Ben Seager
@benseager.co.uk
Software developing, NCFC season ticket holding, video game playing, polyhedral dice rolling overgrown child.
Opinions all, very much, my own.
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Opinions all, very much, my own.
NCFC feed (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66iacpmbjqojyprp6ubgz3rj/feed/aaactaye3fzby)
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Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Government inherited an asylum system in meltdown, and had managed to at least get cases being processed again while ending the madness of the Rwanda plan. But the policies being announced today undermine all of that, making it harder for refugees to integrate and contribute to their communities
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Government inherited an asylum system in meltdown, and had managed to at least get cases being processed again while ending the madness of the Rwanda plan. But the policies being announced today undermine all of that, making it harder for refugees to integrate and contribute to their communities
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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🟢🟡 It's Our Club. These People Are Just Passing By. Let's Not Forget That.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
Time for the Y'Army to unite behind the new incumbent.
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/16/i...
#ncfc
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
Time for the Y'Army to unite behind the new incumbent.
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/16/i...
#ncfc
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🟢🟡 It's Our Club. These People Are Just Passing By. Let's Not Forget That.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
Time for the Y'Army to unite behind the new incumbent.
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/16/i...
#ncfc
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
Time for the Y'Army to unite behind the new incumbent.
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/16/i...
#ncfc
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I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
“AI”
Can we *please* stop putting slop machines into everything
Can we *please* stop putting slop machines into everything
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“AI”
Can we *please* stop putting slop machines into everything
Can we *please* stop putting slop machines into everything
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Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Keir Starmer meets Ukrainian families on the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine
YouTube video by Keir Starmer
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Here's Keir Starmer before the general election promising Ukrainian refugees that he will stand with them "as long as it takes".
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
Now his Government's own policy is that "the era of permanent protection [for refugees] is over"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ra9...
The cat has *definitely* worked out how to put the heating on 😂
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The cat has *definitely* worked out how to put the heating on 😂
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Exchanging one unpopular, but effective, tax-raising measure for a load more unpopular, controversial and piecemeal tax-raising measures is not going to end well
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Exchanging one unpopular, but effective, tax-raising measure for a load more unpopular, controversial and piecemeal tax-raising measures is not going to end well
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“Look like you mean it. Look down at the ground and say sorry.”
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Look like you mean it. Look down at the ground and say sorry.”
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excellent work by @jamesrball.com …
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
excellent work by @jamesrball.com …
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Robocop him. I dare you.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Robocop him. I dare you.
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Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Anybody who had a vision to bring American levels of political, cultural and social polarisation to Britain - whether their motive was clicks or cash, ideology, boredom or anything else - would make it their top strategic priority to abolish the BBC, or to damage and diminish it at the very least
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Another sorry end to another sorry tale. @paulbb66.bsky.social reviews a game that had everything but left us with nothing. #NCFC
Image: @robotcanary.bsky.social
Image: @robotcanary.bsky.social
The ACN Match Review 25/26: Leicester (h)
Another sorry end to another sorry tale. Paul Buller reviews a game that had everything but left us with nothing.
www.alongcomenorwich.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Another sorry end to another sorry tale. @paulbb66.bsky.social reviews a game that had everything but left us with nothing. #NCFC
Image: @robotcanary.bsky.social
Image: @robotcanary.bsky.social
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🟢🟡 The First Domino Falls, but Dark Clouds Still Hover Over NR1.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🟢🟡 The First Domino Falls, but Dark Clouds Still Hover Over NR1.
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
🗣️ @garygowers.bsky.social
▪️For 70 mins, a thunderous Carrow Road
▪️In the end, same old
▪️Knapper must be allowed *nowhere near* the recruitment process for new coach
LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/11/09/t...
#ncfc
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Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...