Mark b Jones

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

This video shows a flat black puff and a static outline on pavement— no flying parts, no scatter. Physics suggests a painted decoy, not metal bird.

Part of adulthood is realizing that Wiley E. Coyote would have fooled trillion dollar US military intelligence.

My sincere apologies to whoever was sitting behind me during
SIRĀT @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social yesterday and had to watch my head bobbing for two hours straight.

But damn! Between this, Bugonia, Marty Supreme and OBAA, we’ve been spoiled rotten with some cracking scores the last 6 months.

The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence [FREE TO READ] As missiles streak across the region, unfazed residents insist they ‘know who protects us’

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’

No notes.

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An influential organization in Hollywood is trying to smear ’The Voice of Hind Rajab’ ahead of the Oscars.

@premthakker.bsky.social explains the effort to stop the film from winning Best International Feature Film & how the group has ties to the Israeli government.

Read: zeteo.com/p/voice-of-h...

An extraordinary picture, Film of the Month in @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social

Churchill has retrospectively been turned into a cartoon like superhero who could do no wrong and who we all owe a debt of gratitude forever.

The gold standard of leadership.

A man of supreme wit and gifted with statesmanship unrivalled by any other

It's far more complicated and interesting 1/3

To anyone who thinks Trump can bring peace and equality to Iran – I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Going cheap | Marina Hyde If POTUS can really bomb peace, stability and women’s rights into the Middle East, I’ll take my hat off to him. Judging by his role in Gaza, I won’t hold my breath, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

To anyone who thinks Trump can bring peace and equality to Iran – I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Going cheap | Marina Hyde

Donald Trump has said almost nothing to justify going to war against Iran. The real reason may be something he dare not speak of.

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An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Paul Conroy: 'The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With' John Sweeney remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy

Very sad to hear Paul Conroy has passed away. 

An incredible photojournalist who dedicated his life to documenting conflict and telling other people's stories from the front lines across almost 30 years of war zones and war crimes.

We need more people like him.

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/p...

‘I can’t stay silent’: BAFTA-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab in focus One of the most talked-about films nominated at tonight’s BAFTAs is The Voice of Hind Rajab, based on the final phone call of a five-year-old girl in Gaza.

‘I can’t stay silent’: BAFTA-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab in focus
www.channel4.com/news/i-cant-...

Sirât (dir. Óliver Laxe) - Film Feeder Our ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review for the mind-blowing adventure movie Sirât, about a group of ravers travelling across the desert during the apocalypse!

"Captivating excellence"

Click the link to read our ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review for the mind-blowing adventure movie Sirât, out in UK cinemas February 27!

@altitudefilms.bsky.social @neon-rated.bsky.social
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‘Sirât’: behind the scenes on the most intense film of the year Director Óliver Laxe takes us onto the set of his Oscar-nominated road trip epic

'Like its small convoy of nomadic ravers traversing the north African desert, the year’s most startling slice of cinema is rolling into cinemas. It is, put simply, like nothing else you’ll see this year'

Time Out goes behind the scenes with SIRĀT director Oliver Laxe
www.timeout.com/news/sirat-b...

"Jaw-dropping” @thetimes.com

Experience SIRĀT on the big screen. In cinemas today. 

#Sirat

Evening.

Except Minneapolis?

Is Trump U-turning on his war in Iran?| LBC YouTube video by LBC

You can also watch my chat with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier via YouTube here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFiX...

Marine biologist on salaries, tears and the one thing everyone could do to save the planet If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you.

Marine biologist on salaries, tears and the one thing everyone could do to save the planet

Trump Says War Could Last Weeks and Offers Contradictory Visions of New Regime

I hope everyone reads this NYT interview with Trump and realizes that he is...

A) f***ing clueless

B) f***ing delusional

and that...

C) American troops are going to needlessly die because he is f***ing clueless and delusional.

GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA.

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Six years ago, his principles were entirely different.

Fare dodgers targeted as train ticket refund rules are tightened In a bid to clamp down on ticket fraud that costs the railways millions each year, the government has quietly changed the rules on claiming refunds for unused train tickets.

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE!
On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules.
Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel.
If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

lot of love for the guy who thinks it's in Dorset

I like the sound of this guy. Whatever happened to him?

Who bombed the school?

Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to u...

Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

Mark Warner: "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States. None."

With none of Trump’s public rationales making any sense, the most compelling reason to start a war seems to be to distract from the growing Epstein files scandal. trib.al/nKOy46F