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Mark Oswin

@markoswin.bsky.social
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Comedy screenwriter person

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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 10h
Is it a good thing when people who grew up with your shows make YouTube videos about them as adults, but describe them as "criminally under-rated"? Because I've seen that happen with more than one thing I've worked on, and I'm not sure how to take it...
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Joshua 🦚 @yaboij0shua.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Canada should respond by renaming one of the four other lakes to Lake Release the Epstein Files
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Went to a dance festival in Cornwall to watch the 1999 #eclipse. Expecting an all nighter we turned up at 10pm just as they turned off all the music. Sat in an empty cafe all night until staff came round at 7am and turfed out anyone with a one-day wristband. Then it clouded over. Saw nothing.
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Mumko69 @mumko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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David K. Barnes @davidkbarnes.com · 04/08/2026
Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Weird. There seem to be long cloth tubes encasing both of my legs down to the ankles today. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It’s National Cheesecake Day - all hail the National Cheesecake!
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Woodrow Phoenix @mrphoenix.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but it needs more voices. Sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Meanwhile in Russian Media… “The Russian stock market has collapsed, hitting a new low since 2022.” Wait…it gets even better! www.gazeta.ru/business/new...
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’m watching a video that someone has made for ‘Keep On Pumpin’ It’ by Visionmasters featuring Kylie. It’s all old school raves and people are off their fucking tits, it’s great. This girl is my favourite. Some of these people will be grandparents. The whole video is here. youtu.be/-_q4X_OryIo?...
A young woman, dancing, off her chops, in a pair of dungarees that she has fashioned a massive letter E on the front of.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Comment from BBC Radio PDG on a sitcom script many years ago (levelled as a criticism): “Most of the comedy in this script seems to come from character and situation…”
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A classic Star Trek title card for lost episode “Doohan, Wolf and Nuts” in which the crew’s five year mission is changed from seeking new life and civilisations to taking aging actor James Doohan to a distant world and watching his reaction to a wolf eating nuts.
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Every interview with a tech CEO youtube.com/shorts/ZseOJ...
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Every interview with a tech CEO
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 01/05/2026
Renters: your rights are changing today 🚨 I explain which parts of the Renters’ Rights Act are now in force 👇 #RentersRights #Housing #RentersReform
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It’s #EdBallsDay again, so to celebrate here’s the most viral thing I ever made… www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhqo...
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Ed Balls, The Shining
YouTube video by markoswin
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Drink. It. In.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In the new series, PC Plum (Edward Woodward) returns to Balamory following the disappearance of Penny Pocket's daughter. After finding a hare buried in the grave of Josie Jump, Plum's enquiries lead him to the Island's Laird (Miles Jupp) who has sinister plans to revive the island's failing harvest.
A BBC news headline about the new and returning cast of Balamory, after 21 years.
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The Jase @thejase.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Marco Rubio exits, with commentary from One Man and his Dog.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In the new series, PC Plum (Edward Woodward) returns to Balamory following the disappearance of Penny Pocket's daughter. After finding a hare buried in the grave of Josie Jump, Plum's enquiries lead him to the Island's Laird (Miles Jupp) who has sinister plans to revive the island's failing harvest.
A BBC news headline about the new and returning cast of Balamory, after 21 years.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Outrageous! We’ve spent billions sending these so-called astronauts to the Moon and I’ve just heard them say they’re sat there watching The Terminator. Do some bloody work, you floaty lay-a-bouts!
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Leeds Civic Trust @leedscivictrust.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We're proud to announce an art competition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Leeds Charter. There are 2 categories: under 16s & people aged 16+. 6 entries from each category will be exhibited at Leeds Corn Exchange in July. 🔗Details zurl.co/vIyut
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Went to see Gorillaz in Bradford yesterday. Stood near the merch stand, I looked across and saw a ten year-old lad clutching a vinyl LP of the latest album and just… staring at it in wonder. Eating up every detail of the cover, amazed to be holding it in his hands. The joy of having real things.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Here’s a nice thing for crap times: sci-fi comedy adventure Girl Troop V Aliens is on CBBC and iPlayer now - and it’s not even slightly ruined by having had me write an episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0g...
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Girl Troop vs Aliens | Official Preview | CBBC
YouTube video by CBBC
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Just finished watching the excellent Dirty Business on Channel 4. If you haven’t seen it, please do. You can also add your name to this petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
1/ In response to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s report on AI, copyright and the creative industries, published today (6 March 2026), WGGB General Secretary Ellie Peers said:
Image description. Blue flyer has the following words: We welcome this report and the recommendations that have been made to Government, particularly the urge to legislators not to overlook the “economic powerhouse” that is our creative industry in the rush to embrace generative AI systems.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Oh YES! Douze points please! youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8
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LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Anyone else finding it hard to concentrate on doing notes on a sitcom script today…?
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Too late to let Burnham run…?
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Nice piece on the legendary 1 in 12 Club in The Guardian - and even a passing reference to the all-night raves. It felt like a home-from-home in the 90s (if you go to their FB page you can find a photo of a skinny me DJing on the bottom floor. But don’t do that) www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pra...
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is excellent (although “reverse-centaur” sounds like some kind of shagging position involving a horse) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Tram! At last! Get in!
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
What’s this? I’m STILL not in any starters packs? Unbelievable!
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Bradford City of Culture closing ceremony. What an amazing year! Huge congrats to everyone involved, particularly the missus.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Oh - are people slagging off a movie they haven’t seen based on a trailer again? Brilliant. Well done everyone. You are all heroes.
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yeeeeeek! COME ON LEEDS!
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies. Marion Davies!
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]

