Ben Stroud
@benjstroud.bsky.social
Social Media Pro, loves Southampton FC, horror movies, reading, comedy and my lovely wife. Trustee at Friends, Families and Travellers. Views = own, follows ≠ endorsement
500 words invoice attached thx
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
500 words invoice attached thx
I didn’t have Richard Gadd being a featured celeb at WWE Raw on my 2025 bingo card, but there you go.
January 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I didn’t have Richard Gadd being a featured celeb at WWE Raw on my 2025 bingo card, but there you go.
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Exclusive: Fashion brands like Zara promised to be more sustainable. But their tactics tell a different story.
Watch the full investigation: www.context.news/net-zero/vid...
📹 Albert Han
Watch the full investigation: www.context.news/net-zero/vid...
📹 Albert Han
Fast fashion giant Inditex wants to be sustainable. But is it? | Context
Fashion brands like Zara promised to be more sustainable. But their tactics tell a different story
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December 12, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Exclusive: Fashion brands like Zara promised to be more sustainable. But their tactics tell a different story.
Watch the full investigation: www.context.news/net-zero/vid...
📹 Albert Han
Watch the full investigation: www.context.news/net-zero/vid...
📹 Albert Han
‘Russell, we’ve done our research and discovered that veganism doesn’t go down well with the new audience your att-‘
‘No worries, I’ll bin it.’
‘No worries, I’ll bin it.’
December 13, 2024 at 10:18 AM
‘Russell, we’ve done our research and discovered that veganism doesn’t go down well with the new audience your att-‘
‘No worries, I’ll bin it.’
‘No worries, I’ll bin it.’
Synthwave, Jazz, Drill. No, they’re not my three favourite Transformers, it’s my Spotify Wrapped.
Much better than @barrymalone.bsky.social’s BTW
Much better than @barrymalone.bsky.social’s BTW
December 5, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Synthwave, Jazz, Drill. No, they’re not my three favourite Transformers, it’s my Spotify Wrapped.
Much better than @barrymalone.bsky.social’s BTW
Much better than @barrymalone.bsky.social’s BTW
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In Lebanon, a ceasefire brings relief, but the battered education system will struggle to recover from war and economic collapse.
✍️Nazih Osseiran reports.
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✍️Nazih Osseiran reports.
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December 3, 2024 at 1:42 PM
In Lebanon, a ceasefire brings relief, but the battered education system will struggle to recover from war and economic collapse.
✍️Nazih Osseiran reports.
🔗 www.context.news/socioeconomi...
✍️Nazih Osseiran reports.
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Governments missed a crucial opportunity to tackle plastic pollution as talks for a global U.N. treaty stalled in South Korea.
✍️ Jack Graham reports
www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Jack Graham reports
www.context.news/climate-risk...
How can the world use less plastic and reduce pollution? | Context
As U.N. talks in Canada seek global plastics treaty, research says levels of plastic waste have become unmanageable
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December 3, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Governments missed a crucial opportunity to tackle plastic pollution as talks for a global U.N. treaty stalled in South Korea.
✍️ Jack Graham reports
www.context.news/climate-risk...
✍️ Jack Graham reports
www.context.news/climate-risk...
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Thousands of miners in Peru protest as the government pushes for regulating illegal mining.
✍️ Dan Collyns reports
✍️ Dan Collyns reports
In Peru, a gold mining battle rages over registry of "impunity" | Context
Peru's government wants to regulate an illegal industry destroying nature and trafficking people
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December 4, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Thousands of miners in Peru protest as the government pushes for regulating illegal mining.
✍️ Dan Collyns reports
✍️ Dan Collyns reports
The Devil is in the detail.
I am the Devil.
I am the Devil.
November 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The Devil is in the detail.
I am the Devil.
I am the Devil.
This is deeply upsetting for the young people involved, their families, and the wider communities, and deserves a full and thorough explanation for the decisions that led to children being restrained and subjected to such brutal treatment.
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www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/stateme...
Statement on GMP brutality against young Gypsies and Travellers - Friends, Families and Travellers
Today, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) was made aware of video footage circulating on social media depicting Greater Manchester Police (GMP) violently restricting and over-policing young Romany...
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November 24, 2024 at 11:55 AM
This is deeply upsetting for the young people involved, their families, and the wider communities, and deserves a full and thorough explanation for the decisions that led to children being restrained and subjected to such brutal treatment.
www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/stateme...
www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/stateme...
Being bullied by my phone again.
November 22, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Being bullied by my phone again.
I added @barrymalone.bsky.social to a starter pack as requested, and he hasn’t even shared it yet.
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement.
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement.
Welcome to Context Newsroom on Bluesky - there will be more to follow, but in the meantime, follow our correspondents to read news and analysis that contextualises how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment: go.bsky.app/Up68iNV
November 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I added @barrymalone.bsky.social to a starter pack as requested, and he hasn’t even shared it yet.
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement.
To say I’m disappointed is an understatement.
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Welcome to Context Newsroom on Bluesky - there will be more to follow, but in the meantime, follow our correspondents to read news and analysis that contextualises how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment: go.bsky.app/Up68iNV
November 22, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Welcome to Context Newsroom on Bluesky - there will be more to follow, but in the meantime, follow our correspondents to read news and analysis that contextualises how critical issues and events affect ordinary people, society and the environment: go.bsky.app/Up68iNV
National Trust members on their first winter walk of the year: youtu.be/-VBdAY8eA9w?...
Immortal - Call Of The Wintermoon
YouTube video by PyiToditt
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
National Trust members on their first winter walk of the year: youtu.be/-VBdAY8eA9w?...
Leaping joyfully into the end of this year.
Catch the Ice Dude
YouTube video by TheDude
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Leaping joyfully into the end of this year.
Why don’t ghosts ever visit the places they wanted to go while they were alive? Lazy see-through bastards.
November 19, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Why don’t ghosts ever visit the places they wanted to go while they were alive? Lazy see-through bastards.
If you’re wondering what song I’m thinking of when I’m walking into work like a boss, it’s this: youtu.be/XBZUz4C6kqk?...
Go West - King Of Wishful Thinking (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
If you’re wondering what song I’m thinking of when I’m walking into work like a boss, it’s this: youtu.be/XBZUz4C6kqk?...
Hey everybody, @clarnic.bsky.social and @kimharrisberg.bsky.social are here now. Follow them.
November 19, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Hey everybody, @clarnic.bsky.social and @kimharrisberg.bsky.social are here now. Follow them.
Nookie by Limp Bizkit was a banger and I will die on that hill. Plus Fred Durst looks like a real ale dad now so…
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Nookie by Limp Bizkit was a banger and I will die on that hill. Plus Fred Durst looks like a real ale dad now so…
Just a reminder to you all that it’s back to work tomorrow morning.
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by Belinda Carlisle
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Just a reminder to you all that it’s back to work tomorrow morning.
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
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An ex-NY Times columnist and Ivy League grad interviewed a billionaire about how he, the world’s richest man, and several other billionaires helped another billionaire/Ivy League grad/real estate mogul world defeat an HBCU grad to reclaim the most powerful office in the world.
The headline:
The headline:
November 15, 2024 at 5:10 PM
An ex-NY Times columnist and Ivy League grad interviewed a billionaire about how he, the world’s richest man, and several other billionaires helped another billionaire/Ivy League grad/real estate mogul world defeat an HBCU grad to reclaim the most powerful office in the world.
The headline:
The headline:
I would never say this, more lies from Instagram.
November 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
I would never say this, more lies from Instagram.
It troubles me that I’ll never truly know how much Andre the Giant weighed when Hulk Hogan body slammed him at Wrestlemania III.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:22 PM
It troubles me that I’ll never truly know how much Andre the Giant weighed when Hulk Hogan body slammed him at Wrestlemania III.
I don’t want to be in your starter pack unless it’s called ‘Best of fucking everything’, and you see me as I truly see myself.
This is how I see myself. I’m here, you’re welcome.
This is how I see myself. I’m here, you’re welcome.
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I don’t want to be in your starter pack unless it’s called ‘Best of fucking everything’, and you see me as I truly see myself.
This is how I see myself. I’m here, you’re welcome.
This is how I see myself. I’m here, you’re welcome.