Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 9h#Wordle1,940 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tougher than it should have been. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was travelling home from teaching in London when the journalist contacted me for comment on this. I doubt #Trump knows what his #OctoberSurprise will be - he'll tease, but others will deliver. If anything lands well, he'll claim the credit. If not, it's someone else's problem. 010
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#Wordle1,937 4/6 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not used much in British English I'd suggest. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#Wordle1,936 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Evidently so. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Though I'm just updating one of Alia's simulations on when a dam collapses... 010
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Shipbuilding in Dudley! Molten metal in Stoke! 100
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Clearly all the world needs is lawyers, accountants, engineers and computer scientists (playing muisic)... 110
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#Wordle1,935 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 How my brain works. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#Wordle1,934 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Think I'm on coffee this morning. 010
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#Wordle1,932 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nearly was. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mursley (though I think at least one's from Eastbourne). 100
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Child 3 arrived that year - so other than Toploader (Aylesbury's second finest) and Britney - nobody registered. Did any go on to do anything? 100
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I found it fascinating that yesterday some pundits were trying to spin a positive that losses year-on-year had fallen. Noticeable too that audiences had also fallen. 030
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#Wordle1,931 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 The English degree occasionally comes in handy. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#Wordle1,930 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not round here! 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#Wordle1,929 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Running. 001
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#Wordle1,928 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Deep 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#Wordle1,927 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Have you packed? 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#Wordle1,926 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A good start to the day. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just found out I have shingles, so can't attend tonight's @psbhq.bsky.social extravaganza - my ticket's back on sale at secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/1F006430D.... I hope it benefits someone - I'll be envious, but a bit hot and itchy.secure.ticketmaster.co.uk 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#Wordle1,925 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pickworth? 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I suppose it could be a liquid alternative to cough sweets. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#Wordle1,924 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Can't see the wood for the trees. 001
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#Wordle1,923 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That's me. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#Wordle1,922 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fifth attempt 010
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#Wordle1,920 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Almost defunct. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#Wordle1,919 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Early start, before the dawn. 001
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026#Wordle1,918 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not at this hour. 001
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've been writing for @uk.theconversation.com again, on #MarkCarney again, making comparisons with #Trump, again: theconversation.com/mark-carney-...theconversation.comMark Carney: a master of statecraft in an era short of great oratorsOnce again the quiet Canadian has staked out an ethical high ground above his noisy southern neighbour. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I got my suitcase back yesterday....just 160 hours after my flight landed at Heathrow. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#Wordle1,916 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not in my common parlance. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kudos #Piddington. Amazing the opposition that can be mounted by a middle class, relatively wealthy, media-connected, populus. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#Wordle1,915 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Unlike me. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#Wordle1,914 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Just the way the cards fall. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#Wordle1,913 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Repeat? 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Ah yes: a United Ireland, after 400 years of sectarian enmity, will be brought about through a new fossil fuel revolution... 0112
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026#Wordle1,912 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lost mine. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My #BritishAirways flight landed at #Heathrow 57 hours ago. We were told no baggage would be delivered and to leave the airport from a chaotic baggage reclaim hall. The bags have still not arrived and BA are now asking for details of contents. This is so poor. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#Wordle1,911 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fairly handy. 010
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Still one of my favourite Friday night pursuits: watching Radio 4's #AnyQuestions broadcast live from Henley's #KentonTheatre. 000
Mark Shanahan @markshanahan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#Wordle1,910 3/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 All the gear, but no idea...still. 000