Ben Allan
@benallan.bsky.social
Subeditor / lamestream media left-wing govt mouthpiece / right-wing govt propagandist trapped in Dunedin, New Zealand. Opinions those of the Voice of the Mysterons. Used to program binary load lifters, very similar to your vaporators in most respects
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
When the copywriter has a bit on their plate just now
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 AM
When the copywriter has a bit on their plate just now
Here is what for me was a delightfully unexpected clashing of spheres in which Kumail Nanjiani gives a shout-out to Glenn Phillips. Solidarity @kumail.bsky.social, the entire nation of NZ broke down over that match you couldn't find footage of Bulgaria as well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gL...
Kumail Nanjiani on World Cups, Hollywood and India-Pakistan Relations
YouTube video by The Grade Cricketer
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Here is what for me was a delightfully unexpected clashing of spheres in which Kumail Nanjiani gives a shout-out to Glenn Phillips. Solidarity @kumail.bsky.social, the entire nation of NZ broke down over that match you couldn't find footage of Bulgaria as well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gL...
David Kirk with an incredible opportunity to pull a Ted Lasso here.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
David Kirk with an incredible opportunity to pull a Ted Lasso here.
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
BESPECTACLED ASTRAS OFFICIAL: <snapping shut the rulebook> ...nothing specifically prevents it.
ETHAN HAWKE: <throws down his hat and stamps on it>
ETHAN HAWKE: <throws down his hat and stamps on it>
‘Good Boy’ star Indy the Dog has won ‘Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller’ at the Astra Film Awards.
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
BESPECTACLED ASTRAS OFFICIAL: <snapping shut the rulebook> ...nothing specifically prevents it.
ETHAN HAWKE: <throws down his hat and stamps on it>
ETHAN HAWKE: <throws down his hat and stamps on it>
Thinking back to that time the British were doing some exercise around Gibraltar and they accidentally "invaded" Spain, and we all went "Lol imagine if a member of NATO attacked another member, what an amusing theoretical thought exercise".
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Thinking back to that time the British were doing some exercise around Gibraltar and they accidentally "invaded" Spain, and we all went "Lol imagine if a member of NATO attacked another member, what an amusing theoretical thought exercise".
Man.
Someone sent me this video of Trump’s goons in action today in the Twin Cities. The audio is disturbing.
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Man.
...I mean it feels a little mean to literally advertise it, though
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
...I mean it feels a little mean to literally advertise it, though
Nominative determinism strikes again
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Nominative determinism strikes again
This could just be me, but I have no more consistently reliable measure for "I am properly drunk now" than "conducting a conversation with yourself in the bathroom mirror".
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 AM
This could just be me, but I have no more consistently reliable measure for "I am properly drunk now" than "conducting a conversation with yourself in the bathroom mirror".
I'm not in The Simpsons writing room obviously, but "the Republican Party has become too extreme for Mr Burns" seems like a decent episode premise about now.
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I'm not in The Simpsons writing room obviously, but "the Republican Party has become too extreme for Mr Burns" seems like a decent episode premise about now.
Not now, "the guy who famously took up arms in the cause of fairness in the face of crippling financial inequality was bad actually" movie
Watch the trailer for The Death of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgård 🏹
In theaters later this year via A24.
In theaters later this year via A24.
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Not now, "the guy who famously took up arms in the cause of fairness in the face of crippling financial inequality was bad actually" movie
Reaction to the end of Stranger Things has me thinking about how "the characters didn't suffer enough" is used to couch the complaint people are *actually* levelling, which is "the audience didn't suffer enough".
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Reaction to the end of Stranger Things has me thinking about how "the characters didn't suffer enough" is used to couch the complaint people are *actually* levelling, which is "the audience didn't suffer enough".
Things are strange, when you're a- The stranger the thing, the thinger the- Strange things make strange men, strange men ma- I guess the real strangers were the things we made alo
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Things are strange, when you're a- The stranger the thing, the thinger the- Strange things make strange men, strange men ma- I guess the real strangers were the things we made alo
2026! A flying car in every garage by March at the latest, surely?
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
2026! A flying car in every garage by March at the latest, surely?
So very mean, but the majesty of this burn cannot be denied
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So very mean, but the majesty of this burn cannot be denied
What is the Stranger Things version of the US Army telling the families of the now approximately 753 soldiers killed by a combination of interdimensional monsters and a teen girl and her friends group, do we think?
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What is the Stranger Things version of the US Army telling the families of the now approximately 753 soldiers killed by a combination of interdimensional monsters and a teen girl and her friends group, do we think?
The great thing about Andrew Tate getting clobbered is that you knoooooow that given his whole schtick is selling macho toxic masculinity snake oil, he would never have agreed to box anyone that he was not 100% sure he would beat beforehand.
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The great thing about Andrew Tate getting clobbered is that you knoooooow that given his whole schtick is selling macho toxic masculinity snake oil, he would never have agreed to box anyone that he was not 100% sure he would beat beforehand.
A dramatic and unexpected development in the Adelaide test
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A dramatic and unexpected development in the Adelaide test
If test cricket was just a matter of "most willpower wins", you could form an XI with Ben Stokes and Neil Wagner and 9 other random guys and they would win every game.
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If test cricket was just a matter of "most willpower wins", you could form an XI with Ben Stokes and Neil Wagner and 9 other random guys and they would win every game.
Back from a third Avatar movie and starting to think a lot of trouble could be avoided if ol' Aiwa the planet spirit just got a little bit more proactive.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Back from a third Avatar movie and starting to think a lot of trouble could be avoided if ol' Aiwa the planet spirit just got a little bit more proactive.
I don't know if we talk enough about how about how...
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
...are some of the weirdest lyrics ever
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
...are some of the weirdest lyrics ever
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I don't know if we talk enough about how about how...
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
...are some of the weirdest lyrics ever
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact, it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
...are some of the weirdest lyrics ever
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Overblown homegrown cone phone tombstone
So the hotline’s 12 month budget was $400k. If we generously assume it spent only $200k given it operated for half of that time, that’s still $1000 per road cone removed. Nutty waste of money from the Coalition. 🤦♂️
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Overblown homegrown cone phone tombstone