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Mark

@yacfoaky.bsky.social
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Professional python-botherer and wrangler of pandas. Computational demonologist. Amateur cyclist and chess player. Physicist. Cat-a-holic 😼. Normally aspirinated. (he/him)

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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Drive-by.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can smell that someone on this train has a Gregg's steak and stilton pastie and I haven't. Now I'm hungry.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have, just this second, realised that the "coff" in "Biscoff" refers to coffee.
A mostly empty, white coffee cup on a wooden slatted table outside a cafe. 

There is an empty Lotus Biscoff wrapper on the saucer.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Still boggling at the Tuftonisation of BBC R4 Broadcasting House earlier this morning... Kathleen Stock /and/ Julian Jessop on.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dropping this in quickly before international cat day is over...
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This!
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Anybody need some fany flora?
A florist shop in Bratislava, Slovakia.  The shop front is painted sage green and the name on the awning reads "www.fanyflora.sk".
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Bearded Pip @beardedpip.myatproto.social · 04/08/2026
Insulting Discworld on BlueSky? I hope he gets the day he deserves.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've been out of contact, watching Judas Priest. I don't suppose "it" happened while I was gone?
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bratislava, I am in you!
View of an airport terminal under a bright blue sky with a sign reading "Bratislava"
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Drivers of the two (2) cars in front of me who drove past two (2) signs starting "pre-book only" on the way into the car park: what exactly were you expecting to happen when you got to - and blocked - the two (2) entry barriers?
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A Boulevardier, objectively, should be less dangerous than an Old Fashioned, especially if I made both myself, right? This one feels fucking deadly and ISTG I didn't add more than one third whisky.
A gold-rimmed glass with a gold leaf motif sits on a coaster on a light coloured wooden table. 

It is half full with amber liquid. 

This is composed of equal parts sweet vermouth, campari and singleton malt whisky.  There is a large square ice cube in it.
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Handgun Yoga 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇺🇸 @handgunyoga.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Picture of a tabby cat with the caption
“4 years ago I lived in a bush and hunted my own meals.
Now I have 2 passive incomes, my own house, & a personal chef.
Follow me for more financial advice.”
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Preparing my "Oi! Bignose!" heckle.
View of a closed, red curtain at the Noël Coward theatre, ahead of a performance of Cyrano de Bergerac.

The rows in front are about half full.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
FILTHBAG FELIX!
Tabby and white cat sitting on a tiled floor. 

The cats right hand side and his feet are a dirty grey/brown colour when they should be bright white.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If I turn this off for my follow feed, what happens? Do I A) no longer see quote posts that people I follow make themselves B) no longer see quote posts by random people of posts made by people I follow C) both D) some other behaviour
Screenshot of the bluesky following Greg preferences page. The "show quote posts" toggle is"circled" in red.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Out in the garden at 0130 on a "school night". Sampling my duty-free (Connemara Malt Whiskey). Listening to tunes by The Scratch, The Pogues, Flogging Molly etc. Don't feel like going to bed just yet.
A glass of Irish Whiskey on a table. Next to it is a chemistry beaker with water in it. 

It is dark, and the nigtht sight of the camera is just picking out the flower bed behind.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Bought this absolute lad at a folk festival. Turns out the post comes with. #EstateCarLife
A recycled, galvanised wire sculpture of a barn owl. It's a lovely piece of work, with beautiful detail on the paintwork.


It's being displayed on a huge post.The back seats of an estate car.  The armrest is down and the top of a giant fence post is projecting through.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Musics and a field of aging hippies.
A stage in a field in Hampshire. A band called Skerryvore are playing.

It is just after sunset and the sky is still bluish. 

The field is full of beards, attached to aging hippies
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I'm watching hurling with commentary in Irish. I only have the vaguest idea what's going on. It looks proper exciting though.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Brunch.
A pint of Guinness and a cup of coffee on a pub table.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Got to be up for a stupid o'clock flight tomorrow...
Screenshot of my phone's alarm screen.  Alarms are set for 0500, 0505, 0510 and 0515.

The clock at the top of the screen showed it's already 0025.

