Ben

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Aging nerd, office drone and recovering librarian. TTRPGs, retrofuturism, gushing about Pratchett and increasingly radicalised political takes.
Please ignore my bad posts, unless they made you mad, in which case know that I meant every word.

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"Houston we have lif-Houston? Hello? Are you there? Aah goddamnit power's out again, somebody get the BIG ladder"

NEW: Elon Musk says he's moving SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas

Not just that, but I'd never have to worry about playing two truths and a lie at a shitty corporate away day again

I would love to get struck by lightning, just so I can get one of those amazing natural "lightning tree" keraunographic markings on my body.

Just got back from seeing Hundreds of Beavers and you absolutely should too. You simply won't see another film like it, like some mad blend of Zucker Brothers, Looney Tunes and Buster Keaton with a dash of Scott Pilgrim. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h4P...

Hundreds of Beavers | Official Trailer | Coming to Fandor April 19www.youtube.com In this 19th century, supernatural comedy, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper when he los...

There is exactly one way in which I want Streeting involved in the NHS and it's not by being in charge

Wes Streeting is a disgrace to queer solidarity and to evidence-based policymaking. That he is Health Secretary will lead to more suicides among trans youth in the UK.

Finding out that there are genuinely people who go hard in the paint for Jess Phillips and losing a little more faith in the world

At the point now where I've gone long enough without seeing whatever video this hawk tuah thing comes from that I'm avoiding it as a point of principle

If Robert Smith were a plant

If Robert Smith were a plant.

Coffey Klatch: Therese Coffey and Gillian Keegan discuss their various enemies Trussed Up: Liz Truss explains BDSM practices to Nadine Dorries to decide if she'd like Boris to do them to her Political Animals: A zookeeper coaxes Jonathan Gullis to give political insights by offering him bananas

Oh God, just realised we're looking at the launch of five, maybe six new light-hearted-yet-forensic ex-MP political podcasts

Allowing myself one single moment of election night joy to go 'Ohhhhhhhh Jeremy Coooooorbyn'

According to Sky, the Lib Dems have 'one last stunt' ready for the end of the campaign

According to Sky, the Lib Dem’s have ‘one last stunt’ ready for the end of the campaign.

As a former librarian I am positively drooling at the resources and services in this thread

The Helsinki library is like the apotheosis of Library As Useful Public Space. I am in awe.

Jer's trumpet broke which is unfortunate as they seem like a good egg. If you are a cursed child of the third wave ska revival like me, you should check out their stuff and consider whether you want to support them so we can get more goddamn bangers like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ond...

A big part of me making money via creating content is support through Patreon. It’s the backbone behind me doing this thing. So if you dig what I do and wanna support, pls come support on Patreon! Www.patreon.com/skatunenetwork you can also give money via Venmo/cashapp. Both are skatunenetwork!!

Red Wine Supernova (Chappell Roan) SKA COVER (Ft. GET TUFF)www.youtube.com YouTube video by Ska Tune Network

Finally got around to watching The Fall Guy last night and man, that film did not deserve to flop. I haven't had a film carry me along on sheer charm and charisma like that for ages.

How about this for a spicy take: Elden Ring and Gone Home employ the same storytelling techniques

My hot take for the day is that the Elden Ring style of story telling reminds me of the Dota style of story telling in that it's shit and done almost entirely through item descriptions.

You should subscribe to this so I can choose which of you I'd take into a dungeon

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Being on the left just means constantly dealing with a version of Cassandra's curse where you have the power to see into the present and have to wait years for the dumbest motherfuckers alive to catch up

Oh my God, a homegrown Big Boat Stuck. Now you guys are REALLY gonna see how to fuck up unsticking a boat 🥲🫡🇬🇧

The Cambridgeshire branch of the Ever Given Reenactment Society is at it again.

