Godley's welcome messages to Trump?

The first was around 2016 but she didn't let up until she died.

She laughed loudest.

Screen shot that shows, in the foreground, a policeman looking at Janey Godley, who's holding a handwritten sign saying "TRUMP IS A CUNT".

There's a bank behind them that's part of a golf course with a fancy building behind it. There's a helicopter in front of the building.

Janey Godley, on left, and a policeman in a high viz tabard, are standing on a sandy beach with the sea in the background.

Godley is holding a handwritten sign saying "TRUMP IS A CUNT". Her right hand is obscuring the sign's "C", making it look like a lower case "r".

Godley and the policeman appear to be high fiving each other.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 3d

His essay “A Hanging” is one of the finest things I’ve read.

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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 4d

We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 4d

There's a certain magnificence in the deranged hyperbole.

It's reminiscent of the Daily Mail's recent rant about Zak Polanski.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 4d

“Under review”

An IDF expression that means “Our people have been exonerated because they did absolutely nothing wrong.”

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 4d

A bolide in Moscow airspace?

There’ll be an air defence chief falling out of a high window any day now.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 4d

I get confused.

There are places without a white face to be seen, yet an ad with black or brown person is not representative.

Perhaps I’m just mixing up my racists.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

🚨The IPP scandal is one of the most cruel, monumental and shocking injustices of the past half century. If you are not yet familiar with it watch this jaw dropping update.

PM Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to take the politics out of it and end this injustice.

youtu.be/HVOWDnYBzDI?...

🚨The SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel & inhumane injustices of the past half-century

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.

[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].

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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown

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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.

[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives

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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage

[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]

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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?

FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.

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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.

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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?

FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!

PRESENTER:
Ha ha

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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.

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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]

FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey

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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...

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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:

*Am I the only option for Britain?*

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[Cut back to studio]

PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

[ends]

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 5d

It’s not early if Christmas is an important selling time for you because people are already buying. You have to get on it! Please support independent makers and artists on social media. Don’t just like, repost! We appreciate it x

Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 10d

I know it’s early but my #Christmas card and gift wrap collection is now available in my online shop
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...

Christmas cards and gift wrap collection.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 5d

Trying very hard to give Labour the benefit of the doubt.

Perhaps the required “clarity” is necessary to mitigate the risk that something is condemned that’s not in the plans, which would allow the Tories and press to claim Labour’s scaremongering.

Perhaps.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 5d

Fcuk me.

The right’s descent into utter derangement continues unchecked.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

Are the right ok?

This is next level of "journalistic* " slop.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The artist known as Zack Polanski so am astute communicator. His voice is fluffed in a lisp. Glib radicalism of the rampant egomaniac.

Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 7d

The biggest disappointment is the over-perfumed stench that wafts up from the open bottle.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:

-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.

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Mark Papp @markppp.bsky.social · 8d

Wait - what??

There are academic requirements to serve?

That’s something I never expected.