Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ben Bowman

@bennosaurus.com

3.3K followers 910 following 690 posts

I research youth studies and environmental sociology: young people, climate action & climate justice, and I am a dinosaur from the internet. 👨‍🏭Senior Lecturer @ Manchester Met Uni 💚Quaker | #COYS | (he/him) 🔗 www.bennosaurus.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 4d

Also 11th for total shots. Not my field of study but do low xg shots accrue in the total? Does using xg as an indicator of match outcome assume that the shot volume will be more or less constant across teams and matches?

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 17d

3D depiction of rainfall distribution across Great Britain.

England is a very dry place: London gets as much rain as Jerusalem.

With climate change, the south will need to prepare for even more acute water shortages.

Image of water distribution across the United Kingdom, demonstrating most rainfall happens along the western coast and Scotland. The image is by Alasdair Rae

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 16d

"Threads" remake but instead of nuclear war, it's the future for Britain if kids keep wearing hoodies and crocs

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17d

Let's be absolutely clear what's up for grabs

We can no longer dodge climate catastrophe

A Pliocene climate (3C hotter, sea levels 20m higher) is now certain

We are now fighting to stop a return to the Middle Miocene: 7-8C hotter than PI, sea levels up to 50m higher

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 25d

All I have is dreams. And now other people run them.

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · Sep 8

It’s time to resist the DSEI arms fair.

This week, Quakers will join activists of all faiths and none in challenging the arms dealers who profit from death and destruction.

Find the full information from Quaker Roots here:

War Starts Here: resist the DSEI arms fair with Quaker Roots

Join Quakers in Britain and Quaker Roots to resist the DSEI arms fair, which takes place at the ExCel Centre London in September 2025. Lots of activities across several locatioins!

www.quaker.org.uk

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 8

same picture as before, but with OrcID pasted under the name

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 8

"Economic Climate" is bullshit, there's enough money for everyone, there's plenty of everything for everyone, but the rich (and i mean apocalyptic rich, scrooge mcduck wept rich) aren't sharing and won't share

It's a tweet by "Blade of the Sun" that says
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit

It is the billionaires who are ripping you off

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .

ALT: a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .

media.tenor.com

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

To be fair I went to an actual autopsy aged 15 so I might be the outlier here

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

Censorship is sexist bullshit that privileges violence and power over love and care, and always has been. Was it Jack Nicholson who said, "if I suck on a titty I get an R rating, if I hack one off with an axe I get a PG"?

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

If it's not freaky to you it's not immediately obvious it would be freaky to others. I didn't realise at first that other people found that kind of stuff freaky until people told me I was giving them too much information.

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

After I wrecked my hand it took me a couple of mistakes with grimacing people to learn when folks asked what I'd done to it, I was giving the Dana Scully end of the spectrum when most people wanted Vida the Vet

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 6

Dejan Kulusevski posting detailed, all action photographs of his knee surgery, finally a football player dropping social media content that speaks to me

a close up of a man with the word fascinating on his face .

ALT: a close up of a man with the word fascinating on his face .

media.tenor.com

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 5

I think robotaxi refers to effective cabbies who die in the line of duty and are brought back into action using technology, but you can only see their chin while they chat to you about how coronavirus came from a lab

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 5

I CAN SEE YOU, YOU CAN SEE ME, AAAND (seamlessly moving into minnie riperton voice) LOOOOVING YOU

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

Reposted by Ben Bowman

Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · Sep 2

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 3

👨‍🚀 You mean it's all Rotherham?
👨‍🚀 WAAIT A MINUTE

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 3

It's funny when people from outside the UK think the British character is best described by like, The Crown or Bridgerton or something, when actually it's Chuckle Brothers all the way down

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 3

All those monsters you thought you'd slain, questing round Britain? Well

BBC news headline: blood moon total lunar eclipse, how to see it in the UK

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 2

Hail to the Lich

Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · Sep 2

Reassuring message from the president's website

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Sep 1

me, chelsea agent: now the transfer is all signed, i just wanted to say

(don't say it)
(don't say it)
(don't say it)

me: i'm sorry nick jackson (ooh!) i am for reeeal

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Aug 30

Losing Eze but signing Simons

a close up of a man 's face with a red shirt on

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a red shirt on

media.tenor.com

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Aug 29

Getting Eze but having to watch the other lot pick up Xavi Simons (and cheaper) seems like a situation that should really be the other way around