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ben szobody

@sprobro

coffee. longtime journalist. development projects around food & drink. co-founder @ProBaristas, @FloRoadMarket, Rock Farm, Skylark Coffee.

 brighton, UK
Joined April 2008
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By now, you've likely heard about the #PandoraPapers - the landmark reporting on financial secrecy havens, corruption, and the hidden wealth brought to you by the @ICIJorg and its 140 media partners worldwide. icij.org/investigations/pand… 1/
The main image for the ICIJ's Pandora Papers site, a tsunami of papers fluttering around a corporate boardroom.

ALT The main image for the ICIJ's Pandora Papers site, a tsunami of papers fluttering around a corporate boardroom.

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Deadliest days in American history: 1. Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 2. Antietam - 3,600 3. 9/11 - 2,977 4. Last Thursday - 2,861 5. Last Wednesday - 2,762 6. Last Tuesday - 2.461 7. Last Friday - 2,439 8. Pearl Harbor - 2,403
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Good Lord, everyone should read this thread and be thankful for everything but especially immigrants and migrant workers
United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) profile pictureUnited Farm Workers@UFWupdates22 Nov 2020
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we’ll share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou #ThankAFarmworker
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Can’t get this incredible and gut-wrenching piece by Sarah Resnick, currently paywall free @nplusonemag, out of my head. nplusonemag.com/issue-37/the…
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I've talked to TOO MANY black Southern voters this week (and during my life) I wanna stop and explain the concept of "the establishment" to some people and why a lot of black Southern voters will NEVER vote for Bernie.
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FOR IT TO BE FULL EMPLOYMENT THERE'S GOT TO BE WAGE PRESSURES. AND THERE ISN'T, SO IT'S NOT.
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Jay Rosen
@jayrosen_nyu25 Aug 2019
"A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists." nytimes.com/2019/08/25/us/po…
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In Georgia’s gubernatorial race last year, 100,000 voters’ registrations were cancelled because they hadn’t voted in seven years. Another 53,000, 70 per cent of whom were black, had their registration put on hold for something as minor as a missing hyphen. nyer.cm/7NQvIbo
Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote

Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote

As the 2020 elections approach, Abrams is leading the battle against voter suppression.

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Jay Rosen
@jayrosen_nyu5 Aug 2019
Here is a journalist — John Temple, former editor of the Rocky Mountain News, oversaw coverage of Columbine — who has been forced to ask himself whether journalism is futile, in that its theory of change has been disproven by events. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
I’ve Seen the Limits of Journalism

I’ve Seen the Limits of Journalism

Twenty years ago, I was convinced the shootings I covered at Columbine would change everything. That’s not what happened.

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TENEMENT TV@tenementtv9 May 2019
2 down, 3 to go at the first day of @CreativeScots Showcasing Scotland at @thegreatescape... @VLURE_ and Aaron Smith ⚡️ #TGE19 📸 @brisbanecameron
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We’re wading into the mayhem of @LdnCoffeeFest today. Not the best place to have a chat, but there’s a discussion about meaningful coffee careers at 4, and we’re in the mix with legends like Gwilym Davies. londoncoffeefestival.com/Wha…
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This graphic is insane. I keep staring at it and thinking there must be something wrong. The gap between people in the poorest parts of Britain, and the richest. (via @INorBY2020)
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I have spent years reporting this story, and I am so grateful to see it out in the world. Please read here about the orphans of St. Joseph's buzzfeednews.com/article/chr…
Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage

Nuns Killed Children, Say Former Residents Of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage

Millions of American children were placed in orphanages. Some didn’t make it out alive.

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Replying to @feranch @sprobro @AnomanderCoffee @FRSHGRND
Until producers are empowered to set their own prices, such as vineyards to wineries (in wine the actual costs of production tend to dictate final sales price. It’s not commodity driven). Tl;dr I agree but it’s even deeper imperialism than I think you state
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Brighton @thegreatescape that was tremendous! @colonel5mustard getting the crowd involved straight away! 👏 @CreativeScots
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TENEMENT TV@tenementtv18 May 2018
SHOWCASING SCOTLAND DAY 2: @thegreatescape @CreativeScots @colonel5mustard #TGEScot #TGE18 – at Brighton, England
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hi i have a new story out at @nplusonemag called WHITE PEOPLE ANONYMOUS. If you are white and the title makes you instinctively angry and you find it hard to articulate why, you should read it nitter.gq/nplusonemag/status/977…
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Friday fiction from @manwhohatesfun: nplusonemag.com/online-only/…

White People Anonymous

The story had gone away after that. A local organization for trans women of color, one that Penny had been a part of, put up a billboard in her honor at Tulane and Broad for a while, a smiling...

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Wife: The cars not starting and it’s just showing me a picture a light of someone on the toilet on the dashboard. Me: What??... send me a picture...
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nxthompson
@nxthompson16 Jan 2018
This is the smartest thing I've read on what exactly free speech means in an age where everyone can say what they want but the platforms determine who hears it. wired.com/story/free-speech-…
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Close reading reaches its nadir (from @PatBlanchfield’s “Fire and Fury” review) nplusonemag.com/online-only/…
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