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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When I went to a birthday party at an arcade 13, everyone got mad at me because I used our last 25 cents to play Ahead by a Century on the jukebox instead of Offspring's Come out and Play, which was apparently the cool new song everyone else knew about. Okay. I think history is on my side here.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I originally thought RayGun just wasn't very good at break dancing. Then I started the documentary and said, Oh, i wonder if there's more to this. And then I finished the documentary and realized no, she just wasn't very good at break dancing.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tim Curry has finally escaped to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism 🙁

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yet another cancelled Great Western Railway train. I can't remember the last GWR journey i had that wasn't cancelled, delayed, or overfull to the point of people sitting in the aisles. I genuinely think that such pathetic mismanagement of a public utility/service should result in jail time.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Watched The End of Oak Street tonight and my toxic trait is that I 100% think I could knock out a t-rex with a sledgehammer. I just think I could.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Watched the eclipse at Tregew food barn. Sunshine, cider, butter pander, and lifechanging eye injuries.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My wife was waiting for me in the pub after work. Opposite her was an older couple who both ate fish and chips. They finished, the wife left, and one of the man's mates arrived. They chatted a bit and then ordered two fish and chips. The guy caught my wife's eye and just winked. Incredible.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Due to a cancellation at this year's Rock Oyster Festival I was invited to sit down for an impromptu chat on Cornwall, class, and literature. Not a bad day.

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 12/07/2026

Do you find yourself reading The Seaboard Review on a regular basis? If so, upgrade to paid.The Summer 2026 discount is on! www.theseaboardreview.ca/summer2026 #bookreviews #canlit

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thought I'd watch Supergirl while it's still out. He looks so fucking stupid I can't breathe.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What's a Cornish birthday party where someone doesn't start randomly grilling pilchards?

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Saw Event Horizon in the cinema last night. Such a weird and cool film. Great cast. A lot of fun. Terrible music.

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Emmanuel Dubois @manuphoto.com · 22/06/2026

Okay Canada, I've kept quiet for years because my favourite bookshop site was very... French. But in 2026 booksellers.ca finally added the English-language indie stores too, so now I can yell at ALL of you: stop giving Amazon your book money. 🧵

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booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online

A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Indian Horse is such an impacting and surprising book. Incredible. I'm very grateful I got to write about it a little for @electricliterature.com.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Because everyone loves Shawn Hatosy on the Pitt, I'm imagining a few people will be inspired check out Southland, a criminally (get it) underrated TV show.

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National Association of Writers in Education @nawewriters.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Teach or facilitate creative writing? Exciting news! The call for proposals has opened for the NAWE Online Conference 2026: Writing Worlds taking place on 13 & 14 November. Send us your ideas for presentations and practical workshops by 24 May. Open to all. Find out more at bit.ly/4vSXBuf

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

HALF MAN - okay, sure, but the other half must also be another, much older man. This guy's home room had to get him a special chair with lumbar support. He remembers the Boer War. He calls America and Canada "the colonies."

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

(ANTON CHEKHOV AWAKENS WITH A START)

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Not all opinions are equally valid when it comes to scientific expertise.

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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

AI companies build their products by copying millions of books without permission or payment. We are urging the UK government to rule out legalising this large-scale theft. We – along with almost 10,000 authors – are supporting #DontStealThisBook. Find out more here: www.dontstealthisbook.com/

A graphic showing the paperback Don't Steal This Book: A Plea from Authors.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

ie. "We're actually very bad at teaching here and have no ability or drive to improve." I can't believe this guy would tell on himself that way. What a laughable position. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/review-...

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Review whether students with no A levels should get loans – v-c

‘Difficult questions’ must be confronted as English funding system ‘not working for anyone’, says Birmingham’s Adam Tickell

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Obviously a disappointing result. No one likes to see the bad guys win. But I'm so impressed by #teamcanada for the game they played. It was such an entertaining and exciting and edge-of-your seat game. Loved it for every second but the last.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Regardless of the outcome of the game, #teamcanada women's hockey are always such an incredible source of national pride. But obviously I hope they win.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

One of my students who is central to the her year's social structure is Swiss and obviously I'm Canadian. We've been making all the other students choose sides in advance of this weekend's #hockey game between #canada and #Switzerland.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

That goalie interference call was laughable but doesn't change the fact that Canada was never in that game at all. Disappointing result, but there's more hockey to come.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

China famously hates competition and sports, which is why they've only finished in the top three in 7 out of the 7 Summer Olympics this century. They were playing the long game. We should have seen this coming.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Women's Big Air Snowboarding was a great event. So cool.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'm seeing a lot of people saying a lot of mean things about Kid Rock's "performance," and that just makes me think ... good.

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ALT: a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen

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Shadeprint @shadeprint.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

"Hmmm.... Maybe we could peddle our AI tech using this crime doc about murdered babies" Remember this whenever you have imposter syndrome or doubts about your intelligence.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I'm sure this has been said by others but I will never get over the awful, garish, cartoon-y AI anonymizing in Netflix Lucy Letby documentary. So clownish. So unserious.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Seems Amazon and I have a different understanding of what is or is not "great news"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 16/11/2025

'Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case with a simple example, saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."' - EXACTLY!!!

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Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally

A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Just saw Dragonfly, and at the end of the film the twenty or so people in the screening just sat there through the silent, black and white credits. No one got up or spoke or even looked at each other. Never seen that before. A singular viewing experience. You should go.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I got an email from our main librarian. She asked me if I wanted some old Literary Magazines they just had sitting around in storage. I said sure. She delivered SIX CRATES!

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I don't want to see any more writers using kintsugi as a metaphor. It's almost 2026. We get it.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Some thoughts on The Smashing Machine now I've had a minute. I was interested in it, as the original Smashing Machine documentary was one of the many texts I consumed while planning and researching for BRUISE. #thesmashingmachine

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Honey, Don't! had a lot of great scenes, elements, and performances, and for me was enjoyable overall, but it was very poorly plotted. Many plot points are abandoned, unconnected, don't make sense, or only make sense if you infer a lot from very little. Pretty good, could've been much better.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

No big deal but BRUISE has more reviews than the new Dan Brown!!!* *(seconds after publication)

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I think "have a nice life" might be the sentence with the biggest gap between positive intention and negative reaction. I.e. why people get grumpy with me while im travelling.

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Fuck this is annoyingly clever

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

My first PhD student is just about to finish her VIVA!

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Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Reading through my first batch of submissions as the new fiction editor for Aethlon, the journal for the Sport Literature Association. Some great stuff already!

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Cautionary Tale in Motion : 👍 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 🇨🇦 @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 20/07/2025

If you’re a Canadian like myself who grew up watching PBS cross-border style, then you likely remember that their fund-raising events frequently got a lot of calls from north of the border. We can still do this online. Check this link for Canadian sign-up & usage : help.pbs.org/support/solu...

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Using PBS Passport as a Canadian Member

TABLE OF CONTENTS What content is available to Canadian members with PBS Passport? How can I watch Passport content as a Canadian resident? Which PBS stations offer the Passport benefit in Canada?...

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