@tkbeynon

Freelance business journalist. Formerly Technology Correspondent at The Times in SF/London, and before that Economics and Property correspondent.

 London, England
Joined April 2009
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Lewis Goodall
@lewis_goodallJun 1
This is counter-productive, authoritarian and chilling. The British state should not be in the business of banning commentators and journalists from entering the country, without compelling reason. Finding their views objectionable is nowhere near enough. theguardian.com/media/2026/j…

Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Two leftwing US commentators, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for event

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we both up now
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@ZohranKMamdani22 Nov 2020
never thought I’d be more hopeful about socialism than arsenal and yet here we are.
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David Coverdale@dpcoverdaleApr 25
If you listen to one thing today, make it this 60 seconds of commentary on BBC Radio York…
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I can’t imagine a more humiliating way to go out.
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Hugo Rifkind@hugorifkindApr 16
Waiting For Godot: famously a play about waiting for something that eventually turns up.
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I love these goofy anti-education losers because they think you just rocked up with a chisel at 18 and someone said 'ok so do what you want, enjoy, cathedral there please'. The guilds and apprenticeships were hardcore. It was a degree, as we'd understand it, and highly specialised
Waken Minds 𓂀
@wakenmindsApr 4
"you need a degree to build a house" Men without degrees 500 years ago:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The construction of the Cologne Cathedral was done by heavily trained apprentices and master masons. It took multiple generations of highly skilled men, who dedicated their lives to the craft, to build Gothic cathedrals like this one. sah.org/2017/07/18/med…. cologne-tourism.com/arts-culture/s… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_C… tota.world/article/1658/
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Miffy@miffythegamerMar 27
#AccidentalPartridge @AccidentalP
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FactPost
@factpostnewsMar 26
Fox host: I think it is alarming that we have not been able to see or hear from any of the Iranian people. Do they have drinking water, food? Trump: Do you remember when we had lunch years ago at Trump Tower? You have not changed. You may be even better looking.
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Adam Parsons
@adamparsonsMar 26
I have huge admiration for Verstappen as a driver. But this is a bad look for him and his team. Also - a pity that other journalists didn’t leave, or at least question him - or Red Bull - harder on that level of entitlement. It’s not like it was even a particularly nasty question
RBR Hub
@RBRHubMar 26
Max Verstappen made the start of his press conference here in Suzuka today conditional on the absence of The Guardian journalist, Giles Richards. “I’ll only start when he leaves.” When questioned by the journalist about the reason, Max said it was because of the question he asked in Abu Dhabi last year It was Giles who asked Max whether he regretted what happened at the Spanish Grand Prix and if he thought he had lost the championship because of that race. via: @jucerasoli
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n x d@nxd1979Mar 24
Pop Base
@PopBaseMar 21
Twitter turns 20. What is your favorite tweet of all time?
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I’ll never understand how displays like this don’t cause people to spontaneously combust with embarrassment.
Acyn
@AcynMar 25
Mike Johnson: Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America first award. That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era.
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Isi Breen@isaiah_bbMar 25
Hate to think of how many students have suffered and job applications have been ignored because the software that does stuff like this basically doesn’t work.
ℬℯ𝓃𝒿𝒾 BOO! 𖤐@WrnrWritesMar 24
To confirm, this “100% AI generated” passage is the opening of chapter 5 from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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NBC News
@NBCNewsMar 25
NEW: Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video for President Trump that shows the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours, U.S. officials say. One described each daily video as a series of clips of “stuff blowing up.” nbcnews.com/politics/white-h…

Inside Trump's daily video montage briefing on the Iran war

The montage, which typically runs for about two minutes, has raised concerns among some of the president’s allies that he may not be receiving the complete picture of the war.

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MJ Simpson@mjsimpsonfilmsMar 25
Extraordinary. An entire thread of people debating whether a regular, generic, quite obvious bait-and-switch joke in a newspaper column was written accidentally.
Julie Frost--That Werewolf Writer🐺🦉
@JulieCFrostMar 24
Think the writer swerved into something here, or did he do that on purpose?
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The FT's longtime Tehran correspondent Najmeh Bozorgmehr has written an anti-war manifesto that is simultaneously intimate and epic, heart-breaking and hopeful. A reminder how war is an assault on humanity itself.
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Jon Favreau
@jonfavsMar 21
One day, Donald Trump will die, and his supporters will try to punish the people who say things like this.
Shelby Talcott
@ShelbyTalcottMar 21
Trump on the death of Robert Mueller: “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”
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Canta Per Me@MH_CantaMar 19
Sitting in a train rn and I had to bury my face in my jacket to not burst out in laughter and draw any attention to myself bc I was preparing myself for the absolute worst and it still exceeded my expectations 💀
Melly@MocaIsSoLocaMar 18
all this build up to reveal the ugliest creature known to man
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Some excellent quotes in this Guardian article about how no one wants to stock Margot Robbie's gin brand because it has shellfish in it... theguardian.com/business/202…
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This is definitely meme material
VANITY FAIR
@VanityFairMar 15
Kevin O'Leary and Jafar Panahi share the carpet at the 2026 #Oscars See every arrival: vanityfair.com/hollywood/pho…
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@iCod!@iCodAgainMar 15
The replies on this are gorgeous
Tom@WiggumCharmMar 14
NOT ONE of these #Manosphere saddos has ever gone down the pub and had a pint. None of them have ever successfully flipped a beer mat and caught it. None of them have ever got the fruity to pay-out This alone disqualifies them from talking about masculinity. Fucking soft lads…
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