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Mark Carver

@carvethespark.bsky.social
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Rambler, wanderer, poet, idiot… Anarchist, Socialist, confused, curious… Climate doomer, girlfriend spooner… Sing more than I talk, dance more than I walk… Reside in the liminal space between genders… Like cute animals and rainbows. And death metal.

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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Art by Frank Riot
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
When I said I wanted something to distract attention from the £5 million gift, I didn't mean this.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good example of corporate media twisting the narrative.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
No other politician has faced as much vitriol as me. And for no reason at all, other than me dedicating the last quarter century to stirring up hatred and division, demonising minorities and delivering the biggest act of self harm in this country's history.
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ALOK @alokvmenon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
creativity is higher order thinking. let's create a more loving world <3
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Equality Act 2010 means that YOU cannot be discriminated against by your employer. That’s it. Who in their right mind would want to get rid of that? open.substack.com/pub/harryecc...
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What has the equalities at work act ever done for me?
A closer look at why Reform UK pose the biggest threat to worker's rights in a century.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Universal Basic Income is a policy we need to be discussing. Whether you are for it, against it, not sure about it.......at the very least, we need to be discussing it.
Universal Basic Income is a policy we need to be discussing. Whether you are for it, against it, not sure about it.......at the very least, we need to be discussing it.
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Your sex is none of the state's business. They don't get to tell you what it is, and there is literally no reason for sex markers to appear on driver's licenses or any other form of government ID.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you’ll be voting for a party which is anti NHS-privatisation, please share this! 💙
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/05/2026
Today in Parliament, the Conservatives are pushing to approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil fields. Approving new oil and gas licences is a climate crime and won't take a penny off our bills. Say it with us: No new oil & gas. Just transition now.
oil / gas field with smoke billowing and a big oil droplet that says "No New Oil & Gas" with the slogan Real hope Real change and the Green Party logo
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
They retract their abominable slurs often, but they know by putting the disinfo out there the damage is already done.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🤣😭
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 16/03/2026
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Exactly
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Climate Majority Project @climatemajority.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This week’s Guardian newsletter explores how proposed cuts to UK climate finance could affect ecosystems both at home and abroad. The article also connects to the (still suppressed) national security assessment on ecosystem collapse: Take a look: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home – and abroad
In this week’s newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billions
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On #InternationalWomensDay, I am reminded of the privilege it is to serve as North Herefordshire's first female MP, and to be in a Parliament with the most women ever elected. But work doesn't stop here - from achieving pay equality to tackling VAWG, there's so much to keep fighting for.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
"All of your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose Love or Hate... I choose Love"
- Johnny Cash
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Of course they managed to redact anything damning about Trump though.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Love this.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I ended the night as the guest of queer, observant Jews who have been organizing nonstop against ICE. Observant Muslims fed us and everyone else at protests. An indigenous organizer spoke to us of the creator. Every church we saw had messages of inclusion and antifascism on their marquees.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Evolution of MAGA
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I wonder why.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Wow
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
As a Long Covid sufferer I’m grateful for this awareness-spreading investigation and the high-profile article.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets, as Donald Trump seeks trade concessions in exchange for reviving a collapsed US-UK technology deal. and so it begins www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
"I said Tommy Robinson really stood up for himself when that boxer confronted him in Dubai. What did I say Roy?" "You said the coked-up little prick shat his pants"
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
❄️
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
❤️😢
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
So sad and unjust. The BBC have no justification for this decision. Although still a great institution in many ways, it can’t plausibly pretend that its news dept. isn’t riddled with bias and bigotry. Actual fascists are frequently given carte blanche.
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Samuel Miller McDonald @smillermcdonald.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
AI is a Performance of Progress, Not the Real Thing. Despite driving "growth", AI is failing to improve anyone's life, and its harms are piling up. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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AI is a Performance of Progress, Not the Real Thing
Despite driving "growth", AI is failing to improve anyone's life, and its harms are piling up.
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Oops!
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Yes, New York!! 🎉
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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
rewatching this now, even better than I remembered! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ctl...
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Taking Capital's Laws of Motion Seriously: Marxism, Law and Capitalism
YouTube video by QMUL School of Law
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution. This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
🎯🔥🔥🔥
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Mark Carver @carvethespark.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
RIP, wonderful woman. 💔
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
People flying St George's flags is great. It helps me identify places that I don't want to live in.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I love Black Mirror, but there's a big part of me that just wants Charlie Brooker to go back to BBC Four and make some silly little shows about obscure TV.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 21/09/2025
It should be obvious by now that free speech in incredibly unequal societies is not a useful aim Without a level playing field, some voices are far louder and some far easier to shut down Free speech can only be worthwhile if it's accompanied by radical reform of our public space to democratise it
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The internet is not a monolith. But what I have felt the entire week (and what I felt last week writing about the MN shooter's viral video) is that so many people are dedicated to having the highest stakes conversations and fights about crucially important things in the worst possible venues.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous
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Something Is Very Wrong Online
Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 18/09/2025
#OtD 18 Sep 2016 right-wing British tabloid the Daily Mail claimed that a terrorist attack in New York City which wounded 29 people, in one of the cities most LGBTQ friendly areas, was carried out by a "gay Trump hater". They cited a fake Tumblr page stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9058...
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Rob Auton @robauton.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This cat is seriously upset with the state of this country.
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