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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 11h

Only on camera. To the naked eye it looked like a normal evening.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 02/09/2026

Let’s hope they raise their kids to know the harms of social media.

"platform narcissism." The idea is that people, namely older people like Doctrow and western geratric millennials who used to get a lot of value out of Facebook, selfishly think platforms should continue to cater to their needs even though they aged out of them and *should be focused on
raising their kids.* The platforms are actually popular and well liked, but by younger people who are using Instagram

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 28/08/2026

How it started How it’s going

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 27/08/2026

Fantastic new incompetence from Manchester Airport. www.manchesterairport.co.uk/help/data-se...

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 20/08/2026

@herring1967.bsky.social he’s literally putting a Shrek in it youtu.be/eDWtpn_vMPo?...

Andrew Video
Sneaking Shrek into Family Photos
Until They Notice

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 19/08/2026

Is it tweeting dumb shit about White Genocide? "Ad" seen on @the-independent.com

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 11/08/2026

@adamtodbrown.bsky.social solid recommend on that Costa Concordia documentary. Also great to see Norm MacDonald back from the grave and starring as one of the passengers.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 06/08/2026

OMG it’s finally over. These platinums are SO grind heavy. Like 15 hours getting map pieces dude.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 09/07/2026

Thanks! Also I learned a new word today, “asportation”, which seems to indicate they could be equally accused of either unlawful restraint or kidnapping! Not great.

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Related Offenses
Two commonly confused offenses are unlawful restraint and kidnapping. Key differences include:
Unlawful Restraint: Usually involves restraint without prolonged movement or international deprivation of movement, and may be charged as a misdemeanor or felony depending on factors like harm, duration, or age of the victim.
Kidnapping: Typically requires asportation (movement) of a person to another location, often with additional aggravating factors and, in many jurisdictions, more severe penalties.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 29/06/2026

Very funny that the promotional poster on LinkedIn for a webinar I am a panelist for in late July used a GenAI slop version of my face and both of my co-panelists! If I'm quick about it, the plastic surgery needed to match me to the advert should be JUST ABOUT done by the time the webinar goes up!

Actual photo of Ben McLeish. A selfie with a dark burgundy t-shirt.

The Gen AI slop version of Ben McLeish's face, which appears to be the average of about 47 different people that are mildly more attractive

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 05/06/2026

Continual 🧵 of music that has been great this year Are you currently living within a calendar year? If so, Devin Townsend is probably releasing AT LEAST ONE album. This year we got The Moth, a work that’s been in production for a decade and it’s insanely good. Heavy metal meets opera.

The Moth (Deluxe Edition) by Devin Townsend. The image is an old tin based photograph that was taken at a show during the final leg of a tour recently

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 05/06/2026

Continual 🧵 of music that has been great this year Anyone who knows the Buddha Bar series will know that DJ Ravin is easily the best of their mixologists. He is on track to release TWO compilations in 2026, the first which came out on my birthday. The next is out on July 3rd

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 05/06/2026

2026 has been a damn good year for music so far.

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Metal • 2026 • Hi-Res Lossless

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 02/06/2026

When one door closes, a window opens.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 27/05/2026

Really excited to see Ferrari's first EV was designed by Apple's Jonny Ive.

The Ferrari EV on its side, plugged in like an Apple Mouse.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 22/04/2026

Came here to post exactly that moment. LOLing so much

Take it to Bluesky. X is for TRUE pedophiles

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 05/04/2026

The facial expression of your window is priceless.

Window that looks like eyes and a unibrow

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 12/02/2026

New Andrew title just dropped

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 04/02/2026

The 2nd season of The Night Manager was so good. It’s funny to read stupid reviews that chimed in negatively after the FIRST of 6 episodes, claiming it wasn’t worth the wait. Trust me, it was. Roll on season 3.

“The night manager season 2 isn’t worth the wait” claims a simpleton reviewer up against a deadline.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 02/02/2026

Spotlights supporting A.A. Williams at Brudenell Social Club last night was awesome. Epic pairing of two acts I was really wanting to see live.

Spotlights trio on blue lit stage amid a crowd.

AA williams with a Flying V guitar on stage lit up by a large letter A

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 02/02/2026

These CPB shooters of Pretti had years of experience and training. Training isn’t the issue.

Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units. Records show both men are from South Texas.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 31/01/2026

“Wherever there's a cop beating a guy, Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries, Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air, Look for me, Mom, I'll be there.” - Bruce Springsteen the Ghost of Tom Joad

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
I see that Highly Overrated Bruce
Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he's not a talented guy - Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country. If I wasn't elected, it would have been GONE by now! Sleepy Joe didn't have a clue as to what he was doing, but Springsteen is "dumb as a rock," and couldn't see what was going on, or could he (which is even worse!)? This dried out
"prune" of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that's just
"standard fare." Then we'll all see how it goes for him!

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 26/01/2026

At least Neom the Line isn’t quite as broken as the FT’s pricing module

Premium digital subscription, listed at “undefined” per month

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 22/01/2026

@libro.fm Annual Plan? minute one purchase.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 13/01/2026

Perusing Scott Adams’ underwhelming Wikipedia page, I finally found something to be thankful to Donald Trump for.

During that election, he wrote extensively on Trump, praising his persuasion skills[89][90] and later described his support for Trump as a factor in ending his public speaking career, as well as negatively impacting his income and friendships.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 08/01/2026

Harlan Coben’s Run Away on @netflix.com is set in the Horizon Zero Dawn universe.

Two police colleagues discuss speaking with a neighbour called Elizabeth Sobek

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 31/12/2025

Happy 10th anniversary to this absolute beast of a photo by Joel Goodman. With the Alt Text it deserves. Happy New Year.

This is Joel Goodman’s New Year’s Eve photo taken in Manchester, 31st December 2015. In the foreground right are two officers restraining a drunk person on the ground. Other police dot the middle of the same lane by the intersection. The centrepiece of the photo is a bald middle aged man, lying on his side, head raised, reaching for a drink which is placed on the ground to his left. He resembles michaelangelo’s God reaching for the grasp of man’s hand on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. It is a remarkable, terrible, view of British drinking culture.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 15/12/2025

Rest in Peace Rob Reiner. God tier filmmaker with arguably THE defining run of the 1980s. Enduring legend. Deserved a better exit.

Reiner, 78, was a prolific filmmaker whose acclaimed movies during a hot spell in the 1980s include This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 11/12/2025

“Using the same phrases, yeah that would be terrible.”

US election: Melania Trump “plagiarised” Michelle Obama

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 05/12/2025

Can the fuckheads at #Thoughtspot NOT spam calendar invite me please? Never spoken to any of you. Stop spamming. Reporter and blocked.

Spam calendar invite from ThoughtSpot. Never interacted with them.

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 26/11/2025

Tenth straight months of massive drops in European sales for Tesla. Nice to know fascism isn’t rewarded.

Tesla European sales tumbled nearly 50% in October

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 21/11/2025

Hail Satan, brother. I just got there myself. NOBODY FOLLOW OR UNFOLLOW ME EVER AGAIN

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Ben McLeish @culturebullet.com · 17/11/2025

In the last month Tesla has contacted me four times (phone, email, in app messages) about buying a new car. They have never proactively marketed like this. Things must be BAD over there. Hehe. Good.