Ben Fitton
@bfitton.bsky.social
Doomed copywriter. New novel, Never Likely To Be Written, due out always next year.
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Ben Fitton
@bfitton.bsky.social
· Jul 30
It's increasingly hard to know where to go. #photography #streetphotography
Just scoping out future crying spots #photography #photooftheday
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Just scoping out future crying spots #photography #photooftheday
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Ain’t I been telling you the reactionary backlash was driven by the very rich and powerful watching regular people use social media to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sex crimes, then watching him dragged sobbing to jail, unprotected by his enormous wealth? What do you think the cancel culture panic was.
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Ain’t I been telling you the reactionary backlash was driven by the very rich and powerful watching regular people use social media to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sex crimes, then watching him dragged sobbing to jail, unprotected by his enormous wealth? What do you think the cancel culture panic was.
Vindication for those who always knew Requiem For a Dream was god-awful.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Vindication for those who always knew Requiem For a Dream was god-awful.
Withering looks from sheep now, is it? That's all I need. #photography #photooftheday
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Withering looks from sheep now, is it? That's all I need. #photography #photooftheday
And lo, prayers were answered. #photography
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 AM
And lo, prayers were answered. #photography
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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This is nectar to me. Delicious, rejuvenating. I am regaining youth.
👀 | OpenAI is reportedly burning cash fast, with losses projected to reach $14B in 2026 and a possible cash shortfall by 2027.
Analysts say AI profitability was overestimated, as rising data center and inference costs could lead to a $207 BILLION industry shortfall by 2030.
Analysts say AI profitability was overestimated, as rising data center and inference costs could lead to a $207 BILLION industry shortfall by 2030.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is nectar to me. Delicious, rejuvenating. I am regaining youth.
I don't like the way my cooker looks at me. #photography #photooftheday
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I don't like the way my cooker looks at me. #photography #photooftheday
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Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Katie Hopkins “machine gun the migrants” stuff was in the Sun in 2015, lads. These are cartoons published in the Daily Mail the same year, or earlier.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Katie Hopkins “machine gun the migrants” stuff was in the Sun in 2015, lads. These are cartoons published in the Daily Mail the same year, or earlier.
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
A mixed bag of a weekend. Colour, contrast and a smattering of Coen Brothers. #photography #photooftheday
January 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
A mixed bag of a weekend. Colour, contrast and a smattering of Coen Brothers. #photography #photooftheday
Vampires should be called haemogoblins.
January 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Vampires should be called haemogoblins.
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
No matter how often I put her in the naughty corner, she continues to think *my* cup of tea is *her* cup of tea.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
No matter how often I put her in the naughty corner, she continues to think *my* cup of tea is *her* cup of tea.
Wondering around Durham Cathedral, it's tricky not to believe in something. #photography #photooftheday
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wondering around Durham Cathedral, it's tricky not to believe in something. #photography #photooftheday
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Feel for these authors, but resistance to AI is always to be applauded. Especially with book covers, and especially at a time when book cover designers are doing such stellar work.
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Feel for these authors, but resistance to AI is always to be applauded. Especially with book covers, and especially at a time when book cover designers are doing such stellar work.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Finally, the justice we've all been waiting for.
BREAKING: Britain's Prince Andrew said he would give up using his title of Duke of York. The move follows years of criticism about his behavior and connections to the late disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein reut.rs/4opu3ja
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Finally, the justice we've all been waiting for.
Felt like communication. #photography #photooftheday
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Felt like communication. #photography #photooftheday
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very first thing I would do is call up European leaders and demand they enforce their own content laws that Elon is blatantly violating. he's straight inciting riots in the UK and Starmer just takes it because he's afraid of alienating the US (and he's chickenshit), so reverse the incentive
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
very first thing I would do is call up European leaders and demand they enforce their own content laws that Elon is blatantly violating. he's straight inciting riots in the UK and Starmer just takes it because he's afraid of alienating the US (and he's chickenshit), so reverse the incentive