Ben Pine

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

Today’s poem is called ‘Slow Puncture’.

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You see her and your heart Fills up with lust and ardor You take her to your bed But that’s where things get harder You find that there’s a wall A dense and wild arbor You need sonar and a map To bring your ship to harbor Things have gotten out of hand

I was asking myself: Could I create mathematical art using just the bare minimum of tools that usually come with an operating system? (No python, no JS, no frameworks.)

Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025 ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭 "Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people" ✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

So the singularity has started

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

Days are getting longer

These are a few of my favourite words …

Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.

Kung Fu Hustle

From The Betrayal of Anne Frank, by Rosemary Sullivan. #booksky

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"

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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’. It’s Russian.

This article is fascinating: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

New idea for an AI agent that just goes around turning off all the annoying AI features and agents like some sort of AI Highlander

ATTENTION PARENTS: is your child texting about stealing from the Louvre? know the signs: RTFM: robbing the famous museum LMAO: looting my ass off LSTCDTS: let's see Tom Cruise do this shit MLM: Mona Lisa's mine

7 years this month since I bought an iPencil, decided to try and learn to draw. I was 47, had never drawn anything outside of scribbling stuff with our youngster. Still lots to learn. I draw every day. Can't imagine a day *without* drawing now. It has brought me so much joy :) #digitalart

Not just lying scumbags, actually villainous lying scumbags.

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

JUST DROPPED: Ember’s new slide deck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team lays out how manufactured, modular technologies are rewriting the physics, economics, and geopolitics of energy. A treasure trove of visuals and storytelling. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

A must-read from @mliebreich.bsky.social. Rest assured, you will not agree with everything he says. But as Michael says “This is surely a moment for frank talk, given what is going on in the world.” about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

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Saddles were developed around 800 BCE but stirrups weren’t invented until 1,000 years later (in 2-300 CE). And over 1,500 years later still, in the US, came the invention of a small lamp (attached to the pommel) for reading maps while riding a horse at night. It was called saddle light navigation.

Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.

Whilst you're busy shouting about the boats, the Billionaires are sitting on their piles of money laughing themselves to sleep.

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I use a cane and am considering getting a mobility scooter, and I'm interested in hearing from folks who've been in this position before--what helped you decide whether a scooter was a good option for you? (I'm interested in firsthand experiences, please--I'm not needing help googling).

I’m going to visit UKAEA today and getting a tour of JET. Quite excited.

Sentence seems a bit excessive. Surely treehabilitation would be better. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

When was the last time you had a banana split? Why aren’t you eating one now?

sorry i never replied to your email. i didn’t want to and then i forgot.

This is terrifying.