Reposted by BenWDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 6968731885
Reposted by BenWMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the tech industry is about to invent books 566211404104
Reposted by BenWDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s good to see so much attention being paid to the genocide in Palestine suddenly, let’s just see what people are saying…*checks posts*…ah, of course no one’s actually talking about the mass murder of Palestinians, how silly of me. 2349
Reposted by BenWMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The part of your brain that determines how much bullshit you can tolerate at any given time should be called the fucks capacitor. 1534980
Reposted by BenWJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins. 502616642
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A connection is made: @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on the reissue of Elastica's debut album silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-co... 010
Reposted by BenWNationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026Cardiff Market will open after dark for three free evenings of live music, DJ sets and food as part of Cardiff Music City Festival wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uh0 076
Reposted by BenWTensegrityFan🐝🍯 @tensegrityfan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“If Andy really is the future chancellor, then we are truly fucked. Even Mel Stride wasn’t this hopeless.” Phenomenal sketch piece by Mr. Crace who, shall we say, doesn’t pull any punches here. 011
Reposted by BenWDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Morning all. Tyneside morning 1950 Photographer Harry Morrison. 2036945
Reposted by BenWRob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pick nine albums at random from your photo albums. Take a photo of them and say they are your nine favourite albums. Do this nine times. Post the nine photos in the Bluesky and say they are your favourites - Yoko Ono. 4397
Reposted by BenWNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Folks, it's really saying something when one of the two founders/chief drivers of @thequietus.com has to tell writers to knock it off with the AI pitches. The Quietus! Who the hell exactly did you think you were pitching *to,* GenericMusicTongueBath Ltd.? 2517
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Book review for Buzz: Chris Killip: North edited by Mark Holborn silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/look... 010
Reposted by BenWPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5328281087
Reposted by BenWElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168143134716
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"I wanted to be the Devil": RIP Cronos, Venom bassist silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/i-wa... 100
Reposted by BenWDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Morning all. June Street, Salford: the result of a working partnership between Daniel Meadows and Martin Parr, 1973, to record the ‘friendly atmosphere’ of the area before redevelopment changed Salford forever. Photographer Daniel Meadows The painting above the couple is ‘Melanie’ by Lou Shabner. 2518217
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#NowPlaying thebesnardlakes.bandcamp.com/album/the-be...thebesnardlakes.bandcamp.comThe Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation, by The Besnard Lakes8 track album 010
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Very lucky to have all this goodness coming to Canton later this month, courtesy of Church of Noise and as part of Cardiff Music City Festival. The only shame is that I think I can only get to the Thursday events. www.visitcardiff.com/2026/09/chur... 011
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"It felt like home": @nikostratis.com on her personal connection to Nevermind - and how subsequent generations continue to connect with it silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/it-f... 051
Reposted by BenWBlueAstronaut🖤 @blueastronaut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is a great music conversation going off in all directions 👇😎👍 171
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When pop came out of the closet: @wadeywade.bsky.social talks to Jake Shears about his ace book 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer. Helpfully introduced me to Shears' Queer the Music podcast too. 👍 silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/when... 111
Reposted by BenWJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day 35994324
Reposted by BenWBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026From Writing In The Sand by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, a celebration of the life of beaches in north-east England, 1973-98. 622349
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#NowPlaying beachfo.bandcamp.com/album/bunnybeachfo.bandcamp.comBunny, by Beach Fossils11 track album 010
Reposted by BenWDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real” 6854497907
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Photography preview for Buzz: Ffoto Cymru, Wales' biennial month-long photography festival silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-... 010
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Book review for Buzz: The Full English by Lewis Bassett silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... 010
Reposted by BenWDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Morning all. Photographer Colin Jones, The Steelworks, West Hartlepool 1963. 1620920
Reposted by BenWJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743489677
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AI techbros continuing to miss the point of absolutely everything, I see. 010
Reposted by BenWriksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Iron Railings 1972 by the late Trevor Grimshaw which features in the Townscape Book. 1264
Reposted by BenWMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131250269
Reposted by BenWpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If the AI era has taught us anything, it’s this: it’s fine to judge people based on their aesthetic preferences 10100473
Reposted by BenWMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m doing a talk at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media, and Culture on October 14 at 5.30pm. It’s open to the public and tickets are free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-news-i...eventbrite.co.ukThe News is Dead: Why the media is broken and what you can do about itJournalist and author Mic Wright on what's really going on behind the headlines, why we don't get the news we deserve. 45033
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Album review for Buzz: Pugnello by Gilla Band silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/09/agen... 132
Reposted by BenWBecca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If I were running a university where staff spent weeks and weeks of time putting grant proposals together only for UKRI to feed them into LLMs without informed consent—effectively theft of the time and work—I’d be taking serious action to defend those staff. But I’m not running a university, so 823088
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's Show time: a warm welcome to Shownotes, the new free music magazine that's a collaboration between @drownedinsound.org and @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/09/its-... 010
Reposted by BenWBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Street kids in Cardiff, Wales, 1954, photo by Bert Hardy, Picture Post photographer. 317320
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Saving reading this for after I've seen the final installment (we've decided to watch the series from the very beginning, partly for The Teen's benefit), but it's Jude so it's bound to be worth a look. 110
Reposted by BenWBut Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world. 92162781
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#NowPlaying m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...m.youtube.comKleenex/LiLiPUT - Kleenex/LiLiPUT (Disc 1) - YouTube 120
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Film review for Buzz: Peter Watkins' The War Game with live soundtrack by Noson, plus Q&A silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/09/apoc... 000
Reposted by BenWBUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Whoever invented cheese well done it's dead nice x 3027432
Reposted by BenWMichael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation 78627138
BenW @s-w-s-l.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Gig review for Buzz: @pigsx7.bsky.social / Hang Linton / Shlug, 20th September, Tramshed silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/09/snou... 010
Reposted by BenWAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A few years ago we were actively working to dismantle systemic racism which is discreet, complicated and takes a lot to understand and legislate against. We had taken the conversation to a very sophisticated place. Now we're back asking the state to enforce the fucking law, which is easy!! 329982
