Mark F
markfford.bsky.social
Mark F
@markfford.bsky.social
Inquiring mind.
Longtime law.
Mid-career nom de plume novelist.
Racing car stuff.
Beer, coffee and gastronomy.
All 📷 are mine.
Space Invader et Louise Michel A2 #streetart #Paris
September 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Space invader et Louise Michel A2 #streetart #Paris
September 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
File under, “Can’t beat a quiet sail on a good day”. #sailing #dinghy
August 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
*”…who require artificially high returns”

There, fixed it.

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
You’re scaring off forestry investors, Minister tells Gisborne council
Over the past three years the council has started taking a harder line on forestry companies that failed to comply with resource consent conditions.
www.stuff.co.nz
August 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I’ve got a dad joke but your mother will have to tell you who he is first.
I have a climate policy joke but it doesn't matter because it's in the ETS
I have an EV joke but you don’t want to hear it
March 17, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Double your crypto?
Shoot me now.
February 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
He. Shot. Her.
No. Charges.
Here. We. Are.
We. Are. Not. Surprised. www.bbc.com/news/article...
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 AM
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Aged like milk.
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The canal towpath at Ors where Wilfred Owen died.
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Tragic but some sweet irony that it’s a Volvo (Volvo Group’s 2nd largest shareholder being China’s Geely) doing the ‘disassembly’.
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
When did jk Rowling turn into a grumpy old man? Have I missed a news cycle?
September 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Batmobile consumer version was actually made by Ford.
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Should I alphabetically list the countries New Zealand recognises and which carry out or fund terroristic acts? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Luxon pleased with Palestine decision, Seymour calls it ‘triumph for reason’
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he’s pleased with the Government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood.
www.stuff.co.nz
September 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This might explain One News’ softly softly regurgitate what they’re fed approach to reporting events in the US.
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
July 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Not the newscycle I was expecting today.
July 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“I want my vote back” will go down in history alongside Mussolini’s last words; “But. But.”
‘I am so desperate’: Canadian arrested by ICE at green card interview for being in the U.S. illegally
A Canadian woman is fighting to get released from immigration detention after being arrested by ICE at her green card interview.
www.10news.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Now that NYC can get its groove back, time to roll out this old school. youtu.be/itB10jNb2dY
Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat
YouTube video by SouthernFriedRecords
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony of a testosterone replacement supplement reducing sperm counts is beyond schadenfreude.
June 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Have to hand it to SpaceX, they put on a hell of a show even on the ground. Good luck getting to the Mars colony.
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Seems appropriate to check out Cadillac’s first Le Mans racer - Le Monstre - 75 years later and on the occasion of the team scoring pole position this year.
June 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
RIP Sly
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (Official Video)
YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO
www.youtube.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hear ng a New Zealand news reporter call the National Guard an ‘armed civil defence unit’ is beyond ignorance. In New Zealand terms, these are Army Territorials.
Sidebar - what video did he look at to describe the Australian Channel 9 reporter as being ‘caught in the crossfire’?
June 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Unbelievable. Are there any boundaries the IDF won’t breach?
May 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM