Benjamin Green

@somedarepodcast All four done. Wow. That was quite some dismantling (or maybe demolishing is a more appropriate term). Fantastic stuff. Will be listening to more of your pod!

COVID conspiracy culture didn’t disappear. It evolved. It became lifestyle. Identity. Community. Business. And for some influencers, there was no way back. “The Downfall of Dr David Cartland” explores what happens when online belief systems consume real lives. Out now

@supertanskiii This reactionary loud shouty minority approach doesn't help anyone. Do people not realise the damage of Brexit/Boris/Truss can't be fixed in a couple of years?

We have a press focused on clicks and reactions competing with social media algorithms primed to promote division and hate, and a government which is, despite its faults, trying to rebuild a country it had no part in destroying, all while being relentlessly targeted by both.

@somedarepodcast I think my own take was that he saw others gaining notoriety (and cash) for being 'controversial', and simply wanted a piece of the action. Unfortunately where other grifters just ignore criticism, he 'bit back' when challenged, and that was the undoing.

@somedarepodcast @cultured_spice I’m on Ep. 2 now… great stuff. I was keeping a bit of an eye on all this saga as it unfolded, but boy you’ve really got down to nuts and bolts. Well done.

@TakeThatClouds Written by AI maybe?! I’ve been using it to try and dig out some history of the band I once played in, and finding it quite unreliable…

Well, the Geofight lawyers' research skills don't seem to have improved at all. Take this excerpt from the lawsuit they have just filed/ "The US government is the exclusive holder" of these weather modification patents, is it? Really? 👉Patent 3,613,992: filed by R Knollenberg of the National Science Foundation in 1966. Granted in 1971. EXPIRED 1988. 👉Patent 3,915,379: filed by L Burkardt et al of the US Dept of Navy in 1971. Granted in 1975. EXPIRED 1992. 👉Patent 3,940,059: filed by R Clark et al of the US Dept of Navy in 1971. Granted in 1976. EXPIRED 1993. 👉Patent 4,141,274: filed by R Gerber of the US Dept of Navy in 1977. Granted in 1979. EXPIRED 1997. 👉Patent 4,653,690: filed by P St Amand and L Mathews of the US Dept of Navy in 1984. Granted in 1987. EXPIRED 2004. 👉Patent 11,116,150: filed by D Martin and A Ruiz-Columbie of the US Dept of Agriculture in 2019. Granted in 2021. Currently active. 👉Patent application US2025/0148176 A1: filed by Mark Fry of the Department of Homeland Security in 2024. Not currently granted. So out of 7 patents listed, only one is actually current. I did enjoy the Simpsons-style space mirror at the end, though!

@fesshole Or you’re just not one of those people happy to leave it at a stupid angle, hanging over the bay next to you so no one else can park there….

My partner gives me a hard time because I can take ages to park the car. The truth is I'm terrified I'm going to be photographed and end up one of those Facebook pages that shames bad parking

@TakeThatClouds Either that or… um… hay fever?

Anyone else notice that it’s only people who believe in chemtrails who get these mysterious symptoms, even though the rest of us live under the same skies yet are miraculously immune? I guess conspiracy theories really are bad for your health.

@MartinSLewis Do you think it’s fair insurance companies are allowed to increase premiums for adding non-fault claims to the driver details? My wife’s went up for a claim I had to make on my own car when it was hit unattended in a car park! So unfair! Can we challenge it?

I bet we won't see the petrol companies reaction to drop the prices at the pumps as quick as it was to increase them...

@TakeThatClouds Spotted a fair few sky bastards already this morning over Somerset. They’ll have them frothing at the mouth…

38,000 feet versus 45,000 feet. Good conditions for contrails at almost any height today.

@anon_opin This one brought the bots out didn’t it?!

I find it mind-boggling that Keir Starmer is seen as just as unpopular as Liz Truss. I'm no fan of him particularly, but being a bit boring is nowhere near as being as absolutely batshit as Truss was.

@BBCNews What went wrong? Maybe the inflated parking charges?

Home working, long leases and rise of parking apps - what went wrong for NCP bbc.in/4sqB6uD

@anon_opin Same for LPs as not everyone can listen to vinyl on the move… (and we don’t all want Spotify)

Every physical copy of a book should include a free digital copy available for all my electronic devices. I love reading „the old way" at home but can't be bothered to carry around one pound of paper just to read a few pages during my lunch time.

@MartinSLewis Hi Martin - had a letter from my pension co stating an ‘error in my plan fund’ for a ‘period of time’. They said it’s been fixed, but didn’t say what the error was and for how long? Worth persuing in case I should be owed anything here?

@TakeThatClouds @RestoreIOW Mind you, I spotted John Cleese reposting other nonsense of his recently…

Just got reminded of this gem from Concrete Chris last year. @RestoreIOW if you retweet this slop no wonder you are confused by fog.

@anon_opin @but_cyclists This is what gets me about 20 limits in towns... many put in areas that they're not needed, but residential areas can be totally ignored?

Vast majority of people drive irresponsibly in built up residential areas. The speed limit isn't a target. If a child runs out into the road and you're doing 30 mph down one of those roads, it's on you.

@Baddiel It would certainly be logical, to have an "in-house" AI to turn to. And one that could be easily controlled?

Starting to wonder if Elon - knowing that his AI was coming - broke the slim relationship this website ever had with facts and truth just so as to get every response under every post to be another fucker asking grok if the said post is true. And yes do ask @grok if this is true.

@JohnCleese Hi John – worth noting 'Concerned Citizen' regularly spreads misinformation and un-evidenced conspiracy theories for clicks. It's a 'blue tick grift' account basically, so wise to verify the posts.

@RoyalMail Hi - I have a parcel sent by 48 service on 2nd Feb that still hasn’t arrived and no tracking info other than us droppng it off. Could you look into to it please? Thanks!

@RoyalMail Hi - I have a parcel sent by 48 service on 2nd Feb that still hasn’t arrived and no tracking info other than us droppng it off. Could you look into to it please? Thanks!