Marcus Chown
@marcuschown.bsky.social
Writer. Books include A Crack in Everything, Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad. See www.marcuschown.com
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Marcus Chown
@marcuschown.bsky.social
· Jan 5
"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Rosa Luxemburg
At times the end of the rainbow was directly ahead on the road.
You can almost see the end.
We were out yesterday, and at dusk, the light was beautiful, and we had a double. The most vivid one I've seen in years.
Wish I'd taken a photo, but we were in a taxi, and I just looked and admired it.
We were out yesterday, and at dusk, the light was beautiful, and we had a double. The most vivid one I've seen in years.
Wish I'd taken a photo, but we were in a taxi, and I just looked and admired it.
February 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
At times the end of the rainbow was directly ahead on the road.
It very definitely wasn’t easy driving. Getting dark. Road flooded. Maniacs overtaking on bend at high speed…’
‘Driving easy’ sounds like laid back enjoyment!
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
It very definitely wasn’t easy driving. Getting dark. Road flooded. Maniacs overtaking on bend at high speed…’
The US economy is going to suffer a devastating hit in the next year. You can’t deport your low-paid work force and expect companies not to go under. The biggest contributor to the California economy, for instance, is not silicon valley but agriculture. It relies on millions of immigrants.
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The US economy is going to suffer a devastating hit in the next year. You can’t deport your low-paid work force and expect companies not to go under. The biggest contributor to the California economy, for instance, is not silicon valley but agriculture. It relies on millions of immigrants.
I meant “driving east”!
Driving easy in the rain yesterday, Sun going behind. Fab rainbow.
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I meant “driving east”!
Double rainbow seen through windscreen, driving in the rain yesterday. Alexander’s [dark] Band between two rainbows, with colours reversed
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Double rainbow seen through windscreen, driving in the rain yesterday. Alexander’s [dark] Band between two rainbows, with colours reversed
Driving easy in the rain yesterday, Sun going behind. Fab rainbow.
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Driving easy in the rain yesterday, Sun going behind. Fab rainbow.
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I find it extraordinary that someone like Tim Stanley can have the audacity to have a public persona having repeatedly demonstrated just how wrong he is, but I suspect his self-awareness is almost non-existent.
Or that any organisation would pay him for his opinions; or people pay to read them.🤷♂️
Or that any organisation would pay him for his opinions; or people pay to read them.🤷♂️
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I find it extraordinary that someone like Tim Stanley can have the audacity to have a public persona having repeatedly demonstrated just how wrong he is, but I suspect his self-awareness is almost non-existent.
Or that any organisation would pay him for his opinions; or people pay to read them.🤷♂️
Or that any organisation would pay him for his opinions; or people pay to read them.🤷♂️
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I totally missed this, but did Tim Stanley literally call for the kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of Kier Starmer by the USA?
Previously from Tim Stanley
January 19, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I totally missed this, but did Tim Stanley literally call for the kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of Kier Starmer by the USA?
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Trump is ‘merely following the tradition of liberalism’? No other political traditions as more appropriate descriptors? None?
What even is this?
What even is this?
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Trump is ‘merely following the tradition of liberalism’? No other political traditions as more appropriate descriptors? None?
What even is this?
What even is this?
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The collective amnesia and stupidity of the British right is on display every day re: Trump & Trumpism. A representative example over the course of one week: Tim Stanley & the Daily Telegraph.
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The collective amnesia and stupidity of the British right is on display every day re: Trump & Trumpism. A representative example over the course of one week: Tim Stanley & the Daily Telegraph.
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🥊 We must fight against a politics of division and xenophobia.
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
www.economist.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🥊 We must fight against a politics of division and xenophobia.
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
The rise of the far-right is a stain on our society and our responsibility to display a compassionate and rational politics.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/05/how-remigration-is-penetrating-europes-political-mainstream
Tim Stanley, FFS.
February 8, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Tim Stanley, FFS.
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Tomorrow unelected Muppet Zia Yusuf will be in BBC Question Time for the sixth time.
Farage has been on 38 times.
Corbyn, MP for 42 years and one time party leader has been on 5 times.
Oakeshott 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 10
Tominey 10
Don’t ever tell me the BBC IS IMPARTIAL 😡😡
Farage has been on 38 times.
Corbyn, MP for 42 years and one time party leader has been on 5 times.
Oakeshott 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 10
Tominey 10
Don’t ever tell me the BBC IS IMPARTIAL 😡😡
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Tomorrow unelected Muppet Zia Yusuf will be in BBC Question Time for the sixth time.
Farage has been on 38 times.
Corbyn, MP for 42 years and one time party leader has been on 5 times.
Oakeshott 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 10
Tominey 10
Don’t ever tell me the BBC IS IMPARTIAL 😡😡
Farage has been on 38 times.
Corbyn, MP for 42 years and one time party leader has been on 5 times.
Oakeshott 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 10
Tominey 10
Don’t ever tell me the BBC IS IMPARTIAL 😡😡
Just turend on BBC Radio 4 and, suprise, surprise… Tim Stanley.
Don’t forget how the BBC deliberately promotes right wing views and pro-Brexit opinion through invitations to client journalists:
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
Most frequent non-politician appearances on Question Time (2014-2023)
Isabel Oakeshott 13
Julia Hartley-Brewer 13
Kate Andrews 12
Tim Stanley 12
Camilla Tominey 10
February 8, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Just turend on BBC Radio 4 and, suprise, surprise… Tim Stanley.
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Respect to the world’s longest shining light bulb! it’s been on since 1901. 125 years! www.livermoreca.gov/things-to-do...
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Respect to the world’s longest shining light bulb! it’s been on since 1901. 125 years! www.livermoreca.gov/things-to-do...
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The world’s longest running electrical devices www.drax.com/electrificat...
How in the world has the Oxford Bell been ringing since 1840!?
How in the world has the Oxford Bell been ringing since 1840!?
4 of the longest running electrical objects - Drax Global
Ancient lightbulbs, rickety tramcars and everlasting-ringing bells – not all electrical devices need replacing
www.drax.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The world’s longest running electrical devices www.drax.com/electrificat...
How in the world has the Oxford Bell been ringing since 1840!?
How in the world has the Oxford Bell been ringing since 1840!?
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That lighthouse is Souter Point in Marsden, South Tyneside. I grew up near it and remember the sound of its foghorn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrw...
Souter lighthouse fog horn
YouTube video by AJ Trotter
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
That lighthouse is Souter Point in Marsden, South Tyneside. I grew up near it and remember the sound of its foghorn.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrw...
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Tell Congress to subpoena Michael Cohen, Michael Wolff, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and others! They know more than they will say about Epstein and Trump when it comes to their horrific crimes against CHILDREN!
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE.
www.change.org/Justice4Surv...
THE VICTIMS NEED US!
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE.
www.change.org/Justice4Surv...
THE VICTIMS NEED US!
Sign the Petition
Demand congress subpoena key figures on Epstein case
www.change.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Tell Congress to subpoena Michael Cohen, Michael Wolff, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and others! They know more than they will say about Epstein and Trump when it comes to their horrific crimes against CHILDREN!
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE.
www.change.org/Justice4Surv...
THE VICTIMS NEED US!
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE.
www.change.org/Justice4Surv...
THE VICTIMS NEED US!
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We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
Just imagine the stuff in the Epstein files that they're holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
Just imagine the stuff in the Epstein files that they're holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
Imagine the most heinous activity you can, because what we've seen so far is horrifying enough.
Everything they're keeping hidden has to be 500 times worse, and Trump in the thick of it, or there would be no holding back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
We’re seeing the tip of the iceberg.
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
The abuse and exploitation of women is the lure for corrupt men, the means by which Epstein gained compromising material with which to blackmail
Mostly out of sight is the purpose: to manipulate governments to change laws and remove the barriers to making money
Imagine being a MAGA supporter and swallowing Trump's lie that heis "exonerated" despite being mentioned 13,000 times in the "heavily redacted" Epstein files.
Olympic-gold-medal standard gullibility.
MAGA - Make America Gullible Again.
Olympic-gold-medal standard gullibility.
MAGA - Make America Gullible Again.
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Imagine being a MAGA supporter and swallowing Trump's lie that heis "exonerated" despite being mentioned 13,000 times in the "heavily redacted" Epstein files.
Olympic-gold-medal standard gullibility.
MAGA - Make America Gullible Again.
Olympic-gold-medal standard gullibility.
MAGA - Make America Gullible Again.
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RELEASE ALL OF THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!
February 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
RELEASE ALL OF THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!
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The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the U.S., they’re getting a pass. - POLITICO
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the U.S., they’re getting a pass. - POLITICO
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Congress should demand the release of all the unredacted emails they determine must be released under the law. Some censors say they redacted every name except Epstein and Maxwell because nobody gave them a list of victims' names.
NEW w/ @kevinjfrey.bsky.social: Congress will be able to view unredacted versions of the publicly released Epstein files beginning Monday, according to a letter sent to members from a DOJ official & obtained by @ms.now
More on why the timing's significant below:
More on why the timing's significant below:
DOJ says Congress can see unredacted Epstein files next week
That’s just in time for testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell and Attorney General Pam Bondi, though Maxwell plans to stay silent.
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Congress should demand the release of all the unredacted emails they determine must be released under the law. Some censors say they redacted every name except Epstein and Maxwell because nobody gave them a list of victims' names.
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Sheryl Crow calls for Donald Trump to be 'imprisoned' over Epstein: 'Who are we if we do not stand up for children?'
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Sheryl Crow calls for Donald Trump to be 'imprisoned' over Epstein: 'Who are we if we do not stand up for children?'