Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts

@thatmarkroberts.bsky.social

Peddler of pop culture related twaddle.
Used to blog a lot. Mostly about British comics. Not so much any more.

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1232647: Your voice is unique. Use it with pride. Using anyone else's voice (including AI slurry, language outside your natural range, or anything you don't feel comfortable using) will only weaken your writing and make it sound inauthentic.

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Nothing has given me more joy in life than things I’ve had to work my ass off to achieve. Everyone knows this, even fools. It’s baked into the human condition.

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There are a lot of opinions about what makes you a real writer, so let me tell you the truth: You become a real writer when you notice a typo and it's too late to do anything about it.

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He already had his face used by someone else, he’s not about to do that all over again.

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#NationalBadgerDay in my native Ayrshire and adopted Cumbrian dialects, 'broc' is badger Held in high esteem; 'broccán' is 'wise man' and 'badger'. Near the home they protect against evil influence and represent family harmony more in my book: "Folklore of the Lake District" art: Lily Seika Jones

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This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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Like ancient bog bodies, swamp timber defies time. Submerged in cold, acidic peat water, heart cypress doesn't rot - tannins "pickle" the wood, turning fallen trunks into indestructible ghost logs that outlast generations. The mire keeps its relics intact, held safe from decay. #SwampLifeSunday

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Film tie-in popcorn buckets are getting ridiculous. If they'd had them for SE7EN in 1995, you'd have been eating your sweet 'n' salty out of Gwyneth Paltrow's head

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this thread was a really nice reminder that even though everything's terrible everything isn't terrible

Saladin Ahmed@saladinahmed.bsky.social

so uh I'm back online after 3 years (!?) off socials I know all the terrible things that happened - tell me something *good* that's happened to you since 2023

Honestly, that this video is from over two decades ago now? Makes me feel pretty old. But it remains absolutely brilliant. The standard I hold other remixes up to.

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street art goatse

Street Art Utopia@streetartutopia.com

📱 “Hands” / Photo Tunnel — By Kerry Wilson in Glenrothes, Scotland, UK 🇬🇧 Under Bridges (8 Photos) https://streetartutopia.com/2026/10/01/street-art-under-bridges-and-tunnels/