Benedict Townsend
@benedicttown.bsky.social
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Comedian, 350K on TikTok, and host of
@scrolldeep.bsky.social
. That’s tennis.
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BIG NEWS!! Introducing a podcast series about the rise and fall of Vine that I have been working on for YEARS 💥 I spoke to Viners, tech experts, a Vine founder - I left no stone unturned. The podcast feed is live NOW wherever you get your podcasts!!!
vine-six-seconds-that.captivate.fm/listen
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feels great being literally the very first year to pay £9K a year for uni and having a massive graduate tax (disguised as loan) draining my bank for decades which people six months older than me don't have
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Delighted to say I've joined Substack where I'll be mostly writing about, let's be honest, The Simpsons
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Benedict Townsend's Substack. Click to read Benedict’s Substack, by Benedict Townsend, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
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3 months ago
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Just been using my laptop on my lap and have to say, it’s a classic move. Feels right. Can see why it earned the name
3 months ago
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Twitter is a great place to see interactions so dumb you couldn’t even dream them
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Ralph Fiennes has the greatest range of any working actor, right? Can anyone else be THAT scary and THAT funny?
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3 months ago
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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The crazy-making thing about all of this is that there is no need for it, no demand for it, no consent from the civilian populations and, no practical use whatsoever. These people just love war!
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kitten don’t throw a blue shell at daddy
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I honestly wonder about the long term effects of people offloading all their thinking and mental workload onto AIs. Your brain is a muscle and it will be goo if you refuse to use it
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There’s actually very few words that Americans use that British people don’t know, but every single one of them is used by Wordle
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The wildest part of this is Onion story is that it was published in 2013 lol
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4 months ago
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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aussiesewerrat
4 months ago
Well one Aussie reporter has been deliberately shot at and before you say no watch the video
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Scroll Deep
4 months ago
Scroll Deep 🤝 JoJo Siwa in the interview of the century
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Scrolling Deep with JoJo Siwa
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this is so fun. I'm afraid I need them to make this now
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Andor: Season 2 | Opening Titles (Mission: Impossible Style)
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4 months ago
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Look I know it’s been said but it’s so on the nose that they’re called ICE. If a YA novel did that we’d all roll our eyes and yet here we are
4 months ago
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We’re very rapidly gonna have to deal with people who have cameras built into their glasses that are filming you without telling you
4 months ago
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heads up that if you do this, I will simply never remember my password again
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Wait I know this one
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4 months ago
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Never clocked ‘An Ethanol Picture’ until now
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4 months ago
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As someone who used to get South West Trains to school for years, and then (after it was renamed) get South Western Railway to work for years, I cannot tell you how happy I am to dance on its useless grave now that it’s nationalised. My least favourite company ever. May they cancel trains in hell
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I came up with a phrase on Scroll Deep today that might be the best line I’ll ever say
4 months ago
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Can anyone confirm this?
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5 months ago
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I NEED this vest
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5 months ago
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I couldn't help myself and read an article from one of those right wing outrage comic book websites and this bit really cracked me up:
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Podcast Delivery
5 months ago
Unraveling the rise and fall of Vine, this 8-part series explores the app's wild journey from internet sensation to sudden demise. Join
@benedicttown.bsky.social
as he delves into tales of genius, chaos, and betrayal that shaped today's digital landscape.
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On the train. Young girl across from is explaining to her younger sister what 9/11 is (already interesting) and her mum just interjected to tell her ‘it was 2011, not 2001, that’s why it’s called 9/11’
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Andor Ep 8 is so good it’s insane
5 months ago
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[lenny kravitz voice] american pope!
5 months ago
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chicagope
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I wish I was as dedicated to anything as wetransfer is to never keeping me signed in
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5 months ago
Just finished listening to
@scrolldeep.bsky.social
‘s Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World. It was SO captivating.
@benedicttown.bsky.social
absolutely smashed it out of the park 👏🏽
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5 months ago
What a delicious deep dive into the world of Vine. Brilliantly written, researched and presented.
@benedicttown.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...
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Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
Society & Culture Podcast · Twice-a-week series · This is the story of the social media app that changed the face of the internet before it crashed and burned in just three short years. Vine was the f...
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vine-six-seconds-that-changed-the-world/id1798941958
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Very few TV shows take place ‘in da bungalow’ anymore, due to woke
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Under Biden, GTA 6 was coming out in 2025. Trumps owns this delay.
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The next three episode of our podcast about Vine are now live!! That’s six episodes you can listen to right now on your podcast platform of choice 👌
vine-six-seconds-that.captivate.fm/listen
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Easily listen to Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World in your podcast app of choice
Quickly and easily listen and subscribe to Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World for free in your podcast app of choice.
https://vine-six-seconds-that.captivate.fm/listen
5 months ago
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There’s an exact perfect length for men’s shorts. Anything longer or shorter, even by a millimetre, looks bad. The problem is the perfect length is An Unknowable Secret
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Hark Audio
5 months ago
HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring: -
@corybooker.com
on how Donald Trump ushered in a global crisis
@timmiller.bsky.social
- The library straddling the U.S. border
@rumblestrip.bsky.social
- The rise and fall of Vine
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April 28, 2025
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(To the tune of ‘Many Men (Wish Death)’ by 50 Cent) Mini Moons
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Would a guilty man plead not guilty?? I’ve seen enough, let him go
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5 months ago
Are you terminally online? You have to listen to ‘Vine: Six Seconds That Changed the World,’ the new series from
@benedicttown.bsky.social
&
@globalplayer.com
which breaks down how the app created the internet as we know it. Listen on Hark Audio:
shorturl.at/8Ko8F
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Parents love Portrait Mode
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It's launch day!!! I can't wait for you to hear this 😊
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Scroll Deep
5 months ago
Vine will rise again 🔥 Listen to 'Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World' right now on
@globalplayer.com
or wherever you get your podcasts:
vine-six-seconds-that.captivate.fm/listen
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🎧 Exciting news! I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World This brand-new series hosted by
@benedicttown.bsky.social
tells the untold story about the rise and fall of the app which shaped the internet And it's a bizarre story of genius, chaos and betrayal
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Jorkin B Peanitson
6 months ago
but im a jeep im a vehicle what the hell am i doing here beep beep honk honk steer
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Back to work after a long weekend
6 months ago
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this was the best Big Brother eye. No contest
6 months ago
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Look I’m no Christian conspiracy guy but surely the ‘Trump is the antichrist’ evidence is mounting up so much even those guys can’t resist it
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🇬🇧 in 2025: Fixing this country’s myriad problems: ❌ 😡 Continually attacking 0.5% of the population for simply existing: 🤩 💕
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