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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Epstein and Mandelson Scandal: Can Keir Starmer Survive? Live with Byline Times, me with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @adambienkov.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
(And no I don't have blue right eye!)
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
(And no I don't have blue right eye!)
Epstein and Mandelson Scandal: Can Keir Starmer Survive? Live with Byline Times
A recording from Byline Supplement and Adam Bienkov's live video
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Epstein and Mandelson Scandal: Can Keir Starmer Survive? Live with Byline Times, me with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @adambienkov.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
(And no I don't have blue right eye!)
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
(And no I don't have blue right eye!)
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To write this sentence about Nigel Farage in 2026 is amazing: “On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others”
I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside Reform: Laura Kuenssberg follows Farage's party as it experiences the glare of scrutiny
The BBC has spent time interviewing senior figures and witnessing Reform's work at the largest council it runs.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
To write this sentence about Nigel Farage in 2026 is amazing: “On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others”
I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I love this scene 😍
Mr. Darcy offends everyone at Meryton ball - Pride & Prejudice (1995) subs ES/PT-BR
YouTube video by Mistress of Pemberley
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I love this scene 😍
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Aww, how sad. Maybe we should take it all back from him then.
Musk, the richest man in the world wrote on X, the platform he owns that "money can't buy happiness," followed by a sad face emoji.
Elon Musk posts cryptic message: 'money can't buy happiness'
www.newsweek.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Aww, how sad. Maybe we should take it all back from him then.
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WAUGH - It's like Saw, but with a pithy English writer
BRA: it's like saw but with boobs
RAW: It's like Saw, but instead of Jigsaw it's Gordon Ramsay
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
WAUGH - It's like Saw, but with a pithy English writer
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In Mandelson's case "I am gay so can't notice my friend trafficking girls".
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
In Mandelson's case "I am gay so can't notice my friend trafficking girls".
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So @lewisgoodall.com just made this point on LBC...
I can't help thinking Mandelson was appointed *because* he was The Prince of Darkness - an alleged master of the dark arts, which, back then, was arguably going to be needed in spades in the Court of King Trump.
"In retrospect Prime Minister, was his nickname of The Prince of Darkness not a tiny bit of a red flag?"
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
So @lewisgoodall.com just made this point on LBC...
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Our language becomes fluid, blurred. Gateway. Threshold. Portal. All these things imprecise and yet signalling what we feel as a truth: beyond this opening is the strange. Whether we go through becomes a litmus test. Do we want that possibility of encountering the uncanny? – Dr. M. Benn
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Our language becomes fluid, blurred. Gateway. Threshold. Portal. All these things imprecise and yet signalling what we feel as a truth: beyond this opening is the strange. Whether we go through becomes a litmus test. Do we want that possibility of encountering the uncanny? – Dr. M. Benn
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I would question the very widespread default assumption that 'centrist' politicians or 'technocrats' are always to be assumed to exude competence. First, because it's assumed and not argued. And second, because many of the 'centre-left' parties have been in crisis since at least 2008.
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I would question the very widespread default assumption that 'centrist' politicians or 'technocrats' are always to be assumed to exude competence. First, because it's assumed and not argued. And second, because many of the 'centre-left' parties have been in crisis since at least 2008.
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HE WAS LITERALLY CALLED "THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS" FOR TWENTY FUCKING YEARS
![Starmer: 'None of us knew depth and darkness of Mandelson's relationship with Epstein'
Starmer has addressed the fallout from the Epstein scandal during a speech this morning in Hastings, East Sussex. He said that while Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein was publicly known, “none of us knew the depth and darkness” of it.
He said:
Serious allegations and serious evidence has emerged concerning Mandelson’s conduct, including his relationship with Epstein, a convicted sex offender. It had been publicly known for some time that Mandelson knew Epstein, but none of us knew the depth or the darkness of that relationship. Information that was not known at the time of his appointment [as US ambassador].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qj77spn67kuic3yrtsbnwgg6/bafkreic6a3nbmusrxmqv5b7lincf5xac5vdujy3th7d6xgypxjlfefqlsq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
HE WAS LITERALLY CALLED "THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS" FOR TWENTY FUCKING YEARS
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Most of Westminster is still using a website that has been producing and distributing CSAM, maybe a bit of self-reflection is in order.
Isn’t the point that you shouldn’t be mates with a convicted child sex offender anyway? Like the depth and the money should be add-ons
February 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Most of Westminster is still using a website that has been producing and distributing CSAM, maybe a bit of self-reflection is in order.
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DRAW - it's like SAW, but with writing utensils
STRAW - it's like SAW, but with dry stalks of cereal plants
Aaw - its like Saw, but it’s puppies & kittens
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
DRAW - it's like SAW, but with writing utensils
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Yang did a rap at Labour List karaoke at conference 2024 that made me feel something unnervingly close to national pride
If some random MP's can meme Al Carns to leader on the basis, essentially, he was in the military we can meme Yuan Yang leadership from Bluesky on the basis of her dog.
