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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jan 9

🚨 i’m launching a substack!

it’s called ‘the good fight’ and it’s dedicated to telling the stories of incredible people doing incredible things across movements to make the world better! it’s free to subscribe so please click here to find out more! wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/about

About - the good fight

Stories, interviews, guides and more for everyone fighting for a better world. Click to read the good fight, by Ben Smoke, a Substack publication.

wefightthegoodfight.substack.com

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ben and I got reckt in a ruined monastery for you, the least you can do is say thanks?????

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 14

me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...

Dr Eleanor Janega on the Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Monks & More | What Do You Want to Talk About?

YouTube video by Ralph World

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 14

me and @goingmedieval.bsky.social went to an abbey, got drunk and chatted about sex and gender through the ages, kinky monks and sex lizards — check it out here! youtu.be/rRSZCMj0-2U?...

Dr Eleanor Janega on the Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Monks & More | What Do You Want to Talk About?

YouTube video by Ralph World

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · Aug 6

In which your faves hang out.

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 6

been working super hard on a new format called what do you wanna talk about where we let guests talk about whatever they want! launches tomorrow 5pm. heres a sneaky peek ft
Sapan Verma, @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @willhunterr.bsky.social + Fekky with many more to come! youtube.com/shorts/hfWpB...

What Do You Want to Talk About?

YouTube video by Ralph World

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 6

sex sells, especially sex lizards

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 6

subscribe to the substack to get eps direct to your inbox! ralphworld.substack.com

Ralph World | Substack

Pop culture for the fun of it! Click to read Ralph World, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 6

What Do You Want to Talk About?

YouTube video by Ralph World

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Aug 1

Edinburgh Festival preview just out with 5 stars for Jordan Gray, How to Win Against History and Urooj Ashfaq PLUS must see shows from @robinince.bsky.social, @josielong.bsky.social, @awkwardprods.co.uk and more!

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Ralph Recommends: Edinburgh Fringe edition

Ft. Jordan Gray, Urooj Ashfaq, How to Win Against History, and more

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jul 31

went to latitude and chatted to legend and icon @robinince.bsky.social about the cosmic shambles arena, curiosity and the joy of resistance PLUS reviewed every meal i had there, you can check it all out here: ralphworld.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

The joy of being curious

Ft. Robin Ince, Cosmic Shambles, Latitude food review and more

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jul 2

running in the rain after a blazing few days is an unrivalled feeling. 15/10.

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jun 25

inject it

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Jun 25

"Andrew Cuomo is visibly upset and people are crying"

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Sarah Jaffe @sarahljaffe.bsky.social · Jun 24

In case any New Yorkers follow me and aren't yet decided about the mayor's race, let me share a series of articles from my decade-plus time covering Andrew Cuomo. To begin: when he made a fake political party dedicated to "Women's Equality" rewirenewsgroup.com/2014/07/30/n...

How New York's Governor Is Playing Politics With Women's Equality

In the wake of the recent announcement that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating an entirely new party devoted to “women's equality,” some women's rights supporters have wondered if the move is truly evidenc...

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jun 23

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jun 20

lmao at that opening line

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Jun 20

forgot this place existed for like two months, did i miss anything

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · May 1

sat down with the incredible jordan gray a couple of weeks ago and chatted ethical non-monogamy, writing real life trans people, the death threats that inspired her new edinburgh show and a ceramic chicken called maude... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qzw...

Ralph and Friends 03: Jordan Gray

YouTube video by Ralph Magazine

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 27

made a new playlist. ran a speedy 10k listening to it and cried three times along the way. great morning. 15/10.

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 23

very little joy to be had in being right about starmer but also won't apologise for pointing out that many of those who were the loudest champions of him// the harshest critiques of the left are now incredulously standing around asking wtf is going on + why noone warned them starmer was like this...

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 23

for 4 years many of us were shouting from the rooftops warning about starmer + how easily he'd throw everything + anyone under the bus to get or keep power and for 4 years, people like otto english told us we were wrong, labour'd get more left in power, that we were just tory enablers etc etc...

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Apr 22

What the absolute fuck is Starmer thinking?

Who is advising him?

Where do they think this hateful crap will get them?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Apr 22

Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".

Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms

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Dave @isntdave.bsky.social · Apr 22

it is, but that aside, “What a brilliant statement by the Crab Museum” has absolutely set me off, what a stunning set of words

Hannah Crowdy @hannahcrowdy.bsky.social · Apr 22

What a brilliant statement by the Crab Museum 🦀 👏🏼 www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Small museums respond to UK Supreme Court gender ruling - Museums Association

Vagina Museum and Crab Museum pledge their support for trans community

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Samuel Sweek 🇵🇸🇱🇧 @samuelsweek.bsky.social · Apr 21

Me and @bencsmoke.bsky.social are getting married if you even care…

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 20

the foundation of a lasting marriage

ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 20

forgot to tag @samuelsweek.bsky.social, really great start to the rest of our lives xx

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 20

🚨SOME PROFESSIONAL NEWS:

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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social · Apr 18

know i’m getting old because i had a sex dream last night but my brain gave it subtitles so i could follow along lmao

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · Apr 12

These women are my constituents. Gangs in their home country have threatened their lives.

They're detained and due to be deported next week, because of an admin error.

I've been urgently trying to get them released. The Home Office must not deport them.

www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

Two young women detained and facing deportation over 'admin error'

Gang members have previously threatened the family and abducted one of the sisters

www.nottinghampost.com

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