Benjamin James
@benjamintjames.bsky.social
Aspiring writer, avid reader and music lover
Check out my Substack: https://benjaminejames.substack.com/?r=47ttis&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist
Check out my Substack: https://benjaminejames.substack.com/?r=47ttis&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist
When a Hit Song Became a Fascist Anthem
From Opus to Laibach
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December 12, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Damn, the last time I was here this place had just hit 10m users
November 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Damn, the last time I was here this place had just hit 10m users
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New Substack post on Edward Yang’s wonderful ‘A Confucian Confusion’:
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What Do Artists Really Know, Anyway?
Edward Yang on art and honesty
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September 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
New Substack post on Edward Yang’s wonderful ‘A Confucian Confusion’:
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I love Frankenstein too, but to crow that it was written when “men dominated literature” is simply wrong and a disservice…
Shelley’s era was the first time in British history when more women wrote novels than men. While MS was growing up, the most acclaimed living novelist was Maria Edgeworth.
Shelley’s era was the first time in British history when more women wrote novels than men. While MS was growing up, the most acclaimed living novelist was Maria Edgeworth.
September 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I love Frankenstein too, but to crow that it was written when “men dominated literature” is simply wrong and a disservice…
Shelley’s era was the first time in British history when more women wrote novels than men. While MS was growing up, the most acclaimed living novelist was Maria Edgeworth.
Shelley’s era was the first time in British history when more women wrote novels than men. While MS was growing up, the most acclaimed living novelist was Maria Edgeworth.
Read through my second draft of chapter one.
It read like the first.
It read like the first.
September 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Read through my second draft of chapter one.
It read like the first.
It read like the first.
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Why are landlords such whiny babies
Meanwhile in the Daily Telegraph: Oh. No.
September 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Why are landlords such whiny babies
Possibly the most appropriate thing our Prime Minister could do in this political climate
(Yes, I’m being sarcastic)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(Yes, I’m being sarcastic)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer suggests he will continue accepting donors’ gifts
PM rejects claims he breached rules as he defends system of MPs declaring donations
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September 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Possibly the most appropriate thing our Prime Minister could do in this political climate
(Yes, I’m being sarcastic)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(Yes, I’m being sarcastic)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I think every private school should do this. But admittedly I think every private school should be shut down and brought into public ownership, so 🤷 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Private schools urged to share grounds to help UK children access green spaces
Head of sports charity hails partnership that allows local people to use London independent school’s football pitch
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September 17, 2024 at 5:28 AM
I think every private school should do this. But admittedly I think every private school should be shut down and brought into public ownership, so 🤷 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just made it into the first quarter!
September 17, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Just made it into the first quarter!
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when franz kafka wrote “i cannot make you understand. i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me” and when sylvia plath wrote “can you understand? someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little?”
September 15, 2024 at 2:32 PM
when franz kafka wrote “i cannot make you understand. i cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me” and when sylvia plath wrote “can you understand? someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little?”
Erratic Introversion
To experience the world is to write it better
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September 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Keir Starmer is in Italy to "learn" from the immigration policies of Georgia Meloni.
Meloni has pushed the antisemitic conspiracy theory that white Italians are victims of an 'ethnic substitution' backed by 'international speculators' like George Soros, who she calls an 'usurer'
Meloni has pushed the antisemitic conspiracy theory that white Italians are victims of an 'ethnic substitution' backed by 'international speculators' like George Soros, who she calls an 'usurer'
September 16, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Keir Starmer is in Italy to "learn" from the immigration policies of Georgia Meloni.
Meloni has pushed the antisemitic conspiracy theory that white Italians are victims of an 'ethnic substitution' backed by 'international speculators' like George Soros, who she calls an 'usurer'
Meloni has pushed the antisemitic conspiracy theory that white Italians are victims of an 'ethnic substitution' backed by 'international speculators' like George Soros, who she calls an 'usurer'
Germany instituting border checks. Starmer consulting Meloni. Wtf is happening
September 16, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Germany instituting border checks. Starmer consulting Meloni. Wtf is happening
First Substack post, for all lovers of learning.
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A community for the existentially challenged
On creating a shared space for those (a bit too) obsessed with learning
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September 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM
First Substack post, for all lovers of learning.
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September 9, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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England still scratching its head over this complex mystery.
August 20, 2024 at 9:43 AM
England still scratching its head over this complex mystery.
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I went to the library to ask if they had this book about Pavlov's Dog and Schrödinger's Cat. The librarian said it rang a bell but she wasn't sure whether they had it or not.
August 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I went to the library to ask if they had this book about Pavlov's Dog and Schrödinger's Cat. The librarian said it rang a bell but she wasn't sure whether they had it or not.
August 18, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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August 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM
New blog post on Silicon Valley's antidemocratic idea of progress: thecivicinsight.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley and Human Progress: An Antidemocratic Pairing - The Civic Insight
Silicon Valley likes to tout its vision of human progress. But much of that vision is based on a complete disregard for humanity's concerns.
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August 5, 2024 at 5:02 PM
New blog post on Silicon Valley's antidemocratic idea of progress: thecivicinsight.com/silicon-vall...
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The only thing you prove by burning down a library is that you need to read more books.
August 4, 2024 at 12:29 PM
The only thing you prove by burning down a library is that you need to read more books.