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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 29/09/2026

"I'm banishing you to the National League"

Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/09/2026

I had loads of Game Boy games but the first time I really saved up pocket money for one, asked the bloke at Dixons to get it out of the cabinet, bought it and had my mind blown by it was Monster Max. Had no idea what I was getting into. I can still hear it in my ears

screenshot from "monster max" the monster "max" is next to some of the killer spikes that are extremely killer, as well as a bomb that's about to blow up these pusher-bollard baddies

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 17/09/2026

I like that "The Green Menace" suggests @zackpolanski.bsky.social is on the phone to andy burnham to cancel drilling in the North Sea, but also that he's got a fight with Spiderman later on

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 04/09/2026

"come, brethren, prithee"

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 21/08/2026

Many people would like to live. Life can be a thrilling, affirming and captivating journey from youth to old age, full of joy, love, and adventure. But living isn't just something that happens to you – wanting to live is a choice you often have to make for yourself

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 21/08/2026

Data: You are absolutely correct, and I apologize for the error and the misidentification of the card used in my previous hand. My attempt to use Pikachu was further complicated by my erroneous decision to use a fire-type move, Ember, on your Six of Clubs – which would have defeated your Full House

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 20/08/2026

Half good, half bad at Hillsborough tonight. Wednesday looked dangerous in the first half but as soon as it went against them, they lacked ideas. I was surprised the manager didn't have anything up his sleeve, given individual players seemed to have a spark in them. Quite liked Harry Gray #swfc

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 14/08/2026

Britain when it's on fire

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 13/08/2026

the monster raving loony party and that need to have a hard look at themselves for not simply adding a whole bunch of candidates earlier in the alphabet than F

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 11/07/2026

Don't really care about the England team but it is nice to see someone in the public eye who shares my approach to summer fashion

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/06/2026

"Pros: All eccentric fashion choices will be tolerated for the duration"

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/06/2026

tfw you're sitting in the Zoom and a AI notetaker bot requests admission

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/06/2026

If other news was reported like climate change:

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 23/06/2026

ha or a visual alternative to the camera shutter click on a phone. like sticking a big mandatory neon sign on the front

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 23/06/2026

Dacha near Krasnodar more like

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 22/06/2026

Pardon me boy, is that the PM's coronation? Yes! Yes! Track 29

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 22/06/2026

When I was a kid, 40° was inconceivable in the UK. Now we have standardised warnings for it. I am taking some time, at the start of this heatwave, to write a promise for my students next year that I won't use AI in teaching or research, and I'll try to avoid the mandatory AI trashing our lives.

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 19/06/2026

romero: i say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit van de ven:

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 19/06/2026

recent years being more like

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 17/06/2026

"we've been forced to make difficult decisions about canaries, but we're confident that those decisions will benefit the long term financial sustainability of the mine"

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 15/06/2026

UK government, but permanently

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 11/06/2026

the clickbait algorithms are playing an absolute blinder today

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/05/2026

"Actually it's the fans"

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 22/05/2026

WELCOME DOUGH TO THE SHOW!

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 09/05/2026

Chelsea today | Chelsea on the 19th

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 25/04/2026

Found one of these at work last month so obviously added a monster

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 24/04/2026

britain before erasmus / britain after erasmus

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 20/04/2026

(Padme face) Shocked and offended that half of UK universities are cutting staff or student courses, right? Right??

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 12/04/2026

Dutch campaign to ban US import pickup trucks on the roads did an analysis and found you'd have better visibility driving literally a battle tank than eg a ford f150

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 10/04/2026

(in case you're wondering, the UK target for decarbonising energy totally is 2035 which I guess passes the eye test??)

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 10/04/2026

Starmer makes a good point: UK shift to renewables isn't a reaction to Trump's war in Iran... because it's already happening, since Putin's war in Ukraine. 44.5% of UK energy came from renewables in 2025. 44.9% so far in 2026. Wind alone (24.2%) close to overtaking fossil fuels (25.7%)

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 02/04/2026

This has really closed it for me. Forget him, his if-pology, and using his daughter as a human shield too. These dudes all talk alike, like they are put out by the same factory. Solidarity with survivors and everyone enduring this world's grinding conveyor belt of sexist pricks. Burn it all down.

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 04/03/2026

Yeah Spurs are going down but maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 23/02/2026

"This is a picture of Emma Stone whose appearance in a grey hoodie while chewing gum at the Emmy awards was a great moment for casual fashion (SOURCE)"

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 13/02/2026

to be fair, we did hope the new sporting director structure would give us some continuity between managers

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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 11/02/2026

"The Club would like also to state that Barack Obama was the best USMNT head coach of all time, and would have had the biggest World Cup Final audience including excellent TV ratings"

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