Reposted by Mark FarringtonPhilip Cunnington @rilthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Biggles Fails to Return (1943) #CelebrityTraitors #Traitors 1267
Reposted by Mark FarringtonShahan Miah @shahanshahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've just declared myself as a traitor by mistake #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors 434179
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 01/10/2026I knew I'd seen Amol Rajan somewhere before. #traitors 010
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17071171948
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 20/09/2026Not everyone that works in my local kebab shop advises against having the 'backdoor special meat donor', but I'm happy to take the advice of those who do just in case. 002
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. 03114
Reposted by Mark FarringtonRadioToday - UK & Ireland @handle.invalid · 16/09/2026Radio stations are being warned not to mistake working AI generated software for a secure and sustainable broadcast system.radiotoday.co.uk 001
Reposted by Mark FarringtonJoe Scaramanga @joescaramanga.co.uk · 16/09/2026Anyone thinking that Piddington is a lovely little village story and what japes, needs to watch this. 724477
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 09/09/2026Really BBC: 'food pipe', how dumbing downy is that.... what's wrong with oesophagus given it's what it's actually called.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukVery hot drinks may damage the food pipe and increase cancer riskSteaming hot liquid can damage the cell lining on the way down to the stomach, experts say. 100
Reposted by Mark FarringtonCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145121509
Reposted by Mark FarringtonGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In case you don’t recall, one of the best scenes in The West Wing explains the problem with the traditional map of the world youtu.be/vVX-PrBRtTY?...youtu.beGall--Peters ProjectionYouTube video by UsefulClips 510019
Reposted by Mark FarringtonOnce Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/202623 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com 8450252703
Reposted by Mark FarringtonJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313038383
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"That's what SEP means. Somebody Else's Problem. The brain just edits it out, it's like a blind spot. If you look at it directly you won't see it unless you know precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of your eye." 04013
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 25/08/2026It would be fitting if Dolly Parton's time of death was 4.51 wouldn't it. 000
Reposted by Mark FarringtonJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There needs to be some reason for London to exist beyond buying and selling bits of it for profit. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave The Prince Charles CinemaThe future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion... 516360
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 18/08/2026Hark what is this wonderous substance that falls from the sky, so nourishing, so beautiful, so cooling. 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 14/08/2026Hey the government - any chance if next time you issue an alert you could have sent out all day you could not do it in the middle of the children's bath and bedtime? Thanks, parents. 010
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"Look," said Ford. He picked up an imaginary phone and dialled an imaginary dial. "Hello?" he said into the imaginary mouthpiece. "Is that Arthur Dent? Ah, hello, yes. This is Arthur Dent speaking. Don't hang up." He looked at the imaginary phone in disappointment. "He hung up," he said 0165
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 09/08/2026Told my son the pigs are saying all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Not entirely sure he understood the allegory, but he's only 3.... 000
Reposted by Mark FarringtonHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/08/2026Tell me your parents never loved or communicated with you without etc 322425
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 24/07/2026"I don't want to see a ghost. I'd rather have a piece of toast and watch the evening news." I've gone definitive, no need for further discourse 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 18/07/2026Burnham by name, Burn-them by nature. Idiot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences. 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 12/07/2026House feels reasonably cool this morning. Thermometer in the baby's room reads 26 degrees, a temperature I would have considered pretty toasty booking a holiday to Spain a few years ago.... 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 08/07/2026My commiserations to the Manor of Northstead. As a resident of the Chiltern Hundreds, happy to say we didn't want him. 000
Reposted by Mark FarringtonCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line! 1764261896
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The history of the Galaxy has got a little muddled, for a number of reasons: partly because those who are trying to keep track of it have got a little muddled, but also because some very muddling things have been happening anyway. 0125
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 29/06/2026A 'Number 10 of The North' is basically Andy Burnham saying he wants to WFH right??? 100
