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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 20/09/2026

Holy shit! Never knew he was such a shameless plagiarist.

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026

I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this:

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 28/08/2026

Well well, in a shocking twist, it’s the right who live in an echo chamber. Fancy that!

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 19/08/2026

Thanks Susannah, I will take a look!

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 19/08/2026

Thanks Susannah, is there something I can read about that? Not that I don’t believe you but it’s strange it wasn’t mentioned in the original article (I’m sure they would have asked?), or any of the commentary that I’ve seen since.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 19/08/2026

No it’s not, but the alternative seems to be nothing at all, which doesn’t seem like a fantastic outcome for cyclists to me.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 18/08/2026

“Building” is maybe an exaggeration, how much does it cost to put a bit of paint on the road? And what evidence is there that people won’t use it? If I see it I could be convinced, but this just seems like a worse outcome if we end up with the status quo. Where else is the money being spent?

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 18/08/2026

Sorry, I am a man, so by all means disregard (Green Party member though tbf), but you seem informed on this so I have questions: What evidence? Have they proposed an alternative? How does this cycle lane, which no-one is forced to use, reduce net safety compared with the road that’s currently there?

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 18/08/2026

Just going out to bat for Burnham.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 17/08/2026

They can’t though, because they’re also watering down net zero commitments and contributing to the warming. Just because they’re not as bad doesn’t give Labour a free pass.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 17/08/2026

The mainstream debate is focused on it because it’s what Burnham is doing. He could very easily stop it.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 15/08/2026

This is astonishing. They hounded this man to his death, for the crime of embellishing his CV.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 15/08/2026

How will you know it’s dry otherwise?

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 14/08/2026

I have them turned off. I always hear about them anyway but not at a million decibels. My gf got one in Chinese 🤷‍♂️

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“You don’t have the cards”

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Ian Wootten 🛸 @ianwootten.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Fondly remembering my last total solar eclipse back in 2015 at the BBC Analytics Team, where @markturner.info saved our eyes by making a pinhole viewer out of a paper plate.

A pinhole in a paper plate held aloft in the sunlight.

The image of the moon eclipsing the sun via a shadow through a pinhole in a paper plate on a wall.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 12/08/2026

Ha, amazing, had totally forgotten that! I’ve got a more high tech solution this time based on this NASA technology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMf...

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How to Make a Pinhole Projector to View the Solar Eclipse

YouTube video by NASA Goddard

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 26/07/2026

Wondered what was inside the fake books they have in Ikea, fair to say you can’t judge this one by its cover!

The spine of a book that reads “Girls can score too!”

The inside title of the actual book: “Social Militarisation and the Power of History”

Quite a read I’m sure!

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 15/07/2026

In other news, was there really nowhere nearer brown onions could be sourced from?

A label reading:

Brown Onions x3
ORIGIN
New Zealand

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 15/07/2026

Well you fucked that, Thomas

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 15/07/2026

That’s apt as mushy peas are English guacamole

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 20/06/2026

Good riddance to Starmer, I’m now ready to be disappointed by another underwhelming dude.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 06/06/2026

There is also no evidence for the oft-repeated claim that Reform’s support is strongly linked to English immigration to Wales.

A graph showing that 29% of those born in Wales voted for Reform compared with 32% from the rest of the UK.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 06/06/2026

This one stands out too, yet more evidence that Labour massively misjudged their decision to move right to placate Reform voters. To be fair Welsh Labour never really went along with that but UK Labour’s very visible failure doomed them all the same (among other factors, certainly).

A graphic showing the movement of voters from one election to the next. It shows, of those who left Labour, the vast majority went to other parties on the left, especially Plaid. The majority of Reform’s support came from those who already swung to the right (particularly the Conservatives).

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 06/06/2026

Lots of fascinating insights in this: yougov.com/en-gb/articl... One that particularly caught my eye, ten years on from the Brexit referendum, the leave/remain split is as clear as it ever was (if not more!)

A screenshot from the linked article. It reads:

How Wales voted at the 2026
Senedd election:
by 2016 EU referendum vote
If there were a Senedd (Welsh Parliament) election tomorrow, which party would you vote for? % of 2,391 Welsh adults aged 16+ who were likely to vote

Underneath is a graph showing a stark difference in Senedd election voting by leave/remain votes. For example, among remain voters 48% went for Plaid and 10% for reform, among leave voters 17% went for plaid and 53% to reform.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 21/05/2026

They should listen to the latest Origin Story!

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 11/05/2026

Great lunchtime watch today! Fascinating breakdown of the tricks they used to make this groundbreaking game (didn’t enjoy hearing it came out 25 years ago though!)

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 11/05/2026

I missed Starmer’s speech but I assume this big misunderstanding has all been straightened out now?

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 11/05/2026

This is not really like STV at all, and was never presented as such, I think that would have been a better option but here we are. They do claim it’s proportional though.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 10/05/2026

Pretty good for December! What are your thoughts on the new voting system? I’m not that impressed from a proportional point of view, think you had pointed out the high threshold problem.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 10/05/2026

Not really clear this is an improvement on the previous additional member system tbh, but I suppose it’s better than the system for UK general elections (but that’s a very low bar indeed).

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 10/05/2026

This electoral system is basically pretty crap in my view and clearly favours the bigger parties just like FPTP does. I suspect this was intentional as it would have favoured the governing Labour Party who introduced it, had their support not cratered so spectacularly.

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 10/05/2026

Lots of chat about the results but my overriding impression is this is a pretty much total failure of a so-called proportional system. A fully proportional result would be: Plaid - 34 (-9) Reform - 28 (-5) Labour - 11 (+2) Conservative - 10 (+3) Green - 6 (+4) Lib Dem - 4 (+3) Others - 2 (+2)

2026 Senedd election results

Party
Votes
%
Seats
Plaid Cymru
444,665
35.41
43
Reform UK
367,985
29.30
34
Labour
139,203
11.08
9
Conservative
134,926
10.74
7
Green Party
84,608
6.74
2
Liberal Democrats
56,012
4.46
1

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 07/05/2026

Oh and don’t forget to vote. But not for this guy obviously!

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 07/05/2026

Holy moly, Amazon has a lot to answer for! This did introduce me to the hilarious Cerveza Cristal Star Wars ads (further down the thread) though so thanks I guess

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 22/04/2026

The MCS foundation says 95% of heat pump owners are satisfied with them, and I’m sure that’s only got higher with the Hormuz situation causing gas prices to rise. I’ve personally saved hundreds in the year since mine was installed. And loads of carbon! What is your interest in promoting gas Dale?

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Heat pumps lead on homeowner satisfaction - MCS Foundation

New findings from Electrify Research’s Homeowner Electrification Tracker Study (HETS) show that UK homeowners with electric heat pumps are more satisfied with their heating than owners of any other ty...

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 24/03/2026

Thought he’d been quiet since Sea Change

A bbc news headline reading:
“Beck named as Wales Six Nations attack coach”

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 17/03/2026

Apart from the anger management issues, can a man who repeatedly demonstrates his failure to learn about flight mode or any other way to mitigate something that keeps irritating him, be trusted with… well, anything?

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Mark Turner @markturner.info · 12/03/2026

Truss only went because of pressure from her own party. The Republicans could do the same with Trump. The reason they won’t is because his cult of personality is the only thing holding them together, nothing to do with the system.

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