Ben Taylor

Not here any more, for the usual reasons. Now at bluesky: @benmtega.bsky.social

Formerly posting on nature, politics, music, Tanzania, etc.

[Ben Taylor @mtega]

Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace, by my @Twaweza_NiSisi colleague, @BMshale
https://t.co/EjaT6pBhkV

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What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos—and where it goes from here.

https://t.co/XVHyyzDEVx

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My two cents on the current goings on in #Tanzania https://t.co/XVHyyzDEVx

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Dictatorship is paranoia

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Monday

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Wednesday

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Sunday

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@PolycarpMDM That was in Haiti in 2021

[Ben Taylor @mtega]

Hi @RobGMacfarlane. I so love your poem, Red Fox, that I've turned it into a song, which I played at an open mic on Friday. I hope you don't mind me doing so, and I hope you like it!
https://t.co/ajCRsRRG1u

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

For those asking this morning it is, and always has been, a condition of every water company's operating licence that they should not pay dividends if that payment would in any way "Impair" their ability of the company to do its job.

For how many years has that been broken?

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People across the UK are signing this open letter calling for accountability as the far right take to the streets: https://t.co/gbaJtS3rLi

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Thanks for nothing @coopuk @TheCoopLive @TicketmasterUK @TicketmasterCS

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@TicketmasterCS I uninstalled the coop app, reinstalled, logged in again to coop membership and ticketmaster, tried mobile data. Different browser/device no possible as the presale is only accessible through the coop app. So do you have any other advice?

[Ben Taylor @mtega]

Once again, @TheCoopLive and @TicketmasterUK somehow failing to let me book presale tickets. #stuck

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Last time I try to use @TicketmasterUK to buy @TheCoopLive presale tickets. Didn't work last time, disappointed son, didn't work this time, disappointed daughter. Lesson learned: avoid @TicketmasterCS and @TheCoopLive

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@TicketmasterCS #wasteoftime

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@TicketmasterCS Still #stuck. Tried everything I can, making no progress. #disappointeddaughter. Any more / better advice @TheCoopLive or @TicketmasterUK @TicketmasterCS ?

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@TicketmasterCS And I can't use a different device as I have to do this through the Coop app.

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@TicketmasterCS How do you clear cache / cookies when you are operating within the Coop app?