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Ben Meakin
@bnmkn.bsky.social
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Freelance Copywriter, plays games, watches sport, does BladesPod and writes WOMEN OF STEEL: http://womenofsteel.substack.com
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · Aug 27
8 years, 375 episodes, 1.4 million (!) listens, countless mispronunciations. Pretty overwhelmed by the reaction to this!
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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · Aug 27
👋 Hello everyone, bit of an announcement from me and @panchero.bsky.social - after 8 years, I've decided to call time on the podcast. One for the road:

SC: soundcloud.com/ben-meakin-6...

AP: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Sp: open.spotify.com/show/6wLq5qa...
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 1h
That's a bingo!
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 1d
Game 14: Hallam 1-1 Consett AFC, Sandygate, Northern Premier League East. Glorious afternoon at Sandygate and over 1,000 in. Visitors probably shaded this one but Hallam had a late goal contentiously ruled out.
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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 3d
Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov is clearly David Moyes in a terrible disguise
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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 15d
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4d
Well I'm interested
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1000xRESIST | Available Now @sunsetvisitor.studio · 4d
We have some upcoming news that we are VERY excited to share next week.

Thank you for making the future of 1000xRESIST so bright. Hekki grace. 💙

In the meantime, here's a little sneak preview of what's to come...
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4d
Oh nice, thank you!
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4d
Where do you find results / tables etc, incidentally? Our club account is quite inconsistent in what it provides updates on...
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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 4d
5️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ days later, Sheffield United Women have won a home game! So of course, I wrote 2,000 words about the victory over Ipswich that lifts the Blades up the #WSL2 table:

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MD5: Blades beat Ipswich to earn a first home win in 18 months
Two Amy Andrews goals and another from Charlie Devlin give United their first win of the season
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 4d
Oof that last angle 🤩
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 6d
Appreciate your sacrifice
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 7d
Thank you! Had they blown it (we were miles better than Ipswich but then seemed to decide to give them a free goal to make it interesting) I think I'd still be crying now. Amy Andrews was immense.
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 7d
Them NOT BOTTOM BLADES 👏
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 7d
Game 13: Sheffield United 3-2 Ipswich Town, Bramall Lane, WSL2. A long-awaited and fully-deserved home win for the Blades, who rather let Ipswich off the hook after racing into a 3-0 lead. Amy Andrews with a masterful performance in attack, scoring twice.
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 7d
Today: can the Blades bag a first home win since March 2024 (ffs)?
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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 11d
New WOMEN OF STEEL is out, as United come oh-so-close to nicking a point against the league leaders Birmingham. I was really impressed with how we played in this one. Big game against Ipswich at home on Sunday.

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MD4: United fall just short against league leaders
An excellent effort from the Blades who lose 2-1 to Birmingham City after a late error wipes out Joy Ralph's equaliser
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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 8d
lol
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 9d
As someone who writes a lot of marketing related copy this was a really useful read in terms of "don't accidentally write like an LLM"!
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Matt @matt.blobfish.zone · 9d
Wikipedia has a really handy list with examples en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 9d
A fateful encounter, a chilling transformation for the hero of Hyrule.

The coverage and ads for Majora's Mask left little doubt that it was going to be a *different* kind of Legend of Zelda game but still, I imagine quite a few people were caught off-guard by this sequence.
"what's with that stupid horse of yours?!it doesn't listen to a word that's said to it." Says a lounging skull kid in a cutscene screenie from the GC version of Majora's Mask. A close up of Link in profile listening to SK's taunting about getting rid of Epona. A shot of baleful orange-yellow-green eyes as Link transforms into a deku scrub Link staring at his reflection in water in horror, now s cap wearing deku scrub
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 9d
The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."
A model of the first level from Mario 64. A model of a snowy level from Mario 64.
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Harvey Hinkler @harveyhinkler.bsky.social · 9d
Back talking nonsense about one of the most exciting divisions in all of English football. This week's WSL 2 Preview is live as we take a look over all the fixtures coming up this Sunday ⬇️
#wsl #wsl2 #woso
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Basement battle at Bramall Lane & Third play second in Wearside - Gameweek Five Preview
Detailed previews of all six WSL 2 games coming our way this Sunday.
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 10d
Had Xbox Game Pass for a couple of years, always thought it was great value and enjoyed being able to try different games - many of which I'd never normally buy - and drop them if they weren't clicking. 50% price increase though? Think I'm out
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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 11d
New WOMEN OF STEEL is out, as United come oh-so-close to nicking a point against the league leaders Birmingham. I was really impressed with how we played in this one. Big game against Ipswich at home on Sunday.

open.substack.com/pub/womenofs...
MD4: United fall just short against league leaders
An excellent effort from the Blades who lose 2-1 to Birmingham City after a late error wipes out Joy Ralph's equaliser
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 11d
Game 12: Sheffield United 1-2 Southampton, Bramall Lane, Championship. I suppose, in fairness, that was more interesting than the other three home defeats so far this season.
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 12d
I'm assuming Luke Turner will continue to manage the side for the rest of the campaign, but after two straight managerial suspensions for non-footballing reasons this also feels like a great opportunity to hire our first female manager since Carla Ward...
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BladesPod @bladespod.bsky.social · 12d
United have confirmed the departure of manager Ash Thompson by mutual consent: www.sufc.co.uk/news/2025/se... Thompson shared this statement on his own Twitter account.
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · Apr 14
video games: the ultimate gaming magazine, reader submitted game concept (1996) archive.org/details/vide...
a reader has sent in a concept for a one on one fighting game involving characters from the mario universe called mario kombat. the picture depicts mario shooting fireballs at an angry bowser, who is yelling 'see you in hell plumber!!!'. their respective health bars are shown above.
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Ben Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 12d
"The tongue is corrupting the memory with its ever expanding length"
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 18d
In Yoshi's Island, a "tongue overflow" glitch exists whereby Yoshi's tongue is able to fly away and begin gaining infinite length, overwriting the game's memory. The tongue-based corruption can have any number of effects, including skipping to the credits and ending the game.
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