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Mark Burnley

@drmarkburnley.bsky.social
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ATP botherer, Human Intelligence developer.

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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 18h
Ask any white American where their family is from and you’ll get an uplifting immigration story. Weird really given MAGA.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 18h
The USA is what you get after 400 years of immigration.
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stabilo @stabiloffc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anthony Gordon here, talking to himself from the future.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 30/09/2026
Oh, I am really sad about this - I knew Esther well in the 80s, when she was at the height of her considerable powers. An absolute force of nature and a good human being. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
bbc.co.uk
Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
Her family paid tribute to her in a statement calling her the "most wonderful mother" and a "cherished grandmother".
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These bold predictions from tech bros would be a lot more worrying if they had the slightest inkling of an idea of how humans actually work See also; tech billionaires 'hacking' their own bodies to maximise health, via methods that would be laughed out of an undergraduate physiology class
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In case anyone was wondering how the U.S. has lost the war it started with Iran Embarrassing
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
bbc.co.uk
India v West Indies - Cricket - BBC Sport
Find out the in depth batting and bowling figures for India v West Indies in the Men's One Day International Series on BBC Sport.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the plot to The Hangover Part 4.
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Piersy @mockneypiers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
11 year old puts photo of heart-throb on wall from Smash Hits...
A corridor full of server racks in a data centre
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today in “I don’t know what copyright infringement is”.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Because it’s a bloody good idea.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If this was minute ventilation in an incremental exercise test you’d be about to fall off the back of the treadmill exhausted. Luckily it’s only interest. No wait that’s even worse, because at least after falling off the treadmill you recover.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A clown gets his act fed to him through his anal sphincter in two parts.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Firmly in the “Find Out” phase. I’m sure the online right won’t absolutely lose its mind over DT being remanded in custody until March. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage in Channel
Daniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
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Savonian Fella 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 @savonianfella.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Would you like 🇺🇦 Ukrainian army, it's soldiers, it's capability, experiences and technology to end up in a) NATO b) Russia I hope this helps.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yuge day for American Bluesky, as many are getting their first experience of the quaint and traditional British rural pursuits, "dogging" and "flytipping"
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The cells of people wishing us harm have a name, Nigel: “billionaires”.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everyone should go electric and the government should do everything it can to help. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK diesel price hits all-time high, RAC says
The US-Israel war with Iran has caused fuel prices to soar.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Weird that the Fairford farmer is arguing that the authorities dropped the ball when they instantly responded to her 999 call. She seems to want the same level of security in her village as the base. Sure, Jan, live in 1970s East Germany if you want.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s not their sheer nastiness that gets me, but they just don’t understand how anything works. Trade, climate, disease, war, now insurance. JFC.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The only thing that explains this line of thinking is a traumatic brain injury.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Which has not been peer reviewed” means don’t report this stuff until it has been. Even then, be sceptical.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Charlie Wilson’s War is Tom Hanks’s best film. Because Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes! Free Design Technology! Because we could all do with knowing what a synchromesh gearbox is.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Called it.
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You hear variations of this when teaching research skills. People saying (or being encouraged to believe) they don't need to know how to ideate, complete a literature review, understand methods, or do any kind of analysis or reporting. Or anything in between. Because AI can do all that, fast.
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David Hinchliffe Bradford @dbfreelance.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Earlier this year, I got an email from Bob Munro, who I'd not heard from in 10 years. He had big news... www.cyclingweekly.com/news/not-dea...
cyclingweekly.com
'Not dead yet': 66-Year-old beats cancer, rides full Tour de France route
Ten years after a bleak cancer diagnosis, Bob Munro stuns CW's David Bradford by taking on his biggest cycling challenge yet
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As soon as his goons work out where he is, they’ll turn up and be the violent thugs they always have been.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you’re a convicted criminal, it’s best not to film yourself doing things that look like crimes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Daniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashing
Police had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Few people in history have debased themselves to a greater extent than Nick Clegg. It’s like his genome has a sequence that completely eliminates the ability to critically self-reflect.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The only way this should end is with Ian Gibbon’s wife’s giant foot crushing the house Monty Python style.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If all these idiots protesting against the RNLI would just get in the fucking sea, they’d quickly realise what the RNLI is for.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Lawn Tennis Association bought insurance against cancellation of the Wimbledon tournament at £1.5 a year from 2003 in the wake of SARS. They didn’t use the policy for 17 years. People thought they were mad. Then 2020 happened.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If everyone claimed on their insurance policy regularly, the insurance industry would collapse. How can anybody be this stupid?
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LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@drmarkburnley.bsky.social you might enjoy some of the opinions here www.theguardian.com/football/202...
theguardian.com
‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football
Cryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SI is also the acronym for Système international d'unités, which is the standard way of measuring things that Americans don’t bother with.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So shouting “yes” in Italian and Spanish.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is one hell of a flex.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two air traffic control problems on one day seems a bit coincidental.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The BBC and all other broadcasters need to boycott too. Starve Trump completely until after the mid-terms at least.
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Mark Burnley @drmarkburnley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m old enough to remember when the press bullied the Queen into a public show of grief for an ex-daughter-in-law she obviously disliked. The past is weird.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is so true.
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