Ben Jackson
@jacksobc.bsky.social
Welsh. Former central banker. Mostly skeeting about my cooking and LFC. Mostly. He/him. Almost died once and I wrote about my accident and the role Zwift had in my rehabilitation:
https://zwiftinsider.com/the-fresh-puncheur-of-watopia/
https://zwiftinsider.com/the-fresh-puncheur-of-watopia/
Another interesting article by @migueldelaney.bsky.social, who seems the one most on top of this story. The evidence of City’s wrongdoing definitely exists, so surely all of this is about how to manage the fall out.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
What’s behind the delay in Man City’s 115 Premier League charges?
Despite another flurry of international break rumours that an outcome was ‘imminent’, the game is still waiting. Miguel Delaney explores the saga and its wider implications in the latest edition of In...
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Another interesting article by @migueldelaney.bsky.social, who seems the one most on top of this story. The evidence of City’s wrongdoing definitely exists, so surely all of this is about how to manage the fall out.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Really enjoying the Lichen debut album. If you like Geese / Cameron Winter I think there’s a lot to enjoy here. Michael Clark has a similar vocal style to his dad, Gavin, and the comparisons are inevitable. I suspect he’ll make the next Shane Meadows soundtrack. lichen.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...
In My Dreams You Were Golden, by Lichen
10 track album
lichen.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Really enjoying the Lichen debut album. If you like Geese / Cameron Winter I think there’s a lot to enjoy here. Michael Clark has a similar vocal style to his dad, Gavin, and the comparisons are inevitable. I suspect he’ll make the next Shane Meadows soundtrack. lichen.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...
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NYT opinion section defends enslaving AI should it become conscious.
Maybe one day we can talk about real problems too!!! 🤞🏻
Maybe one day we can talk about real problems too!!! 🤞🏻
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NYT opinion section defends enslaving AI should it become conscious.
Maybe one day we can talk about real problems too!!! 🤞🏻
Maybe one day we can talk about real problems too!!! 🤞🏻
People critical of the BBC view it as a tax, but this is the key point. If it becomes a subscription service it no longer has to represent everyone. It just needs to satisfy those that pay for it. Which will increasingly become right wing billionaires.
A reminder that a subscription service would be the end of the BBC universality, which makes the BBC the BBC
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
People critical of the BBC view it as a tax, but this is the key point. If it becomes a subscription service it no longer has to represent everyone. It just needs to satisfy those that pay for it. Which will increasingly become right wing billionaires.
Trump doesn’t know how magnets work, and there is definitely fun to be had here.
Do you know exactly how magnets work?
This is how Trump works. He says something that seems dumb, but also relatable. If I didn’t know better, I’d love to think that nobody except Trump knows how magnets work.
Do you know exactly how magnets work?
This is how Trump works. He says something that seems dumb, but also relatable. If I didn’t know better, I’d love to think that nobody except Trump knows how magnets work.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trump doesn’t know how magnets work, and there is definitely fun to be had here.
Do you know exactly how magnets work?
This is how Trump works. He says something that seems dumb, but also relatable. If I didn’t know better, I’d love to think that nobody except Trump knows how magnets work.
Do you know exactly how magnets work?
This is how Trump works. He says something that seems dumb, but also relatable. If I didn’t know better, I’d love to think that nobody except Trump knows how magnets work.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I’m attempting to recreate one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time by getting to Wales without finding out what happened in Traitors, so I can watch it with my niece. Words have been muted. No radio. But it’s the work meetings that are hardest. Everyone wants to talk about it!
a man wearing a plaid shirt and a white jacket makes a surprised face
Alt: It’s a gif of James Bolam in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? In the episode, No Hiding Place, Terry and Bob have to get through the day without learning the England score. Hilarity ensures.
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I’m attempting to recreate one of the greatest sitcom episodes of all time by getting to Wales without finding out what happened in Traitors, so I can watch it with my niece. Words have been muted. No radio. But it’s the work meetings that are hardest. Everyone wants to talk about it!
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The Seance of Blake Manor [PC - 90] www.metacritic.com/game/the-sea...
"Sure, The Séance of Blake Manor is an autumnal treat filled with spooky scenes but it is also that most joyous of discoveries: a game that challenges, delights, thrills and educates in equal measure." - Guardian
"Sure, The Séance of Blake Manor is an autumnal treat filled with spooky scenes but it is also that most joyous of discoveries: a game that challenges, delights, thrills and educates in equal measure." - Guardian
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Seance of Blake Manor [PC - 90] www.metacritic.com/game/the-sea...
"Sure, The Séance of Blake Manor is an autumnal treat filled with spooky scenes but it is also that most joyous of discoveries: a game that challenges, delights, thrills and educates in equal measure." - Guardian
"Sure, The Séance of Blake Manor is an autumnal treat filled with spooky scenes but it is also that most joyous of discoveries: a game that challenges, delights, thrills and educates in equal measure." - Guardian
An FT article engineered to trigger @michaelhobbes.bsky.social. It argues that Wikipedia is left-leaning because it claims the lab leak theory is controversial. We need something like Grokipedia because 2/3rds of Americans believe COVID-19 originated in a lab… on.ft.com/47m6GBB
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An FT article engineered to trigger @michaelhobbes.bsky.social. It argues that Wikipedia is left-leaning because it claims the lab leak theory is controversial. We need something like Grokipedia because 2/3rds of Americans believe COVID-19 originated in a lab… on.ft.com/47m6GBB
Luchador wresting at the York Hall tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Luchador wresting at the York Hall tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Last of Us releasing a chronological order version of Part II only makes the decision to keep the Ellie / Abby storylines separate on the TV show seem even more dumb. 📺🎮
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Last of Us releasing a chronological order version of Part II only makes the decision to keep the Ellie / Abby storylines separate on the TV show seem even more dumb. 📺🎮
Huh. Wonder if this will ever get represented in the media. Why do we have to put up with Matt Goodwin on Question Time and yet no LibDem representation, eh?
🚨BREAKING: Lib Dems have won more local by-elections than any other party this month.
In real elections, up and down the country, Liberal Democrats are winning.
In real elections, up and down the country, Liberal Democrats are winning.
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Huh. Wonder if this will ever get represented in the media. Why do we have to put up with Matt Goodwin on Question Time and yet no LibDem representation, eh?
Alan Carr is such a treasure
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Alan Carr is such a treasure
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Look at this ridiculous primitive country, casting out its sex pests rather than making them Presidents or Mayors or Supreme Court justices
Breaking News: Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, is being stripped of his title as prince, Buckingham Palace said. nyti.ms/4oQeykJ
October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Look at this ridiculous primitive country, casting out its sex pests rather than making them Presidents or Mayors or Supreme Court justices
This is a well trodden murder in the UK, with a TV drama and a documentary. The murderer has had every appeal dismissed. I love In the Dark and I’m sure it will be a good season, but will be interesting to find out how or why they chose this case.
Five family members, murdered. A sixth in prison for life. But did the justice system get it wrong? “Blood Relatives,” a six-part series from our award-winning podcast, In the Dark, is out today.
swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx
swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is a well trodden murder in the UK, with a TV drama and a documentary. The murderer has had every appeal dismissed. I love In the Dark and I’m sure it will be a good season, but will be interesting to find out how or why they chose this case.
I disagreed with Michael Lewis’ take on SBF / FTX, but The Big Short is a great book and movie. His current companion podcast is required listening. It lays out how, now more than ever, the market is rigged to ensure the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. Where were the consequences?! #econsky
The FrontPoint Boys
Podcast Episode · Against the Rules: The Big Short Companion · S6 E3 · 23m
podcasts.apple.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I disagreed with Michael Lewis’ take on SBF / FTX, but The Big Short is a great book and movie. His current companion podcast is required listening. It lays out how, now more than ever, the market is rigged to ensure the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. Where were the consequences?! #econsky
The Diplomat season 3 really is terrific. What started as a faintly ridiculous show with a stacked cast, has turned into the best political thriller on TV. Debora Cahn’s writing on the finale is so sharp and well observed. Plus more Bradley Whitford in season 4! Highly recommended. 📺 #TVsky #series
I really enjoyed the first two seasons of The Diplomat. Like a fun, slightly silly version of The West Wing. Did not expect to get all emotional over the reunion of Allison Janney and @bradleywhitford.bsky.social. What an embrace! Beautiful direction from Alex Graves. Really good TV 📺
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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It was good to interview Kenny Dalglish and Asif Kapadia about their moving new film, doing the right thing after the devastation of Hillsborough, their confusion about xG, why there is no mini-crisis at Liverpool and how King Kenny produced miracles...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough
Donald McRae talks to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, who has made a film about the Scot’s remarkable career in football
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It was good to interview Kenny Dalglish and Asif Kapadia about their moving new film, doing the right thing after the devastation of Hillsborough, their confusion about xG, why there is no mini-crisis at Liverpool and how King Kenny produced miracles...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I’m struck by those that think the death of Jota has no part in current form; that grief doesn’t make you misplace a pass. Grief makes you do a lot of funny things, but it definitely arrests your concentration. I think what defines our season so far are sloppy mistakes & misplaced passes. #LFC #YNWA
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I’m struck by those that think the death of Jota has no part in current form; that grief doesn’t make you misplace a pass. Grief makes you do a lot of funny things, but it definitely arrests your concentration. I think what defines our season so far are sloppy mistakes & misplaced passes. #LFC #YNWA