Ben Gilbert
@realbengilbert.bsky.social
Actor 🎭 Puppeteer 🐉 Photographer at Ben Sherwood Photography 📷 Bundad 🐇🐇 He/Him
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One week until our event at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social where you get to tell us what you want a public arts venue in the city centre to be!
Pop along between 6-8pm on November 19th to get your voice heard, or pop us an email and let us know your thoughts beforehand if you’re not free :)
Pop along between 6-8pm on November 19th to get your voice heard, or pop us an email and let us know your thoughts beforehand if you’re not free :)
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One week until our event at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social where you get to tell us what you want a public arts venue in the city centre to be!
Pop along between 6-8pm on November 19th to get your voice heard, or pop us an email and let us know your thoughts beforehand if you’re not free :)
Pop along between 6-8pm on November 19th to get your voice heard, or pop us an email and let us know your thoughts beforehand if you’re not free :)
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Not a novel opinion, but Silent Hill f is proper good.
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not a novel opinion, but Silent Hill f is proper good.
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Breaking news: Pope too Christian for Christians
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Breaking news: Pope too Christian for Christians
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I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
Please don't rely on ChatGPT for any information that's life or death 😭
One of the swimmers had used ChatGPT to consult the tide times: “I made the mistake of using ChatGPT for research to see when the low tide was."
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October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Please don't rely on ChatGPT for any information that's life or death 😭
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The Anne Shirley anime is perfect, no notes.
a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
Alt: a girl with red hair and a hat is smiling
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Anne Shirley anime is perfect, no notes.
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🎭✨ The world premiere of Ada — written by Emily Holyoake & performed by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social at #PyConUK2025 — is on YouTube! 👉 buff.ly/PzPqzBv
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
PYCON UK 2025: Ada by Emily Holyoake, a rehearsed reading
This year at PyCon UK, you’re warmly invited to a world premiere: Ada, a brand-new play inspired by Ada Lovelace, written by Emily Holyoake, and staged as a rehearsed reading by Nottingham-based…
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October 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🎭✨ The world premiere of Ada — written by Emily Holyoake & performed by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social at #PyConUK2025 — is on YouTube! 👉 buff.ly/PzPqzBv
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
Emily also shared her reflections on writing Ada in our blog 👉 buff.ly/U6Ej0NQ
💜 Huge thanks to Emily & the Chronic Insanity team for their work!
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Showgirl is a Goldmember album; I will not be elaborating further.
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Showgirl is a Goldmember album; I will not be elaborating further.
Job searching after 5 years in higher ed is a strange one because you end up having done so many different things in your role, whilst also being forced into niche brackets with no progression, so it's hard to know what suits you.
Thank goodness I still have my freelance work to hand
Thank goodness I still have my freelance work to hand
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Job searching after 5 years in higher ed is a strange one because you end up having done so many different things in your role, whilst also being forced into niche brackets with no progression, so it's hard to know what suits you.
Thank goodness I still have my freelance work to hand
Thank goodness I still have my freelance work to hand
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It's honestly magic to have found a second career where this is both true and rewarding/rewarded. Opening a million tabs to discover why some code works/doesn't feels as fun (to me, anyway) as falling down a research hole for a play.
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's honestly magic to have found a second career where this is both true and rewarding/rewarded. Opening a million tabs to discover why some code works/doesn't feels as fun (to me, anyway) as falling down a research hole for a play.
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📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
📝✨ New blog post alert: Post-conference report! 📝✨
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
Our brilliant Conference Director @rebkwok.bsky.social has put together a report for #PyConUK2025, including reflections on key highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and the community who made it what it was.
💜🐍 Dive in here: buff.ly/CR22Xm0
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For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
What Am I Supposed to Tell My Terrified Friends?
Every time there's a mass shooting in the US, my trans friends and I hold our collective breath. If the shooter turns out to be trans, it could signal the final days of our human rights in a country t...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
Christ, some journos really do just need to say SOMETHING, even when they have no clue and have not spoken to anyone who knows and/or understood what they were told 🙄
September 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Christ, some journos really do just need to say SOMETHING, even when they have no clue and have not spoken to anyone who knows and/or understood what they were told 🙄
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Really thrilled to be bringing Ada to #PyConUK2025 with @chronicinsanity.bsky.social 🎉
Wrote a little blog reflecting on developing the script in the 2010s, and how different the play feels in 2025.
