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Ben Shillito

@benshillito.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, animator, sometimes academic, hardcore socialist and chihuahua owner, London based. he/him #writer #horror #comics

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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A new slogan for @davidgerard.co.uk to put on a T-shirt? Spotted in the wilds of Reddit today.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Absolute shoo-in for Worst Article in a Respectable Newspaper this year: He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air | Simon Jenkins www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air | Simon Jenkins
The US president promotes classical architecture and loathes ‘ugly’ wind turbines. Keir Starmer would dismiss him as a nimby, but on this Trump has a point, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
One for @davidgerard.co.uk and the rest of my fellow AI-sceptics.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Ooh, a thing I’m making. Yay.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Bernard the chihuahua seems to like the @adambecker.bsky.social book as much as I do. Apparently he finds tech bro dipshits quite soothing.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New idea. Why don’t we treat “existential risk” AI lies as securities fraud? Doomerism is nothing but dishonest PR targeted to attract investment, so why don’t we prosecute it? If the EU could pull this off, it would make @edzitron.com dance, and we all want to see that.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
That feeling when you finish a 200 page script, but it’s 11pm and nobody wants to read it right away. Bastards.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Here’s something interesting. Maybe a palate-cleanser for @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social on their next trip to A.I. hell. arxiv.org/abs/2507.06952 Well-explained here: youtu.be/jxB-lQyAAxU?...
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What Has a Foundation Model Found? Using Inductive Bias to Probe for World Models
Foundation models are premised on the idea that sequence prediction can uncover deeper domain understanding, much like how Kepler's predictions of planetary motion later led to the discovery of Newton...
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Just finished the 180 page script I started writing less than 3 weeks ago. Not a bad rate. Now I sleep for a week. #writing #writer
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kako’lantern @kakotechnia.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Imagine telling a child that they must worship Immortan Joe because the richest idiots on earth thought autocorrect was alive and their friend
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funkadelicgringo.bsky.social @funkadelicgringo.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
SuperIntelligent AI = Prosperity Gospel for people who don’t believe in God.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Somehow managed to get well over 30 pages written this weekend. I’m up to page 139, and it’s the end of act two. This script is a bit long … #writing #writer
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The reaction of the MAGAts to the Epstein chicanery reminds me of the advice given by Pink Floyd in Dogs: “You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to, so that when they turn their backs on you, you'll get the chance to put the knife in.” Hope that nice Donald fella doesn’t forget …
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The 2023 Reddit logo update is apparently “sleeker and more professional” than the old one. Somehow I’d never noticed the alien dude has five o’clock shadow and glassy eyes. He looks like someone who has spent too much time reading Reddit.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Today, London is hot. I can tell because of my sheen of sweat, disinclination to do anything, and the fact that Bernard is posing like a fucking model on the picnic table. #chihuahua #dog #model
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I’ve reached the point where I’m so frustrated with “A.I.” bullshit, and the amorality of the industry, that I am now forced to write and produce a satirical existential crime thriller about it. I’m sorry, but they drove me to it.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Impressive diversity.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Essential reading from the always-insightful @edzitron.com
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Trafalgar Square Christmas market was a bit shite, but lots of smiling faces and a cheeky trip to Waterstones made up for it. #london #christmas #trafalgarsquare
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I thought I was the only person who didn't like Yellowface, but then I mention that to people and they go "oh, me too." I'm building a community here. #books
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Top 0.1% of Herb Alpert fans this year. Do I get a special hat? #herbalpert #spotify #wrapped
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I had to amend the sign my wife put on our bedroom door, using a Sharpie.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Essential writing supplies from my sainted mother, who made the trip all the way to London to deliver this new lighter. Bless her. #writers #authors
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Whenever an author writes "[character] swore" instead of writing a naughty word, it's because the character just yelled "cunt!" and made the author blush. Help them out by yelling the word yourself whenever you encounter this phrase. This also applies to audio books. #reading #books #authors
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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Today, in a small but overwhelming victory, I wrote the outline for the first 14 chapters of a new book. #writers #authors
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Bernard is now six months old, and no longer looks like he has scrofula. This pleases me. #dog #chihuahua #idiot
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Katie Meade @katiemeade22.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Fashion really does come back around, ay?
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
To start the day on the right note, my beloved wife spat a mouthful of whipped cream at me. There is no context or backstory to his, she just felt like doing it. #marriage #help
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I have two ideas for what to do with my time. Since one of them is impractical, unless I learn how to code, build a foolproof AI image auto-deleter, and get a job at Bluesky, I'll have to go with option 2 and write a fucked up horror novel instead. Yay, goals.
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Ben Mortimer @montimer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hey humans, if you're in the UK and looking for Christmas gifts, please consider buying art from me. I still have enough time to fit in a few commissions to be delivered in time for Christmas, although I likely won't for very long. #art www.numonday.com/shop/tinymon...
A vector graphic image showing every spacecraft to successfully launch humans into orbit and return them to earth. Sorry Boeing, you don't get to join the party until you get astronauts up and down.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Why is Bluesky expanding while Xitter falls into the crack of mount doom? I have written a lengthy blogspot post all about the phenomenon, with many references and quotes, and because it's such an important topic, I won't be publishing it and also it doesn't exist. You're welcome.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Getting ready for Christmas, Bernard has a special outfit picked out.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Had a lovely day today, putting things in frames and sticking them to the walls. That's it, really.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Went to the countryside for a while to visit family. On the first day, a random woman at Costa started proselytising Reform UK and "taking our country back", but that's the countryside for you. On the up side, Bernard used a puddle as a bidet, which was quite funny. #dogs #racists #trees
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Desperately excited to start Annihilation, the new novel from Michel Houellebecq, once I've had a good sleep. That's it, a #books post, that's all I've got.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Bernard's adventures continue. We took him for his first ever walk, in Hyde Park, and he seemed to enjoy it. He's definitely the reason why my social battery lapel badge is in the green now. #dog
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
Bernard the chihuahua puppy has become a local celebrity. Went out for a birthday pint and the staff were quite taken with him. #dog
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Bernard had his first trip to Kensington Gardens today, where he was fussed over by lots of lovely people. Then an awful woman sat near us and started abusing an Arabic man in a ghutrah and robe for not speaking English. We called her a vile cunt and she left.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
This is a comic, "Odette's Opening," which I wrote and drew last year and haven't really shown anyone, because of self-doubt. It's intended to be just one of a number of interconnected stories set among a group of characters living on the same street in Montmartre, Paris. #comics #nsfw #art
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
I got a telescope from my sainted wife, and although it's fuck all use in West London with all the light pollution, I did get this picture of the moon when we were in Wales last month. That's it, that's the post. Uh, fuck Elon Musk, I guess. Etc.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Still trying to decide what I'm going to use this account for. Literature? Comics? Lefty ranting? Anti-AI propaganda and vitriol aimed at technocapitalism and the fake solutions of silicon valley? Making fun of racists? Until I decide, here's another picture of Bernard, in the London sunshine.
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Ben Shillito @benshillito.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Starting a new life away from Twitter and that silly bean Mark Zuckerberg's backwards flushing toilet. My first post has to be Bernard, my beloved 3 month old chihuahua.
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