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First book of the new year. Unless you all tell me that it's 450 pages of "because the wrong people are running them for the wrong reasons", in which case I won't bother.

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I don't like listening to myself, or seeing myself on camera. But for once, I would definitely recommend listening to the audio version of the newsletter this week. And happy new year thebarracks.substack.com/p/kw-01-happ...

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KW-01 Happy New Year

Two steps forwards, two steps back

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I have started work on the Tomato House framework. I'm not very good at this round-wood hand-tooling stuff yet, but I will get better!

beardy man doing woodworking. He looks like he might know what he is doing, but this is a lie

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

All I want for Christmas, is @ryanridden.bsky.social to teach me Physics

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Global temperatures in degrees C above pre-industrial levels for the last 12 months: 1.6, 1.6, 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 1.6, 1.5, 1.6, 1.6 1.5 totally obliterated!

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I guess it's the time of the cycle where we look back over the last 12 months. I did mine in pictures, mostly of people I shared the barracks adventure with in 2024 thebarracks.substack.com/p/kw-52-good...

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KW-52 Goodbye 2024 - in Pictures

It's not all about the pigs

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Facebook just reminded me of this amazing interaction from earlier this year. Cheers, Gemma!

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wolves lose protected status "to protect livestock" It's always ok to kill wild animals so that you can kill animals for profit. Stop eating meat, you selfish monsters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Wolves to lose protection, as EU lowers bar for shooting wildlife

Downgrading species’ protection status for political gain puts decades of conservation efforts at risk, says WWF

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

TIL: that Lunaria annua, the honest plant is called Einjährige Silberblatt - one year silver leaf - in German and I'm not sure how much more disappointment I can take from this language.

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Bit o'that cold white rain stuff for the end of November. It's been warmer than last year, but the first snow is about the same - 24th November in 2023. 20th this year

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

How are the UK and the US now not at war with Russia?

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Trumps nominee for Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth: "Hegseth, who was a platoon leader at Guantanamo Bay during his military service, defended the treatment of inmates detained there."

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It only took the Today programme 90 minutes this morning to mention COP-29

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

What do you think of when you hear the words Happy Doomer?

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Trying to find people here. Let's start with the #vegans #climatescience and #writers Who's here?

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The Pirate Ben @thepirateben.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

The Barracks newsletter is now into it's third year. Every Monday morning, without fail. This week, we're looking at toast and parapsychology. thebarracks.substack.com/p/kw-43-toas...

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KW-43 Toast Envy

and announcing the Journal of Pirate Investigations

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