Methodical Mark
@methodicalmark.bsky.social
It may look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
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People want 'technology' to save them from climate change but we have most of the technology already. Solar, Wind turbines, Batteries, Heat pumps, Public transport, Electric vehicles. It just isn't the "sexy" sci-fi technology that some people fantasised.
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
People want 'technology' to save them from climate change but we have most of the technology already. Solar, Wind turbines, Batteries, Heat pumps, Public transport, Electric vehicles. It just isn't the "sexy" sci-fi technology that some people fantasised.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Today's headlines in the USA and UK are ICE and ice, and this seems to neatly sum up our differences.
January 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Today's headlines in the USA and UK are ICE and ice, and this seems to neatly sum up our differences.
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My pettist of pet air pollution peeves: log burners on foggy days. You are literally gassing yourself and your entire neighbourhood in dense air pollution trapped at ground level. It is where the word smog (smoke + fog) comes from. Should be banned. Until then, just don't.
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
My pettist of pet air pollution peeves: log burners on foggy days. You are literally gassing yourself and your entire neighbourhood in dense air pollution trapped at ground level. It is where the word smog (smoke + fog) comes from. Should be banned. Until then, just don't.
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I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Amazing poignant ending for a comedy series.
I saw it on the initial broadcast in 1989 and think about it each November.
Amazing poignant ending for a comedy series.
I saw it on the initial broadcast in 1989 and think about it each November.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Amazing poignant ending for a comedy series.
I saw it on the initial broadcast in 1989 and think about it each November.
Amazing poignant ending for a comedy series.
I saw it on the initial broadcast in 1989 and think about it each November.
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Did you know you can sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” whenever you feel like it? It’s literally a whim away.
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Did you know you can sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” whenever you feel like it? It’s literally a whim away.
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE 📣
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at [email protected]
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at [email protected]
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE 📣
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at [email protected]
If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at [email protected]
Also known as "Dammit what is my password" day.
Happy “What the Heck was I Working on Two Weeks Ago” Day to all who celebrate.
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Also known as "Dammit what is my password" day.
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When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 PM
When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.
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Tech companies: we're going to load up unnecessary tech on stuff. What are we going to call it?
1990s marketers: we'll call everything e-whatever
2000s marketers: we'll call everything i-whatever
2020s marketers: we'll call everything AI
1990s marketers: we'll call everything e-whatever
2000s marketers: we'll call everything i-whatever
2020s marketers: we'll call everything AI
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Tech companies: we're going to load up unnecessary tech on stuff. What are we going to call it?
1990s marketers: we'll call everything e-whatever
2000s marketers: we'll call everything i-whatever
2020s marketers: we'll call everything AI
1990s marketers: we'll call everything e-whatever
2000s marketers: we'll call everything i-whatever
2020s marketers: we'll call everything AI
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December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The amount of freedom and near-complete lack of legislation for the tech giants is astonishing when you even begin to think about it. We're still in the naive early internet mindset, but to say things have moved past this is the world's biggest understatement.
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The amount of freedom and near-complete lack of legislation for the tech giants is astonishing when you even begin to think about it. We're still in the naive early internet mindset, but to say things have moved past this is the world's biggest understatement.
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Reposted this yesterday but I’m doing it again because I feel so strongly. Video is much harder on women, who are expected to conform to much higher grooming standards, and also really on anyone who doesn’t look like a conventional white man, who can expect more nastiness bsky.app/profile/youn...
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted this yesterday but I’m doing it again because I feel so strongly. Video is much harder on women, who are expected to conform to much higher grooming standards, and also really on anyone who doesn’t look like a conventional white man, who can expect more nastiness bsky.app/profile/youn...
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Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Public service announcement
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
Just so we're all clear, this week the bins go out on Fratunday morvening, with the exception of mixed glass clippings and general garden food. Those go out on Modnesday, before 15.87am.
What bunch of nerds came up with this?
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component... lmao this rules
Floppy disk pre-paid cash card launched in Taiwan — NFC payment method 'only has a card function' warns supplier, so keep it out of your FDD
The ultimate geeky payment option for Computex visitors - accepted by all public transport, convenience stores, and more.
www.tomshardware.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What bunch of nerds came up with this?
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
And how do I get one?
💾 😃
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This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
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I think I have unlocked a new level of Christmas Eve-ing
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I think I have unlocked a new level of Christmas Eve-ing
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
I have a tray of roast potatoes in the oven and we will be enjoying these with a baked Camembert, charcuterie and bread
You can never have too many roast potatoes over Christmas
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Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.
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Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways
There's no way that box is big enough to have SCSI/IDE/floppy drive ribbon cables in it. Or a parallel cable for a flatbed scanner.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There's no way that box is big enough to have SCSI/IDE/floppy drive ribbon cables in it. Or a parallel cable for a flatbed scanner.
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I speak as a commercial rival who stands to make lots of money if it disappears. But more importantly I speak as a patriot and believer in the BBC’s ethos, mission and impact.
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I speak as a commercial rival who stands to make lots of money if it disappears. But more importantly I speak as a patriot and believer in the BBC’s ethos, mission and impact.
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I quite like this one
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I quite like this one
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