JANET:
Ugh...

LIZ:
What's up?

JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!

LIZ:
Have you tried...

AI peas?

JANET:
AI peas?

LIZ:
They're peas with AI!

[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].

LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas

JANET:
What

LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]

Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?

[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]

LIZ:

Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine

[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]

LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!

JANET:
What

LIZ:
Shut up

LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow

From opening the bag of peas

to boiling the peas

to eating the peas

To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.

JANET:
Is it really necessary to-

LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:

AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.

[Ends]
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks... bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
A woman reading the Telegraph
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I notice the free speech warriors weren’t up in arms when hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza was done for inciting violence. What was it about hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza that stopped them defending his free speech?
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Last month, while being bothered by wasps at a picnic table, a woman told me that clicking my fingers at them would make them go away. After testing this thoroughly I’m happy to report that it works in 90% of cases* and also makes me look like a wasp-banishing Fonz. Recommend.
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Jon Rolph @jonrolph.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
North Bridge Media has sponsored a Fringe Award w/Neurodiverse Review and the shortlist is out! It's for comedy writing in any Fringe category by d/Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent writers. Here's the fantastic shortlist - all great shows: (1/2)
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Daz @dazwright.com · 20/08/2025
The ongoing whipped up nonsense about asylum seekers in hotels is a rare example of very angry consensus. The racists don’t want people in hotels, the government don’t want people in hotels and the people in the hotels don’t want to be in hotels. Everyone agrees. Just let people work
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Mark Oswin @markoswin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Grand Prix of Europe opens in UK cinemas this Friday. Positive reviews are already coming in for this fun, fast-paced rodent racing movie - which features a stellar cast (Gemma Arterton, Thomas Brodie-Sanger, Hatley Atwell, Lenny Henry) and smatterings of general script-polishy nonsense by me.
Poster for the animated kids movie Grand Prix of Europe, featuring the animal characters and general animated racing car mayhem.
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George Poles @georgepoles.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Oh, this is very, very good - how LLMs use the same techniques as psychics. softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
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The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
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Irene @derbren.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
made a handy little novel title generator for you
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown"

July 18 at 5:30 PM
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DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. 
The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. 
While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material.
Source: TechCrunch
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 01/08/2025
Read my open letter with @laylamoran.bsky.social regarding #Gaza ⬇️
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