Ben Sledge

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

237 journalists killed in Gaza at this point. Israel openly admitting to targeting Anas al-Sharif (wildly claiming that he was the head of a terrorist cell, which the CPJ says it has provided no evidence for). Killing journalists is a war crime.

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Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…

Here's the reading list. The new design which I hope to launch in the spring when I have the funds, will include tabs so you can get around easier! soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

A screenshot from Despelote in green and blue with the characters in black and white kickin the ol' soccer ball around and chatting

ICYMI: "Whereas Rematch captures so much of why playing soccer is fun, Despelote manages to translate the joy of it permeating everywhere off the field."

@exalclaw.bsky.social explores how Rematch and Despelote remind him of what he loves about soccer: unwinnable.com/2025/08/08/t...

my friend and I arguing while looking at a small yellow packet of scampi fries

went to a wedding in a forest this weekend and got into an argument with my old pal cal about whether scampi fries are veggie or not (they are) (I was right)

glad they made it!! sorry for the delay haha, been chocka the last couple of weeks

now I just have to deal with this errant notification forever

someone has sent me a dm but my dms are locked because i'm not sending bluesky my id so if that's you idk email me or summat I guess

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

keep posting work skeets to the personal account, please ignore

Also a cheeky one because it was laaate last year and I only listened to it this year: Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter.

Speaking of whom, Geese also have a new single out which is great. Good tunes all round

Moisturizer by Wet Leg
Drive to Goldenhammer by Divorce
For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast
Forever Howlong by Black Country, New Road
MJ Lenderman also had a recent single out - Just Be Simple - but tbh I've still got last year's Manning Fireworks on repeat, perfect album

They look excellent! The perfect poster children of our lord and saviour, Streaking Grime

There are plenty of tutorials online, but basically paint your fella, varnish, slap on the grime, leave it 5-10 minutes, wipe most of the grime off. Practice on something you don't care about like the underside of a tank, but it's got a pretty long work time so you can fix mistakes pretty easily.

It's a big undertaking but the real answer is AK Interactive's Streaking Grime. It's an enamel paint so you need odourless thinner and cotton buds but the effect is phenomenal.

very excited for this

Two shiny male Combee, which cannot evolve, in my Pokémon Go inventory.

GOOD MORNING 😡

A shiny male Combee, which cannot evolve, in Pokémon Go.

good morning 🙃

tears of the kingdom: just what was zelda doing in the past?
nintendo: absolutely nothing. like it will shock you how much nothing she was up to
omega force: she was killing one million guys

oh lovelocks is boss! their veggie breakfast is 🧑‍🍳👌

Happy 23!

(can you email me your address and which edge issues you wanted because I lost access to my dms lol - sledgebj(at)gmail(dot)com call it a birthday present haha)

christ I forget you're an actual child sometimes

Congratulations mate!!

Apex Legends is about to get a mysterious new game mode that promises “more shooting, less looting” Apex Legends Season 26 looks to shake things up in the battle royale, teasing ranked changes, weapon reworks, and a whole new game mode.

Finished my first news shift over at @pcgamesn.com, where you'll be seeing a lot more of me over the next couple of months.

Lovely to be back at Network N, and appreciate Respawn acknowledging my return with some delicious Apex news for me to theorycraft around.

www.pcgamesn.com/apex-legends...

I just wanted somewhere to post my weird gay video games. Why can’t they leave us alone

this is one of the best games i've played this year and it's been delisted because it's nsfw? yeah i hate to have powerful games about disordered eating available to players

hahaha I fully quit and then minis pulled me back in, it's a dangerous game

lmao he just explained I look like a friend of his who "pretends he's british"

sir, I don't have to pretend

just got asked if I'm "one of those street performers" by a bartender in vancouver

three corrupted iron hands bladeguard veterans featuring heavy augmetics and exposed flesh

any excuse to post my corrupted iron hands