Ben Mortimer
@montimer.bsky.social
I used to write about film, then I produced movies no one watched. Now I draw things for a living.
Formerly @montimer and @paintingtinymen on Twitter.
Ben Mortimer II, III & IV on IMDb
https://www.benmortimer.com
Formerly @montimer and @paintingtinymen on Twitter.
Ben Mortimer II, III & IV on IMDb
https://www.benmortimer.com
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
I genuinely wonder how many intelligence agencies are now making decapitation strike plans of their own, against targets they see as 'legitimate'. I assume next time Trump proposes annexing Canda a crack team of mounties will ride to DC to bring him to justice.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I genuinely wonder how many intelligence agencies are now making decapitation strike plans of their own, against targets they see as 'legitimate'. I assume next time Trump proposes annexing Canda a crack team of mounties will ride to DC to bring him to justice.
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
Its notable that a decapitation strike, aimingto kidnap the leader, is what Russia attempted to do in Ukraine.
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Its notable that a decapitation strike, aimingto kidnap the leader, is what Russia attempted to do in Ukraine.
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The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
Imagine being such an awful piece of shit that you have to kidnap the leader of a foreign country to distract your population from all the evil things you've done.
Wait, WHAT?!
BREAKING: Trump says the U.S. has carried out a 'large scale' strike against Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
January 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Imagine being such an awful piece of shit that you have to kidnap the leader of a foreign country to distract your population from all the evil things you've done.
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Saying "Some TERFs made their own awards called "TERFies" & voted Donald Trump "Best Politician (Non-UK)"" would get you accused by "Reasonable Moderates" of making up stuff to smear their side but they actually did it.
They had even more Awards than this & they get more & more unhinged.
They had even more Awards than this & they get more & more unhinged.
the terfies have been awarded.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
December 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Saying "Some TERFs made their own awards called "TERFies" & voted Donald Trump "Best Politician (Non-UK)"" would get you accused by "Reasonable Moderates" of making up stuff to smear their side but they actually did it.
They had even more Awards than this & they get more & more unhinged.
They had even more Awards than this & they get more & more unhinged.
This *has* to be the year Britain kills off fascist ideology.
And a good start would be anyone who publishing articles like this facing criminal charges for hate speech.
Unfortunately our government agree with her.
And a good start would be anyone who publishing articles like this facing criminal charges for hate speech.
Unfortunately our government agree with her.
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off gay ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This *has* to be the year Britain kills off fascist ideology.
And a good start would be anyone who publishing articles like this facing criminal charges for hate speech.
Unfortunately our government agree with her.
And a good start would be anyone who publishing articles like this facing criminal charges for hate speech.
Unfortunately our government agree with her.
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“This must be the year Britain finally kills off gay ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off gay ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off disabled ideology”
“This must be the year Britain finally kills off black ideology”
…See how bigoted it sounds!?
Also note the radicalisation of Suzanne Moore via transphobia!
Probably the last #art things Im posting this year, this was a birthday and Christmas gift to my housemate, four ink drawings of the members of One OK Rock, her favourite band.
#art #illustration
#art #illustration
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Probably the last #art things Im posting this year, this was a birthday and Christmas gift to my housemate, four ink drawings of the members of One OK Rock, her favourite band.
#art #illustration
#art #illustration
If you let nazis into your bar. You end up with a bar full of nazis. This seems like a sensible decision as far as I'm concerned.
Well, would you want bigots pushing a hard right billionaire funded patriarchal agenda in your boozer?
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you let nazis into your bar. You end up with a bar full of nazis. This seems like a sensible decision as far as I'm concerned.
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It drives me nuts when a terrible person dies, and we are all supposed to pretend they were great, like telling the truth is somehow uncouth.
Brigette Bardot was a truly despicable racist, homophobe, bigot, and lifelong supporter of fascists. Acknowledge her work, I guess, but don't celebrate her.
