Ben Darlow @kapowaz Twitter profile

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

18 years

wondering if there should be a pseudo-syntax for letting a Follower on twitter know you're directing a comment at them.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

2 years

My wife accidentally bought a Peppa Pig book in Scots and it’s infinitely superior to the original English.

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@BGerrude @KiollaRua @PaulTassi Do you?

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Ben Darlow

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@BGerrude @KiollaRua @PaulTassi Define it for us then.

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Ben Darlow

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5 years

@kanocarra @sarahmei Same for accessible routes. It doesn’t mention if a route involves e.g. a footbridge over a railway line. You only find out when you’re pushing a buggy that you have to completely retrace your steps and find an alternate route.

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@KiollaRua @PaulTassi

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

If you just accepted an offer for $85k from Mercedes S. Johnson, it’s time to give her an email and say you’re rescinding your acceptance until she increases the offer to $135k. And if she says no… well she just told the whole internet what her budget was.

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🗣 Always negotiate your salary 🥴 #blackwomenintech #techtwitter #InterviewTips #techtalk #WomenWhoCode #BlackTech

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

2 years

@dugg45 @hahnscratch @UCBerkeley If you believe this, you’re implicitly saying that no amount of time served fulfils your debt to society, that once somebody has a criminal record they’re essentially discarded by society. Rehabilitation implies the ability to start again.

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

@aidThompsin The thing I don’t get is why he’s not a socialist given his commitment to being publicly owned.

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

Everyone in the UK right now

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Ben Darlow

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9 years

@hughesroland @ajlanghorn I had a go at turning it into a watercolour with Waterlogue

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@Iron_Spike Have you read @AdamRutherford ’s excellent A Brief History Of Everyone Who Ever Lived? It has a great section on just how messed up the Hapsburg’s interbreeding was.

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@Iron_Spike @AdamRutherford I mean, yikes.

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Ben Darlow

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2 years

@NadineDorries “Your handling of the pandemic would have been a disaster.” Sorry to burst your bubble Nadine, but this government’s handling of the pandemic *was* a disaster. Nearly 180k excess deaths. Many preventable with earlier lockdowns. And just wait for #Deathgate …

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

8 years

Here’s that fantastic George Thomas goal that won the EFL Trophy for @Coventry_City today. #pusb

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Ben Darlow

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4 months

Lots of replays of Kobbie Mainoo’s performances in the FA Cup against Liverpool and Man City, but notably not from against Coventry City, possibly because there were no cameras inside Ben Sheaf’s pocket? #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

8 years

Apple’s current Mac mini page: • Talks about lots of ports • Shows a retired Apple display • Implies you can play Civilization V on it 😂

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

5 months

🤔I'm sure I can see something else in this picture... *zooms out* #PUSB

The Lower Tiers

@LowerTiers

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2024/25 Championship Rivalries* ⚔️ It’s looking tasty 🤤

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Ben Darlow

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2 months

@LinguistReborn @mannywearsnike As I watched I thought you were right, and it was blatant antisemitism. Then he puts on the jacket and it hides the menorah. Only then do the other athletes wipe the blood on him. The message is clear to me: they welcome him as a Jew, but not as as a representative of Israel.

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Ben Darlow

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5 years

I’ve been reading @edgeonline for 25 years but I don’t think opening a new issue has ever made me feel as emotional as this one. 💛

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5 months

@depthsofwiki I have to assume this is an hilarious typo, since nobody in the UK calls it ‘yughurt’ (although we do call it ‘yoghurt’)

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

4 years

Everyone British citizen should watch this. Everyone. It should be a public service broadcast.

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@owenjonesjourno

4 years

My timeline is full of people claiming that nobody could have handled the pandemic better than the Tories. This is a lie. A gratuitous, absurd lie. This is how they messed it up at every stage - and unleashed an entirely avoidable calamity.

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Ben Darlow

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8 years

@PrisonPlanet yeah? Well you’re being destroyed on MySpace mate!

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

@MartinSLewis Richly deserved. I can still remember you talking on the radio some ~17 years ago about the illegality of overdraft fees, and outlining how you can get your money back. I was struggling financially at the time and it helped me (successfully!) reclaim my money and regain control.

