Sign in

MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS

@markmtaylor.bsky.social
402 followers 269 following 229 posts

Self-employed Sotonian, who’s often seen cycling through the Hampshire countryside when long covid allows - pro-EU & anti-Brexit 💚nature | ethical vegan | poetry nerd | #TreatLongCovid

PostsRepliesMedia
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There’s nothing better, they say, than a sunny day,when it’s nice outside and you can walk, take a run or ride, maybe have a picnic in the park, enjoy the sun till it gets dark, and all your washing will have dried by the time you’re back @tinistricker.bsky.social @nature-enthusiast.bsky.social
000
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Cats are not the only ones who like cardboard boxes #lop-earedrabbits #rabbits
010
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Free Cats Daily😻 @freecatsdaily.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
learning to loaf #Cat #Caturday
1888645734
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "
1021743721
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data. This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide. We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.
502111775
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
421010351
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.
18740891263
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 07/05/2026
Personally, I make a point of always listening carefully to what the prime minister has to say. For example, when he said: "If you don't like the changes that we've made, I say the door is open, and you can leave," I took that on board and voted Green ❤️
920127
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
To achieve your ambition stop hoping and wishing, voting is a mission, it’s like going fishing, no fish will you find, if you don’t cast your line, so drop your remote and go out and vote. @greenparty.org.uk #VoteGreen
000
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
19647246
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Sam @samd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
still thinking about that Goldman Sachs “analysis” that predicted we would be at 120% of normal traffic in the strait of Hormuz by now
Exhibit 2: We Assume Flows Through the Strait of Hormuz Start to Recover in 5 Days and Fully
Recover by Mid-April
mb/d
25
Percent of normal
Oil Exports Through the Strait of Hormuz
120
20 -
ー
100
- 80
15 -
- 60
10 -
- 40
5
• Estimates from Satellite Data,
3-Day Moving Average)
GS Estimates
- 20
0
1-Jan
16-Jan
31-Jan
15-Feb
2-Mar
Source: Kpler, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research
17-Mar 1-Apr 16-Apr 1-May
1245077831
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/05/2026
This reads eerily like a Trump tweet
2483023597
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Zack Polanski wasn't a full member of the National Council of Hypnotherapy. But Rachel Reeves wasn't an economist at HBOS, Jonathan Reynolds never qualified as a solicitor, Suella Braverman didn't write a legal textbook and Kemi Badenoch wasn't offered a place at Stanford University medical school.
916170
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
48567882647
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The government knows our marches for Palestine are made up of all faiths and none. The are suppressing our hard-fought right to protest for one reason: to hide their complicity in genocide. Israel’s occupation must end. Until then, our movement for peace isn’t going anywhere.
23776219
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire living in Thailand shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 UK general election. Donation not declared. Farage, the champion of Brexit and crypto, funded by foreign money, often missing in parliamentary votes and debates.
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
21463227
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
BOOsky Eldritch 🖤👻🦝 @tenredpencils1.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
the White House correspondents dinner guests didn’t even get to finish their delicious meal 💔
A tray of gross food - there’s some tiny carrots, a possible burnt burger and something that looks like the tongue of a zombie cow. It’s from when they told us the US navy was running out of food, something like that, I can’t remember exactly it was like a fortnight ago
1664458747
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Beach day
100
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Israel just killed another Lebanese journalist, Amal Khalil — then reportedly bombed rescue workers trying to help her. (Although from the @wsj headline you’d never know who killed her🤔)
41851495
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue: cpj.org?p=583367
cpj.org
CPJ calls for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon - Committee to Protect Journalists
UPDATE: On April 22, the Red Cross reported that they had found the body of Amal Khalil under the rubble. Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defen...
11505290
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil is confirmed to have been killed by the IDF. Al Akhbar, her outlet, as well as LBCI and Al Jadeed, have confirmed it. The IDF, the world’s leading killer of journalists, was blocking rescue operations.
Amal KhalilRescue workers removing her body
4902684
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/04/2026
Advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf says Trump’s ceasefire extension “makes no sense,” calling it an attempt to buy time for a surprise attack and claiming Iran “currently holds the initiative” as tensions escalate.
601134332
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Karlee Suszan @karleekanz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Meanwhile his voice sounds like a Furby losing its battery power trapped inside of a washer on spin cycle.
12812120
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Young Fathers, Paloma Faith, Massive Attack and Kneecap are among more than 1100 musicians and cultural workers calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 over the inclusion of Israel Here's the full list of musicians 👇
thenational.scot
The full list of the 288 artists calling for a Eurovision 2026 boycott
24217
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections
1101041352
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Lord Mandelson is gone. The trouble is that his allies, acolytes, confederates, proteges and bag carriers still dominate the Labour Party.
65924
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS Nothing to see or everything to see Palantir must be removed from the NHS
15132661494
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 20/04/2026
While the NHS faces challenges, some MPs are receiving significant donations from companies profiting from our healthcare system. We believe the NHS should be for patients, not for-profit interests. Read the full report and see the data for yourself: link in bio.
15027
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 20/04/2026
Palantir unveils stunning AI-powered prototype to help spread democracy across the Middle East and Global South. What could possibly go wrong? 👀
611331
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨🚨Fascinating @politico.eu report on how Donald #Trump has become so politically toxic in Europe that even his closest ideological #far-right allies increasingly view him as a liability. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/trum...
politico.eu
Trump turns totally toxic for Europe’s far right
“Proximity with the United States in the current context did not go down well with Hungarian voters,” said a senior official from France’s National Rally party.
17240122
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20/04/2026
An estimated 14 million people are projected to die “unnecessarily” over the next five years due to the Trump administration's slashing of USAID.
democracynow.org
“Into the Wood Chipper”: Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die
A new book tells the inside story of the second Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. Its author, Nicholas Enrich, worked at USAID for over a deca...
17412252
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
They run back the same playbook with the same players every Sunday.
2443827790
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
@dennis74.bsky.social @dennis74.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It a reason I wake up every morning
1199
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
i support whichever candidate will vow to eradicate palantir and its owners
6388991244
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A day will certainly come as sure as we breathe, when our creator will ask of us what we did to aid the oppressed.
000
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trolls may rant and trolls may rave, but they have hollow minds and little do they gain. I’ve not yet seen a single troll get the daily poem, perhaps it’s their ineptitude caused by stagnation of the brain. They choose a victim without conscious thought, then attack with words of bitter bile.
000
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Black & white
000
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Down by the river - this river and I have known each other well, current, storm, and flood, for as long as I can remember. #rivertest #cycling #calmness
010
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The worst possible tactic you can use when negotiating a deal with a regime like Iran is to dunk on them in public during negotiations. Any knowledgeable seasoned diplomat knows this. But we have Mr. Art of the Deal who needs to feed his cult and the markets a steady diet of BS.
449104552436
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/04/2026
NEWS: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says the country’s navy is ready to inflict “new bitter defeats on its enemies,” in a message posted to Telegram.
691056297
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
14837231
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The Times seems to be backing their man in the run up to the local elections. Chummy, unchallenging ‘interview’ that reads much more like a Farage advert. Free passes handed out on his racism, misogyny, corruption, Trumpism, Orbanism, useless councils, dire candidates, failed Brexit… Really shabby.
Nigel Farage: People tell me they've always voted Labour, but not any more The Reform UK leader is expecting a political earthquake' in the local elections next month — but insists the era of Tory defections is over

