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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 03/10/2026

'Does dark matter go through an adolescent acne phase?'

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 25/09/2026

They're trying to find the pulse of the nation

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 04/09/2026

This season hasn't generally worked for me. Increasingly not a fan of the "pick a conceit, throw every cliché against the wall and see what sticks, then add plot" (harsh, I know!). But always enjoy the Ups & Downs, even when I disagree (like this week). It's good to know others are enjoying it.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 27/08/2026

Possibly my favourite this season so far (not a high bar, but cleared it easily). Bit of a silly magic science resolution, but they'd earned a bit of forgiveness by that point.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 11/08/2026

They’re probably still trying to find an eclipse denier to explain why the astronomers are wrong.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 11/08/2026

* sense of achievement. Grrr. Needed another draft...

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 11/08/2026

Besides anything else, you're missing out on the ease of achievement you get from completing something. Yes, you've published a book, but it's not yours. You've added no value. Right. Time to get on with my third draft. You have to go through the pain to get the reward!

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 08/08/2026

Personal thing. Enjoy horror in small doses but get rapidly bored when that's all there is (character stuff was okay). First episode better, but was such an SF cliché, even when I read the same past solar system story back in the 70s! Nothing bad, just not to my taste.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 07/08/2026

Having struggled with first two eps this season, when this started, I imagined it would get irritating very quickly. It walked that line for a few minutes... and then I realised I was enjoying it! Possibly just the mood I was in, but was what i needed yesterday. Silly fun.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 01/08/2026

Have any Tory MPs come out in support of Gianni Infantino? They'd have the right political instincts to cement Kemi's legacy.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 31/07/2026

I've realised over the years that I enjoy horror in moderation – the odd scene for effect etc. When it goes on for long, I get bored rather than scared. So I hung on for the character work, intrigued as to what it was. Leaving it to Space Mulder was a cop out for my taste. One to skip on rewatch.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 24/07/2026

Oh, and: Pelia rushes in at the end: "Quick, we can still save Adric."

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 24/07/2026

A lot to like, some good scenes and performances, but let down by what was a tired trope (for me). I'm sure I read a pulp SF story in the 1970s with exactly the same planet 5/asteroid resolution (and it was tired then). Still, agree with most of your other points!

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 22/07/2026

I needed to hear that today! Currently staring at the hundreds of feedback comments on my second draft. They're annoyingly astute. Right. Time to get carving.

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Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

There are political, economic, environmental and social justice benefits to appointing a Chancellor who knows how to do net zero and has the political skills to make the Treasury work for this purpose. Maybe I’m just posting into the void here, but every voice helps. Alarming shift in Overton window

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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Simple thing. If you spend *ANY MONEY** or attention on anything JK Rowling related you are quite literally funding the machinations of someone who is in my considered opinion evil. She’s directly funding hate groups. It’s not hard. & there are much better books about teenage magicians out there

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 14/07/2026

Ah, bit more fundamental! Mine just didn’t show the ball when it was moving! Have had it crash, but not more than a couple of times a match. Iplayer much more stable. Then again, ITVX might be perfect for watching the half time show during the final…

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 14/07/2026

Similar here at start - had ball phasing in and out of existence on ITVX, but not iPlayer. Turns out my TV’s “motion smoothing” option had turned itself back on, which screwed ITVX. Just about bearable with it off. IPlayer much better picture quality anyway!

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 13/07/2026

BBC2 was our problem. Nagged my parents to get it so that I could watch snooker in black and white.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 12/07/2026

Get the feeling that a lot of In Depth stories lately stem from something someone read in the Spectator that falls apart when they investigate but frame the story that way anyway.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 07/07/2026

Well said (and great to see you posting on here)

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 07/07/2026

I do have one memory of the '66 final as a 5-year-old. I was taken to a village fete, presumably to get me out of the way, and they gave score updates over the tannoy. I can still remember the groans when they announced West Germany's equaliser to take it into extra time. Sticks in the mind.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 07/07/2026

You know, I think you're right. My first world cup experience after getting interested in football as a kid was going into the tournament as champions, then going 2-0 up agains West Germany. Then, well, I learned the heartbreak. Watching Brazil in the final cemented the addiction.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 01/07/2026

Mine was 1970, when we went 2-0 up against West Germany. I should have gone to bed then. (As a 5 year old, I was taken to a village fete in 1966, presumably to get me out of the way)

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 28/06/2026

Quick, he needs to rescind his retirement while Atkinson is bowling, then retire again at the start of his next over. Do it a couple of times. Get the last 2 wickets.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 26/06/2026

Correct. That's why I call it Paris, and not Paris.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 23/06/2026

My cat’s similar. Can sleep like this for ages.

Alfie, a ginger cat, stays cool by sleeping stretched out on his back.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 22/06/2026

It's the best argument I've heard for Starmer having an active role going forward!

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 22/06/2026

I wanted George Fouracres to walk out of the door.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 19/06/2026

Apparently, I was the 43rd governor of Texas.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 19/06/2026

You really decencied that post

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 16/06/2026

...in a top floor hotel room with a balcony.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 12/06/2026

I think he's complaining about the hard edge of the fence he's sitting on.

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 11/06/2026

a. I agree. b. Now all I can hear is Status Quo singing "Down down deeper and down"

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 10/06/2026

Are you a physicist or earth scientist with an interest in cosying up to fascists? Come join us!

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Mark W White @markwhitebooks.com · 10/06/2026

Doctor Who, but as a contestant in Taskmaster, alongside the Master, the Rani, Davros, and a random companion drawn from the audience.

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PermaConfused @permaconfused.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Parker, what am I eating tonight?"

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Nigel Farage. What a cunt. That’s the post. Good morning.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240.