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@benphillips76.bsky.social

Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.

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Literally impossible to imagine China, India, Singapore, Malaysia or South Korea posting this as a boast.

18.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Literally impossible to imagine China, India, Singapore, Malaysia or South Korea posting this as a boast.

18.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amen

18.11.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asia will dominate this century. This has been clear for decades, & when you go back in history, it held for 2000 years with a 150 year interruption. But I can’t think of a multilateral organisation, think tank, or NGO originated in the West that is organised for this reality.

17.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Asia will dominate this century. This has been clear for decades, & when you go back in history, it held for 2000 years with a 150 year interruption. But I can’t think of a multilateral organisation, think tank, or NGO originated in the West that is organised for this reality.

17.11.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Large outdoor sited sculpture of stylised and vividly colourful tulip like flowers with polka dots on the petals and stems

Large outdoor sited sculpture of stylised and vividly colourful tulip like flowers with polka dots on the petals and stems

The Visionary Flowers, 2002 by Yayoi Kusama #womensart

17.11.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 632    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Neil Young performing "Heart of Gold", live at Farm Aid in 1998.❀️
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 ζ¨‚θ­œ
sheetmusiclibrary.website

16.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Audio)
YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (Audio)

"The words of the prophets are
Written on the subway walls, tenement halls”

Sounds of Silence
Simon and Garfunkel

09.11.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You don’t defeat racism by doing racism. Instead:

1. You legitimise racist arguments.

2. Your theatre of cruelty doesn’t quench audiences’ thirst, it makes them thirst for more (& they know your rivals offer more to drink).

3. Your get-out-the-vote volunteers leave you.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

4. The media conversation shifts to your rivals’ winning topics and away from yours.

5. Your claim that your rivals are unvoteable β€œbecause they are racist” collapses.

6. When your rivals win, they can implement their agenda fast because you’ve laid half the track for them.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

7. So, not only is what you are doing disgusting, it’s stupid, and you will fail.

8. And no one - no one - will mourn your demise.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7. So, not only is what you are doing disgusting, it’s stupid, and you will fail.

8. And no one - no one - will mourn your demise.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

4. The media conversation shifts to your rivals’ winning topics and away from yours.

5. Your claim that your rivals are unvoteable β€œbecause they are racist” collapses.

6. When your rivals win, they can implement their agenda fast because you’ve laid half the track for them.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You don’t defeat racism by doing racism. Instead:

1. You legitimise racist arguments.

2. Your theatre of cruelty doesn’t quench audiences’ thirst, it makes them thirst for more (& they know your rivals offer more to drink).

3. Your get-out-the-vote volunteers leave you.

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTough choices”

17.11.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTough choices”

17.11.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYour worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky

17.11.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œYour worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky

17.11.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cruel, tawdry, behaviour by people without shame.

17.11.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cruel, tawdry, behaviour by people without shame.

17.11.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pink Floyd - "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"

David Gilmour, guitar
#smlpdf #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 ζ¨‚θ­œ
sheetmusiclibrary.website

14.11.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!

16.11.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weather conditions really need to stop making Israeli tanks accidentally fire at UN peacekeepers in other countries. Stop it, weather conditions!

16.11.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hope you're enjoying another #printmakers Sunday !!

Have a great day πŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ€Ž :)

16.11.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The first rule of communications is clarity πŸ˜‰

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The first rule of communications is clarity πŸ˜‰

16.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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How G20 can rise above Trump politics President Cyril Ramaphosa has cast the annual forum as a test of whether multilateral cooperation still matters

How G20 can rise above Trump politics mg.co.za/politics/202...

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