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

WLADITT All Black Away Edition #PUSB #KickItOut

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@RobynVinter Misogyny and abusive behaviour: unacceptable. Sneering at peoples’ appearance: you’re not gonna believe this; also unacceptable.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

5 years

@ohhoe Don’t worry Be api

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Ben Darlow

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2 months

“Here’s Simms… here’s Wriiiiiiiight!” #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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5 months

@GwastraffA On the one hand yeah, but on the other hand also nah.

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@DirtyEffinHippy @PaulTassi This was an absolute trash tier response. Whatever respect I may have had for him evaporated instantly.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

3 years

@curator1of1 It’s called ‘British Racing Green’. I feel like this obvious error is emblematic of your whole enterprise.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

1 month

If you booed Doug King at the Watford match can I kindly suggest you ease back on the charlie and get a grip.

CCFC News Archive

@ccfcarchive

1 month

Coventry City supporters say they are “disgusted” and “embarrassed” after fellow fans directed their frustrations at club owner Doug King during Saturday’s match at Watford. #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

5 months

Trimmed the video to that bit you know you'll need at the highest quality. #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

@simontreanor McCoist loves the game and finds joy in it. Lawrenson only ever found fault and complained. Lesson for us all.

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

@albfresco @SuperHumanEpoch Then you’d waste all the grey area outside the square.

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Ben Darlow

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7 days

@t_blom UK startup equity is pathetic. All too often they have tiny grants, long vesting cliffs, restrictive lockups and short exercise windows if you leave pre-IPO. Sure, most startups fail and so these options are often worthless, but when they *don’t* they should be worth something.

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

Utterly damning review of Star Wars Battlefront II in the new @edgeonline

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Ben Darlow

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5 years

@girlziplocked That you have to ask people questions and let them feel heard. It’s not just about waiting for your turn to speak.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

7 years

@hallyink The old West Terrace entrance to Highfield Road. 👌

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@andrew_lilico Hi Andrew! I’m nearly 38. I’m as well off as I’ve ever been (I’m a 1%er). I’m more certain of my leftist beliefs now than ever before.

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Ben Darlow

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1 year

@blueberriesGG Abandoning Gambit is the worst sin, and an absolutely terrifying indicator of Bungie’s ambition for Destiny. Why? Because fixing Gambit would almost certainly take less effort than building any other new activity or mode. Conclusion: they’re not adding anything new, ever again.

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

@AdamRutherford I’m guessing he looks away at that moment, so as to preserve the dignity of the giraffes.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

3 years

@Misstrusts @Bungie Oh, and here's their Steam profile: Classy.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

10 years

Dear Every Single Engineer Who Enforces Maximum Password Length: http://t.co/sPPpvMr5vI

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

@Misstrusts @Bungie This is what they've changed their handle to now, btw. Ban forever.

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

Am I the last person to notice that @covcept ’s Wembley banner used the same style of lettering as the ALL COV ARE BASTARDS motorway banner?? #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

6 years

@Baddiel Did you watch Adam Curtis’ documentary Hypernormalisation? He talked about how this is all part of a concerted effort (Vladislav Surkov using ideas taken from theatre) to make the public constantly uncertain as to what is really happening.

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

Pickpocketed. #pusb

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@suekenmax @Nigel_Farage @MoggMentum Good point Sue we need strong and stable leadership in the national interest to run through the fields of EU wheat

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Ben Darlow

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4 months

@KenneyNL I’ll update the Figma file to match (luckily it seems I already made the fix for the mouse scroll buttons before I saw you’d updated it for that too, ha).

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Ben Darlow

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19 days

@sellottie @Puzzledbyadream @AntBreach I have to wonder if the National Archives wouldn’t be interested in looking after these?

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@birdietamart @ManuclearBomb They can get even bigger! In the UK once it reaches that size they’re sold as a ‘marrow’ rather than a courgette (we use the French name instead of zucchini). My mum once grew one that was the size of our family dog. Got made into a delicious soup (the marrow, not the dog).

