Ben
@barscott.bsky.social
Anything and everything is good when enjoyed in its proper context.
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A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”
over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
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Maybe he should come back, after all.
Can't see anyone else who can empower ppl as good as he can.
Can't see anyone else who can empower ppl as good as he can.
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Maybe he should come back, after all.
Can't see anyone else who can empower ppl as good as he can.
Can't see anyone else who can empower ppl as good as he can.
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When the far right invents or exaggerates bad behaviour by their foes - see ‘cancel culture’; threats to free speech; anti-fascist violence; financial corruption; cronyism etc - they do so to preemptively excuse their own far worse & blatant abuses in exactly the same spaces.
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Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...
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The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
May 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The reality is, Britain economically benefits from immigration and illegal migration is too small to impact most. The communities that blame immigration for decline are actually suffering the effects of 15 yrs of Tory austerity, under-investment in public infrastructure and the reality of Brexit.
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Shut down the youth clubs.
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
April 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shut down the youth clubs.
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
Sell off the playing fields.
Put up "no ball games" signs.
Make public places hostile to teenagers.
Then:
"Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
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This is what was missing behind 2020's closed doors. This is what's killed by different kick-off times.
I wish you could bottle Saturday's shared experience. A crackle of goals elsewhere. A surge of optimism. A sense of opportunity knocking.
So unnecessarily stressful. A pivotal day. #lufc
I wish you could bottle Saturday's shared experience. A crackle of goals elsewhere. A surge of optimism. A sense of opportunity knocking.
So unnecessarily stressful. A pivotal day. #lufc
The agony and ecstasy of watching Leeds move to within touching distance of promotion
Daniel Farke's side are five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United but, as ever, they are not making life easy for themselves
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is what was missing behind 2020's closed doors. This is what's killed by different kick-off times.
I wish you could bottle Saturday's shared experience. A crackle of goals elsewhere. A surge of optimism. A sense of opportunity knocking.
So unnecessarily stressful. A pivotal day. #lufc
I wish you could bottle Saturday's shared experience. A crackle of goals elsewhere. A surge of optimism. A sense of opportunity knocking.
So unnecessarily stressful. A pivotal day. #lufc
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Juliette Kayyem in The Atlantic.
April 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Juliette Kayyem in The Atlantic.
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John, the blind Leeds United fan from yesterday's story, didn't bring it up but it came to my attention that he and his wife (also blind) have had a no fault eviction notice. Fundraising has begun. It'd be amazing if Leeds fans went big on this
#lufc
#lufc
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
John, the blind Leeds United fan from yesterday's story, didn't bring it up but it came to my attention that he and his wife (also blind) have had a no fault eviction notice. Fundraising has begun. It'd be amazing if Leeds fans went big on this
#lufc
#lufc
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Today is a great day to start or get back into 99% Invisible. It's a show about the objects and systems we design and what these things say about us and our values.
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
99% Invisible
99% Invisible with Roman Mars is a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the ninety-nine percent invisible activity that shapes our world.
99percentinvisible.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Today is a great day to start or get back into 99% Invisible. It's a show about the objects and systems we design and what these things say about us and our values.
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org