Ben Mortimer

Except Trump DID call for the riot. We watched it in real time! Wtf is wrong within media (globally, it seems) that they can't stand up to such a lying, extortionous, bully?

A mixed media piece of Neil Newbold as Astarion from Baldur's Gate

A watercolour and pencil rendering of a French bulldog

A pen and ink drawing of the band Skating Polly playing at the Hundred Club

A vector graphic piece of the Saturn V in front of the moon, against a dark blue background

In addition to clothing, I do traditional art. You can get prints on my website, and if you act quickly, there's time to get a handful of bespoke pieces completed in time for Christmas. Get in touch for pricing.

#art #illustration

Yeah, this was set to "Hide" in my settings. Fuck right off with that.

A dark blue T-shirt featuring the Saturn V rocket

A red T-shirt featuring the S7 rocket that launched the Vostok capsule

A pair of red and blue hi-top shoes featuring the Soyuz and Saturn V rockets

A pair of ridiculous trousers, with a desaturated lunar landscape in the background, a Soyuz rocket on the right leg, and a Saturn V on the left leg.

If you're a space nerd, I've got a range clothing on my website aimed at you. Including ludicrous 'race to the moon' shoes and trousers, and t-shirts that let you show your allegiance to either NASA or the Soviet Space Program.

Check it out here:

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The findings won't be a surprise to anyone who's watched the collapse of Twitter into right-wing extremism, but hopefully this superbly researched and presented piece finally wakes the British government up to how dangerous the situation is.

Andrew Cuomo is now driving his OJ Simpson truck slowly down the i95, with no one in pursuit and no cameras following him, because literally no one cares about him.

You do not hate the trad right nearly enough

A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of the Saturn V in front of the moon

A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of a t-rex

A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of Saturn

A shiny sticker featuring an illustration of the Space Shuttle

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Check out the sticker section of my website

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Screenshot of a BBC News headline "Prince Andrew to lose his 'prince' title and will move out of the Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace says"

The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince

Street Fighter is a work of satirical genius on a par with Verhoven's Starship Troopers, made all the better because as far as I can tell, no one involved, including the writers, director and producers were aware that was what they were making.

Between him, coffezilla, and a few others, there is some genuinely great journalism/reporting being done, with fearlessness, independence and a willingness to cover uncomfortable realities in an understandable way. Its a shame so few major outlets are doing the same.

I'm glad someone else has noticed this. I've been following his coverage of the Ukraine War for what must be a couple of years now, and its fascinating seeing how he's clung to his moral compass so strongly, both on Trump and on Netenyahu.

Hopefully there are a lot more people like him in the US

A pen and ink drawing with digital colouring of the band Skating Polly playing the 100 club in London. Mostly black and white with pops of red, The logo of the 100 club is in the background, on the left Peyton Bighorse is playing a red guitar, on the right, Kurtis Mayo is playing drums, one of which is red. Front and centre, Kelli Mayo is playing guitar, upside down. Her boots are red. In the foreground is a crowd, all of whom are shillouetted.

Have some art. A piece inspired by the amazing Skating Polly gig i went to at the 100 Club the other day.

Went for a 1980s, 2000AD art style with this. Really pleased with how its come out

#art #illustration #inktober

And the related question, how many pancakes and cucumbers would you need if the answer to the first question was 'yes'?

I have nerd-sniped myself with the question "would diving headfirst into a pit of gold coins break the neck of a human-sized anthropomorphic duck?"

I really don't have time for this today.

I firmly believe, even non-Christians should become comfortable with calling out people's blasphemy and heresy whenever they use the Bible to justify hate.

I’m so angry and upset. These women do not speak for me.

In dark moments I’m relieved that Alice isn’t here to witness it, for how could I protect her? All a mother wants is to keep their child safe.

Then I feel broken that I even thought that.

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Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

This is happening right now, across the UK – affecting thousands of young Trans+ people who are simply trying to be themselves and thrive

Young Trans+ people being inflicted with unspeakable mental and physical suffering

And all the while, anti-trans medical professionals, media figures,..

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There may also be an element of leaders following these orders to remain in post, with a view that refusing now might mean they're not able to stop something worse later.

Is that a case of them not refusing, or it just not being reported though?

Not to get conspiratorial, but actually a lot of these degrees lead to pretty good, highly paid careers.

The thing is, they also teach students to analyse media, and be critical of information sources.

Maybe that's why media barons and bullshitting politicians have spent decades denigrating them.

It can't possibly be. I genuinely dont know how you could possibly make a bad film with that premise/cast

Yeah, i started at the very tail end of RT, left at the beginning of 3rd, then came back around the end of 7th, and it feels so much more friendly, welcoming and exciting. Even the prices aren't that hideous when buying through 3rd parties.

I do miss the old blister packs though.

I'm fairly certain the people kvetching about modern GW are from after the 2nd/early 3rd edition era. Apart from the parts service (and the tongue in cheek nature of RT) there are very few things that aren't significantly better than in the 90s.

Has anyone made this FOI request of the south-west and the London CYP Gender services?

This post ⬇️relates to the north-west service, where not one young person has been offered medical transition since the service was opened over a year ago.

This isn't treatment. It's state sanctioned conversion.

I strongly object to the comparison many are making these days between Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels.

I think it's deeply misguided, and unfair, to compare them.

Goebbels was a far better propagandist, and didn't execute much policy.

Miller far more closely resembles Heinrich Himmler.

Went to see The Back to the Future musical this afternoon, and 90s Saturday evening TV comedian Brian Connelly is genuinely phenomenal as Doc Brown in it. Which is a sentence I never expected to type.

This is utterly glorious.