The latest posts from friends or from content relatable to this site’s main theme or even just stuff I like and want to check up on occasionally. The number of articles per feed may vary over time depending on how often people post, and feeds may be removed or added at any point.
If you have a travel-related website that isn’t just copy-and-paste press releases or if you write fairly frequently and think “Hey, I reckon Mark would like to read what I’ve put out there every now and then!” then please do get in contact. I promise nothing, though, because my tastes are fickle
theaardvark
Paul is someone I’ve been online friends with for a good few years too, first on Twitter, now, like me, a migrant to the more pleasant waters of Mastodon.
- Content note: anger, meltdowns and damage to property, with brief mentions of violence, assault and prison. Nothing graphic. There are very few things guaranteed to turn […]
- People who like walking in the woods say it takes them out of themselves for a bit. By the second cow pat, life’s stresses start to […]
Snaprails Random Things
A lover of train travel rather than the more far-flung adventures we prefer to engage in, and a frequent co-engager on the regular Top of the Pops chats on Mastodon.
- My little urban walking project in September and October was to walk across London avoiding the most touristy bits and to create a guide to the route.I wanted a walk […]
- 19th OctoberA dozen things from a visit to Banbury. 1: Three trains, zero Cock Horses. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js 2: A Medieval cross which is really Victorian. In the Middle Ages three crosses […]
Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet
Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.
- Over the years I’ve gotten myself into all varieties of technical rabbit holes and wild goose chases. But I’m feeling weird about my latest trip, involving a forgotten Linux tablet. I blame AI.
- Some spare ephemera about Halloween, at exactly the time you need it: A couple days after the fact. We got cryptids, celebs, and even an original tune.
A Little Of Nothing
Pete Little’s mixture of essays, observations, neurodiversity-related thoughts, technology discussions, life updates and wandering trains of thought
- I was diagnosed with autism at 48, after a lifetime of anxiety, sensory sensitivities, and social difficulties. Years later, amid […]
- After twenty years in London, my Scottish accent is softer—but it still makes surprise appearances. From baffling Doric to neeps, […]