Ben Adam Sohawon
@bensohawon.bsky.social
Singer, linguist, berk. Also treasurer for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
The opinions expressed here are nobody's, not even mine.
The opinions expressed here are nobody's, not even mine.
Pinned
On Friday 20th Feb, I will be performing at the #London #Lovecraft #Festival, telling the short story "The Haunter of the Dark".
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
THREAD: As treasurer & one of the founders of the co-op-run @allgoodbookshop.co.uk I cannot tell you how exasperating & angering this is.
We opened in 2020, TWO WEEKS before the pandemic struck. Our then-manager, Tim, kept us alive taking book orders & delivering them by bike. (Cont.)
#BookSky
We opened in 2020, TWO WEEKS before the pandemic struck. Our then-manager, Tim, kept us alive taking book orders & delivering them by bike. (Cont.)
#BookSky
Independent bookshops in England are facing business rates increases of up to 100% under the government’s new reforms, research commissioned by the Booksellers Association has found 👇 #BookSky
Indie bookshops’ business rates to soar by up to 100%, BA research finds
ebx.sh
February 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
THREAD: As treasurer & one of the founders of the co-op-run @allgoodbookshop.co.uk I cannot tell you how exasperating & angering this is.
We opened in 2020, TWO WEEKS before the pandemic struck. Our then-manager, Tim, kept us alive taking book orders & delivering them by bike. (Cont.)
#BookSky
We opened in 2020, TWO WEEKS before the pandemic struck. Our then-manager, Tim, kept us alive taking book orders & delivering them by bike. (Cont.)
#BookSky
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
On 28 Feb, I'm launching my first ever play with a rehearsed reading at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk. It's something I'm very proud of and I'd love to have even a small audience for it.
allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/...
allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/...
Bela & Boris Ticket 28 Feb
A rehearsed reading of a new play about Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff - the original Dracula and Frankenstein's monster. In the last weeks of Bela Lugosi's life, he was recovering from a public rehab ...
allgoodbookshop.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
On 28 Feb, I'm launching my first ever play with a rehearsed reading at @allgoodbookshop.co.uk. It's something I'm very proud of and I'd love to have even a small audience for it.
allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/...
allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/...
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
if the government does not have a proper rethink, we will cease to exist
Independent bookshops in England are facing business rates increases of up to 100% under the government’s new reforms, research commissioned by the Booksellers Association has found 👇 #BookSky
Indie bookshops’ business rates to soar by up to 100%, BA research finds
ebx.sh
February 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
if the government does not have a proper rethink, we will cease to exist
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Taking the chance to again point out how despite having zero access to the corridors of power or people who matter, the non-marks of the online left were *immediately* on to the gigantic nefarious scam of Labour Together bt were rewarded for their efforts by being dismissed as cranks & conspiracists
Utterly chilling insight into how Keir Starmer's team has been operating from the beginning. As others have been pointing out for years, the Labour Party and the country have been taken for a ride. There was a coup within the party, using a host of dirty tricks.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ
Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Taking the chance to again point out how despite having zero access to the corridors of power or people who matter, the non-marks of the online left were *immediately* on to the gigantic nefarious scam of Labour Together bt were rewarded for their efforts by being dismissed as cranks & conspiracists
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
The feelings provoked in me by seeing a former royal described as “A man in his 60s from Norfolk” could power cities
February 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The feelings provoked in me by seeing a former royal described as “A man in his 60s from Norfolk” could power cities
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
February 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
No cheating: post your lock screen.
Mine's a photo I took of the sunset over the mountains of Turkey, from across the water on the island of Rhodes, from an alleyway between two restaurants on the seafront of Rhodes City.
Mine's a photo I took of the sunset over the mountains of Turkey, from across the water on the island of Rhodes, from an alleyway between two restaurants on the seafront of Rhodes City.
February 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
No cheating: post your lock screen.
Mine's a photo I took of the sunset over the mountains of Turkey, from across the water on the island of Rhodes, from an alleyway between two restaurants on the seafront of Rhodes City.
Mine's a photo I took of the sunset over the mountains of Turkey, from across the water on the island of Rhodes, from an alleyway between two restaurants on the seafront of Rhodes City.
A reminder this is coming up this Friday. Hope to see you there.
On Friday 20th Feb, I will be performing at the #London #Lovecraft #Festival, telling the short story "The Haunter of the Dark".
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
A reminder this is coming up this Friday. Hope to see you there.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Sure:
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Sure:
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
There’s something really wrong with the West’s attitude to death and specifically white, male techbros. Why would you want this?
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
There’s something really wrong with the West’s attitude to death and specifically white, male techbros. Why would you want this?
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Interesting to note that this artwork has appeared to struggle with suppression on both Instagram and LinkedIn. Perhaps due to the harmful rhetoric contained within it.
But blasting it across big “trusted” media titles is so permissible that the entire advertising industry are happy to fund it.
But blasting it across big “trusted” media titles is so permissible that the entire advertising industry are happy to fund it.
I studied over 400 hate-ridden headlines from The Telegraph about the Trans+ community and what emerged was a new artwork currently exhibiting in Brixton.
This is ‘The Telegraph’s Phantasm, 2026’
CW: lots of nastiness
This is ‘The Telegraph’s Phantasm, 2026’
CW: lots of nastiness
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Interesting to note that this artwork has appeared to struggle with suppression on both Instagram and LinkedIn. Perhaps due to the harmful rhetoric contained within it.
But blasting it across big “trusted” media titles is so permissible that the entire advertising industry are happy to fund it.
But blasting it across big “trusted” media titles is so permissible that the entire advertising industry are happy to fund it.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Also conversations about social media bans need to consider what we want young people to do instead. What will they do? Because concerts cost £££. No youth clubs. No libraries. We used to entertain ourself hanging out on the High Street. There is fuck all for young ppl on High Streets now
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Also conversations about social media bans need to consider what we want young people to do instead. What will they do? Because concerts cost £££. No youth clubs. No libraries. We used to entertain ourself hanging out on the High Street. There is fuck all for young ppl on High Streets now
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
people say i like polish dumplings way too much
but that's my pierogative
but that's my pierogative
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
people say i like polish dumplings way too much
but that's my pierogative
but that's my pierogative
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
This guy is great. www.facebook.com/reel/1275344...
February 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM
This guy is great. www.facebook.com/reel/1275344...
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
There are numerous lobby studies disguised as scientific works that discredit renewable materials in favor of mineral /synthetic business as usual construction. One strategy is to compare the worst timber product with the best unicorn mineral products. And of course play with the End of Life stage.
MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed.
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
There are numerous lobby studies disguised as scientific works that discredit renewable materials in favor of mineral /synthetic business as usual construction. One strategy is to compare the worst timber product with the best unicorn mineral products. And of course play with the End of Life stage.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
We got the Israel-funded harassment app taken down. 4 years later, ACT.IL is back with a new name: RiseApp.
youtu.be/FR0DYwa_gPQ
youtu.be/FR0DYwa_gPQ
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We got the Israel-funded harassment app taken down. 4 years later, ACT.IL is back with a new name: RiseApp.
youtu.be/FR0DYwa_gPQ
youtu.be/FR0DYwa_gPQ
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
No one has seriously said LLMs aren’t important or that AI is categorically junk.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
No one has seriously said LLMs aren’t important or that AI is categorically junk.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
I don’t really pay attention to charges of doomerism. I don’t know what it means offline.
I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.
I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I don’t really pay attention to charges of doomerism. I don’t know what it means offline.
I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.
I do know that refusing a version of how the future will unfold forecloses on the power that actually shapes that future. That’s not disavowing that tech changes are happening but they are in now a given.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
UK: High Court finds Palestine Action ban unlawful and should be 'quashed' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-judicial-review-high-court-judgment
UK: High Court finds Palestine Action ban unlawful and should be 'quashed'
Judgment follows judicial review challenging ban brought by Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori
www.middleeasteye.net
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
UK: High Court finds Palestine Action ban unlawful and should be 'quashed' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-judicial-review-high-court-judgment
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
If you hold a sombrero to your ear you can hear the sí.
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
If you hold a sombrero to your ear you can hear the sí.
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
Almost everyone "on the left" doesn't have a problem with machine learning, or technology, or progress. They do have problems with security, safety, mental health outcomes, plagiarism, labor distributions, and environmental & energy impact.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Almost everyone "on the left" doesn't have a problem with machine learning, or technology, or progress. They do have problems with security, safety, mental health outcomes, plagiarism, labor distributions, and environmental & energy impact.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
On Friday 20th Feb, I will be performing at the #London #Lovecraft #Festival, telling the short story "The Haunter of the Dark".
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
On Friday 20th Feb, I will be performing at the #London #Lovecraft #Festival, telling the short story "The Haunter of the Dark".
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
If you'd like to hear this classic #horror, be at the Drayton Arms in Kensington, 20/02.
Tickets on sale here:
www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/london-lovec...
Reposted by Ben Adam Sohawon
If you know anyone who's ever come to the UK to live alongside you, and you'd either miss them if they were gone, or at the very least reckon they deserve to be treated humanely, please put aside some time to fill this in.
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If you know anyone who's ever come to the UK to live alongside you, and you'd either miss them if they were gone, or at the very least reckon they deserve to be treated humanely, please put aside some time to fill this in.
