Ben Phillips
@benphillips76.bsky.social
Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
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Humbled to be appointed as elf (genuinely humbled - I wanted the Santa hat but that one was taken).
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
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Humbled to be appointed as elf (genuinely humbled - I wanted the Santa hat but that one was taken).
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Humbled to be appointed as elf (genuinely humbled - I wanted the Santa hat but that one was taken).
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Humbled to be appointed as elf (genuinely humbled - I wanted the Santa hat but that one was taken).
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Humbled to be appointed as elf (genuinely humbled - I wanted the Santa hat but that one was taken).
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
Offline until 2026.
Merry Christmas!
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Rare footage of Glenn Gould improvising on Debussy's Claire de Lune (II Suite Bergamasque).
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Rare footage of Glenn Gould improvising on Debussy's Claire de Lune (II Suite Bergamasque).
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜
sheetmusiclibrary.website
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This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
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Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #WomensArt
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2050 two possible futures:
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
2050 two possible futures:
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
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Stained glass roof, The Peace Portal, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia by glass artist Ulla Darni #WomensArt
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Stained glass roof, The Peace Portal, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia by glass artist Ulla Darni #WomensArt
This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.
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“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
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“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“iT’s nOt AboUt oIL”
2050 two possible futures:
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
2050 two possible futures:
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
1. The walls of Harvard University have monuments highlighting these kids & the ceasefire campaigners as exemplars of excellence.
2. Palantir University Ltd (formerly Harvard) has a system that can overhear anyone who refers to these banned memories.
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I don’t know who needs to watch this video of these two kids reunited with their big brother after being separated from him for two years in the foster care system but <watch to the end>
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I don’t know who needs to watch this video of these two kids reunited with their big brother after being separated from him for two years in the foster care system but <watch to the end>
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Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (1899-1981), German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation #WomensArt
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (1899-1981), German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation #WomensArt
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Käthe Kollwitz's pietà from the Neue Wache memorial to Victims of War and Dictatorship, Berlin #womensart
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Käthe Kollwitz's pietà from the Neue Wache memorial to Victims of War and Dictatorship, Berlin #womensart
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This is not him making a “mistake”, or acting impulsively. It’s part of the deliberate shifting of the bounds of morality to mean whatever he says it means. It is part of “breaking in” his followers who have stand up for obscenity in front of everyone.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is not him making a “mistake”, or acting impulsively. It’s part of the deliberate shifting of the bounds of morality to mean whatever he says it means. It is part of “breaking in” his followers who have stand up for obscenity in front of everyone.
This is not him making a “mistake”, or acting impulsively. It’s part of the deliberate shifting of the bounds of morality to mean whatever he says it means. It is part of “breaking in” his followers who have stand up for obscenity in front of everyone.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is not him making a “mistake”, or acting impulsively. It’s part of the deliberate shifting of the bounds of morality to mean whatever he says it means. It is part of “breaking in” his followers who have stand up for obscenity in front of everyone.
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AfD: “Why do people keep calling us Nazis?”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
AfD: “Why do people keep calling us Nazis?”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
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Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
AfD: “Why do people keep calling us Nazis?”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
AfD: “Why do people keep calling us Nazis?”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
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The stories we tell shape the future. Culture drives politics. And artists help drive culture.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The stories we tell shape the future. Culture drives politics. And artists help drive culture.
The stories we tell shape the future. Culture drives politics. And artists help drive culture.
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The stories we tell shape the future. Culture drives politics. And artists help drive culture.
I don’t know who needs to watch this video of these two kids reunited with their big brother after being separated from him for two years in the foster care system but <watch to the end>
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I don’t know who needs to watch this video of these two kids reunited with their big brother after being separated from him for two years in the foster care system but <watch to the end>
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The work of Melissa Cody, 4th generation, contemporary Navajo weaver #WomensArt
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The work of Melissa Cody, 4th generation, contemporary Navajo weaver #WomensArt