Not visible is me, wondering if that's enough alarms or not.
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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs
Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Realised I never followed up with the end product -- I usually forget to photograph it before it's half-eaten. Anyway, here's one from the following session...
A freshly baked pizza on a round wooden chopping board.  The pizza is the last of a series and so is topped with a bit of everything that was left over: asparagus, peppers, goats cheese, pepperoni, olives, courgette slivers and mozzarella.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If a cat sits on you, you cancel your plans. That's the rule.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Jeez - has everybody got heatstroke or something?
Screenshot of a bluesky message: "We ran out of posts from your follows. Here's the latest from Discover."
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Continental" breakfast at the bar this morning.
A white plate with blueberries, raspberries, tomatoes, ham, cheese and a toasted, buttered English muffin sits on a bar top.  Behind is a glass of water with soluble aspirin in, a pot of pills and a cup of coffee
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#Keywords > 16 June 2026 🎉 I found all 5 words - perfectly! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🏆 Win streak 1 🔥 Play streak 1 keywords.bagpuss.org
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Keywords
Can you discover today's five connected words?
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Home, sweet home for the night. Essex sea wall bivvy.
A badly lit picture of an olive green sleeping bag/bivvy bag combo sitting on a tarp.  A red dry bag is alongside.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I saw the accompanying picture and immediately thought "Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger..."
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Balls
Fifteen balls of pizza dough on a wood-effect kitchen counter
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hey @gonzo.bsky.social - looks like the Wordle bot is a fan.
A screenshot of the bot that analyses solutions to the NYT Wordle game.  There are a number of word groups on screen, one of which says "GONZO BONGO"
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#Keywords > 29 May 2026 I found all 5 words! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 4✗ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✓ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 3✗ 🔥 Play streak 1 🏆 Win streak 1 keywords.bagpuss.org
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Keywords
Can you discover today's five connected words?
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Just been to see Michaelangelo's David. If you are planning to go, hurry up, there a crack in it.
View of the sculpture of David by Michaelangelo in Florence.

It's a rear view and his bum crack is centre of on shot.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
OO:OO
A digital watch on an arm. 

The time indicates 00:00 midnight.

The numbers are light blue and pink in a nod to trans alliance.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#Whetmeaf
Picture taken from the council-provided phone stand in the Whetmead Nature Reserve in Essex.

The view shows a path leading across a green landscape with shrubs and trees.  Just visible (if you zoom and squint) on the horizon, towards the right hand side, is the spire of Wickham Bishops' church.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Great! I tweaked my knee getting up off the toilet earlier and now I'm getting reminders of my own mortality every time I bend my leg.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 16/04/2026
A typewritten note that reads "forbidden" colored with watercolor to resemble the bluesky error message from today
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):
A tabby and white cat, Felix, is peeing out from behind a curtain.

The vertical edge of the floral patterned blue-grey/cream curtain obscures half of him so that we see the left hand side of his face and half of his white front.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
CRYPTID ALERT
A beautiful black kitten is loafed on a multicoloured rug.  Her orange eyes are open and looking just past the camera. Her left "arm" is extended towards the camera and the perspective makes it look freakishly long.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"I hate this clacky thing" -- my wife, using the home office that I usually use for WFH.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Some stunners from #AthensCatCafe earlier.
Reclining black and white cat with amazing triangular nose markings.A black and white cat reckoning on a cat shelf, seen from underneath. All four paws and his/her tail are visible from below. The rail is a COVID trap colour which provides an almost Wes Anderson feel to the scene.A gorgeous tortie kitten is reclining and being stroked behind her ear.  Not visible in the picture are the loud purrs.A Calico and white kitten with a huge floofy tail is looking off-camera to locate some mischief.  Her whiskers are white and prodigious.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I have an alternative cover, but only if you want it to be scarier @aptshadow.bsky.social
A black kitten with wide orange eyes on top of a door. She looks scary, but in fact she is my sweet little baby Minnie (Government name: Minerva)The cover of Adrian Tchaikovsky's book "Eyes of the Void"
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Underrated comment!
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
17/18th century Cycladic bed valance or state of the art 1980s 8-bit computer game graphics?
Detail of an embroidered 17/18th century bed valance. The blocky embroidery in red greens and blues resembles 8-bit computer graphics off the 1980s
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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 02/04/2026
the shower
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Lawn bulbs are up! That painful day last year we spent on our knees planting them has paid off nicely.
A garden lawn in partial sunshine.  The grass is longish, because the lawn has been planted with assorted flower bulbs. 

Some of the bulbs are now in bloom including white crocuses, blue and white grape hyacinths, blue scyllas, purple and pale blue irises and one or two burgundy and yellow mini tulips.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.
A black kitten sits in silhouette on top of a cat tree platform.  The platform is dark brown, and there is a lamp in the background.  If you squint a bit, it looks like a cat doing the splits on top of a post.
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Mark @yacfoaky.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Bit old-school, but I've used yacc loads but never to make a compiler.
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