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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nova Scotia-Newfoundland Road trip August 2025! www.benaustwick.co.uk/blog/mzk7rkg...

Nova Scotia-Newfoundland road trip August 2025 — Ben Austwick

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 1h

I forgot that when we were in Kaunus yesterday we saw a pink Porsche with the registration 4WIFE 😂

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 1h

Someone else sent me that, I didn't know it was called that!

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 1h

I need to start watching this channel

Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 1h

The biggest thing since time began!

🦕 BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER (1959) 10:35am #GeneEvans #AndreMorell sci-fi monster movie #TPTVsubtitles

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 7h

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 2h

Oh no Raye I wondered what was happening, sending strength ❤️

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Bansheerse Ní Fearagáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Apr 24

My daughter learned to dance before she learned to walk. What a creature the human is!

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Alex Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social · 10h

Your occasional Brewster.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 11h

Oh lol wondered what that Hercules I saw this morning was about 😂 apnews.com/article/lith...

Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country's airspace

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely fascinated by this building

𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖐-𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖊𝖉 𝕹𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖊 @upthetwerx.bsky.social · 14h

Reading about this luxury apartment building that's falling apart after only ten years because the developer wanted a pure white building, a color only achieved by weakening the concrete. LOL what a fucking living metaphor.

432 Park Is Cracking Up

Developers wanted the supertall’s cement façade to be a pristine white. Turns out that’s not great for durability.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 12h

Oh no not their careers

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 14h

Both amazing eh

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

Yes we basically communicate in piss taking, the secret to a happy relationship

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks Zuckerberg yes I'll log on I think

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

Haha that's going on later

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

How did Roisin Murphy and Moloko catch the phobia on the same day lol

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 17h

Hey look, it’s the monthly annoucement of blood money acceptors - aka Harry Potter actors. Which actor I loved will I be sad is here? Which will show their ass in an interview & reveal how little they give a shit about trans people? Such a fun game this has become… fml. deadline.com/2025/10/harr...

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Pottermore Publishing and Audible have announced additional casting for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions, including Bill Nighy.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

Such a bunch of paedos

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 16h

The swamp

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 16h

the vegetables in my fridges crisper drawer as I order doordash again

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 17h

Might be my favourite yet!

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 17h

Look how excited I am

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 17h

Adorable

Adorable Lillian inside the funicular car

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 18h

RIP Dave Ball, fuck. Bedsitter is about Leeds 6 where I grew up and believe me we rinsed it. Memorabilia is the banger though

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John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social · 19h

The already heart-rending Say Hello, Wave Goodbye takes on cinematic reach here. They were one of the few, pre-house era English groups (outside of hip hop remixers) to fully grasp the artistic liberation offered by the extended mix: i.e. not just mere extension:

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soft cell - say hello wave goodbye - 12 inch version - 1982 original vinyl

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 19h

Call me cuntical

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 21h

The Lithuanian for funicular is funikulieraius