Nigel Farage refused to rule out a confidence and supply deal with the Conservative Party if Reform fails to secure a majority at the next general election

Steven Swinford, Political Editor
Friday April 17 2026, 10.15pm, The Times
65636212
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I spend my nights bleeding out intoxicated poetry written under candlelight and screaming vinyl, spinning a web of loose ends, trying my hardest to tie them together.
000
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir. The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm So we’re taking legal action. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...
democracyforsale.substack.com
BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir
Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.
6527701006
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 15/04/2026
Private firms are cashing in while the NHS is cut to the bone. Over 20,000 jobs are facing the axe to plug a budget deficit, yet private health profits could have funded a pay rise for every health worker. It's time to end the sell-off. Full story: socialistworker.co.uk/news/thousan...
13527
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I know this type. I've seen them often enough. They revel in being obnoxious: but not towards the rich and powerful, to whom they fawn. Always towards the weaker and the poorer: towards people who don't have their privileges, such as access to private medical care. They think it's funny and daring.
18880104
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
591350455
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The world watched as Israel razed Gaza to the ground. Now, the world is watching as Israel razes Lebanon to the ground. War crimes beget war crimes — and the failure to bring Israel to justice for genocide has emboldened it to destroy human life with total impunity.
11926191045
Reposted by MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley claimed to be a patriot, while his British Union of Fascists was secretly funded by the Italian government. We are just beginning to grasp how much of the far right in the UK today has been funded by Viktor Orbán and Russian oil money. Their "patriotism" is always a con.
562207834
MarkT83 💙 🐝 🐋 🪁 🍉 #SOSNHS #FBNHS @markmtaylor.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We met without a plan or guiding thread, no map to show the path our steps would tread. Yet somewhere in the ordinary flow of days, a lasting bond was formed in quiet ways.
000