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Yang did a rap at Labour List karaoke at conference 2024 that made me feel something unnervingly close to national pride
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😂
Starmer: Peter, did you do it?
Mandy: No Keith, of course not
Starmer: Are you sure? I'm a lawyer and I'm very forensic
Mandy: Cross my heart
Starmer: MI5 say you did it
Mandy: Use your forensic lawyer genius
Starmer: Okay I believe you
Mandy: No Keith, of course not
Starmer: Are you sure? I'm a lawyer and I'm very forensic
Mandy: Cross my heart
Starmer: MI5 say you did it
Mandy: Use your forensic lawyer genius
Starmer: Okay I believe you
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
😂
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But it’s not. Essentially everywhere in Europe there are people being sacked and facing prosecution because of their appearance in the Epstein files, and rightly so!
I kind of feel like the focus being on one bad man instead of how a shadowy cabal of abusers was using a network of patronage to influence society is a problem. If I were a shadowy cabal of abusers, that’s exactly where I’d want to focus the news
Isn’t the point that you shouldn’t be mates with a convicted child sex offender anyway? Like the depth and the money should be add-ons
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
But it’s not. Essentially everywhere in Europe there are people being sacked and facing prosecution because of their appearance in the Epstein files, and rightly so!
UK Labour should take advice from the factional assassins* who overthrew Australian Labor PM Kevin Rudd** in about 4 hours one night.
*They are not good or pleasant people
*Fun fact: Dr Rudd recently stepped down from his role as Australian Ambassador to the USA
*They are not good or pleasant people
*Fun fact: Dr Rudd recently stepped down from his role as Australian Ambassador to the USA
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
UK Labour should take advice from the factional assassins* who overthrew Australian Labor PM Kevin Rudd** in about 4 hours one night.
*They are not good or pleasant people
*Fun fact: Dr Rudd recently stepped down from his role as Australian Ambassador to the USA
*They are not good or pleasant people
*Fun fact: Dr Rudd recently stepped down from his role as Australian Ambassador to the USA
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There is only one proven scientific way to gauge the popularity of potential replacements for Starmer.
The London cabbie favourability test.
Rayner is very popular with cabbies.
And Ed has really shot up in the popularity stakes post electric cabs.
The rest are nowhere.
The London cabbie favourability test.
Rayner is very popular with cabbies.
And Ed has really shot up in the popularity stakes post electric cabs.
The rest are nowhere.
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
There is only one proven scientific way to gauge the popularity of potential replacements for Starmer.
The London cabbie favourability test.
Rayner is very popular with cabbies.
And Ed has really shot up in the popularity stakes post electric cabs.
The rest are nowhere.
The London cabbie favourability test.
Rayner is very popular with cabbies.
And Ed has really shot up in the popularity stakes post electric cabs.
The rest are nowhere.
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STRAW - it's like SAW, but with dry stalks of cereal plants
Aaw - its like Saw, but it’s puppies & kittens
DAW - it's like Saw, but with digital audio workstations
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
STRAW - it's like SAW, but with dry stalks of cereal plants
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DAW - it's like Saw, but with digital audio workstations
Slaw - it's Saw, but with cabbage
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
DAW - it's like Saw, but with digital audio workstations
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English lit comrades! 🥺
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
English lit comrades! 🥺
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It’s funny how at the same time as No 10 is doing a “no, it’s not true that Morgan urged that they could weather it and keep Mandelson”, all the evidence is that Morgan is again going “it is fine, we can weather it”.
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
It’s funny how at the same time as No 10 is doing a “no, it’s not true that Morgan urged that they could weather it and keep Mandelson”, all the evidence is that Morgan is again going “it is fine, we can weather it”.
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The bosses of Palantir were quite openly weird, evil and plotting the destruction of society *before* the current scandal. Now the media is going "oh no the government *corruptly* gave huge contracts to this obviously evil company!"
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The bosses of Palantir were quite openly weird, evil and plotting the destruction of society *before* the current scandal. Now the media is going "oh no the government *corruptly* gave huge contracts to this obviously evil company!"
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“Don’t move. You’re sticky and messy. Frankly it’s embarrassing.”
*aggressive lick*
“There. You’re welcome.”
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“Don’t move. You’re sticky and messy. Frankly it’s embarrassing.”
*aggressive lick*
“There. You’re welcome.”
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
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Goth! (Especially if you mistake all of the dark halo around her as very big like 80s big hair)
Girl with hat and cape in profile
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28594
https://botfrens.com/collections/109/contents/28594
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Goth! (Especially if you mistake all of the dark halo around her as very big like 80s big hair)