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Ben Basson
@benbasson.bsky.social
London-based software developer. I signed up to Twitter just to make a sausage pun. I signed up to Bluesky because Twitter was bought (and ruined) by a lunatic.
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signing on to work today when most people took the full 2 weeks off
a man is dancing in a living room with a foosball table
Alt: a man is dancing in a living room with a foosball table
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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What the fuck have i just watched
First trailer for Andy Serkis’ ‘ANIMAL FARM’ has dropped.

In theaters May 1.

#AnimalFarm #AndySerkis
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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[tracker kneels and examines spoor]
- A herd of twits has passed this way but an hour ago.
- How can you tell?
- Look. Fresh nincompoop.
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Klaus truly is one of the best holiday movies ever made.

Makes me smile every year.
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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I suppose they'll sell them through a shell company
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I remember, many years ago now (with ny transport strategist hat on) being asked in a BBC interview if Crossrail would be Khan's biggest legacy. The thing that had the biggest impact on London.

I said:

"No. It'll be ULEZ."

(The low emissions zone)
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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‘Boomers bought houses at a time when saving a couple of pounds per day taking a packed lunch to work would give you a house deposit in eight years. For a millennial this would take two centuries.’
My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Two vital lessons from this story:

✅ never agree to a police interview without legal representation, even if officers claim they are unable to reach a solicitor, and

✅ never accept a caution to secure release, as it's an admission of guilt

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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July 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I am genuinely going to subscribe to the premium version of Channel 4's streaming platform just so I never have to see this dickhead and his gochujang cookies again
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Tolkien used hobbits to represent traditional English values. This is why Bilbo leaves his home, lies to a foreigner, steals his treasure, and causes a war which kills and displaces millions of people.
June 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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This is exactly the paper on confirmation bias I was looking for!!
May 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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. @swardley.bsky.social ’s keynote is live! Watch him explore strategy with Wardley Maps & AI at Agile Meets Architecture, connecting Sun Tzu & John Boyd on navigating change and uncertainty. Watch now on YouTube! youtu.be/hEjjCI3kTM4
Simon Wardley - From here to there and back again
YouTube video by Agile meets Architecture
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We had a lot of fun putting #FOI25 on, not least because I get to design sparkly ✨ awards ✨

If you work with FOI (in any way - practitioners or requesters) go and follow @ecase.co.uk because we'll be posting videos of all the sessions in the coming weeks
March 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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What impact has FOI had? Dr Ben Worthy of Birkbeck University takes to the stage to tell all #FOI25

“1 in 10 people in the UK have made an FOI request - it’s not just the journalists”
March 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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What does AI mean for us in an FOI content? Glenn Phillips, CTO @ecase.co.uk explains all #FOI25
March 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I’ve worked in intranets, digital workplaces, and comms long enough to see the same cycles repeat, the same mistakes made, and the same bright ideas crash and burn.

So here are the hard truths. Are you ready? Let’s go. 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This is brutally hilarious. Shot and chaser.
January 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I suspect it'll have to literally fall down on their heads before they take action.
Parliament could become the next “Notre Dame inferno”, a former Commons leader Peter Hain has warned, as it was confirmed proposals for a multibillion-pound restoration may not be published until the end of 2025.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Act now or UK parliament could be next Notre Dame inferno, MPs and peers told
Former Commons leader decries ‘another kick of the can’, with restoration plan not to be published until late 2025
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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OFFICER: i understand detailed chalk outlines but why's he spending so much time on the genitalia

SERGEANT: how dare you question the legendary dick tracey
December 23, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM