Ben Astle
@ben0astle.bsky.social
He/him
Six idiots- met 5/6 + Charlotte, Kiell and Lolly
Richard iii🤍🐗
Ancient, classical and medieval studies with archaeology student💪💪
Six idiots- met 5/6 + Charlotte, Kiell and Lolly
Richard iii🤍🐗
Ancient, classical and medieval studies with archaeology student💪💪
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The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.
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oh my God STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
oh my God STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
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Everyone involved in these organisations who isn't a TER needs to stop participating in them immediately. The WI and Girl Guides are done now. They are hate groups. That's it. Set up an alternative one. Leave the transphobes to hang out with each other.
This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.'
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Everyone involved in these organisations who isn't a TER needs to stop participating in them immediately. The WI and Girl Guides are done now. They are hate groups. That's it. Set up an alternative one. Leave the transphobes to hang out with each other.
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Men will log on and say they are physically superior to all women and that if they could find a way to harm us they would, but blame trans people for that. It's simply acceptable misogyny and it's not even particularly clever or well hidden.
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Men will log on and say they are physically superior to all women and that if they could find a way to harm us they would, but blame trans people for that. It's simply acceptable misogyny and it's not even particularly clever or well hidden.
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It's still free to say nothing when you don't know what you are talking about - and it is the bargain of the century.
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's still free to say nothing when you don't know what you are talking about - and it is the bargain of the century.
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You can't spell manslaughter without laughter. Have fun!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
You can't spell manslaughter without laughter. Have fun!
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Went to an interactive court experience tonight where I was part of the jury. Before the trial began I voted guilty, evidence made him look innocent so I doubled down. Realized he was actually guilty, my final verdict was not guilty and he walked free despite definitely doing it. I love democracy
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Went to an interactive court experience tonight where I was part of the jury. Before the trial began I voted guilty, evidence made him look innocent so I doubled down. Realized he was actually guilty, my final verdict was not guilty and he walked free despite definitely doing it. I love democracy
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Ha ha. Show me these ‘people’. Bring them round for tea. Let’s chat about it.
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ha ha. Show me these ‘people’. Bring them round for tea. Let’s chat about it.
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Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
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Men like this are transphobes because they are, deep down, misogynists. They simply believe they are better than women at everything, and in trans women they have found a group it is alright to descriminate against. This man believes cis women are his physical inferiors, and needs you to know that.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Men like this are transphobes because they are, deep down, misogynists. They simply believe they are better than women at everything, and in trans women they have found a group it is alright to descriminate against. This man believes cis women are his physical inferiors, and needs you to know that.
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2 October, 1452 the birth of Richard Plantagenet, later Richard III. His Book of Hours -LPL MS 474- records his birth. 'Hic die natus erat Ricardus Rex Anglie tertius apud Ffoderingay Anno domini mlccclii'
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
2 October, 1452 the birth of Richard Plantagenet, later Richard III. His Book of Hours -LPL MS 474- records his birth. 'Hic die natus erat Ricardus Rex Anglie tertius apud Ffoderingay Anno domini mlccclii'
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A statement from the Richard III Society about Edgcote Battlefield. richardiii.net/edgcote-batt... #medievalsky
Edgcote Battlefield - Richard III Society
In 1995 Historic England introduced the Register of Historic Battlefields. Eight Wars of the Roses battlefields are included on the Register, including Edgcote fought on 24th July 1469.
richardiii.net
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A statement from the Richard III Society about Edgcote Battlefield. richardiii.net/edgcote-batt... #medievalsky
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Look at their silly ties. Funny little school boys.
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Look at their silly ties. Funny little school boys.
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Imagine the ghosts in there…
August 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Imagine the ghosts in there…
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I regret to inform my haters that I am having a lovely day
August 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I regret to inform my haters that I am having a lovely day
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Woke up, breakfast, realised America and Russia are now allies, went to work, coffee, wait… what?
March 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Woke up, breakfast, realised America and Russia are now allies, went to work, coffee, wait… what?
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The bank sending me ‘your 2024 wrapped’. No. No no. No. I don’t need to see that mess. Also we’re not mates. Crucially WE ARE NOT MATES. Does Thames Water send out ‘wrapped’ emails to shareholders do we think? Christ.
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
The bank sending me ‘your 2024 wrapped’. No. No no. No. I don’t need to see that mess. Also we’re not mates. Crucially WE ARE NOT MATES. Does Thames Water send out ‘wrapped’ emails to shareholders do we think? Christ.
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Here are my initial thoughts on the new evidence relating to the Princes in the Tower, to be shown in a Channel 5 documentary tomorrow.
Smoking gun? Absolutely not! But I would say that, wouldn’t I!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
Smoking gun? Absolutely not! But I would say that, wouldn’t I!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
A Damning Discovery?
Will Channel 5's new documentary answer history's greatest mystery?
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December 2, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Here are my initial thoughts on the new evidence relating to the Princes in the Tower, to be shown in a Channel 5 documentary tomorrow.
Smoking gun? Absolutely not! But I would say that, wouldn’t I!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
Smoking gun? Absolutely not! But I would say that, wouldn’t I!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
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Realising this is a battle I will never win.
Saw various videos of the introduction of @benwillbond.bsky.social & Laurence Rickard from their Birmingham Comic Con panel. Sounds to my ears like Ali Plumb says ‘Bell Willmont’. So, if you’re in need of an alias, Ben…
Of course, this could also mean I am in need of a hearing aid. 🤷🏼♀️
Of course, this could also mean I am in need of a hearing aid. 🤷🏼♀️
December 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Realising this is a battle I will never win.
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Shiny new @SubstackInc post on the Voice for Richard Project that revealed the results of ten years of work at the weekend.
If you enjoy it, please subscribe for more!
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If you enjoy it, please subscribe for more!
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A Voice for King Richard III
A decade of work unveiled in York
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November 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Shiny new @SubstackInc post on the Voice for Richard Project that revealed the results of ten years of work at the weekend.
If you enjoy it, please subscribe for more!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
If you enjoy it, please subscribe for more!
open.substack.com/pub/medieval...
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Incredible work by Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Face Lab LJMU, Thomas Dennis & Prof David Crystal OBE
A Voice for Richard
youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
@richardiiisociety.bsky.social
A Voice for Richard
youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
@richardiiisociety.bsky.social
Digital avatar of King Richard III
YouTube video by Face Lab LJMU
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Incredible work by Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, Face Lab LJMU, Thomas Dennis & Prof David Crystal OBE
A Voice for Richard
youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
@richardiiisociety.bsky.social
A Voice for Richard
youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY
@richardiiisociety.bsky.social
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Hello! The Richard III Society have been working since 1924 to secure a more balanced assessment of the king and to support research into his life and times. Our members have a wide range of interests so you will find all sorts of late medieval history here.
November 15, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Hello! The Richard III Society have been working since 1924 to secure a more balanced assessment of the king and to support research into his life and times. Our members have a wide range of interests so you will find all sorts of late medieval history here.
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Here we go again.
November 14, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Here we go again.