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Sam Bowman
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Sam Bowman
@s8mb
Editor at @WorksinProgMag and @StripePress.
London
sambowman.co
Born June 12
Joined January 2007
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jun 17
    We are looking for journalists and other writers to write reported features for Works in Progress. There are a lot of important stories in the world that we’d like to cover that don't work as our typical essays, because they require on-the-ground information and insights that
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    Sam Bowman
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    Aug 28, 2025
    My son’s current favourite toy is this Stalin doll that he carries around everywhere and refers to simply as “The Man”.
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    Sam Bowman
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    Feb 15, 2025
    JD Vance’s speech at Munich is worth watching in full. It’s a much more nuanced and broadly reasonable argument than I think Europeans are used to hearing from the American right.
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    Syriac Analysis
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    Syriac Analysis
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    Sam Bowman
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    Aug 21, 2024
    I like France, but what an inconvenient country it can be. Saturday evening: all shops are shut. Sunday: all shops are shut. Monday: for some reason many shops are shut. Tuesday evening: you better believe it, all the shops are shut.
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    Sam Bowman
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    Dec 29, 2024
    If only they’d done this sooner - we could be charging our iPhones with one of these right now.
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    European Commission
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    Dec 28, 2024
    It’s time for THE charger. Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging electronic devices in the EU. It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need. #DigitalEU
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jul 18, 2022
    Recently learned that in Minions canon the Minions are biologically hardwired to serve whoever the most evil person on earth is, so the plot has them locked in a cave between 1812 and 1968 to avoid the issue of them serving Hitler.
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jun 11, 2024
    It is really strange how Americans all seem to think you need to put “seasoning” (chilli powder and other dried spice mixes) on meat to make it taste of something. Is it something to do with the quality of American meat?
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jul 27, 2025
    I don’t have to verify my age here because my Twitter account is more than 18 years old
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jul 7, 2024
    It’s really sad how many people without kids I meet who have heard that having a baby is absolutely gruelling, endless, exhausting work. Sure, it’s a challenge and a change of pace, but it’s nowhere near as bad as is often suggested. We’ve got to stop being so down on parenthood!
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    Sam Bowman
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    Oct 31, 2025
    Oh no - I think my house is haunted!
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jan 1, 2024
    If you’re at the London fireworks and managed to get a recording on your phone, please make sure to share it. Would love to take a look.
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    Sam Bowman
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    May 31, 2025
    If we can’t automate wedding DJs with a playlist I have no idea how we’re going to be replacing everyone else with AI.
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    Sam Bowman
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    Jul 19, 2025
    Nasty. This guy isn’t harming anyone, doesn’t say anything anti-British, he’s just ignorant in a way plenty of other British people are, of whatever ethnicity. So what’s the significance of the clip? Him being black?
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    Sam Bowman
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    May 19, 2025
    I think the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, built in a Classical style in 1915, is proof that authenticity doesn’t really matter at all in buildings. If it looks good you can just build a Greek temple in the middle of a West Coast American city and people will love it.
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    Coby
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    May 18, 2025
    Beauty endures. When wielded in the service of scale, the effect is a humbling grandiosity making us feel small, not vulnerable, but in awe. This is an immensely difficult feat to pull off, but when achieved, is close to a religious experience
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