Sign in

Ben Stockman

@benstockman.bsky.social
329 followers 724 following 316 posts

Wordsmith, author, internet person. Wordsmithdigital.co.uk VisitAtlantis.org

PostsRepliesMedia
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 19h
Eleven years old, I stayed up illegally to watch Child's Play on TV. The scene where she discovers the batteries aren't inside and his head swivels round to talk to her. Then I was discovered and told to go to sleep and OBVIOUSLY could not.
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
8 million people every time we see a news story about 'what a cesspool the capital has become':
The London Underground roundel with 'whelmed' in place of 'ground'
010
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
James Blunt is one of the Thunderbirds now apparently? #Traitors
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How many Muppets were skinned to make Maya's breakfast outfit?! #Traitors
010
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THIS. Spending two days without a phone was a lesson in how unusable the internet has become thanks to tech bros' obsession with enshittification.
010
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not having a phone is also forcing me to think like it's still the late 90s. How did we used to arrange shit?! Have just phoned my bank using a landline and emailed my friend to arrange dinner. Next up: some Captain Planet and a bag of Fizz Wizz.
010
Reposted by Ben Stockman
G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was lucky enough to read an early draft of this book a million or so years ago, well worth a look if you want something a little different from the usual historical fantasy fare.
141
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My ancient phone (so ancient that EE no longer stock it because there is zero interest) has finally gone to silicon heaven... sort of. The screen is gone, but the fucker is clearly still buzzing happily away with secret messages that I cannot read.
220
Reposted by Ben Stockman
🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
8685532802
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
7879021405
Reposted by Ben Stockman
dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
12771131698
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Such a sad decline from his Sherlock/Doctor Strange heyday www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
glasgowlive.co.uk
Burst Cumbernauld sewage pipe leaves smelly 'Pringles tube sized keech' on path
The issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens.
13931212
Reposted by Ben Stockman
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I agree that seppuku was the only way for Ed Sheeran to redeem himself but I feel bad for the audience at his concert who had to see that. Many of them will be traumatised for life
553278367
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Put this woman in charge of everything
010
Reposted by Ben Stockman
👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026
i need to know what happened
sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"
309163473178
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@sphericalpod.bsky.social Thanks for following back! If you're ever interested in a guest for an Atlantis episode then please let me know 😁
010
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
variety.com
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
101115144260
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
1553154717
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026
I do not believe that these guys are about to summon a world-ending superconsciousness from Nvidia graphics cards. But they either believe they can or want me to believe they believe they can. So I think "fuck them" is the only rational response
262028458
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Increasingly convinced this is the most important post
Twitter post from January 24, 2019, from @Merman_Melville reading

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day."
4481901994
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.
6979541450
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm heading to www.strangedaysfestival.co.uk in Wiltshire this weekend with my book and some crystal skulls apparently, say hello if you're going/ see me!
strangedaysfestival.co.uk
Strange Days Festival of Forteana 2026
Explore the World that lies beyond the veil, 3 days and nights of high strangeness in the heart of Weird Wiltshire at the Legendary Barge Inn.
000
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Starre Vartan @starrevartan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
$1 invested in journalism can generate more than $100 in public savings through reclaimed funds, improved public services and reduced corruption. Incredible stats in this report: www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
unesco.org
New report reveals global evidence of independent journalism’s
A new global evidence review commissioned by UNESCO in partnership with IFPIM and DW Akademie, demonstrates that free and independent media has a profound and positive impact on societies globally.
17334
Reposted by Ben Stockman
ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
193218934413
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ah yes, Ridley Scott, the entirely fun and enjoyable Resurrection killed Alien, and not your most recent and miserably dire entry into the franchise that included the line "You do the fingering, and I'll blow." www.darkhorizons.com/ridley-scott...
darkhorizons.com
Ridley Scott: 'Resurrection' Killed "Alien"
Filmmaker Ridley Scott is at it again while still out doing promo rounds for “The Dog Stars”. The other day, Scott made headlines for his talk of doing another entry in the “Alien” franchise – one tha...
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Does anyone have any good #spookysunday tales about Wiltshire, specifically around Kennett?
100
Reposted by Ben Stockman
kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
3 minutes of Tim Curry holding back laughter while filming scenes for Red Alert 3
83115663903
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is absolutely insane
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There IS a plan, at least if you're Musk or Altman or Thiel. Race to make an AI that can make one of them God, no matter the cost.
000
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP to a legend
rob dubbin @robdubbin

MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the store
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g-
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail

12:50 AM • Jul 29, 2019
9104571948
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The VCR was working overtime every Christmas in our house. We had so many tapes of films and shows recorded from TV that my mum created a card system to manage them.
000
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Shapeless Ink (but spooky) @shapelessink.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Finally got to touching up probably the most popular doodle I've ever done, lmao. Wonder if this would work as a bookmark?
Cartoon image of an anthropomorphic sheep holding a gun, pointing it at the viewer. She says "Get writing, bitch. Infinite worlds cry out to be born and you are to be a God."
4428001131
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tuesday #Booksky
A french cafe, a french beer, a weird book about Cernunnos, the horned god (who was only a bit french)
010
Reposted by Ben Stockman
jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning
22100844331
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
His head is wholly sponsored by big oil and gas to be permanently in the sand, apart from when he glances up for a moment to point at some shiny cryptocurrency
011
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Amazing
010
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Would the media have fuelled this confected right-wing pile-on this much before Twitter was polluted by the needy fascist toad-man?
000
Reposted by Ben Stockman
🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Gonna keep telling this story. I watched an hour long "How To Write An AI Novel" how to video out of curiosity and I shit you not, 60% of the video was about how to trick Claude into writing something that didn't look like it was AI. If genAI is a tool, it's core audience uses it mostly for fraud.
242151733
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Gah fuck this and also, obviously, fuck all AI, and those foisting it on us, right in the ear. Seriously considering making my next phone a Nokia 3310
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Urgent reading:
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Never watch an eclipse through a colander... You'll strain your eyes
032
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In 30 years, you will either be a billionnaire or a climate activist that the billionaires have labelled a domestic terrorist. They seem hellbent on annihilating their own consumers. It's like a deranged cult. Fuck all of this datacentre shit sky high.
17367162
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I wonder how much of our money is being used to produce this podcast instead of fixing their many issues?
012
Reposted by Ben Stockman
GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.
624177864819
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Without doubt, this is an action figure of a drag queen in Rogue cosplay
000
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Every word of this thread but this in particular
0215
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Space Karen's plan to colonise Mars is going well
The famous image from Georges Méliès' Trip to the Moon, with a rocket stuck in the moon's eye.
010
Ben Stockman @benstockman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Is there an AI Anonymous? Because you seem to have a think problem
011
Reposted by Ben Stockman
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
502301526