Brigette Bardot was a truly despicable racist, homophobe, bigot, and lifelong supporter of fascists. Acknowledge her work, I guess, but don't celebrate her.
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It drives me nuts when a terrible person dies, and we are all supposed to pretend they were great, like telling the truth is somehow uncouth.
Brigette Bardot was a truly despicable racist, homophobe, bigot, and lifelong supporter of fascists. Acknowledge her work, I guess, but don't celebrate her.
Brigette Bardot was a truly despicable racist, homophobe, bigot, and lifelong supporter of fascists. Acknowledge her work, I guess, but don't celebrate her.
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
- Older gent
- White beard
- Originally from Germany, but popularised in victorian England
- Closely associated with the colour red
- Big fan of giving things to people for free
Guys, I think Santa Claus is actually Karl Marx
- White beard
- Originally from Germany, but popularised in victorian England
- Closely associated with the colour red
- Big fan of giving things to people for free
Guys, I think Santa Claus is actually Karl Marx
December 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
- Older gent
- White beard
- Originally from Germany, but popularised in victorian England
- Closely associated with the colour red
- Big fan of giving things to people for free
Guys, I think Santa Claus is actually Karl Marx
- White beard
- Originally from Germany, but popularised in victorian England
- Closely associated with the colour red
- Big fan of giving things to people for free
Guys, I think Santa Claus is actually Karl Marx
Rewatching Muppets Christmas Carol (as is only correct on Christmas Eve), and its struck me how odd it must be to be Michael Caine, and to know, with absolute certainty, that while plenty of fine actors have played Scrooge, no one will ever be able to do so better than him.
December 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Rewatching Muppets Christmas Carol (as is only correct on Christmas Eve), and its struck me how odd it must be to be Michael Caine, and to know, with absolute certainty, that while plenty of fine actors have played Scrooge, no one will ever be able to do so better than him.
So the show itself was pretty decent. Not the greatest play ever, but definitely worth seeing, and with a few interesting theatrical touches that I'll avoid spoiling here.
The main issue it had was pacing, where both acts felt rushed, and where moments of import lacked weight as a result...
The main issue it had was pacing, where both acts felt rushed, and where moments of import lacked weight as a result...
Watching the Hunger Games stage show this evening. Picking Canary Wharf as the location for the theatre is kind of inspired, as the whole area has always felt very wealthy, and very unwelcoming.
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
So the show itself was pretty decent. Not the greatest play ever, but definitely worth seeing, and with a few interesting theatrical touches that I'll avoid spoiling here.
The main issue it had was pacing, where both acts felt rushed, and where moments of import lacked weight as a result...
The main issue it had was pacing, where both acts felt rushed, and where moments of import lacked weight as a result...
Watching the Hunger Games stage show this evening. Picking Canary Wharf as the location for the theatre is kind of inspired, as the whole area has always felt very wealthy, and very unwelcoming.
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Watching the Hunger Games stage show this evening. Picking Canary Wharf as the location for the theatre is kind of inspired, as the whole area has always felt very wealthy, and very unwelcoming.
Final christmas commission done, ready to hand off to the client tomorrow. Pretty chuffed with how it came out, and in a truly chaotic week, surprised i managed to carve out enough time to finish it.
In the new year ill put a process slideshow of this piece.
#art #illustration #dog
In the new year ill put a process slideshow of this piece.
#art #illustration #dog
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Final christmas commission done, ready to hand off to the client tomorrow. Pretty chuffed with how it came out, and in a truly chaotic week, surprised i managed to carve out enough time to finish it.
In the new year ill put a process slideshow of this piece.
#art #illustration #dog
In the new year ill put a process slideshow of this piece.
#art #illustration #dog
While this is obviously true of AI, I really wish we would also do it with humans.
