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@AlexBoyd so am I, but he was of his context, and that was conservative. Patchy resistance, see A Lindt, Das Zeitalter des Totalitarismus. about 7 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to AlexBoyd
@alastairrosstog @RobHudsonPhoto I’m about start on the whisky, so won’t be tweeting then (never write anything in public when drinking!) about 7 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to alastairrosstog
@RobHudsonPhoto @alastairrosstog you see what you drive me to: I hardly ever swear in print! (neatly shifting the blame to you there…) about 7 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
@alastairrosstog thank you! As you’re younger than me, keep well clear of @RobHudsonPhoto this evening, he’s marking dominant territory…! about 8 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to alastairrosstog
scotsmannews Edinburgh International Film Festival unveils 2012 programme bit.ly/KHIV5B about 9 hours ago via twitterfeed Retweeted by MichaelMarten and 1 other
@RobHudsonPhoto suddenly, Cardiff-Edinburgh seems like quite a good distance! about 8 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
@RobHudsonPhoto hmm, if you need to mark your territory as dominant, go right ahead… I much prefer the margins… :) about 8 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
@RobHudsonPhoto why, thank you, old man… about 9 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
@AlexBoyd haha! I would RT that, but without the context, it might be misunderstood!! about 9 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to AlexBoyd
#500px used to have too many naked young women, but a “nudes off” option. Now there’s too many icky insects. I want an “insects off” option. about 9 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
@bigtalljohnny @RobHudsonPhoto they are, but not so easily captured with a camera. about 10 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to bigtalljohnny
That last tweet was a snippet from a poem by Ghassan Zaqtan. Perhaps what every photographer is aiming for? (Or should be…) about 10 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
“Then the sound sculpts me until I disappear / in order for those who saw to remember me. / Thus the singer / and the song / are alike.” about 10 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
A birthday card from a family with another photographer… very appropriate, I think! :) twitter.com/MichaelMarten/… about 10 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
jrug @alextomo in Houla, Syria today, and here's his must read blog: blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-… about 11 hours ago via web Retweeted by MichaelMarten and 7 others
@RobHudsonPhoto a hill is an inanimate object too, you know… <will he rise to that one, I wonder?> Anyway, I suppose the bills need paying…! about 10 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
RichardJMurphy Radio 4's Today programme is just an old boys' club | openDemocracy ht.ly/bfmei Oh, so true. Which is why we all scream at them about 11 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by MichaelMarten and 10 others
@RobHudsonPhoto surely “low” depends on what you’re photographing… ;) about 11 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to RobHudsonPhoto
:) RT @Beathhigh: By the way, Rebus is far from dead, though his 'consulting' job at News International is looking increasingly shoogly... about 11 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS
Excellent @UCUScotland meeting on democratising universities: report not perfect, but v-cs resisting it, so must be ok! ucu.org.uk/rheg about 13 hours ago via Safari on iOS

Name Michael Marten
Location Europe, mostly Scotland
Web http://www.marten...
Bio ...film/digital photography; academic; Middle East-related issues; generally curious... My tweets reflect all this; YMMV. And yes, I often agree with my RTs.