Ben Yates
@benyates.bsky.social
Opsimath, betwixt fascinating rock and smart looking hard place. #OUFC
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Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
Moggies looking for homes
After hearing 50,000 times that we should put the available cats on the website, we’ve made a page! Hooray! However, it is still just me doing most of the work in the shelter. So there’…
hollysmerrymoggies.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
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Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regret to announce the tech bros have accidentally reinvented the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway.
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John Squire/Mani isolated guitar/bass Made Of Stone The Stone Roses
YouTube video by Box Set Go
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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A newly engaged neighbor asked me about marriage. I told him it's sort of like a museum. You have to be quiet and you can't really touch anything.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A newly engaged neighbor asked me about marriage. I told him it's sort of like a museum. You have to be quiet and you can't really touch anything.
Not shouted into the void for a while. So this year has been Onehellofayear(TM) but yesterday I had an offer accepted on a house.
Related, I have the finest breakfast bagel in the history of food.
Related, I have the finest breakfast bagel in the history of food.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Not shouted into the void for a while. So this year has been Onehellofayear(TM) but yesterday I had an offer accepted on a house.
Related, I have the finest breakfast bagel in the history of food.
Related, I have the finest breakfast bagel in the history of food.
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All respectable nicknames
A ROAST IN A BEEF
GIANT YORKSHIRE PORK
PUDDING TURKEY
GIANT YORKSHIRE PORK
PUDDING TURKEY
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
All respectable nicknames
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The whole problem with current Labour is encapsulated right here in this paragraph. One hand tries to ameliorate child poverty while the other hand makes it worse.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The whole problem with current Labour is encapsulated right here in this paragraph. One hand tries to ameliorate child poverty while the other hand makes it worse.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.
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Paddington looks like he's seen things no bear should have to see.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Paddington looks like he's seen things no bear should have to see.
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Its so cold in here I am wearing fingerless gloves like Alvin Stardust in a particularly shit one man version of "A Christmas Carol".
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Its so cold in here I am wearing fingerless gloves like Alvin Stardust in a particularly shit one man version of "A Christmas Carol".
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Accidentally texted "Olay" instead of "Okay" and now my text has a smooth, youthful look.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Accidentally texted "Olay" instead of "Okay" and now my text has a smooth, youthful look.
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I reiterate my contention that transphobes don't remotely understand what they're supposedly mad about. Lazy thinking that arises from confused, post hoc justifications for their personal discomfort.
World's worst gotcha from Trevor Phillips: "If trans women are women why don't we just say 'women'... who needs 'pregnant people?'" 🤔
Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning standing up for trans people.
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I reiterate my contention that transphobes don't remotely understand what they're supposedly mad about. Lazy thinking that arises from confused, post hoc justifications for their personal discomfort.
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In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.
NEW - D-Day Veteran Removed From Remembrance Parade After Forgetting His Poppy
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
Full story here:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/d-day-vete...
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In the best tradition of Swift, Henry skirts the edges of believability so masterfully that you feel obliged to check it's actually satire.
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Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!
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On Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs he's asked why nobody's doing comedy like he did anymore, which always feels like the guest is being baited into saying they'd be "cancelled", and he answers "because it's a career path now, not just lads dicking about". Refreshing perspective.
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On Bob Mortimer's Desert Island Discs he's asked why nobody's doing comedy like he did anymore, which always feels like the guest is being baited into saying they'd be "cancelled", and he answers "because it's a career path now, not just lads dicking about". Refreshing perspective.
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
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James likes his jokes well done.
Good restaurant kitchens have good art.
Good restaurant kitchens have good art.
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
James likes his jokes well done.
Good restaurant kitchens have good art.
Good restaurant kitchens have good art.
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Currently obsessed with a local shelter cat called “Colin Feral”
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Currently obsessed with a local shelter cat called “Colin Feral”
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I like how Peter Serafinowicz even keeps the "extremely incompetent failing business" joke going right down to the sole choice of delivery company
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I like how Peter Serafinowicz even keeps the "extremely incompetent failing business" joke going right down to the sole choice of delivery company
I don't post much. But a year ago today was the lowest I ever was. Today that is resonating. A lot has happened since and it seems a world away. But I'm feeling those wounds tonight. #screamingintothevoid
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don't post much. But a year ago today was the lowest I ever was. Today that is resonating. A lot has happened since and it seems a world away. But I'm feeling those wounds tonight. #screamingintothevoid
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Our friends at Hamble Valley Reform have a Facebook page, and this is their profile image.
And I can't stop laughing.
And I can't stop laughing.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Our friends at Hamble Valley Reform have a Facebook page, and this is their profile image.
And I can't stop laughing.
And I can't stop laughing.