Too much of my career has been spent dissuading people of their over-confident guesses, or fixing the errors caused by them, when accepting a lack of knowledge and finding the real answer would have been far easier
Too much of my career has been spent dissuading people of their over-confident guesses, or fixing the errors caused by them, when accepting a lack of knowledge and finding the real answer would have been far easier
LLM companies are open about prioritizing engagement over truthfulness. They know that if If LLMs say "I don't know" too much then ppl will stop using them.
These dynamics are absolutely toxic for research, where truthfulness is the highest priority.
www.science.org/content/arti...
These dynamics are absolutely toxic for research, where truthfulness is the highest priority.
www.science.org/content/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
While this is obviously true of AI, I really wish we would also do it with humans.
Too much of my career has been spent dissuading people of their over-confident guesses, or fixing the errors caused by them, when accepting a lack of knowledge and finding the real answer would have been far easier
Too much of my career has been spent dissuading people of their over-confident guesses, or fixing the errors caused by them, when accepting a lack of knowledge and finding the real answer would have been far easier
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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if labour had focused on helping ppl instead of jumping through hoops for columnists they'd be a popular government.
there's a massive disconnect between what columnists write and what the average person thinks.
mostly columnists are just talking amongst themselves and they're all crazy.
there's a massive disconnect between what columnists write and what the average person thinks.
mostly columnists are just talking amongst themselves and they're all crazy.
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
if labour had focused on helping ppl instead of jumping through hoops for columnists they'd be a popular government.
there's a massive disconnect between what columnists write and what the average person thinks.
mostly columnists are just talking amongst themselves and they're all crazy.
there's a massive disconnect between what columnists write and what the average person thinks.
mostly columnists are just talking amongst themselves and they're all crazy.
If the BBC weren't run by cowards, they would describe Donald Trump as 'convicted fraudster and adjudicated sexual predator' in every article.
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If the BBC weren't run by cowards, they would describe Donald Trump as 'convicted fraudster and adjudicated sexual predator' in every article.
If The Church of England (and the Catholic church, for that matter) stand for anything at all, they should disavow and excommunicate all of the fascist hatemongers who are currently infesting their pews.
You can't preach hate and claim Christianity. And these evil bastards will burn in hell
You can't preach hate and claim Christianity. And these evil bastards will burn in hell
December 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If The Church of England (and the Catholic church, for that matter) stand for anything at all, they should disavow and excommunicate all of the fascist hatemongers who are currently infesting their pews.
You can't preach hate and claim Christianity. And these evil bastards will burn in hell
You can't preach hate and claim Christianity. And these evil bastards will burn in hell
I have thoughts on the further twists and turns of the Netflix-Paramount-Warners saga:
Netflix very clearly intend to buy a legacy film studio. Given reports they've even considered a bid for Disney, it seems they want to diversify, and a purchase is inevitable...
Netflix very clearly intend to buy a legacy film studio. Given reports they've even considered a bid for Disney, it seems they want to diversify, and a purchase is inevitable...
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I have thoughts on the further twists and turns of the Netflix-Paramount-Warners saga:
Netflix very clearly intend to buy a legacy film studio. Given reports they've even considered a bid for Disney, it seems they want to diversify, and a purchase is inevitable...
Netflix very clearly intend to buy a legacy film studio. Given reports they've even considered a bid for Disney, it seems they want to diversify, and a purchase is inevitable...
The answer to this is really simple. Most people have a subject they understand well - either from work or from hobbies and interests. Get them to ask an LLI about that subject, then watch as they realise how incorrect the bullshit machine is for themselves.
pointing out that LLMs make shit up makes the people who use them feel stupid, and some of them would prefer to be lied to by an app that tells them they’re smart
So, when a critic says, “Ah hah! That app makes shit up!” A lot of people will nod politely. And then they will think to themselves, “Well, so does the newspaper, and so does Facebook, and so do politicians, and none of those help me do this task or say nice things to me when I ask them questions.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The answer to this is really simple. Most people have a subject they understand well - either from work or from hobbies and interests. Get them to ask an LLI about that subject, then watch as they realise how incorrect the bullshit machine is for themselves.