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Ben Darlow

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2 years

@ChuckieOnline Went once with my wife, because I was embarrassed I’d been living in London about 10 years and never been. Had a fantastic time! This is what living in a city like this is all about.

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Ben Darlow

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6 years

It’s my birthday today. I’ve reached a certain age where my wife and I don’t really get each other presents. But this year was an exception.

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@olliejustmoans Yeah man this is a really unpleasant thing to have a go at somebody about. Just unnecessary.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

8 years

@shockproofbeats the debate was orchestrated by the right-wing press and a gutless BBC, focused on wants of old white English people.

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Ben Darlow

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6 years

@jenniferdaniel @thiccolass How about a set of emoji which is every emoji face, except grimacing?

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Ben Darlow

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5 months

okay so you heard it here first; Monzo is *not* the new shirt sponsor, but I think I worked out who it is... #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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6 years

Michael Rosen is a national treasure, and he keeps showing why. An extremely timely reminder of the many, many human stories behind the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust. Everybody should read this, child and adult alike.

Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷

@MichaelRosenYes

6 years

Book, photo and poem about my relatives on Nov 20 anniversary of their deportation

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

4 years

@BlizzardFitch The problem is there’s saying you’re against crunch, and then there’s being against crunch. Experienced software engineers understand the language and the tactics used to manipulate staff into giving an unfair amount of their time, energy and well-being to their employer.

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@holly Also: the founders of these companies benefited from the privilege that gave them the opportunity to try something and fail. Nowadays the people with that luxury are even further removed from this kind of upbringing.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

6 years

@Gabstar11 @laurenduca Right! When you start to deconstruct it ‘pro-life’ is nakedly an ideology with nothing to do with life and everything to do with removing freedom from women.

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@oryxeleven @hugemeat This is a really poor clap-back, mate. There are sensible arguments to be made here, but this isn’t one of them.

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Ben Darlow

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1 year

@pepiblyton David Hyde Pierce being the nicest guy ever is something I’d have put money on.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

7 years

@OwenJones84 Why must @Peston (and indeed all political journalists) pursue this aggressive, interrupting style of interview? It’s not like John McDonnell was being evasive. We need to get away from this concept that politics is theatre.

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Ben Darlow

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6 years

Dusting off an old concept for the S4 before I try and bring it to life in Xcode…

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@oryxeleven So it’d be okay if somebody made a pitch deck with a bunch of Bungie concept art? Maybe paint over a few details here and there…?

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Ben Darlow

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4 months

BBC Sport Scotland

@BBCSportScot

4 months

A Bavarian goodbye for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BBCEuros #Euro2024

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Ben Darlow

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5 years

@JamieKennedy Sounds like she just told a better joke. 🤷‍♀️

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Ben Darlow

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6 months

Another CCFC kit concept, using WLADITT's waveform for stripes. #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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2 months

@MyNameIsByf She knew.

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@PaulTassi Not a good person.

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Ben Darlow

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5 months

@ChappellTracker It’s super cute. But as an aside I’m also obsessed by the use of tiny force-justified all caps Copperplate. Instantly I’m able to date this to the mid-90s.

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Ben Darlow

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9 years

Age of Ultron. http://t.co/PH77YZFfgV

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Ben Darlow

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3 years

Clearing out the loft and came upon this book inscribed by @MichaelRosenYes some 35 years ago.

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Ben Darlow

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5 months

One last set of Monzo-sponsored shirts before I go back to using King of Shaves (unless any more rumours emerge); tweaking the chevron pattern on the home kit to use gradients in the individual shapes, and a closer match to Monzo's Hot Coral in the away kit. #PUSB #CovKit

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Ben Darlow

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6 years

@laurenduca Pro-lifers fundamentally should be passionate advocates of the welfare state, to ensure free healthcare and education for all children.

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Ben Darlow

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9 years

Here's what The Conservatives want to get rid of when they talk about abolishing the Human Rights Act. http://t.co/QJLlAgMBJY

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Ben Darlow

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3 months

@hansmollman It’s infuriating that an article like this can be published, talking about declining birthrates and ‘leaving it too late’ without one single mention of childcare and the other support parents need to raise children.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

8 years

If you find a graffiti swastika, turn it into the Windows 95 logo.

