Ben Longman
@longersby.bsky.social
Founder @Trendtype, where we help companies expand successfully and find partners in the Middle East and Africa. @BrockwellLido swimmer, where we get cold.
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My companion piece explains the film’s context: USAID’s dismantling is estimated to have already killed 600,000 people, ⅔ of them children. Officials simply deny any harm, while halting data monitoring and firing inspectors general who’d have documented it. 2/
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November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My companion piece explains the film’s context: USAID’s dismantling is estimated to have already killed 600,000 people, ⅔ of them children. Officials simply deny any harm, while halting data monitoring and firing inspectors general who’d have documented it. 2/
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Yikes - the land surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant is up for sale!
Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy
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Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy
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August 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yikes - the land surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant is up for sale!
Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy
wdcdn.co/media/pdf/0f... wdcdn.co/media/pdf/0f...
Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy
wdcdn.co/media/pdf/0f... wdcdn.co/media/pdf/0f...
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Reposted by Ben Longman
Some restaurants in major Chinese cities, home to large populations of migrant workers who come looking for jobs, are offering reduced-price meals known as “aixincan," or “loving meals.” They are part of a movement that offers free or discounted meals to people in need, no questions asked.
China's army of food delivery drivers get by with help from discount 'loving meals'
More and more of China's migrant workers are choosing to work in the gig economy. And a culture of free or reduced-price meals at some restaurants has grown to support them in major cities like Beijing.
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May 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Some restaurants in major Chinese cities, home to large populations of migrant workers who come looking for jobs, are offering reduced-price meals known as “aixincan," or “loving meals.” They are part of a movement that offers free or discounted meals to people in need, no questions asked.
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The former Consulate of Italy in Glasgow is for sale for £2.5m. The outside looks fairly ordinary but it is the interior that lives up to the title. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
December 29, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The former Consulate of Italy in Glasgow is for sale for £2.5m. The outside looks fairly ordinary but it is the interior that lives up to the title. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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*You* too could join our gang. No skill required (as evident from my participation). Next club night, either Dec 17 or (if people have better plans than crossword solving that close to Christmas), January 21.
Had a great time at @susiemesure.bsky.social’s Cryptic Corner crossword club. (New word of the day: AREOPAGUS.)
My hatchling setter alter-ego Pixie is refinding her mojo and will have a new cryptic crossword out this year. There, I’ve said it, and now I’ll have to do it. 😬
My hatchling setter alter-ego Pixie is refinding her mojo and will have a new cryptic crossword out this year. There, I’ve said it, and now I’ll have to do it. 😬
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
*You* too could join our gang. No skill required (as evident from my participation). Next club night, either Dec 17 or (if people have better plans than crossword solving that close to Christmas), January 21.