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Moreover, shit-stirring against the new DG by the media is revenge for getting rid of their rightwing zealot, Tim Davie. The new guy might actually make the BBC fit for purpose again but not if he's taken down by misleading gotcha stories.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 10h

TBF, he was pushed over and over just to call it crap and he said it wasn't. And it wasn't. It was a human-written story that used AI to make it on screen. It had a better plot than many "real" episodes. It wasn't great. But it wasn't crap. "BBC DG hates fan media" was the headline they wanted.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 11h

The death penalty is simply indefensible. It is also absurd when placed alongside the American position on euthanasia and abortion. The USA is barbaric, duplicitous, and disgusting.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 29/09/2026

Your Paul Heaton tribute barrister has had a busy year. Finally made some decent audio recordings (rather than phone audio)! Here's a little sample. *All rights belong to @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social and BMG. We are just fans with mics and instruments who missed out on tickets for the tour!

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💥 Fmr Republican Sen. Justin Eichorn sentenced to 16 months in federal prison. Trying to solicit 17yr old girl #Patterns

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 28/09/2026

Oh no! Then all the billionaire churches (old and new) would leave and take their money elsewhere! Oh.....wait... Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Tax them. Quick!

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 27/09/2026

The USA makes me sick. But the global media are truly the reason we are collectively in this state right now. The pursuit of clicks and "engagement" no matter what the cost to humanity. The public obsession with social media is the secondary cause.

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Jon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 26/09/2026

But Starmer’s glasses

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is beautiful writing about what happens when strangers on the internet narrativise you, based on 30 seconds of video 👇

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Mulberry Street @mulberrystreet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Free speech absolutist”

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 24/09/2026

What has upset Mr. JK "crap Jill Murphy" Rowling, now?

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 24/09/2026

Quite the admission from Putin's Man in London.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyone know why Nigel Farage would oppose the Government's plan for a Russia Misinformation Unit?

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 23/09/2026

Awwwww but what about their <whining voice> "legitimate conceeeeerns"?

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 21/09/2026

Source: The Independent share.google/COUoSEIVMxNT...

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 21/09/2026

Andy Burnham hits out at 'appalling' abuse directed at RNLI volunteers by anti-migrant protesters - Mirror Online share.google/HGnEWb3HwkRk...

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 20/09/2026

The "grow the fuck up" style of response should become a new mainstream gov Comms method. But then I also think we need to normalise saying "legitimate concerns" in that mocking voice/style boomers say "human riiiiights" and "health and safety" and "mental health".

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 19/09/2026

I detest the way the guardian and BBC have started to use crackdown when they mean persecute.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists

Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 17/09/2026

He knows they are both dumb and hateful.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Remember that sneering childish voice rightwing idiots used when saying "human rights", "health and safety", and "mental health"? It sounds far more apt when used on the words "I've got legitimate concerns". Awful if that became as common.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

- Stage NIMBY stunt that's bound to attract racist terrorists. - Watch as media descends in anticipation of far right racist terrorists. - Complain about presence of media and far right racist terrorists. Who would have thought it?

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Because this is how legislation is always passed. I'm more worried about adults' use of social media. For kids, I'd much rather see active reading, media scrutiny, fact-checking, online safety, and critical thinking as primary importance in education at all levels.

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The Simpsons: Think Of The Children

ALT: The Simpsons: Think Of The Children

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Ed Milliband has developed a very peculiar cadence since I last paid attention to him. He elongates and then often lifts the end of almost every sentence. It's very strange indeed.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

It was never about protecting cis women. Not least as the problem was fictional and even the anecdotal incidents have largely been debunked. It is pure far right zealot "Christian" fundamentalism and an attempt to reassert the oldest form of control by the rich over the rest.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Well, we have them squarely here now. Not because of legislation but because of the "guidance" from that defunct HR think-tank being treated as law. And through people not reading what the SC had to say. It's always been about hate, causing pain, and othering. It has already spread to homophobia

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

I've seen them in the beforetimes when I would visit the more civilised corners of that failing nation. A few explanations exist online. Mostly, they are the cheapest. They are, therefore, a metaphor for USA-style cult capitalism. Profit at the expense of all. Human dignity gets cheap lipservice.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Tea is served: “Europe and Canada believe in democracy. That power does not belong to the strongest, the richest, or the loudest – but to all of us,” she said. “Democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” -UVDL

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John Johnston @bawsman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just saying…..

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026

A stronger, independent Europe is now emerging. A Europe better able to defend itself than ever before. A Europe that stands up for each other. A Europe we can be so proud of.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, wearing a light-colored suit, speaks from a blue podium. To her right stands the European Union flag. Seated on a raised platform behind her is European Parliament President Roberta Metsola along with other officials, while members of parliament watch from the foreground.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

An associate membership would be a good start for the UK. I would prefer full rejoin but if we have to work our way to the 75%+ mark, we do it by continuing the quiet alignment that has been happening since Labour won. It dissolves the Brexit arguments. It prevents economic shock. It gets us home.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Two sides of the same backside.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

But I'll likely go back to one of the far more innovative manufacturers like OnePlus or Xiaomi or Huawei even, when I do need an upgrade. Pixel have been good. Never Apple. Neither innovates. They just buy and polish. I don't mind unpolished.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

EE/BT are the same. They all are. When phones hit a stage of being durable for more years than a contract cycle or two, people bought them as it cost less overall. The networks didn't catch up. I refuse to upgrade from either trump supporting manufacture. Others aren't enough to make me yet.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Another religious lunatic on the grift, I see.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

A religion based social network. Funding religious homeless charities? Wear it up front or be taken as the grift many will assume due to your posts.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

The USA far right (and Russian Christian fundamentalists) are absolutely paying huge amounts of money into the hands of their UK far right and fundamentalist cousins.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 16/09/2026

Except those who look very male indeed because they are men (trans men). They, according to the crazies, should be in the women's toilets. And the whole bathroom thing was 100% an import as we don't have the bathrooms they have. We don't have huge gaps and near open plan facilities.

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Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com · 15/09/2026

I have noticed in the last few weeks that the number of billboards for extreme and evangelical American-style Christian churches/grifter conventions is rapidly increasing.

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