Mark Charnock
@markcharnockwrites.bsky.social
Aspiring writer of Adult SFF and non-fiction. Mainer. Foreign travel and language junkie. Website: http://markcharnock.com
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Holy fuck they actually did it
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Holy fuck they actually did it
Ok, so no dice on Thanksgiving or Conspicuous Consumption day, but did get Chinese takeout for Xmas eve, so progress.
Well, Thanksgiving is coming up, a wondrous day on which the rest of the US is expected to stuff themselves on the same kind of bland, tasteless crap that I ate for dinner every evening as a kid.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Ok, so no dice on Thanksgiving or Conspicuous Consumption day, but did get Chinese takeout for Xmas eve, so progress.
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You know, we're always told we view the past with rose-tinted glasses & the olden days were never really that good, but I remember when journalists used to piss & moan about having to do human interest stories instead of hard news because there wasn't enough news to fill half an hour.
I miss that.
I miss that.
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
You know, we're always told we view the past with rose-tinted glasses & the olden days were never really that good, but I remember when journalists used to piss & moan about having to do human interest stories instead of hard news because there wasn't enough news to fill half an hour.
I miss that.
I miss that.
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Pour l’extrême droite actuelle, Science Po est pleine de gauchistes, les business schools et écoles d’ingénieurs de militants de la décroissance…
Mais où vont-ils envoyer leurs enfants ?
(Dans des écoles encore plus chères créées par les escrocs fachos qui inventent ces conneries)
Mais où vont-ils envoyer leurs enfants ?
(Dans des écoles encore plus chères créées par les escrocs fachos qui inventent ces conneries)
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Pour l’extrême droite actuelle, Science Po est pleine de gauchistes, les business schools et écoles d’ingénieurs de militants de la décroissance…
Mais où vont-ils envoyer leurs enfants ?
(Dans des écoles encore plus chères créées par les escrocs fachos qui inventent ces conneries)
Mais où vont-ils envoyer leurs enfants ?
(Dans des écoles encore plus chères créées par les escrocs fachos qui inventent ces conneries)
What’s the over/under on Anna’s Archive being a front for one or more AI companies?
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What’s the over/under on Anna’s Archive being a front for one or more AI companies?
Avec un visage comme ça, où se trouve la surprise?
En 2025, « Les Jours » avaient déjà épinglé Charles Alloncle. Le rapporteur de la commission sur l’audiovisuel public était l’administrateur d’un groupe Facebook. Exemples de propos racistes qu’il n’a jamais modérés ? «Singes des banlieues», «Race de merde»...
À lire ici 👉 lesjours.fr/obsessio...
À lire ici 👉 lesjours.fr/obsessio...
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Avec un visage comme ça, où se trouve la surprise?
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Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
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In the ruined turbine hall of a DTEK power station, shattered by russian attacks, a choir sings Shchedryk.
Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔
Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In the ruined turbine hall of a DTEK power station, shattered by russian attacks, a choir sings Shchedryk.
Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔
Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars or Trek, LOTR or Marvel
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars or Trek, LOTR or Marvel
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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Only evil assholes mess with libraries and librarians.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Only evil assholes mess with libraries and librarians.
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enshittification's venerable ancestor is advertising
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
enshittification's venerable ancestor is advertising
Well, Thanksgiving is coming up, a wondrous day on which the rest of the US is expected to stuff themselves on the same kind of bland, tasteless crap that I ate for dinner every evening as a kid.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Well, Thanksgiving is coming up, a wondrous day on which the rest of the US is expected to stuff themselves on the same kind of bland, tasteless crap that I ate for dinner every evening as a kid.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
I’d shiv someone to feast instead on a cuisine from the same hemisphere as where spices come from.
Great thread for all of us whose eyes still twitch at the phrase “hand receipt”.
Good news guys I'm super drunk so you're going to hear about the last guy who got shot in the American Civl wWar
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great thread for all of us whose eyes still twitch at the phrase “hand receipt”.
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Brûler toutes les ressources de la terre pour mettre un chatbot pédo dans votre voiture.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
Grok asks a 12 year old for nudes after asking Grok its favorite soccer player.
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
When CBC requested comment, xAIs said “Legacy Media Lies.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Brûler toutes les ressources de la terre pour mettre un chatbot pédo dans votre voiture.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
C’est pour ça que Musk est payé 1000 milliards de dollars.
Je regardes « Who killed the Montreal Expos » sur Netflix, et il faudrait que j’admette que j’oubliais leur succès avant la grevé en 1994.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Je regardes « Who killed the Montreal Expos » sur Netflix, et il faudrait que j’admette que j’oubliais leur succès avant la grevé en 1994.
SCROTUS is just trolling us on Leonard Leo’s behalf at this point.
Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration tried not to pay for any food stamps in November because of the government shutdown. It now proposes partial SNAP benefits.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
SCROTUS is just trolling us on Leonard Leo’s behalf at this point.
Ce soir j’écoute encore l’album « Afrique Victime » par Mdou Moctar.
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ce soir j’écoute encore l’album « Afrique Victime » par Mdou Moctar.
Post a photo from your camera roll that no one else has ever seen
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Post a photo from your camera roll that no one else has ever seen
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Appreciate translators.
Humans, not AI.
Humans, not AI.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Appreciate translators.
Humans, not AI.
Humans, not AI.
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*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
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Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
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As many have said, labeling rooms is what families of dementia patients have to do around the house to keep grandpa from walking into the wrong room.
[P] Found a higher-quality photo; IT *IS* TAPED UP SHEETS OF PAPER!
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
As many have said, labeling rooms is what families of dementia patients have to do around the house to keep grandpa from walking into the wrong room.