Ben Tye
@bentye.bsky.social
Reading, poetry, music, film, swimming, cooking, running, gardening, and other distractions. Transpersonal Psychotherapist (UKCP); Business consultant (CEO at Gate One); Tutor and academic at CCPE, Executive coach (EMCC) and group facilitator.
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An absolutely brilliant read, by Kate Mossman, on a plane crash that never was. Features Bryan Ferry being extraordinarily calm.
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...?
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...?
The strange fate of Flight 2069
How do you measure the cost of a disaster that didn’t happen?
www.newstatesman.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An absolutely brilliant read, by Kate Mossman, on a plane crash that never was. Features Bryan Ferry being extraordinarily calm.
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...?
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...?
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Indeed. No-one does. Marvellous.
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Indeed. No-one does. Marvellous.
Glorious swim up at the pond. Sunny, no wind. Cormorant's soaking in the rays on the bouys.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Glorious swim up at the pond. Sunny, no wind. Cormorant's soaking in the rays on the bouys.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Sun Ra
Fela Kuti
Hüsker Dü
Charles Aznavour
Schooly D
Sun Ra
Fela Kuti
Hüsker Dü
Charles Aznavour
Schooly D
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Fushitsusha
King Sunny Ade 8 PM - 4 AM marathon show
Fela Kuti
Sonny Rollins w/special guest Ornette Coleman
Jandek (w/Loren Mazzacane Connors, Matt Heyner & Chris Corsano as his band)
Fushitsusha
King Sunny Ade 8 PM - 4 AM marathon show
Fela Kuti
Sonny Rollins w/special guest Ornette Coleman
Jandek (w/Loren Mazzacane Connors, Matt Heyner & Chris Corsano as his band)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Autechre
Kate Bush
Datblygu
The Fall
My Bloody Valentine
Autechre
Kate Bush
Datblygu
The Fall
My Bloody Valentine
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Sun Ra
Fela Kuti
Hüsker Dü
Charles Aznavour
Schooly D
Sun Ra
Fela Kuti
Hüsker Dü
Charles Aznavour
Schooly D
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Finally made it back in the water after four weeks of lurgy and an enforced rest. Glorious day at the pond! Its suddenly got cold too. 6.5C
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Finally made it back in the water after four weeks of lurgy and an enforced rest. Glorious day at the pond! Its suddenly got cold too. 6.5C
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good God. What the!
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Good God. What the!
Made a cherry and plum vanilla tart. Very tasty.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Made a cherry and plum vanilla tart. Very tasty.
Wonderful wonderful news @andrewmale.bsky.social. Congratulations to you both!
The best day ever. It’s official. Also, our celebrant was Count Indigo. Isn’t that amazing?
Yesterday, three years and one day after our first date, I officially became Mrs @andrewmale.bsky.social in a day overflowing with love and joy. We could not be happier.
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wonderful wonderful news @andrewmale.bsky.social. Congratulations to you both!
Orbs of Joy in the oven for later. Red onions, duck fat and chicken stock, braised for an hour. Thanks Fergus H 😋
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Orbs of Joy in the oven for later. Red onions, duck fat and chicken stock, braised for an hour. Thanks Fergus H 😋
It's good to see more and more peeps shitcanning the dreadful Spotify and moving to Tidal.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's good to see more and more peeps shitcanning the dreadful Spotify and moving to Tidal.
Autumn Hip Hop playlist on Tidal by @andrewmale.bsky.social. The all-timer Liquid Swords served first up of course. Thanks Andrew 👍🏼
Ok, my homepage is an absolute mess because I'm still figuring stuff out but here is my first Tidal Playlist.
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming
TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and ...
tidal.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Autumn Hip Hop playlist on Tidal by @andrewmale.bsky.social. The all-timer Liquid Swords served first up of course. Thanks Andrew 👍🏼
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.
Quote with your favourite film and album* from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Quote with your favourite film and album* from the year you were born
A two- week cold and bad chest, another no swim weekend and I'm on a course next weekend. It'll be a shock when I finally get back in the water in two weeks.
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A two- week cold and bad chest, another no swim weekend and I'm on a course next weekend. It'll be a shock when I finally get back in the water in two weeks.
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Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
geni.us/Boyhood
geni.us/Boyhood
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
geni.us/Boyhood
geni.us/Boyhood
Full of a cold, so no swimming today. Instead, a very slow cooked bolognese listening to @backlisted.bsky.social then marking some third-year theory essays.
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Full of a cold, so no swimming today. Instead, a very slow cooked bolognese listening to @backlisted.bsky.social then marking some third-year theory essays.
Lovely autumn swim earlier. W has a rare Sunday off so we had moules et frites and pale ales for lunch. ❤️
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lovely autumn swim earlier. W has a rare Sunday off so we had moules et frites and pale ales for lunch. ❤️
Missed you the last weekend. What a glorious day and a nice bite to the water temps.
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Missed you the last weekend. What a glorious day and a nice bite to the water temps.
Swimming in the drizzle to the live sounds of the Jazzberries performing at the annual tea-party.
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Swimming in the drizzle to the live sounds of the Jazzberries performing at the annual tea-party.
Rare and Racy (Sheffield) nostalgia from the handwritten price label. Ajar : Otomo, Rowe & Sugimoto from 2002.
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rare and Racy (Sheffield) nostalgia from the handwritten price label. Ajar : Otomo, Rowe & Sugimoto from 2002.
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RIP to one of the all-time greats. www.ft.com/content/46d5...
Claudia Cardinale, actress, 1938-2025
The Mediterranean beauty whose intelligence and tenacity prolonged her career beyond the golden age of Italian cinema
www.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
RIP to one of the all-time greats. www.ft.com/content/46d5...