Charlotte Benton
@charlottebenton.bsky.social
Physics by day, sedition by night.
(Formerly @c_j_benton from the Twitter that was.)
🦀 Pro carcinisation. 🦀
(Formerly @c_j_benton from the Twitter that was.)
🦀 Pro carcinisation. 🦀
"Prince Andrew barred from the Royal aircraft, and forced to take a Gulfstream like a commoner."
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Prince Andrew barred from the Royal aircraft, and forced to take a Gulfstream like a commoner."
"Royal Family present Andrew with the Platinum Crown of Shame and The Emerald Coronet of Penitence."
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Royal Family present Andrew with the Platinum Crown of Shame and The Emerald Coronet of Penitence."
When will pickelhaubes come back into fashion?
October 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When will pickelhaubes come back into fashion?
I'm now starting to think that the orange isn't makeup.
August 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I'm now starting to think that the orange isn't makeup.
If you built a non-floating amphibious vehicle (i.e. something that could be driven from the seabed up onto a beach), and taught dolphins to somehow operate it, do you reckon they'd use it to explore land?
August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you built a non-floating amphibious vehicle (i.e. something that could be driven from the seabed up onto a beach), and taught dolphins to somehow operate it, do you reckon they'd use it to explore land?
"Gender critical" men never fail to creep me out. They write about women's privacy in a manner like they're planning where to place a hidden camera.
August 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Gender critical" men never fail to creep me out. They write about women's privacy in a manner like they're planning where to place a hidden camera.
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I’m honestly wondering how many suicides have already happened because of this stuff. People do not appreciate how utterly terrified a lot of trans people, especially women, are right now.
August 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’m honestly wondering how many suicides have already happened because of this stuff. People do not appreciate how utterly terrified a lot of trans people, especially women, are right now.
If it happens, will an enduring media image be footage of bare shelves in Champagne sections, accompanied by finger-wagging commentary about how it's wrong to celebrate that kind of thing?
August 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If it happens, will an enduring media image be footage of bare shelves in Champagne sections, accompanied by finger-wagging commentary about how it's wrong to celebrate that kind of thing?
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Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
July 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)
Why aren't we calling "Alligator Alcatraz" the Trump Hotel?
July 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why aren't we calling "Alligator Alcatraz" the Trump Hotel?
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The kids will ask ChatGPT, and get this:
July 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The kids will ask ChatGPT, and get this:
It's too fucking hot.
July 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's too fucking hot.
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Trans people told you they would come for cis LGB people next…
July 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trans people told you they would come for cis LGB people next…
I'm sick of "there's no hope left" defeatism. Yes, things are grim right now, but the bastards haven't won yet. (Furthermore, when defeatism comes from anonymous accounts, it makes me suspect they're far-right sock puppets.) I understand the need to vent, but defeatism helps nobody but the fascists.
July 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm sick of "there's no hope left" defeatism. Yes, things are grim right now, but the bastards haven't won yet. (Furthermore, when defeatism comes from anonymous accounts, it makes me suspect they're far-right sock puppets.) I understand the need to vent, but defeatism helps nobody but the fascists.
If the US fully degenerates into a fascist dictatorship, its national newspapers have the choice between becoming government propaganda mouthpieces, or fleeing the country and becoming publications in exile. Would any take the latter route?
July 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
If the US fully degenerates into a fascist dictatorship, its national newspapers have the choice between becoming government propaganda mouthpieces, or fleeing the country and becoming publications in exile. Would any take the latter route?
The "How do you do fellow kids?" meme, popularly attributed to Steve Buscemi's character in the TV show 30 Rock, is in fact taken from research by The Democratic National Convention into attracting the youth vote.
June 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The "How do you do fellow kids?" meme, popularly attributed to Steve Buscemi's character in the TV show 30 Rock, is in fact taken from research by The Democratic National Convention into attracting the youth vote.
Question about US constitutional law: Is there any possible case that can be put before SCOTUS that won't result in a completely deranged ruling being passed by a 6 to 3 majority?
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Question about US constitutional law: Is there any possible case that can be put before SCOTUS that won't result in a completely deranged ruling being passed by a 6 to 3 majority?
"SCOTUS rules 6 to 3 that pi is exactly 3."
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"SCOTUS rules 6 to 3 that pi is exactly 3."
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Its worth noting that in Britain, Mamdani would have thrown out of the Labour Party by a small room full LinkIn weirdos and then replaced by a former private healthcare lobbyist who would go on to lose by 5,000 votes to a Reform candidate who was a convinced sex offender.
June 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Its worth noting that in Britain, Mamdani would have thrown out of the Labour Party by a small room full LinkIn weirdos and then replaced by a former private healthcare lobbyist who would go on to lose by 5,000 votes to a Reform candidate who was a convinced sex offender.
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It’s pretty cool that Dani Filth just so happens to be the vocalist for the band Cradle of Filth. What are the odds?
June 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s pretty cool that Dani Filth just so happens to be the vocalist for the band Cradle of Filth. What are the odds?
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I doubt there's any actual policy goal difference between Trump and Helen Lewis. She just wants it to be quicker, quieter and "more polite"
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I doubt there's any actual policy goal difference between Trump and Helen Lewis. She just wants it to be quicker, quieter and "more polite"
A railway snowplough lays in wait...
June 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A railway snowplough lays in wait...
How would SCOTUS rule on an executive order sentencing Musk to death for treason? The usual 6 to 3?
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
How would SCOTUS rule on an executive order sentencing Musk to death for treason? The usual 6 to 3?
Well it took a bit longer than I thought it would, but oh boy it's happening.
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Well it took a bit longer than I thought it would, but oh boy it's happening.
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Mary-Ann Stephenson was very active in feminist politics in Coventry during the 2010s. I can confirm she is extremely transphobic, although she always kept her nastiest comments behind closed doors.
This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.
This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.
June 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Mary-Ann Stephenson was very active in feminist politics in Coventry during the 2010s. I can confirm she is extremely transphobic, although she always kept her nastiest comments behind closed doors.
This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.
This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.