Ben Jackson

🧵 Matt Yglesias is one of the biggest reasons the Democratic Party leadership is so feckless, cowardly, and lazy. I'm not exaggerating. Yglesias is often a featured speaker at private Democratic Party events, despite almost always being wrong. Let's discuss...

Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million In Transfers

Trump has reached historically low approval ratings, and all I can think about is how 36% of likely voters say they would still vote for him. That feels like a lot!

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.

Big brother keeping an eye on his little sister as she has an afternoon nap #dogs #dogsofbluesky

omfg my brother’s puppy is so cute it’s going to be hard not to steal her #dogsofbluesky

Very good long read by the FT on Mancheater City and how sports washing works. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Manchester City: too big to fail?

Such a tragic end to a tragic story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...

Their basis for their appeal is factually correct—that’s exactly where the money came from—but he is indistinguishable from the Abu Dhabi Government. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The intricate web Man City spun to con the Premier League 📌 Problem became apparent very quickly 📌 Sham contracts and disguised funding scheme 📌 Project Longbow 📌 Contracts paid by other means 📌 City's witnesses 'lied knowingly' 📌 Money breakdown 👇 www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Excellent statement from the EPL and Martin is exactly right. It’s unclear to me why the cut off is the 2017/18 season because the behaviour of the sponsors and ADUG did not change from that point forward.

Harry Lloyd is inspired casting as Cantor. Although not that we need any help hating a billionaire. #SlowHorses

Guilty. It’s absolutely beyond doubt as well, so hopefully the appeals won’t go anywhere. And now we wait for the punishment…

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Hong Shao Rou / Red Braised Pork Belly. Basically sticky and sweet popcorn pork. Utterly delicious. Served it with a wood ear mushroom salad (Xiang Cai Mu Er) and hot and sour courgettes (Tang Cu Yi Da Li Gua). #foodsky 🍜🍽️

This week’s Song Exploder is terrific. Paula Cole gives the smallest glimpse of what it’s like to be a woman in the music industry and it’s brutal. A song that always deserved attention beyond its theme tune status.

I think Wrexham should give Phil Parkinson a big hug, thank him for everything he’s done, and go get Scott Parker.

Alex Gibney, Ashley St. Claire, and Zoe Schiffer are now speaking to the press about MUSK

Headed goal this half gets Isak the German perfect hat-trick (assuming he gets the third goal of the match). #LFC #YNWA

This is a great adventure game. Genuinely laugh out loud with a nice balance of puzzles. Worth checking out if you missed it on PC.

@bbc5live.bsky.social crashing from a news item about how Ski Sunday has been cancelled into a promotional jingle for their Premier League coverage feels a little too on the nose #BBC #SkiSunday

I know a lot of fans hate him, but we’ll miss Gakpo if he goes. He’s the most productive forward at the club. #YNWA #LFC

The push notification for this was: Will AI glasses replace the smartphone? No! AI is coming for your glasses

Hard to say we deserved that; however, I’ll gladly take it. Will be a long old season, but Munoz is a silver lining. #YNWA

Bought my dad a smoker 2.5 years ago and he’s never used it, so I’ve gone home and smoked 4kg of pork ribs. #foodsky 🍽️🍜

This week’s #Reacher is like 50% large man running, or simply walking away from men he’s just beaten up, and I am here for it.

Liverpool fans - and football - could do with explanations on intentions behind the consortium The oddity is Bezos could buy a club outright if he wanted But this is seen as these types of investors holding game assets for bigger reasons than money www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

PRECOGNITION aims to do what Her Story did for Detective Games, but for (Messed Up) Time Travel After receiving an experimental implant, Diana gains the ability to see her own future. Use her precognition to navigate kaleidoscopic possibilities and change the world for the better… or for the worse

My big handsome man is back, and #Reacher season 4 has got off to a rollicking start.

I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks.

I know both the @theguardian.com and @newyorker.com articles were written by women, and both articles are far more nuanced than the headlines imply, but the answer is clear: we should just stop talking about women’s bodies. The constant media scrutiny is the thing that’s actually unhealthy.

You really have to feel for Joe Gomez #LFC #YNWA

Look, you don't have to do alt text on your photos, but writing "a screenshot from the article" instead of copying and pasting the text you are sharing - which you can easily do right from the alt text screen - is worse than doing nothing. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

That 2% is bullshit

I really wish Last Week Tonight was available on HBO Max in the UK. It’s like a beloved possession lost in the divorce with Sky.

I have a lot of sympathy on this point as – after a game at altitude at one in sweltering heat – his team were dead on its feet. Momentum was lost long before the defensive substitutions. But the squad selection was exposed. Henderson’s injury screwed England as he didn’t trust Mainoo.

I can’t think of much that would give me more pleasure than seeing Arne Slot lead the Netherlands to victory at Wembley in two years. Wales, obviously, but I’m a realist and my boys are far from certain to qualify.

A lot of US politics is very funny, but the fact that they’re basically Weekend at Bernie’s a sitting senator is hilarious. Also, I think we really need a new reference point for pretending someone is dead. That terrible movie is 37 years old!

9/ And this is probably the best comprehensive piece on air con in Europe @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...

And Super Furry Animals at Ally Pally!

@joshuajfriedman.com This post made me realise we need a Wait, What? feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Nothing good comes from the murder of political figures

This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves