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
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Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
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Mixtapes are legally binding
If I’ve ever shared a song with you just know that means I would die for you
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Mixtapes are legally binding
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Just saw an "I'm no Tory but what we wouldn't give for Major to be PM now looking back" post in the wild and, fucking hell, libs, no, you need to yearn for better than mild guy continuing everything eleven years in to Thatcherism. Stop longing for what got us here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just saw an "I'm no Tory but what we wouldn't give for Major to be PM now looking back" post in the wild and, fucking hell, libs, no, you need to yearn for better than mild guy continuing everything eleven years in to Thatcherism. Stop longing for what got us here.
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The Labour MPs who received ££s from Lexington who represent the owner of private water firm (and major polluter) Southern Water.
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Labour MPs who received ££s from Lexington who represent the owner of private water firm (and major polluter) Southern Water.
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
- Hamish Falconer, Oliver Ryan, Liam Conlon, Liz Kendall, Pat McFadden and Gregor Poynton
-Mary Creagh and Steve Race were both former lobbyists at Lexington
Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )
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The News Agents is a great case study of centrism because they actively describe how the sausage is made and yet none of their audience say 'Wait - what the fuck do you mean you ran a story because some Labour spad told you to?'
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The News Agents is a great case study of centrism because they actively describe how the sausage is made and yet none of their audience say 'Wait - what the fuck do you mean you ran a story because some Labour spad told you to?'
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What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.
Shocking.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shocking.
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If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!
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We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.
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"wrongly stated". Lied. The word you're looking for is 'lied'
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
Reach has apologised and will pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson after the Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
Manchester Evening News pays 'substantial damages' to Bob Vylan frontman
Reach to pay "substantial damages" to Bob Vylan frontman after Manchester Evening News wrongly reported he had "performed Nazi salutes on stage".
pressgazette.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"wrongly stated". Lied. The word you're looking for is 'lied'
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.
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Here's a detailed letter from a R* developer, because people started to believe Rockstars incredulously lazy lie of "oh hey 30 people aaaall acted bad at the same time"
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Here's a detailed letter from a R* developer, because people started to believe Rockstars incredulously lazy lie of "oh hey 30 people aaaall acted bad at the same time"
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!
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Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.
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Join us on Mon 24th Nov as we assemble outside Haringey's Full Council meeting to demand:
Dignity Not Debt. Bailiffs Out of Haringey! #BootTheBailiffs
Dignity Not Debt. Bailiffs Out of Haringey! #BootTheBailiffs
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Join us on Mon 24th Nov as we assemble outside Haringey's Full Council meeting to demand:
Dignity Not Debt. Bailiffs Out of Haringey! #BootTheBailiffs
Dignity Not Debt. Bailiffs Out of Haringey! #BootTheBailiffs
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Y'all keep boycotting Starbucks! I hope y'all never stopped. Fuck Starbucks! More power to the workers! More power to the unions!
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Y'all keep boycotting Starbucks! I hope y'all never stopped. Fuck Starbucks! More power to the workers! More power to the unions!
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Massive thanks to the brilliant Sally Magnusson for coming along to Stromness Library last night to discuss her fabulous new novel The Shapeshifter's Daughter.
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Massive thanks to the brilliant Sally Magnusson for coming along to Stromness Library last night to discuss her fabulous new novel The Shapeshifter's Daughter.
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
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This is what passes for journalism now. Just making up facts. It was the centre-left Plaid Cymru who won, by a huge margin, stoping Reform AND Labour. The media are a thundering disgrace - incompetent, malevolent, or both.
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is what passes for journalism now. Just making up facts. It was the centre-left Plaid Cymru who won, by a huge margin, stoping Reform AND Labour. The media are a thundering disgrace - incompetent, malevolent, or both.
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Late Afternoon Colours. 15°C overlooking the Vale Of York. Sparrows.
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Late Afternoon Colours. 15°C overlooking the Vale Of York. Sparrows.
Goddammit. I was planning my latest Star Trek re-watch as well.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Goddammit. I was planning my latest Star Trek re-watch as well.
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I broke up with my farmer boyfriend. I wrote him a John Deere letter
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I broke up with my farmer boyfriend. I wrote him a John Deere letter
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I, for one, believe him.
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I, for one, believe him.