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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 9mo ago

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@derbadian@mas.to They dropped them in 2011, possibly I should have got over it by now

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 9mo ago

Replying to

@derbadian@mas.to Valuable work, thank you. I would add that I think it's always worth explicitly stating "Galaxy Truffle × 0"

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 3mo ago

What our garden lacks in care, attention, and plants that are there on purpose, it makes up for in cinnabar moth caterpillars.

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 2mo ago

We enjoyed some butterflies today 🦋

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 2mo ago

A tiny story about a first date https://www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/07/31/by-the-river/ #fiction #microfiction #dailystory

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By the River

Their first date was a picnic by the river. He arrived early at the spot he had suggested: his favourite place on the south bank. She arrived right on time, and right across from him, waving from the north bank. They never settled whether the pin he sent her was

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 2mo ago

Stories about letters, a first date, ice, an egg, a library growing in the rock face, and the nonsense your dad told you. https://www.scattering.ink/2026/08/the-current-beneath/ #fiction

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The Current Beneath

Stories about letters, a first date, ice, an egg, a library growing in the rock face, and the nonsense your dad told you.

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 2mo ago

Stories about graffiti, sunshine, seeds, wind, and the breakdown of the hope machine. https://www.scattering.ink/2026/08/the-hope-machine/ #fiction #writing

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The Hope Machine

Stories about graffiti, sunshine, seeds, wind, and the breakdown of the hope machine.

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 1mo ago

A tiny story about a maze tattoo https://www.scattering.ink/daily/2026/09/04/maze/ #fiction #microfiction #dailystory #writing

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Maze

Ro's tattoo was one big maze. It started at the left side of his heart and walked his whole body to arrive back at the right. I always thought one day I would find the way through, but there were so many wrong turns, so many false passages and

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Mark Taylor @mark@social.markiswrit.ing

· 2mo ago

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@revk@toot.me.uk @bloor@bloor.tw This is the legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/76 "filling or maintaining a domestic swimming or paddling pool" is one of the things that can be banned outright, hosepipe or not.

legislation.gov.uk

Water Industry Act 1991

An Act to consolidate enactments relating to the supply of water and the provision of sewerage services, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.

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