Mark Bale
@balemj.bsky.social
Interested in technology, genomics, bioethics and history. Former UK civil servant. Passionate Europhile
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It’s people with dogshit opinions like this that really piss me off. Continuing the narrative that migrants are to blame for everything that’s wrong.
If your country cannot sort out a net inflow of 232,000 people per year over 25 years, that’s not the fault of those 232,000 people, but yours.
If your country cannot sort out a net inflow of 232,000 people per year over 25 years, that’s not the fault of those 232,000 people, but yours.
December 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It’s people with dogshit opinions like this that really piss me off. Continuing the narrative that migrants are to blame for everything that’s wrong.
If your country cannot sort out a net inflow of 232,000 people per year over 25 years, that’s not the fault of those 232,000 people, but yours.
If your country cannot sort out a net inflow of 232,000 people per year over 25 years, that’s not the fault of those 232,000 people, but yours.
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Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
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How good is your intuition for exponential growth?
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
How good is your intuition for exponential growth?
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As a delivery driver I think the worst people in the world are those that order 24x2ltr (48 kgs) bottles of water to their top floor flat, in London, up stairs, at rush hour. Not just for my poor knees but the planet as well. You have a tap you twat.
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a delivery driver I think the worst people in the world are those that order 24x2ltr (48 kgs) bottles of water to their top floor flat, in London, up stairs, at rush hour. Not just for my poor knees but the planet as well. You have a tap you twat.
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Shoot this into my veins / trains www.ft.com/content/ff71...
London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes
Planned £100mn overhaul of train station will seek to end ‘holding pen’ experience for passengers
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Shoot this into my veins / trains www.ft.com/content/ff71...
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This is how you do it.
Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process.
Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process.
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is how you do it.
Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process.
Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process.
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A welcome update from CEO of Met Office.
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A welcome update from CEO of Met Office.
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Adore the British-themed mural in my hotel in Valletta, including: yassified Virgin Queen, Churchill with pigeon, and for some reason General Rochambeau (not very British? like really pointedly not? did they think he was Nelson? wrong number of arms for a start) in a Spitfire that says “dong” on it
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Adore the British-themed mural in my hotel in Valletta, including: yassified Virgin Queen, Churchill with pigeon, and for some reason General Rochambeau (not very British? like really pointedly not? did they think he was Nelson? wrong number of arms for a start) in a Spitfire that says “dong” on it
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I despair…..
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I despair…..
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Wow, this ancient Egyptian linen shirt is the world’s oldest known complex woven garment. Known as the Tarkhan Dress, it was cut and tailored to fit some 5,000 years ago!
📷 Petrie Museum. : antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/ste...
#Archaeology
📷 Petrie Museum. : antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/ste...
#Archaeology
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow, this ancient Egyptian linen shirt is the world’s oldest known complex woven garment. Known as the Tarkhan Dress, it was cut and tailored to fit some 5,000 years ago!
📷 Petrie Museum. : antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/ste...
#Archaeology
📷 Petrie Museum. : antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/ste...
#Archaeology
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Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can I just shock you? I think public transport infrastructure is good and these people should fuck off.
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Awful as this is, it's nowhere near as bad as it could have been if William McGonagall had been here to commemorate it
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Awful as this is, it's nowhere near as bad as it could have been if William McGonagall had been here to commemorate it
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I wasn't clever enough as a child to know that sticky-back-plastic was just sellotape so I never attempted to make anything I saw on Blue Peter. I'm fucking angry about this to this day. I'm 50!
December 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wasn't clever enough as a child to know that sticky-back-plastic was just sellotape so I never attempted to make anything I saw on Blue Peter. I'm fucking angry about this to this day. I'm 50!
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Cold War insanity! 😱
In 1965, a plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of world’s highest mtns - Nanda Devi (7,816 m) - in a U.S. covert mission to spy on China!
It’s likely still buried in a glacier feeding the Ganges - a river that supports ~600 M ppl! 😲
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In 1965, a plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of world’s highest mtns - Nanda Devi (7,816 m) - in a U.S. covert mission to spy on China!
It’s likely still buried in a glacier feeding the Ganges - a river that supports ~600 M ppl! 😲
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Cold War insanity! 😱
In 1965, a plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of world’s highest mtns - Nanda Devi (7,816 m) - in a U.S. covert mission to spy on China!
It’s likely still buried in a glacier feeding the Ganges - a river that supports ~600 M ppl! 😲
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In 1965, a plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of world’s highest mtns - Nanda Devi (7,816 m) - in a U.S. covert mission to spy on China!
It’s likely still buried in a glacier feeding the Ganges - a river that supports ~600 M ppl! 😲
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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EVERYBODY ONLINE: space is the worst possible place for a data center, doesn't anyone at this paper know a single thing about thermodynamics???
EVERY MAJOR PUBLICATION IN AMERICA: do opinions count
EVERY MAJOR PUBLICATION IN AMERICA: do opinions count
December 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
EVERYBODY ONLINE: space is the worst possible place for a data center, doesn't anyone at this paper know a single thing about thermodynamics???
EVERY MAJOR PUBLICATION IN AMERICA: do opinions count
EVERY MAJOR PUBLICATION IN AMERICA: do opinions count
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His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
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A 1967 studio rehearsal of "I Say A Little Prayer" with DIONNE WARWICK — 85 Candles 🎂 today — Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A 1967 studio rehearsal of "I Say A Little Prayer" with DIONNE WARWICK — 85 Candles 🎂 today — Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
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Husband loves Spotify Wrapped and hates Joni Mitchell. All year i've been playing non-stop Joni on his laptop every Sunday while he's at football. Now we wait.
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Husband loves Spotify Wrapped and hates Joni Mitchell. All year i've been playing non-stop Joni on his laptop every Sunday while he's at football. Now we wait.
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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
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I appreciate my Governor's sense of humor, which Trump lacks.
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I appreciate my Governor's sense of humor, which Trump lacks.
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EU lawmakers have clinched a long-awaited agreement on the bloc’s overhaul of its two decades-old pharmaceutical rules — one of the EU’s biggest health files.
EU legislators strike pharmaceutical deal
The long-awaited rules overhaul aims to restore Europe’s competitive edge.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
EU lawmakers have clinched a long-awaited agreement on the bloc’s overhaul of its two decades-old pharmaceutical rules — one of the EU’s biggest health files.
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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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he can't possibly be a president he didn't insult anybody or talk about his cognitive tests
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
he can't possibly be a president he didn't insult anybody or talk about his cognitive tests