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Ben McKenna is Unwell

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Digital information and infrastructure consultant. Southerner in the north, builds things both virtual and real, accidental gardener and ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ mongrel. North London is red, and so am I. ยกVenceremos!

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Good man. That shouldn't be anyone's religious texts.

04.03.2026 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolute hero of mine

04.03.2026 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The master of the fourth wall.

"Fuck off, pig". ๐Ÿ˜‚

04.03.2026 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm a complete and absolute godless heathen, and a former militant atheist at that, and I would never dream of burning anyone's religious text, because it's rude and offensive.

I'm against burning books in general, because it's not a good look all round.

04.03.2026 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, they usually are in films.

04.03.2026 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sanchez is living proof you can govern from the centre/centre-left and include regional separatists and a broader left coalition.

Honestly wish Blue Labour had more than some West Wing box sets as their international political reference.

04.03.2026 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The New York mob at that, no half measures there.

04.03.2026 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

28% of Met officers facing rape investigations are doing so without suspension or restricted duties. Labour are currently failing women in 2026.

This is just a fact.

04.03.2026 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

No Keir you donโ€™t get to do this, reports from female officers who have called out their male police colleagues are saying that the protection they were offered is not existent and they are being bullied out of their profession.

Sarah Everards murder has not changed anything fundamental. Just no.

04.03.2026 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only one of these countries weโ€™ve not invaded and/or fully colonised in the past is Cameroon (where we colonised a fifth of).

Maybe itโ€™s us whoโ€™ve exploited peopleโ€™s generosity:

04.03.2026 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I first saw The Young Ones when I was six or seven and it had an enormous effect on me. I remember how the Pythons all talked about The Goon Show and US Comedians talk about Larry Sanders.

The Young Ones were my Goon/Gary Shandling Show.

04.03.2026 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky

04.03.2026 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"It's a shit business..."

03.03.2026 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing this for the approval of a few broadsheet columnists and a bunch of imaginary voters who'll never vote for you anyway is terrible politics. There are no winners here.

04.03.2026 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It part of their absolute desperation to be taken seriously.

See also; "tough decisions"

04.03.2026 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
George Graham and David Rocastle

George Graham and David Rocastle

Remember who you are, what you are and who you represent.

04.03.2026 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, on the farm taxes.

a) that is nothing like freezing pensioners or removing other benefits, theyโ€™re millionaires having a tax break removed

b) they went back on it

04.03.2026 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's incredibly grim what is happening in the non-profit world.

04.03.2026 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yet when we tried to get the newly discovered heavy metal element named Lemmium, in tribute to Lemmy from Motorhead, they turned us down.

04.03.2026 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stath Lets Flats screenshot with Stathโ€™s Dadโ€™s floating head thanks to green screen

Stath Lets Flats screenshot with Stathโ€™s Dadโ€™s floating head thanks to green screen

Same energy with Stathโ€™s dad

04.03.2026 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s like Dunkirk for people who murmur โ€œLike and Subscribeโ€ in their sleep.

04.03.2026 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mummy issues in human form

04.03.2026 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s OK we have other London derbies

04.03.2026 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy

03.03.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1313    ๐Ÿ” 286    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

He's absolutely those three things.

When he was only two he was really bloody good.

Funny old game.

03.03.2026 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(There will always be a very special place in my heart for The Smashing Pumpkins first two albums, but Corgan has been an absolute arsehole consistently throughout his life)

03.03.2026 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I dunno, I thought it was as much Bad Boy and Death Row as it was house music and techno. The CIA have never released an absolute banger, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't them.

03.03.2026 22:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
David from American Werewolf in London

David from American Werewolf in London

All Wolves aren't we?

03.03.2026 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard says that 's a name i ve not heard in a long time ALT: a man with a beard says that 's a name i ve not heard in a long time

Mo Salah

03.03.2026 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0