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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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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 22m

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...

Harry Potter Audiobooks Adds Bill Nighy, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísu & More To Cast

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 · 12m

Such a bunch of paedos

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 14m

The swamp

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 15m

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

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 47m

Might be my favourite yet!

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 58m

Look how excited I am

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 1h

Adorable

Adorable Lillian inside the funicular car

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 2h

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

YouTube video by TheBuslisormi

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 2h

Call me cuntical

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 4h

The Lithuanian for funicular is funikulieraius

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 4h

Soldier F, towards the end of a long, full life, had the chance to tell the truth and repent. Instead he chose to go to hell in a few years time

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 4h

There was no conceivable world in which the British justice system would find one of their own guilty of war crimes when they're enthusiastically supporting a genocide. But even still, the Bloody Sunday verdict is a slap in the face for all Irish people.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 5h

Wait a minute

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 5h

Lillian just told me I need to calm down 😂

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

The Doomstone at York Minster is a remarkable survival from the 12th century, a fragment of the earlier Norman cathedral carved with a chilling vision of the Last Judgement. In the scene, demons drag sinners toward the gaping mouth of Hell, while a cauldron bubbles with the

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 6h

Getting a train from Vilnius to Kaunus, first class cos it's only €5 extra, where there are two (2) funicular railways. I am absolutely beside myself

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 7h

Jess Phillips is a great example of a useless shower of shit who rose to prominence because of who she hates. Look at the damage

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 19h

How strange that these sprung up during a long period of wage stagnation

Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 21h

Mind-boggling vista from Clapham Junction station

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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 20h

the American century of humiliation is in full swing

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you :)

Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly the hardest bit is they're GREEN and I'm RED but you have to just get past that I think

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 21h

Your Party didn't kick out the transphobe by pay day so I've just joined 🥳

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23h

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.

And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk

MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED
With photo featuring Zack Polanski, Anthony Slaughter, Mothin Ali, Tessa Marshall and lots of Green Party activists!
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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✨Franky✨ @frankydcat.bsky.social · Sep 17

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 21h

An appropriate Labour response to the Tory mass ethnic cleansing proposal would be to immediately offer full British citizenship on demand to any UK residents with ILR as a pre-emptive measure to block an intended atrocity.

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Ben Austwick @benaustwick.bsky.social · 22h

I've got so many but no tracks yet 😂

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