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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 5h

There's no way off my property via the back door, unless I go through my garage ... and emerge next to my front door. So this is clearly bollocks.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 6h

Slugs are remarkable at getting rid of old garden waste. Pretty handy at gobbling up cat food scraps, too. We had leopard slugs colonising an area around our rabbit hutch (RIP Toffee). They used to enjoy joining bunny for a dinner of grass-based pellets. Then the hedgehogs came ... and ate them.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 6h

Even though this was submitted anonymously, the OP should've done at least a bit of research. AI currently makes up far less use of data centres than today's hysteria suggests. I could supply links at this point ... but we all know no one's going to follow them and read the facts for themselves. 🙄

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The problem with fly tipping is that they have a low center of gravity and quite a wide stance.

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Grumpy Muppet @grumpymuppet.bsky.social · 14h

Quite frankly a lot of 'love' songs are simply men refusing to accept a woman's autonomy and independence

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 10h

No one's forcing you to use one. Just open the note-taking app on your phone and tap out your feelings there instead of here. I promise you'll feel a whole lot better looking at your words on a full-colour AMOLED screen.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 10h

You may not think it worth submitting your 'after' or #ekphrastic poem to @afterpoetry.com. But if you've some fresh poetic response to an artist and/or work of art, you have every bit as much chance of being picked as anyone else. You also have a whole month to polish your poem and send it to us. 😉

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 10h

Each October, @afterpoetry.com gets 150-180 submissions for the roughly 20 or so available places in the journal the following year. Every poem sent in is read with care. Only the strongest, most original make it to publication. A handful more are picked as reserves and published the year after.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 11h

I'll leave you to read the exchange again, my friend. You'll spot the error eventually. 😉

Petty, point-scoring exchange on Bluesky that really isn't worth my time or effort explaining. 🙄

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 15h

Not quite right. They were introduced in 1986, with the first exams taking place in 1988. I took them from their second year after introduction, meaning I had my final exams in 1989 – the year I left secondary school. 😉

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 15h

Mine has a photo of the ceiling on the ceiling. At least, I think it's a photo. Trying to work out whether or not it is keeps my eyes busy throughout visits.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 15h

Imagine if that had been the policy of the French at Dunkirk ...

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026

Reading somewhere new tonight: a guest-and-open-mic event called Elephant in the Room. Not sure if reading slots are still available, but co-organiser @internetofwords.com tells me you can sign up for access to the Zoom room as an audience member by using this link before 6:30pm BST. bit.ly/4iQwHPD

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The Elephant in the Room September Signup Form

This event is being hosted on Zoom on Tuesday, September 29th, from 7.30pm. Our featured reader for September is Maria Jastrzębska. Maria was born in Warsaw, Poland and came to the U.K as a child. S...

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026

And thank God for that. Have you listened to a whole album of harpsichord music? It fucking grates after about 20 minutes. Not so with piano music.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026

(And yes, I know this isn't about the Axis Powers as a group.)

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026

Whole-heartedly agree. Used to chat to a homeless woman on Blackfriars Bridge in London, early 00s. She crocheted beautiful, brightly coloured children's toys. One year, near Christmas, I gave her something like £100+ in an envelope in exchange for her whole stock. I donated the lot to a kids' home.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Going to a swimming gala today which is basically a swimming pool with a boiled egg in it.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/09/2026

'You're not ready yet lad for the Special Stuff. Now run along.'

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/09/2026

May I suggest you're massively over-ordering at the Thai place?

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/09/2026

Any head's better than none ... I still recall looking at female CBeebies presenters 'differently' after endless sleepless nights and not enough energy for a tug.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/09/2026

What's causing the tuna breath if they're miles apart? That's quite the tongue ...

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S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 25/09/2026

This was a lovely thing to read and I am HUGELY grateful to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for it :D victoriaspires.substack.com/p/a-sylvan-r...

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A sylvan reckoning

Reviewing Forest Management plus interview with S Reeson

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 27/09/2026

He looks now like Ratko Mladić after six months trapped in a well-stocked larder.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 27/09/2026

Completely forgot about that book!! *rushes online to buy it*

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 26/09/2026

Ah! I seem mostly to do 'ghost' shits. It's not that they're not in the pan after despatch – more that they leave no trace on exit.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 26/09/2026

You think our brave mask-wearing 'patriots' wouldn't want a word if the people of the Isle of Wight voted to become part of Argentina? Have you been awake at all recently?

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