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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I can't believe climate week is already over.

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't believe AI is going to kill us all but I DO believe it is time for everyone to download and back up anything you would hate to lose from Google!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two Dudes in Tompkins Sq Park D1: I don't think its safe to speak out about AI D2: Why? D1: In the near future you are going to see a lot of AI Doomers suddenly arrested for having Child Porn on their computers D2: you mean like AI Porn or real Porn? ME: hahahahahahahahahahahaa (silently though)

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Documentaries that invite a closer listen… We’re launching a new podcast built from nearly three decades of our Falling Tree documentary archives! Listen to Falling Tree for innovative docs, radio features and audio art - podfollow.com/6812121787

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love this book and this BPL space is one of Boston's few redeeming features. Wish I could go

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

These kids have had AI crammed into their faces for the past 3 years. Its not fair. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/s... this one gets it though!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15/09/2026

We were very sorry to hear about the death of the historian Frances Stonor Saunders. Saunders wrote six pieces for the paper; her final book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦: 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, was first published in three parts in the 𝘓𝘙𝘉. Read all of her pieces here: www.lrb.co.uk/contributors...

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Frances Stonor Saunders

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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Very sad to learn of the death of Frances Stoner Saunders, whose extraordinary book Who Paid the Piper was a big touchstone for my podcast Wind of Change. They're reissuing the book this year. Seek it out. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Frances Stonor Saunders obituary

Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper?

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

America was a country dreamed up by religious fanatics and realized through violence. Philip Roth gave a name for this ‘blessed rage for purity’: the ‘indigenous American Berserk’. Granta 176: American Berserk publishes today. granta.com/products/gra...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Devoured @jonronson.bsky.social The Castle yesterday. A hundred stars. I understand why Chris Mark got the title spot but I found the rest of the cast even more engaging. Bravo!

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From today's show today: a really great conversation with filmmaker and journalist Jon Ronson about his new book, 'The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men' wnyc.org/browse/shows...

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Jon Ronson on 'Unraveling' Men | WNYC

Jon Ronson, journalist, filmmaker, "This American Life" contributor and the author of The Psychopath Test and his latest, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men (‎Riverhead Books, 2026), ...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In France you need to be 12 to see the Odyssey so we used AI to create a photo of his passport for the Grand Rex last night. Now the 11 year old fully understands what AI is for: cheating.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lael Neale on rooftop in Paris. Free show to boot!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u... Seen this movie...

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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 25/06/2026

Rediscovering America’s Orwell Why are people in the United States not happy? "Because we are so violent." That was the view of Dwight Macdonald, a great essayist whose work is collected in a new book....

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Rediscovering America’s Orwell

Why are people in the United States not happy? "Because we are so violent." That was the view of Dwight Macdonald, a great essayist whose work is collected in a new book.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Doing a talk on Richard Wright next week moulinande.com/agenda/cente... at the Moulin d'Andé outside of Paris

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CENTENAIRE RENÉ DEPESTRE, HOMMAGE À RICHARD WRIGHT – Moulin d'Andé

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy May 8th. I could never love anyone who doesn't know what play opened in London on this day in 1956

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 01/05/2026

As it happens, on @thisdaypod.com next week we're doing a two-parter on Plessy v Ferguson... we trace reconstruction, the brief rise of Black electoral power, and the pushback. We then talk about the world Plessy wrought... Wish it didn't feel so deeply timely. But I think it'll be worth a listen.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I watched BAIT this weekend - very rare for me to be able to sit through an actual full TV series. I loved it. The Riz/Himesh scene in ep2 - is so good but this little clip makes it even funnier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCrh...

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BAIT Panel with Riz Ahmed, Himesh Patel and Liza Koshy - SXSW 2026

YouTube video by Riz Ahmed

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

in the near future all our children will be locked up for "6 7"

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Ok..I just saw someone on the train reading this and I just have to ask... is this desperation or is this a well thought out propaganda strategy!?? @mayor.nyc.gov

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Such a great conversation about power and institutions. Send to everyone you know who clings to the fantasy that everything will be OK once Trump is out of office! -OK to be fair many people who think this are not evil, but they are wrong!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 14/04/2026

‘Nicola Barker’s explorations have taken her to 19th-century India and a post-metaphysical future. Yet British banality has retained its allure, and its uses. Her work is full of people called things like Bill and Jim.’ Leo Robson on Barker’s novels. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Leo Robson · Toxic Inner Critic: On Nicola Barker

Nicola Barker’s explorations have taken her to 19th-century India and a post-metaphysical future. Yet British banality...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

When do we just admit that a portal was opened at this moment

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Not dunking on Zack or this post, I’m just always struck by how easily American journalists will admit that the media shapes public polling and political outcomes when they’re not talking about America.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/04/2026

important news:

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut Wednesday afternoon without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. @apnews.com

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Cornish Mazraa Beirut just now. Israel is bombing throughout Lebanon

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Tonight we learn the true meaning of ART OF THE DEAL, or we get a surprise announcement that the hit show has been extended for another season! Either way I am STOKED!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Tbh this is the line that always haunts me

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

going back and forth between "this is the end" and "this is just a crazy guy ranting"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is a far simpler answer than people would like to believe. Trump issues the order via the National Military Command Center to the commander of Strategic Command, and then STRATCOM carries it out directly. There is no second vote, no veto, no check-and-balance.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Mil Bluesky (such as it is) says that preparations to target Iran with a nuclear weapon would be multi-day / complicated by refusal of overflight by allies / would probably have sparked rumors. Maybe that’s reassuring. Doesn’t change the fact that the insane old man is threatening genocide

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