Ben Tye
@bentye.bsky.social
Reading, poetry, music, film, swimming, cooking, running, gardening, and other distractions. Transpersonal Psychotherapist (UKCP); Business consultant (CEO at Gate One); Tutor and academic at CCPE, Executive coach (EMCC) and group facilitator.
Good God. What the!
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Good God. What the!
Made a cherry and plum vanilla tart. Very tasty.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Made a cherry and plum vanilla tart. Very tasty.
Wonderful wonderful news @andrewmale.bsky.social. Congratulations to you both!
The best day ever. It’s official. Also, our celebrant was Count Indigo. Isn’t that amazing?
Yesterday, three years and one day after our first date, I officially became Mrs @andrewmale.bsky.social in a day overflowing with love and joy. We could not be happier.
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wonderful wonderful news @andrewmale.bsky.social. Congratulations to you both!
Orbs of Joy in the oven for later. Red onions, duck fat and chicken stock, braised for an hour. Thanks Fergus H 😋
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Orbs of Joy in the oven for later. Red onions, duck fat and chicken stock, braised for an hour. Thanks Fergus H 😋
It's good to see more and more peeps shitcanning the dreadful Spotify and moving to Tidal.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's good to see more and more peeps shitcanning the dreadful Spotify and moving to Tidal.
Autumn Hip Hop playlist on Tidal by @andrewmale.bsky.social. The all-timer Liquid Swords served first up of course. Thanks Andrew 👍🏼
Ok, my homepage is an absolute mess because I'm still figuring stuff out but here is my first Tidal Playlist.
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming
TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and ...
tidal.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Autumn Hip Hop playlist on Tidal by @andrewmale.bsky.social. The all-timer Liquid Swords served first up of course. Thanks Andrew 👍🏼
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.
Quote with your favourite film and album* from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Quote with your favourite film and album* from the year you were born
A two- week cold and bad chest, another no swim weekend and I'm on a course next weekend. It'll be a shock when I finally get back in the water in two weeks.
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A two- week cold and bad chest, another no swim weekend and I'm on a course next weekend. It'll be a shock when I finally get back in the water in two weeks.
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Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
geni.us/Boyhood
geni.us/Boyhood
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
geni.us/Boyhood
geni.us/Boyhood
Full of a cold, so no swimming today. Instead, a very slow cooked bolognese listening to @backlisted.bsky.social then marking some third-year theory essays.
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Full of a cold, so no swimming today. Instead, a very slow cooked bolognese listening to @backlisted.bsky.social then marking some third-year theory essays.
Lovely autumn swim earlier. W has a rare Sunday off so we had moules et frites and pale ales for lunch. ❤️
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lovely autumn swim earlier. W has a rare Sunday off so we had moules et frites and pale ales for lunch. ❤️
Missed you the last weekend. What a glorious day and a nice bite to the water temps.
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Missed you the last weekend. What a glorious day and a nice bite to the water temps.
Swimming in the drizzle to the live sounds of the Jazzberries performing at the annual tea-party.
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Swimming in the drizzle to the live sounds of the Jazzberries performing at the annual tea-party.
Rare and Racy (Sheffield) nostalgia from the handwritten price label. Ajar : Otomo, Rowe & Sugimoto from 2002.
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Rare and Racy (Sheffield) nostalgia from the handwritten price label. Ajar : Otomo, Rowe & Sugimoto from 2002.
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RIP to one of the all-time greats. www.ft.com/content/46d5...
Claudia Cardinale, actress, 1938-2025
The Mediterranean beauty whose intelligence and tenacity prolonged her career beyond the golden age of Italian cinema
www.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
RIP to one of the all-time greats. www.ft.com/content/46d5...
Just got back from our company's annual offsite. We do them well. On Thursday night we have a fancy dress party - one of the young people I work with came as Bill Evans - cool as f*ck. The kids are alright.
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Just got back from our company's annual offsite. We do them well. On Thursday night we have a fancy dress party - one of the young people I work with came as Bill Evans - cool as f*ck. The kids are alright.
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On the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal 'book of the dead hamlets', author Iain Sinclair talks to Robert Davidson about London in the 70s, Hawksmoor churches and Arthur Machen
A London Dreaming: #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50
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A London Dreaming: #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50
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September 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
On the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal 'book of the dead hamlets', author Iain Sinclair talks to Robert Davidson about London in the 70s, Hawksmoor churches and Arthur Machen
A London Dreaming: #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50
buff.ly/x4m4wMR
A London Dreaming: #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50
buff.ly/x4m4wMR
Reposted by Ben Tye
September 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reposted by Ben Tye
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
I’d like to comment on Andrew’s Miles Davis thread but can’t 🙁
September 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I’d like to comment on Andrew’s Miles Davis thread but can’t 🙁
Made some fig chutney for the Winter period. 😋
September 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Made some fig chutney for the Winter period. 😋
Must be the weather and the mood. We've got Arvo Pärt on the go.
September 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Must be the weather and the mood. We've got Arvo Pärt on the go.
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My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.
September 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.