Cargo ship has grounded in the River Nene, Cambridgeshirewww.bbc.co.uk

This is hype as shit. The first movie was fine but Timo Tjahjanto has been LONG overdue his big Hollywood break. Headshot was a lot of fun but The Night Comes For Us is one of the best action movies of the late 2010s. deadline.com/2024/06/bob-...

Bob Odenkirk Returning For ‘Nobody 2’; Timo Tjahjanto To Direct For Universal, 87Northdeadline.com Bob Odenkirk is set to return for 'Nobody 2,' a sequel to his hit Uni action thriller 'Nobody,' which Indonesia's Timo Tjahjanto will direct.

Now you and I might look at this and think "This man is a pudding-brained oaf and he will never see the light of heaven" but stop and really think about it for a second. After all, who shot Hitler? Yeah, that's right, not so smug now, are you? (also PLEASE note the watermark from LAST YEAR)

I didn't have "Dr Disrespect gets outed for messaging underage fans and his defence is 'yes I did it and yes the messages were inappropriate but I didn't actually nonce anyone'" on my 2024 bingo card. But that's just because I assumed it had already happened.

Memes aside, Butterfly is an important puzzle piece to understand what the vibes were like in 2000. Is it a 'good' song? Probably not, but I wouldn't have as much affection for it if it was. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FED...

Shifty Shellshock, the frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town who sang the hit song “Butterfly,” has died. He was 49.

Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town Frontman and ‘Butterfly’ Singer, Dies at 49variety.com Shifty Shellshock, the frontman of rap rock band Crazy Town who sang the hit song "Butterfly," has died. He was 49.

Crazy Town - Butterfly (Official Video)www.youtube.com “Butterfly” by Crazy Town Listen to Crazy Town: https://CrazyTown.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Crazy Town YouTube Channel: https://CrazyTown.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Crazy Town: Facebook: https://CrazyTown.lnk.to/followFI Website: https://CrazyTown.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://CrazyTown.lnk.to/followSI Lyrics: Come my lady Come come my lady You're my butterfly, sugar baby Come my lady Come come my lady You're my butterfly, sugar baby #CrazyTown #Butterfly #RapMetal

This hit me like a concentrated burst of nostalgia right to the gut

The man who built his own 1980s WHSmith computer game department. whynowgaming.com/the-man-who-...

WWE Raw and Ru Paul's Drag Race are the same show: A 'reality' show depicting a competition featuring elaborate entrances and intensely physical one-on-one competition where storylines are driven as much by interpersonal conflict between larger-than-life personas as by individual performance.

Someone said WWE wrestlers are drag queens for straight men and oh my God they’re so right

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Netflix was roundly mocked for releasing their ridiculous shark film as 'Under Paris' instead of the obvious Shark de Triomphe. So they've just released these alternate posters, which I love. #UnderParis

I have found two links that truly capture the heart of Britain and will explain it to non-Brits better than I ever could. First of all, watch this video: x.com/I_Dont_Know_...

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Theory: The reason vampires are traditionally depicted as solitary predators is because they are as stuck in nostalgia as we are. A guy who grew up attending balls and listening to Rachmaninoff cannot tolerate the presence of a freshly-vamped zoomer telling him he has Skibidi Ohio rizz

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THE WICKED + THE DIVINE: THE COVERS VERSION kickstarter is live. Back to get this beautiful art book. Once more we return, etc. #WicDiv www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com A hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

The Prince Charles Cinema (otherwise great London cinema) just got yelled at for showing (albeit by private hire) 'The world's first 1st film written by AI' and it's... a movie about the world's 1st film written by AI. Incredible new levels of sucking yourself off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9maT...

THE LAST SCREENWRITER - Movie Trailerwww.youtube.com Official Trailer for the Movie THE LAST SCREENWRITER

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Behold, the Cool S Sword.

Everyone pour one out for God's Bravest Solider (my Galaxy S7) as it comes to the end of it's 8-year war against compulsive consumerism (too lazy to get an upgrade) after being brought low by the machinations of the dastardly CCP (crashed while scrolling TikTok and won't turn on again)