Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭
@ajaanmark.bsky.social
From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
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If they call him Mr. Battenberg, things will be getting worse...
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If they call him Mr. Battenberg, things will be getting worse...
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One of THE great political photos here. “I have to learn quickly… because a flag-waving, snarling bear is right behind me”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘I had to learn very quickly’: Reform UK leader, 19, defends council tax rise
Party accused of breaking election promise – but officials in Warwickshire say George Finch’s 3.89% rise still not enough to balance budget
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
One of THE great political photos here. “I have to learn quickly… because a flag-waving, snarling bear is right behind me”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Mandelson on course for a meeting with the Old Bill.
Government refers material to police after review of Mandelson Epstein emails - live updates
PM Keir Starmer calls allegations that Lord Mandelson passed on sensitive government information to Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Mandelson on course for a meeting with the Old Bill.
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Alex Andreou’s new #Podyssey is full of delights and surprises, an insight into people and pets, Hellenic humans and their animal helpers and companions. @sturdyalex.bsky.social takes us from crickets to dogs to dolphins, from the wild to the psychopomp. Not to be missed!
The Beast In Me - Ancient Greece And Its Pets
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 03/02/2026 · Bonus · 41m
podcasts.apple.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Alex Andreou’s new #Podyssey is full of delights and surprises, an insight into people and pets, Hellenic humans and their animal helpers and companions. @sturdyalex.bsky.social takes us from crickets to dogs to dolphins, from the wild to the psychopomp. Not to be missed!
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UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Elon Musk’s firms have complied with data protection law
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Has there been a closer look at Mandelson's longstanding relationships with other influential states and financial market actors?
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Has there been a closer look at Mandelson's longstanding relationships with other influential states and financial market actors?
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Bitcoin hovering just over $75k, meaning it's on the way to losing half of its value in just over three months.
The future of money.
The future of money.
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Bitcoin hovering just over $75k, meaning it's on the way to losing half of its value in just over three months.
The future of money.
The future of money.
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Musk and now Not Prince Andrew...
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Musk and now Not Prince Andrew...
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European Scientists who said NO to Epstein-funding are the heroines of this hour🦸♀️
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
They show: It was your choice to SAY NO to Epstein's $ as scientist- you just had to have ethics & a spine
Kudos to Physicist IVETTE FUENTES who said NO
She was working at @quantumunivie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Or just spreading the word! buff.ly/Bgy4GqC
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other superyacht name ideas:
- easy come easy go
- worldly gains
- treasure hoarded
- this too shall pass
- undeserved
- death comes for us all
- unfairness
- random chance
- dark$money
- praise&blame
- escape me
- vendetta
- cradle 2 grave
- trapped inside
- washing machine of pain
- hellboat
- easy come easy go
- worldly gains
- treasure hoarded
- this too shall pass
- undeserved
- death comes for us all
- unfairness
- random chance
- dark$money
- praise&blame
- escape me
- vendetta
- cradle 2 grave
- trapped inside
- washing machine of pain
- hellboat
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
other superyacht name ideas:
- easy come easy go
- worldly gains
- treasure hoarded
- this too shall pass
- undeserved
- death comes for us all
- unfairness
- random chance
- dark$money
- praise&blame
- escape me
- vendetta
- cradle 2 grave
- trapped inside
- washing machine of pain
- hellboat
- easy come easy go
- worldly gains
- treasure hoarded
- this too shall pass
- undeserved
- death comes for us all
- unfairness
- random chance
- dark$money
- praise&blame
- escape me
- vendetta
- cradle 2 grave
- trapped inside
- washing machine of pain
- hellboat
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You can't pass an unprecedented law to strip me of my peerage! I quit!
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
You can't pass an unprecedented law to strip me of my peerage! I quit!
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Imagine Mandelson is under a lot of stress right now so just as well his husband is a trained osteopath.
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Imagine Mandelson is under a lot of stress right now so just as well his husband is a trained osteopath.
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in this interview for TNI's State of Power report, I take a look at China and/in the global politics of the far right, convergence and mismatch, civilizationism and digital culture, and visions for transnational solidarity.
www.tni.org/en/article/m...
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/m...
@tninstitute.bsky.social
Mirror and Mismatch | Transnational Institute
The far-right label is not easily applied in China, but nevertheless there is a rising tide of xenophobia, militaristic nationalism, racism, anti-feminism, and social conservatism in Chinese online di...
www.tni.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
in this interview for TNI's State of Power report, I take a look at China and/in the global politics of the far right, convergence and mismatch, civilizationism and digital culture, and visions for transnational solidarity.
www.tni.org/en/article/m...
@tninstitute.bsky.social
www.tni.org/en/article/m...
@tninstitute.bsky.social
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And God bless Rev. Levy Armstrong for making this stand. Full story 👇
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
And God bless Rev. Levy Armstrong for making this stand. Full story 👇
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Waking up to see on here that "Joi Ito showed Epstein what an anime waifu body pillow was in July 2013." 🫤
Today is cursed.
Today is cursed.
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Waking up to see on here that "Joi Ito showed Epstein what an anime waifu body pillow was in July 2013." 🫤
Today is cursed.
Today is cursed.
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There's a big academic literature on ideological constraint, or how highly engaged voters, partisans etc believe sets of ideas *have* to go together, wheras most voters just...don't think that.
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
There's a big academic literature on ideological constraint, or how highly engaged voters, partisans etc believe sets of ideas *have* to go together, wheras most voters just...don't think that.
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Heidegger:
Hey buddy. Cheer up. The annoying guy in your office that didn’t finish his slide deck is hurtling inevitably towards his eternal oblivion too.
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Heidegger:
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just announced: infinite Liberal seats
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
just announced: infinite Liberal seats
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This seems at best like evidence of shockingly poor judgment…
Tom Bradby, "Andrew Windsor's former wife, Sarah Ferguson, took her daughters to see the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein"
"Just after he had been released from prison for sex trafficking a minor"
🤯
They would have been 19 and 20 at the time
"Just after he had been released from prison for sex trafficking a minor"
🤯
They would have been 19 and 20 at the time
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This seems at best like evidence of shockingly poor judgment…
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Heard u were spreading heresy
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Heard u were spreading heresy
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The unwritten Handbook of Digital Instability will have a chapter on the broken dream of the Google Books project.
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The unwritten Handbook of Digital Instability will have a chapter on the broken dream of the Google Books project.
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Y'all didn't know because y'all prefered not to look.
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Y'all didn't know because y'all prefered not to look.
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This is genius! 😍
The sentence 不想上班那就別上 ("if you don't want to go to work, then just don't go")
is mashed up into four written characters, each comprising two spoken syllables:
⿱⿰不目心⿲上丿王⿰𭃂尤⿰另上
h/t @y-wenli.bsky.social
The sentence 不想上班那就別上 ("if you don't want to go to work, then just don't go")
is mashed up into four written characters, each comprising two spoken syllables:
⿱⿰不目心⿲上丿王⿰𭃂尤⿰另上
h/t @y-wenli.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This is genius! 😍
The sentence 不想上班那就別上 ("if you don't want to go to work, then just don't go")
is mashed up into four written characters, each comprising two spoken syllables:
⿱⿰不目心⿲上丿王⿰𭃂尤⿰另上
h/t @y-wenli.bsky.social
The sentence 不想上班那就別上 ("if you don't want to go to work, then just don't go")
is mashed up into four written characters, each comprising two spoken syllables:
⿱⿰不目心⿲上丿王⿰𭃂尤⿰另上
h/t @y-wenli.bsky.social
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Incredible that Mandelson's response to it being discovered that he leaked sensitive documents to a sex offender for personal financial gain is to conduct negative briefing in a Times interview
February 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Incredible that Mandelson's response to it being discovered that he leaked sensitive documents to a sex offender for personal financial gain is to conduct negative briefing in a Times interview