Mark Chater🎲🖳📚
@markchater.bsky.social
Nerdiest of nerds, Bristol via London. Like scifi, fantasy, RPGs, and have a keen interest in space exploration. Play D&D 5e and learning Italian. The photo really is of me on a camel. Never. Again.
LGBTQ+ ally. TERFs and SWERFs unwelcome here.
LGBTQ+ ally. TERFs and SWERFs unwelcome here.
Covid jab jabbed 💉 (my new disease modifying therapy makes me eligible).
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Covid jab jabbed 💉 (my new disease modifying therapy makes me eligible).
So I got this thing (a Seestar S30) that makes photographing galaxies and nebulae really straightforward compared to setting up all the components yourself (and importantly taking it all down when you want to go to bed). Here's a couple from tonight, Bode's galaxy (M81, with M82) and NGC 281
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So I got this thing (a Seestar S30) that makes photographing galaxies and nebulae really straightforward compared to setting up all the components yourself (and importantly taking it all down when you want to go to bed). Here's a couple from tonight, Bode's galaxy (M81, with M82) and NGC 281
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Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
Very cool present I received for Christmas, who wouldn't want a dragon on their gift card? Currently enjoying cappuccino and chocolate fudge cake in the mezzanine cafe at Piccadily before heading upstairs to spend it!
December 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very cool present I received for Christmas, who wouldn't want a dragon on their gift card? Currently enjoying cappuccino and chocolate fudge cake in the mezzanine cafe at Piccadily before heading upstairs to spend it!
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️🎄
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️🎄
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
In our weekly management meeting at work tomorrow I am going to be able to say "It was DNS. It is always DNS" in my report.
Life goal complete ✔️
Life goal complete ✔️
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In our weekly management meeting at work tomorrow I am going to be able to say "It was DNS. It is always DNS" in my report.
Life goal complete ✔️
Life goal complete ✔️
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
Today's haul from Max Minerva's Marvellous Books near work in Bristol. Nice to find The Vengance by @emmanewman.bsky.social in an indie bookshop. I bought Notes on Infinity based on seeing it in the window so who knows what it will be like!
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today's haul from Max Minerva's Marvellous Books near work in Bristol. Nice to find The Vengance by @emmanewman.bsky.social in an indie bookshop. I bought Notes on Infinity based on seeing it in the window so who knows what it will be like!
Successful visit to my favorite shop this morning, I escaped having only bought one book 🤣
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Successful visit to my favorite shop this morning, I escaped having only bought one book 🤣
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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TW: This is about abortion -but more than that it’s about how debate when shock tactics are on rise. If they are getting to our young people, we can’t pretend abortion access isn’t under attack but shouting back isn’t the way forward either. This will get worse until we stand up for light not heat.
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TW: This is about abortion -but more than that it’s about how debate when shock tactics are on rise. If they are getting to our young people, we can’t pretend abortion access isn’t under attack but shouting back isn’t the way forward either. This will get worse until we stand up for light not heat.
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Bluesky, a little help?
Any experts in #peppercorn / #leasehold law please?
I'm trying to find the answer to a legal question, and am being given the kind of runaround you'd associate with a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
Reskeets appreciated, thank you! 🙏
Any experts in #peppercorn / #leasehold law please?
I'm trying to find the answer to a legal question, and am being given the kind of runaround you'd associate with a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
Reskeets appreciated, thank you! 🙏
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Bluesky, a little help?
Any experts in #peppercorn / #leasehold law please?
I'm trying to find the answer to a legal question, and am being given the kind of runaround you'd associate with a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
Reskeets appreciated, thank you! 🙏
Any experts in #peppercorn / #leasehold law please?
I'm trying to find the answer to a legal question, and am being given the kind of runaround you'd associate with a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
Reskeets appreciated, thank you! 🙏
Three watercolours painted by JMW Turner during a stay in Bristol age 16. From the "Prince of the rocks" exhibition at Bristol Museum, showcasing these, prints of other Turner works and geology, flora and fauna collected from the Avon Gorge.
October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Three watercolours painted by JMW Turner during a stay in Bristol age 16. From the "Prince of the rocks" exhibition at Bristol Museum, showcasing these, prints of other Turner works and geology, flora and fauna collected from the Avon Gorge.
Just finished this and loved it, it's so beautifully written. Given the subject - life after a global pandemic that wipes out well over 99% of the population - I'm kind of glad I didn't read it pre-COVID.
