Ben Jones

Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

This is how you do it when you debate charlatans and racists like Farage.

GLENDOWER I can call spirits from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?

An Open Letter To The People Writing Lengthy Posts About 'Why I'm Going Back to Twitter' dansinker.com/posts/2026-1...

Boss 👌🏼

Can someone switch reality off and on again please

I remember the day after Brexit. I watched British-born women, doctors and nurses in hijabs being told “we voted for you to go home”. They were home. So spare me the fucking revisionism about what that moment unleashed. 🧵

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

Imagine talking to Trump about Thucydides. You’d have better chance playing tennis with a goldfish.

don't have to give orson scott card credit for much but "the rise of the internet will eventually give political power to people purely on the basis of them being good at posting, and it will _suck_" was a pretty good call

Without reading, it’s really hard to know if this is a feature or a threat

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the tide is turning folks. it’s a month late and a trillion dollars short, but it’s turning. even Trump can’t stop it

The history books are going to be filled with incredulous accounts of how stupid people elected the stupidest person to lead a superpower.

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

I control Sagittarius A*

Amazing, the same people for whom wind turbines are unsightly blots on the landscape: let's build desalination plants

I plan Titan factories powered by raccoons. Make me a trillionaire

LinkedIn is having blazing rows about the 7 lessons that thought leaders can take from Odysseus's logistical decisions.

Is this the film that launched a thousand "well, actually"'s and burnt the topless towers of the LRB

Want to stop wasting water? Great! Switching from animal-based to plant-based foods once a day is more valuable than boycotting AI for a year.

No shit why would that be — “Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...

Saw Keegan in the first game I ever saw live (Wednesday against Newcastle, along with a youthful Beardsley & Waddle). Near the end of his playing career, but had that presence that all great players have. Though not enough to beat the mighty Wednesday that day. RIP

USA can never be allowed to host the World Cup.

This is the tackiest sporting event I've ever seen and it's not close

Also easy at the time. And correct. But other than that he’s definitely a genius

An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

OH BORE OFF

Not true. In their list of grievances, the Founding Fathers complained that King George III was blocking colonial laws that would promote immigration and make it easier for foreign settlers to become citizens.

we are one day away from the funniest VAR offsides graphic ever

@bendylan.bsky.social what have you done ben

It's like some people don't like having 60 second minutes again.

you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport

I had a go, but I do not care who wins out of Canada and South Africa. This is the downside of the expanded tournament. You should be able to dislike one side in the knockouts.

I’m old enough to remember search engine adverts and they were a lot worse. The lycos dog. Ask Jeeves. Mmmmm no.

Michael Cembalest is out with his annual energy report for JP Morgan and it's full of fascinating stuff, but this graph jumps out: Trump is succeeding in stifling America's clean energy boom. Absolutely ceding the field to China.

The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to show up in full combat gear on a hot summer day to the pool he filled with algae because he gave a paint job to one of his cigar puffing cronies. you are ordered to stop tourists from touching the green water. good luck soldier

When Macron's memoirs come out, the first passage I am going to read is how he convinced Donald Trump to sign a peace agreement in Versailles.

I refuse to believe this is real.