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 24/06/2026Wanging on about '76 has reached wanging on about '66 levels in part of the UK today. 000
Reposted by Mark FarringtonJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 22/06/2026okay this one fucked me up bsky.app/profile/mcst... 1519
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 17/06/2026In surprise news I am very keen that both England and Scotland do fantastically in the world kicky ball thing (in a change from my usual complete indifference). This has nothing whatsoever to do with my electricity company giving me free energy every time they play at all.... 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 08/06/2026Bought one of these when we first moved house 5 years ago as seemed like the future (and didn't need a hole in the wall for a big hose) constantly surprised when it uses less power than the washing machine. 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 08/06/2026@octopus.energy have you stopped doing free coffee for customers? Nothing showing in the app this morning (even as 'all gone'!) 100
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 28/05/2026Good thing we have the 'urgent action' people in charge then 000
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 23/05/2026Lovely evening seeing @robinince.bsky.social at Chesham Fringe. Didn't know what to expect and it wasn't what I didn't expect! Couldn't have wished for a nicer show for my first night of live comedy since the pandemic. 110
Reposted by Mark FarringtonAngri Bundel @anibundel.com · 11/05/2026We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move. 136110432907
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 05/05/2026Ah crap. Just finished the hair gel I bought in a pound shop 8 years ago. Bet that stuff's expensive now. 000
Reposted by Mark FarringtonMostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 27/04/2026"Er, yes," Arthur would then have said. "I'm just expressing the hope that..." "Hope?" "Yes." "What is hope?" Good question, thought Arthur to himself, and retreated back to his room to think about things. 041
Reposted by Mark FarringtonIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Yes, quite. It's the biggest scandal of this administration, so far, probably. It's an average Tuesday under Johnson. 481468352
Reposted by Mark FarringtonChris Kendall @ottocr.at · 05/02/2026OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future?? 56902332
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 01/02/2026I've discovered it's possible to use a ticklish 2 year old as an air guitar, not sure of the value of this learning to humanity but there you are. 010
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 09/01/2026Toddler this morning: "Why do you bleed?". Isn't 2 a bit early for an Emo phase? 110
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 02/01/2026Amol's bling level off the scale tonight as the usual big gold watch is joined by a second watch on the other wrist #universitychallenge 130
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 31/12/2025Toddler earlier as I tried to explain New Year to him "I don't want to go to 2026, I want to go home" - I sort of sympathise. 020
Reposted by Mark Farringtondillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 31/12/2025pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written 5549931439
Reposted by Mark FarringtonDr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Getting to Net Zero is cheaper than letting the planet burn. Twice as cheap in fact. If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%. 311554
Reposted by Mark FarringtonPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/12/2025Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth. 7647361856
Mark Farrington @markfarrington.co.uk · 26/12/2025My 2yo seeing a picture of Ed Sheeran and Elton John "Is that his mummy?" 030
![[Scene is the Tudor royal court. ladies and gentlemen standing round. In the corner a very fat HENRY VIII is hunched over playing a lute.]
1
LADY:
Hey Anne Boleyn -
Who’s that lute player?
ANNE BOLEYN:
I dunno
[Determined face]
But I’m gonna find out.
[Title lettering panel]:
THIS SUMMER
[Scene is now two musicians - one with a harp, the other is Henry VIII again playing the lute]
HARPIST:
Yo Henry VIII -
Who wrote that sick lute riff yo’ jamming?
HENRY VIII:
Why...
[Looking around, modest, surprised at the attention]
I did…!
[Title lettering panel]:
SEE THE STORY
[Scene is now a tudor record producer with ruff and wearing dark sunglasses]:
PRODUCER:
Congratulations Henry
Your lute thing is a hit and your story is now one of uncomplicated musical success!
[Show a panel with lots of Beatlemania-style scenes of success for Henry the musician - swooning tudor girls, playing lute on stage, waving to fans as he descends from his golden carriage. In the middle of it in Tudor lettering are the words]:
“UNCOMPLICATED MUSICAL SUCCESS MONTAGE”.
[Another scene - a man is saying to Henry]:
MAN:
Say Henry VIII -
Are you doing anything outside this narrative that is very bad or weird?
HENRY VIII:
No.
[Title lettering panel]:
…OF A MUSICAL GENIUS
who definitely didn’t do anything outside this narrative that was very bad or weird
[Scene with Thomas Cromwell]
THOMAS CROMWELL:
Hang on Henry aren't you also a -
HENRY VIII [jumping in front of him with his lute held aloft]:
LUTE SOLO!
[Final film title panel]:
HENRY VIII:
Rock Biopic
[rated U]
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