October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just finished this and loved it, it's so beautifully written. Given the subject - life after a global pandemic that wipes out well over 99% of the population - I'm kind of glad I didn't read it pre-COVID.
Received an email today to my personal address fom a trade association that was cc-ed to about 50 people that I don't know. It was an email I was expecting and I imagine all the other people were expecting it too, I just wasn't expecting to learn all of their names and email addresses.
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Received an email today to my personal address fom a trade association that was cc-ed to about 50 people that I don't know. It was an email I was expecting and I imagine all the other people were expecting it too, I just wasn't expecting to learn all of their names and email addresses.
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If I were an investigative journalist in the UK (are there any left?), I would be having a good look at the extent to which NHS leadership seems to have allied itself with a fringe medical movement that more or less condones conversion therapy. qnews.com.au/australian-r...
Australian report says UK’s Cass review should not guide transgender healthcare
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If I were an investigative journalist in the UK (are there any left?), I would be having a good look at the extent to which NHS leadership seems to have allied itself with a fringe medical movement that more or less condones conversion therapy. qnews.com.au/australian-r...
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Robert Buckland epitomises the branch of conservatism that pays attention to the Union (and the legal commitments underpinning it), values personal liberty and instinctively distrusts silver bullet solutions to multi-faceted issues. Feeling for him today:
conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
October 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Robert Buckland epitomises the branch of conservatism that pays attention to the Union (and the legal commitments underpinning it), values personal liberty and instinctively distrusts silver bullet solutions to multi-faceted issues. Feeling for him today:
conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
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“…detailed legal review led by shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson of Tredegar concluded that the ECHR placed "significant constraints" on the government.” >>> Well, duh, what do they think a human rights instrument is meant to do? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says
The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“…detailed legal review led by shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson of Tredegar concluded that the ECHR placed "significant constraints" on the government.” >>> Well, duh, what do they think a human rights instrument is meant to do? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
This is an important first step and I hope it passes. Bring disabled I have a vested interest as while I am not significantly limited by my disability now, I may be in future and unable to travel to Switzerland where their laws are more humane.
We treat our pets with more kindness than people.
We treat our pets with more kindness than people.
Major #AssistedDyingBill debate today. Nearly 200 peers are down to speak in what could be one of the largest debates the House of Lords has ever seen. We're outside Parliament, making sure peers know that the public is watching, and demanding compassion!
humanists.uk/events/assis...
humanists.uk/events/assis...
Assisted Dying Rally | House of Lords Second Reading
humanists.uk
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is an important first step and I hope it passes. Bring disabled I have a vested interest as while I am not significantly limited by my disability now, I may be in future and unable to travel to Switzerland where their laws are more humane.
We treat our pets with more kindness than people.
We treat our pets with more kindness than people.
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A sunny morning outside Parliament right now, and people are starting to gather for the #AssistedDyingBill rally. The House of Lords debate is due to start at 10:00. Our message: Support assisted dying for the terminally ill, freedom of choice, and stop exporting compassion!
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A sunny morning outside Parliament right now, and people are starting to gather for the #AssistedDyingBill rally. The House of Lords debate is due to start at 10:00. Our message: Support assisted dying for the terminally ill, freedom of choice, and stop exporting compassion!
The Voyager 2 spacecraft. Possibly with Neptune or Uranus.
in case you - how do I put this delicately - also need perhaps a bit of a wholesome palate cleanser in your feed tonight, let's play a game
what is the #1 thing in all the world you MOST would want to build and display a huge Lego set of
(money no object. say you get one free bc it was your idea)
what is the #1 thing in all the world you MOST would want to build and display a huge Lego set of
(money no object. say you get one free bc it was your idea)
September 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The Voyager 2 spacecraft. Possibly with Neptune or Uranus.
www.parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/cats
Today I have learned (in the context of the Renters' rights Bill) there is an All Party Parliamentary Group for cats. This, I feel, is excellent.
#cat
Today I have learned (in the context of the Renters' rights Bill) there is an All Party Parliamentary Group for cats. This, I feel, is excellent.
#cat
Cats APPG
28 Officers -
The APPG is a group of MPs, peers and associate organisations with an interest in cat welfare, aiming to promote and further cat welfare. It seeks to support discussion and debate abo...
www.parallelparliament.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
www.parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/cats
Today I have learned (in the context of the Renters' rights Bill) there is an All Party Parliamentary Group for cats. This, I feel, is excellent.
#cat
Today I have learned (in the context of the Renters' rights Bill) there is an All Party Parliamentary Group for cats. This, I feel, is excellent.
#cat