benjaminthatcher.bsky.social

benjaminthatcher.bsky.social

@benjaminthatcher.bsky.social

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Just ordered lunch from my local (cash only) cafe. Mentioned I was £2 short of ordering what I really wanted. 10 mins later my original choice arrived. "Just put £2 in the tip jar next time you come," said the proprietor. That's how you gain a loyal customer & that's why independent businesses rule.

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lmao ok fuck me, i guess. etsy wanted me to verify my ID and selfie, and their dogshit automated system couldnt tell that im the exact same guy in both pics and suspended my shop???? thousands of 5 star reviews counts for nothin Love to be an artist in 2026 its fucking impossible to make ends meet

Ian Fay@ianfay.bsky.social

I've got a small medical bill coming up and some sales in my shop could really help out, if youre looking for prints of muscled men! Heres some pages from my 2024 art book that i still have some copies of! bossrushstudio.etsy.com/ie/listing/1...

This was great

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social

My and @abenewman.bsky.social Underground Empire is on sale at $1.99 for the Kindle edition. If you've been sitting on it, this is the time to buy it. If you've read it and liked it, would love it if you shared this post, and be more grateful than I can say if you starred/reviewed it on Amazon.

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I realize a historical analysis of global payments-clearing infrastructure may not sound like the most pulse-pounding read, but this is a really vital book for understanding how American power operates in the 21st century.

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social

My and @abenewman.bsky.social Underground Empire is on sale at $1.99 for the Kindle edition. If you've been sitting on it, this is the time to buy it. If you've read it and liked it, would love it if you shared this post, and be more grateful than I can say if you starred/reviewed it on Amazon.

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The reaction to this tweet on UK Twitter has informed me that London foxes are self domesticating.

Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.social

We still have the Santa Cruz Island Fox if anyone wants a head start on domesticating a fox that has absolutely no fear of humans. I was ~4 feet from this guy when I took this, which is extraordinary for a fox.

It demeans mentally ill people to make no explanation of how your illness made you a Nazi Provocateur. People are willing to forgive, but need to know what it meant for him.

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com

Let he who has not released a song called Heil Hitler within the past year cast the first stone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Today on Trans Day of Visibility, I’m standing with my trans constituents who are anxious about the pausing of the clinical trial into puberty blockers. Everybody deserves access to safe healthcare. We must listen to trans young people and reinstate the trial. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQ+

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Women in the UK wait over 9 years for an endometriosis diagnosis. Too often, their pain is dismissed as anxiety, low pain tolerance, or “just periods.” I urged the Government to back Endometriosis UK’s target to cut diagnosis to 1 year by 2030 and improve access by moving care into the community.

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TRUMP: Who are you with? REPORTER: Newsmax TRUMP: You're not doing a very good job REPORTER: You deployed ICE-- TRUMP: You're not doing a good job. Did you hear me? I'm taking CNN over Newsmax. Can you believe it?

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Periodic "I am available for various freelance work" post/thread. Not that these tend to lead to much in my case but just in case this will change that pattern. Things I can do and have experience of doing listed below.

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This is what makes the next general election so important. If the right takes power - Reform, Tory or a combination of both - our democracy goes up in smoke. The stakes really could not be higher.

JWexTheSpa@jwsidders.bsky.social

This is a brilliant piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social. It makes clear what it is now at stake in UK politics. My one quibble is with the idea of a "big and important struggle on the British right today". I think that struggle has already happened and MAGA-style nationalist populism won.

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Replying to @meidastouch.com

Sorry America, I really hope that we (NATO) keep out this, and hope Starmer keeps his spine as well. My thoughts and sympathies are with your wonderful armed forces who will have to clear this lunatics mess up.

These “concentration camps” are also where many people of modest means go on holiday every year: butlins, pontins, etc.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

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"He should stand up for his armed forces. His party sent them to war." Diane Dernie's son Ben was severely wounded in Afghanistan. She wants Keir Starmer to demand an apology from Donald Trump after he claimed that British soldiers 'stayed away from the front line'.

is denuclear the same as not vaccinating your kids because polio doesn’t exist anymore ?

Kiran Stacey@kiranstacey.bsky.social

EXC: Zack Polanski tells us Britain should consider closing US military bases, leave Nato and denuclearise, as he begins to flesh out the Greens’ foreign policy. Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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EXC: Zack Polanski tells us Britain should consider closing US military bases, leave Nato and denuclearise, as he begins to flesh out the Greens’ foreign policy. Also spells out to @pippacrerar.bsky.social and me his red lines in any coalition talks to come. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comUK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack PolanskiExclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US

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