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Ben Darlow

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5 years

@GeleffJerry @robdelaney Don’t you worry that an increasingly unequal society will eventually devastate the world such that “comedy” ceases to be relevant, as we claw and scrape to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland?

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Ben Darlow

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@andrew_lilico I work with many smart young folks, they’re educated and well-informed. They despise the Tory agenda. There’s no Road to Damascus in store.

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Ben Darlow

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@shockproofbeats The only people who reckon everyone outside the US is ‘jealous’ (I assume they mean envious) of people who do live there, are people who have no idea what it’s like outside of the US.

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Ben Darlow

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@skybluecurtis91 I think Eccles is a case study in confirmation bias. People have decided he’s the problem, see only his mistakes and not what he brings. I thought he was our best midfielder today, worked hard.

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Ben Darlow

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When you’re a Cov fan in London, all matches are #AwayDays . #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@PrisonPlanet I started taking Brain Force Plus and now I can’t sustain an erection, my wife left me and my kids won’t speak to me

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

2 years

I think @MichaelRosenYes said it best:

Brandon Friedman

@BFriedmanDC

2 years

Nazis spent a lot of years doing Nazi things before the big genocidal shift in the late 1930s. In those years, they looked a lot like today's Republican Party. So I'll keep saying this: The Holocaust did not begin with extermination camps. It ended with them.

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Ben Darlow

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@lcfc_ayham @Jamief_12 I think the sensible thing to do when your club has a. previously been found guilty of breaching FFP, b. has potentially recently breached FFP, and c. used administration to wipe out debts (with no penalty) in the past is not wade into a moral debate about FFP and other clubs.

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Ben Darlow

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@FionaSmall Not defending people dunking on Irish spelling, but I’m curious if there are other languages using the Latin alphabet with such divergent phonetics? I’m aware of other languages using diacritics to denote pronunciation, but not e.g. bh -> v. Going to have to do some reading!

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Ben Darlow

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4 years

It’s that time of year again when I get super excited for the launch of @Coventry_City ’s new kit and break out Photoshop. Our shirt sponsor is changing (and given football today, probably to a betting company), so how about Granada Bingo as a placeholder? #pusb

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@GaminCouple @Tofu_Rabbit @Bungie @BungieHelp @DestinyTheGame @A_dmg04 @Cozmo23 @DestinyComArt Love to hear the opinion of a blue check with 100 followers on topics like IP.

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@NeilDotObrien @OwenJones84 Another way of looking at this is: what the hell happened to you?

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

4 years

So! I’m devastated to say I’m one of many tech staff at Deliveroo at-risk of redundancy. I’ve spent most of the last 4 years building our front-end infrastructure and component libraries, as well as the consumer website. If that’s your bag and need a hand, give me a shout 👋

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Ben Darlow

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1 year

@tha_rami Intenetceptionerstellar?

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Ben Darlow

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5 months

@EmiratesFACup Can’t quite believe Ben Sheaf didn’t get into any category. Absolutely bossed it in the FA Cup semi-final.

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

3 years

@garius A scarlet macaw parrot in Richmond Park, this afternoon. #london

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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz

5 months

For the first time since 96/97, I have a season ticket! #PUSB

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Ben Darlow

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@DaysOf_Sean @rdvargas1 I’m a massive fan of Tolkien. Read a large number of his works, specifically a lot of the stuff related to the Second Age (period covered in the show). This ‘it’s not faithful to Tolkien!’ stuff you hear is essentially bollocks.

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Ben Darlow

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7 years

@andrew_lilico Maybe what we’re discovering now is that what people like you assumed to be a universal truth is actually history, being washed away?

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@gabagoolmarx @offbeatorbit The most annoying people in any supermarket are *always* boomers and older folk. Passive aggressively hovering over you, blocking huge areas of shelves by parking their trolley badly etc.

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Ben Darlow

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4 years

@Grummz What *was* the crux of what you were asking? Was it a rhetorical question where you expected people to agree that there is no good way any more?

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