benwillbond.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

I wrote about creators' dependence on parasites. joelmorris.substack.com/p/the-parasi...

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

An absolutely fabulous matinee of The Comedy About Spies from @mischiefcomedy.bsky.social this weekend. There is no finer sequence of gags about double/triple/quadruple agents out there. Catch it if you can…

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Oh I’m sorry I didn’t realise I needed a degree in theoretical physics to understand the PS5 family management system or indeed anything to do with PS5.

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

Described by @benwillbond.bsky.social as funny, fascinating and now only 99p on Kindle... www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Forever...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Naturally being Royal Marines they’re not happy with casting off at Tower Bridge and bobbing about a bit. We’ll be setting off from Teddington at 0800 for a 16 nautical mile ‘paddle’ to target. I’ll be wearing my SSAFA t-shirt and I’d be delighted if you’d make a donation to them - www.ssafa.org.uk

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

And yes I’ve fallen in with a group of extraordinary former Royal Marines - all of whom are dedicated to keeping the memory of their WW2 legacy alive. More importantly the Paddle Group RMA helps veterans and serving personnel and raises money for veterans charities.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks in advance to my friends at the Paddle Group who can be found here: www.instagram.com/paddle_group...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Operation Frankton details can be found here - www.cwgc.org/our-work/blo... I’ll be making some films for the wonderful WW2 Headquarters youtu.be/ROxRe9Bib0I?...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Tea and Medals follow afterwards, naturally.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

At 12.00 hrs BST this Saturday I’ll be arriving in kleppers with the Paddle Group to carry out a reenactment of Operation Frankton at HMS Belfast. A slice of living history for those interested in WW2 history. We arrive at 12 and carry out the limpet mine operation from 13.30!

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Off down the Post Office again like a pension-hungry Nan. If you want a gift parcel like these lucky souls, join the fashionable set and get yourself some books out my little virtual shop. www.gralefrit.co.uk/shop

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Oh hullo. Is there a simple way to do an audio livestream from an iPhone with a mic attached? One where I don’t have to watch boring men tell me how simple it is when it’s not on YouTube? Or trail through endless text and setups with awful software that doesn’t work?

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Absolutely chuffed and very grateful that STRAIGHT ACTING has been shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize 2024 - it’s made my week! www.str.org.uk/grants-prize...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Test match cricket it back guys. Don’t panic.

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

This is what my mortgage looks like in my head.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Purgatory would almost certainly involve trying to connect a b*stard Ring Chime back on to the network after it’s been unplugged and forgets that it used to be connected to your network and then you have to ask google and YouTube and the amount of boring men telling me how easy it is when it isn’t.

submitted 29 days ago • 14 comments

For those with an interest in WWII history, I’ll be taking part in a fascinating recreation of derring-do on Saturday 31st May at HMS Belfast in London. I’ll post more details in the next two weeks. Stay alert!

submitted 36 days ago • 10 comments

Off to brighton for the festival! Thor has spared us bad weather. Watching out for loki in seagull form tho... last few tix here! brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XkY...

submitted 38 days ago • 6 comments

Watching this unfold now and the government just shrugging it through is appalling.

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

Sunday football at the school.

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments

The faux jokey chumminess of corporate twattery. I’m supposed to shrug my shoulders and chuckle, ‘Yeah, it did. Ah well.’ So what did go wrong? Anyone? No? Because I’ve spent fifteen minutes filling out your tiny forms.

submitted 46 days ago • 9 comments

Shall we all just… shall we just go to the park and hang out? Have some beers and play footyfor a bit? Guys? cricket.

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

Not sure about where you are but crumbs, May, you’re entirely on brand today.

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

I've made a brand-new book! The first 200 people who buy it will get an exclusive signed and numbered copy! AND if you’re one of the first 100, you’ll get a lovely, limited-edition noticing notepad too! 📔✍️📚👏🎉💃 Pre-order your copy here: tinyurl.com/ycwdfphn

submitted 67 days ago • 7 comments

Apropos of NOTHING. Everyone in central London right now is SO WELL DRESSED. It’s absurd how well turned out they are. Good effort everyone.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

I don’t know all the tracks yet for my Desert Island Discs but I’ll tell you what’s definitely on it and that’s Purple Rain. And yes I’ve listened to it too much again today. Go on get out of it. Clear off.

submitted 56 days ago • 9 comments

For the FT, I wrote an essay about why the daily experience of the Internet keeps getting worse, tipping us into madness and conflict. I gather ideas about slop, enshittification, and dead internet theory under what I call "the hostile Internet." www.ft.com/content/5d06...

submitted 60 days ago • 22 comments

Tomorrow! New BE FUNNY OR DIE podcast, exclusive to paid subscribers. It's an illustrated-audio-essay, talking about the craft, brilliance and legacy of the best television programme ever made: Scooby Doo... Jinkies! joelmorris.substack.com/podcast

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

This just in on Button FM: Lego #BBCGhosts needs 2,780 more votes to be considered as an official LEGO set! ideas.lego.com/projects/a72... Vote now to see the whole cast recreated as minifigures! (ft. @benwillbond.bsky.social and @lazbo.bsky.social)

submitted 62 days ago • 11 comments