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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 10h

Possibly too niche for my followers...

Marty McFly: but your kids are going to love it

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 04/10/2026

Active travel fans will enjoy the 'driving responsibly during a car chase' sequence in the new Shaun the Sheep film.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 30/09/2026

Don't give him ideas...it'll be called American Intelligence next.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 30/09/2026

Not me trying to work out how the copy on the packaging fits the tune of 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out'.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 23/09/2026

Fair. But what's a few billion between friends.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 22/09/2026

I wanted to find out whether anyone is actually making money from AI* and this came up 👀 *Yes. Nvidia is making money. Nvidia and literally nobody else.

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Is AI Profitable Yet?

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 21/09/2026

"Most of the people The Times spoke to at the pool said they were Israeli settlers. Many said that knowing the water came at the expense of local Palestinian farms was part of the draw." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/w...

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Israeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry (Gift Article)

Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 19/09/2026

Ran my first sub-20 5k this morning, after lots of hard work and a couple of failed attempts. Apologies to anyone who has to talk to me for the next month, because I'm not going to shut up about it.

Parkrun result screenshot. 56
Ben HORRIGAN,

VM35-39,
8 finishes | Male 54/358,
66.69% age grade,
19:46,
New PB!

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 18/09/2026

Very popular in the family WhatsApp chat right now: this trailer for MobLand in which Pierce Brosnan yells our surname and then suggests people google it if they've not heard of it. youtu.be/VvYl1a1Px5Y?...

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MobLand | Season 2 Fire Trailer | Paramount+

YouTube video by Paramount Plus

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 15/09/2026

My new update to this rule is using @pangram.com to confirm whether the text is AI-generated... It's usually obvious, but it's always good to check they're not just a really bad copywriter with really good spelling.

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Blocked and Reported: Game Over

Alt: Blocked and Reported

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 10/09/2026

"Who gets top billing in the new Brad Pitt film?" "The dog stars?" "No, 'Heart of the Beast'." @empiremagazine.bsky.social

Empire Magazine article about the dog in Heart of the Beast. Highlighted: "Pitt insisted his co-star be #1 on the call sheet.”

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Craig Steele @crgst.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

and Clippy. Welcome back Windows 98

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 20/08/2026

Oh! That's a shame about the location. Town has enough musical claims to fame already.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 15/08/2026

Interesting stuff. So there *are* different levels of urgency but they all look and sound the same to the user. The only one that's different is level 1 because opting out is not possible. Quite horrifying to think about when that might be called for.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 15/08/2026

Update: my wife got a cheeky extra alert at 10.30pm 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

In the interests of you being interested in how things work, these are the two settings available on iPhone. On, or not on and suffer the consequences. bsky.app/profile/ben....

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Not seeing any of this on iPhone bsky.app/profile/ben....

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Forgot to post the screenshot with this

iPhone notifications settings. Extreme Alerts and Severe Alerts both toggled on.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Four here, on two phones, spread out over an hour, at various stages of toddler bedtime

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Bluey Says Woo Hoo!

Alt: Bluey Says Woo Hoo!

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Glad to see someone else shares the view that got me cancelled in the family WhatsApp 🫠

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

I'm not ND but it stressed me out. My brain immediately went into "how do I get my family to safety as quickly as possible" mode, which is not a great place to be.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

This was my thinking. I'm confused now because the alert just now was a "Severe Alert" but the iPhone settings list something called an "Emergency Alert" as well. I can't find anything that explains the difference, if there is one.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

I know that's what it was developed for - why can't a less noisy option have been developed?

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Isn't that a big problem though...? People turn off alerts, then miss something more imminent like an evacuation order?

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Oh and we can't be the only household who was in the middle of young kids' bedtime. If we'd had a barbecue today it would have been about nine hours ago 🥴

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Exactly this! Why can't there be a middle ground where everyone gets a text but not the screaming phones, which made me assume we were in imminent danger. My entire family disagrees with me on this - it's really not something I thought was up for debate.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

I wasn't a fan of this evening's Scarecrows' Wedding 4DX Bedtime Story Experience, to be honest

Page from The Scarecrows' Wedding picture book. It fell to the ground and it started a fire. Betty screamed "Help!" as the flames flickered higher.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 11/08/2026

Oh thanks Owler, I was blissfully unaware of this until seeing your post... 🫠

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 05/08/2026

Or greater...those grey places!

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Buzz @thebuzzzz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Coming soon... 🐝

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 03/08/2026

I know this is no help now, but my wife got a little custom name stamp made for my son. It's so quick and easy and lasts for ages. Dinosaur picture is optional 🤪

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 04/07/2026

Holy baloney I did not see that ending coming

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 24/06/2026

Always nice to see the classic World Cup copywriting clichés come back around. "Show X the red card" "Kick Y into touch" "Give Z a hydration break"

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Walk Ride GM @walkridegm.org.uk · 17/06/2026

It's been a joy to work with Tameside Council to document this brilliant school street scheme in Mossley. The important messages for these projects are always the ones shared by the children we speak to. Great to see the cross-party political support for these schemes, too!

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's why they're likely quietly supportive of the under 16 ban. It's the least disruptive option to their existing business. It doesn't require addressing the algorithmic feeds/amplification/rage baiting that differentiates modern social media (2026 Facebook/Twitter vs 2006 Facebook/MySpace etc).

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Charles Dahl's Dickens Chickens

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 13/06/2026

Crazy that bar jobs in Manchester require the ability to drive

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 13/06/2026

Beautiful scenery AND smooth tarmac? I never knew anything existed in the middle of this Venn diagram 🤩

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 10/06/2026

Oh good! On the mobile version, is there a way to get it to use my location for weather without me having to put the location in? It has location access in theory but says I'm in London, possibly based on IP. Desktop version works fine.

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