Ben Mortimer

More importantly, the new season of King of the Hill is genuinely wonderful, and filled me with joy.

I've just discovered what happens when onions and potatoes get shoved to an out of reach part of a cupboard and left for six months.

Learn from my mistake and don't let this become a first hand experience for yourselves.

Who then immediately forced a crackdown on 'enemies' using a private pseudo-military force, locking them all in pridon camps.

Going to have to have to find some reviews to see whether viewers at the time thought it too outlandish to be realistic

In a fit of nostalgia I've been rewatching 90s Sci-fi show, Earth Final Conflict. I never got past season 1 initially, so was a bit surprised when I watched the last episode of season 2 today, and it showed a traitorous US president, re-elected after an engineered assassination attempt...

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Braver than me. That looks truly horrifying.

A framed print featuring the Saturn V rocket in front of the moon on a dark blue background.

Framed one of my prints to put up in my favourite pub. If you own a venue in the UK and want a print of my work for free in exchange for putting a small flyer next to it with a link to my website, get in touch.

Manchester is a great city.

A photograph of a print of my 'moonshot' piece, a picture of the moon with the Saturn V in front of it, on a dark blue background

A print of my rendering of the moon against a dark blue background.

Got some prints of my art though over the weekend, and I'm really pleased with how they came out. If you'd like one, you can order them from me and have it arrive within a few days.

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100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It. The UK’s biggest news outlets ignored a record-breaking march for trans equality, despite publishing dozens of trans stories each week.

🏳‍⚧ 100,000 people marched at London Trans+ Pride yesterday - but the BBC, Times, Telegraph & Daily Mail ignored it completely.

These outlets publish dozens of anti-trans stories a week. But when trans people show joy, pride, and solidarity?

🦗 Silence.

#TransPride #MediaBias

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Enough is enough - we won't stand for having our posts hijacked by homophobes Today we take the unusual step of naming and shaming some of the worst offenders - WARNING - article contains offensive language

More outlets could do with taking a leaf out of Bristol Post’s book in naming and shaming those that leave hateful comments on posts.

These trolls think they can post hateful rhetoric without any consequence.

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It's honestly incredible to me that in the space of a week we've had two comic book movies that unashamedly love their source material and successfully translate it to the screen.

I obviously don't want to spoil it for anyone, but it's very heavily influenced by Jack Kirby in terms of storytelling, and Alex Ross in terms of look, and it's an absolutely perfect Fantastic 4 movie as a result.

Holy crap Fantastic 4 is really quite wonderful

I'm too busy/lazy to draw it. But imagine the Paddington leading the queen to heaven meme, but it's Ozzy Osbourne dragging a screaming Hulk Hogan to be tortured in hell.

Hopefully it was painful

A woman wearing a baggy shirt featuring the Apollo Command and service module in orbit around the moon

The back of a button up shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket shillouetted against the moon

A t shirt featuring the Apollo Command and service module in orbit around the moon

The back of a t-shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket shillouetted against the moon

Happy Wednesday nerds. What better way to get through the middle of your week than by buying one of my fetching Project Apollo shirts. Available as both a t-shirt or a more formal button-up shirt.

Treat yourself. You know you want to.

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Danny Dyer Angles for Doctor Who Lead: I’d Be Alpha, Working Class and a Bit Mental Are you ’avin a bleedin’ laugh, sunshine?

Genuinely, I'd love to see this. Danny Dyer is a great actor, and something like Doctor Who would be a genuinely fascinating challenge for his talents.

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Either you're watching the football, or you're on holiday in Themyscira

You only need glance at how many of the UK'd wealthiest people are descended from 17th Century aristocrats. And even many of the US' uber wealthy have similar backgrounds

I'd argue at least some of this isn't just the industrial revolution, but also a result of what appeared to be positive political changes at the same time. As aristocrats lost political power through increased suffrage, they sought to hold onto it by using their wealth...

Not to mention, how secure are any of these systems likely to be? The state has essentially mandated handing over data to US multi-nationals if you want to use social media or look at anything even slightly risqué. That data is definitely going to get sold.

A yellow backpack featuring a velociraptor design

A red backpack featuring a triceratops design

A blue backpack featuring a T-Rex design

A green backpack featuring a stegosaurus design

No one needs an excuse to get a new backpack, but just in case you were looking for one, here's a load of colourful dinosaur backpacks that I'm selling.

Particularly useful if you're starting a new job, or your kids are using a backpack to take stuff to school.

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A woman wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues

A person leaning against a wall, viewed from their feet to their upper shins. They are wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues

The front-on view of a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass. The angle shows the Saturn V rocket on the tongues, behind the shoelaces

A qhite shoebox on white background, containing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.

Spaaaaaaaace shoooooesss.

I designed these because there's pretty much no occasion that wouldn't be improved by wearing shoes with the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.

And the moon.

And because I'm a massive nerd. And I suspect you are too.

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A woman wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues

A person leaning against a wall, viewed from their feet to their upper shins. They are wearing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels and the Saturn V rocket on the tongues

The front-on view of a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass. The angle shows the Saturn V rocket on the tongues, behind the shoelaces

A qhite shoebox on white background, containing a pair of high-top trainers made of dark blue canvass, featuring the moon and the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.

Spaaaaaaaace shoooooesss.

I designed these because there's pretty much no occasion that wouldn't be improved by wearing shoes with the Apollo Command & Service Module on the side panels.

And the moon.

And because I'm a massive nerd. And I suspect you are too.

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Based on the definition of 'terrorism' in the UK, everyone involved here seems to be committing it. So why are they not being charged as such?

Protesters gather in Epping as bottles and flares are thrown Police are dealing with a large number of protesters at a hotel in Epping.

I would deadly love for the UK government to explain why the degenerates who are organising violent protests intended to intimidate refugees are allowed to do so, while people protesting against genocide are charged with terrorism.

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Thank you mate. I'm enjoying doing it.

Happy birthday Mr Jon

A pair of hi-top canvas trainers with the Lunar Command & Service Module and the moon on the side panels

A t shirt featuring a simplified design of the Saturn V and the Lunar Command and Service Modules, with text giving dates of all crewed apollo launches.

A skater-style dress featuring the apollo Lunar Command and service module on the top part and the moon on the skirt part.

A backpack featuring the moon on the bottom half with the apollo Lunar service and command module in orbit around it.

Today is the 56th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the moon.

To celebrate that, I've taken a load of my space designs and turned them into clothing.

You can buy it all here:

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