Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I guess it’s not the Nicky Campbell from ITV’s Wheel of Fortune and BBC 5Live, then. 001
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Who is the CDU’s Andy Burnham to their current Keir Starmer? 110
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Is it me, or is Google Photos (on iOS) really broken these days? Face recognition is now a disaster, and the process of labelling a person is frustrating, inconsistent and doesn’t work most times. 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Meta’s AI is still a bit odd (certainly for medical content) and perhaps a bit horny? Prompt: “Patient receiving a slit lamp exam” Hmm. Did the technician also superglue the eyepiece on first? 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Phenomenonal branding. Hope BAW Motors comes to #scotland 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Badenoch “only repeating what others have said” in order to fling a baseless slur at #pmqs is incredibly shitty stuff. 0152
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Received yet another set of peer review comments that were clearly a case of reviewer ran it through ChatGPT. Takes a phenomenal amount of time to rebut this nonsense. 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Saw this and immediately thought of Piers Morgan. #beyondhack 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I hear there’s a new series of Life on Mars coming. It must be set in the nineties. This might explain Manchester Airport Terminal 2’s D gates. 200
Reposted by Mark HillenOrtenca @ortenca.bsky.social · 23/01/2026New on FT: as.ft.com/r/169805cf-5... Nigel Farage attended Davos as adviser to Iranian billionaireas.ft.comNigel Farage attended Davos as adviser to Iranian billionaire[FREE TO READ] Reform UK leader’s pass and hotel costs for World Economic Forum event were paid for by Sasan Ghandehari 95334
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Has anyone else noticed on Apple Music that sometimes the music skips and jumps exactly a like a scratched CD might? Did they rip my old CD collection or what? 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 25/12/2025“As our flight today is fully booked, we kindly ask you to place any small bags under the seat in front of you, and to use the overhead bin primarily for your larger carry-on baggage. Please try to keep the passage clear for the following passengers.” [No list of passengers comes] “Please note…” 000
Reposted by Mark HillenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/12/2025It rocks to tell people their shit rocks. Every single person who has ever been nice about my work has been appreciated for doing so. I take time to say I love stuff and it’s always the right time to remind somebody you value their work! You don’t need to get into detail either. Just say it rocks 271779429
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025. @captaindisillusion.bsky.social The Swiss Post mobile phone company has cloned you. 000
Reposted by Mark HillenMark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Flying into Edinburgh Airport, baggage reclaim had carousels for flights from both “mad” and “pis”. Pisa’s IATA code is PSA, if anyone cares. 011
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I’m currently in Frankfurt. I’m wondering if Frankfurters think Uisce beatha really does mean “Whisky for Life” or whether they just bloody love alcohol. 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Overheard on tram. Late Swiss German teenagers (speaking in Dialect) suddenly mentioning the book “The Art of Giving a Fuck”. 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Apple Weather: No rain tomorrow! I’ll cycle in to work then. Tomorrow’s weather: 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025*Takes a deep draw on the cigarette* Looks like Windows needs updating again. 010
Reposted by Mark HillenStuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Related: I am currently craving this from breadandwaterprintshop.com/products/eny... 041
Reposted by Mark HillenMike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 31/07/2025It’s such fun. I made a Woman’s Hour one for exactly this reason 241
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 25/07/2025That’s an iiiiiinteresting topic for a Panini sticker album. #swisswrasslin’ 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025🎵If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says 24.14 kilometres to the… 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I had a few loyalty cards stored on the Stocard app. Stocard has been bought by Klarna. If I want to see, let’s say, my Tesco Clubcard data (physical card left my wallet long ago), I now have to install this micro-borrowing app AND sign up for a Klarna account. Which is very hard to then delete. 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 17/05/2025The fashion line that screams “I want to speak to your manager”. 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Lads, I’ve found the peak grumpy Baby Boomer opinion piece. 000
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Totally normal thing in #Zurich happened earlier this week. 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025If someone in Glasgow said to me “Ahm gantin’ furra pêche”, I’d wonder why : 1. They have started using fancy French words 2. They are wanting to eat fruit And I’d definitely start to suspect that they’re actually an undercover English. 110
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025At this point, she’s basically William Wallace in trousers. 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025As my wife is watching #gntm - Germany‘s Next Top Model, it occurs to me that the theme music - Madonna‘s Vogue - is fundamentally incompatible with their Media Partner magazine… Harper’s Bazaar. 120
Reposted by Mark Hillenryan @cybreco.bsky.social · 12/03/2025they made an ai game where you can talk to the patients but forgot to add in prompt safety controls 17799092852
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Ye gods, Threads is full of bots… and people that don’t read posts very closely before replying anyway. 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Having to finish off a cross-linking book chapter by the end of today, and yeah, there’s better coffee by far, but I always end up WFStarbucks rather than WFH. 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 02/02/2025It’s going to be pig heart that they use, isn’t it? 100
Reposted by Mark HillenPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A reader writes… “The last time I made a submission to Private Eye was in 1968, when I was 15 years old. I received this wonderful response which I still treasure:” JOHN CLIVE 692385225
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I mean, it’s just rude to charge that when it says £2.29 on the label. 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 18/01/2025FFS, that’s not Avenir, it’s Helvetica Bold, and it’s not Roman, it’s Sans Serif #orrelfussli 010
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Swiss consumer products as as Glaswegian epithets. Awrite turtle honey baws 100
Mark Hillen @markhillen.bsky.social · 01/01/2025@limmy.com Mah name’s Dr. Wolfgang Stefinger, and ah lost three years of my life on… 120