Wrote a little blog reflecting on developing the script in the 2010s, and how different the play feels in 2025.
🎭✨ Something special is coming to #PyConUK2025! 🎭✨
On Friday 19th Sept, attendees are invited to a world premiere: a staged reading by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social of Ada, a play inspired by #AdaLovelace 💜🐍 Playwright Emily Holyoake has kindly written a guest blog all about it! 👉 buff.ly/5SdWTx2
On Friday 19th Sept, attendees are invited to a world premiere: a staged reading by @chronicinsanity.bsky.social of Ada, a play inspired by #AdaLovelace 💜🐍 Playwright Emily Holyoake has kindly written a guest blog all about it! 👉 buff.ly/5SdWTx2
Ada Lovelace, AI, and poetical science – staging Ada at PyCon UK 2025 – PyCon UK 2025
PyCon UK Friday 19th September to Monday 22nd September 2025, Contact Theatre, Manchester
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September 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Really thrilled to be bringing Ada to #PyConUK2025 with @chronicinsanity.bsky.social 🎉
Wrote a little blog reflecting on developing the script in the 2010s, and how different the play feels in 2025.
Wrote a little blog reflecting on developing the script in the 2010s, and how different the play feels in 2025.
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This is a first for us!
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
All Falls Down: Sorroborough
A play-at-home English-language Jubensha where your friends are both your allies… and your suspects.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is a first for us!
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
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Started a new job this week (my first proper web dev role!) and feel really grateful to have @realbengilbert.bsky.social backing me up while I get used to full time office work after 5 years wfh. Top tier house-husbanding.
September 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Started a new job this week (my first proper web dev role!) and feel really grateful to have @realbengilbert.bsky.social backing me up while I get used to full time office work after 5 years wfh. Top tier house-husbanding.
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There is no greater opening scene to a film than this one.
a person in a green costume with a red hat and gloves
Alt: a person in a green stuffed olive costume with a red hat and gloves
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August 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There is no greater opening scene to a film than this one.
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i have been obsessed with the phrase “i don’t deserve flavors” for weeks now
August 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i have been obsessed with the phrase “i don’t deserve flavors” for weeks now
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Getting closer... 👀
(I'm so excited about this. I think it's the silliest thing I've ever made.)
#DadaShakespeare
(I'm so excited about this. I think it's the silliest thing I've ever made.)
#DadaShakespeare
July 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Getting closer... 👀
(I'm so excited about this. I think it's the silliest thing I've ever made.)
#DadaShakespeare
(I'm so excited about this. I think it's the silliest thing I've ever made.)
#DadaShakespeare
The unfortunate thing for WeTransfer is that even if they have removed specific clauses from their T&C's, their intentions are now clear.
They've made it clear what they're interested in and what they think of other people's content.
They will find a way to sneak it back in.
They've made it clear what they're interested in and what they think of other people's content.
They will find a way to sneak it back in.
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The unfortunate thing for WeTransfer is that even if they have removed specific clauses from their T&C's, their intentions are now clear.
They've made it clear what they're interested in and what they think of other people's content.
They will find a way to sneak it back in.
They've made it clear what they're interested in and what they think of other people's content.
They will find a way to sneak it back in.
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If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Not that the left need further evidence, but looks like being woke means being a normal, considerate person.
Who knew.
Elon knew too, that's why this happened.
Who knew.
Elon knew too, that's why this happened.
If you're wondering what happened with Grok overnight, it ended up referring to itself as MechaHitler before being switched off.
July 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Not that the left need further evidence, but looks like being woke means being a normal, considerate person.
Who knew.
Elon knew too, that's why this happened.
Who knew.
Elon knew too, that's why this happened.
When your headphones start saying "battery low" and your gut reaction is "tell me about it."
July 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When your headphones start saying "battery low" and your gut reaction is "tell me about it."
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Pro-tip: if you're building something to randomise Shakespeare plays, make sure you test it with someone who knows the histories, and will therefore spot immediately that, er, half the characters are (unintentionally) missing. Thanks @realbengilbert.bsky.social!
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pro-tip: if you're building something to randomise Shakespeare plays, make sure you test it with someone who knows the histories, and will therefore spot immediately that, er, half the characters are (unintentionally) missing. Thanks @realbengilbert.bsky.social!