Reuters Simon Gardner, James Pearson, Blake Morrison and Michael Williams should know no rest for outing Banksy.

[paul@oldfriends.live]

Reuters Simon Gardner, James Pearson, Blake Morrison and Michael Williams should know no rest for outing Banksy.

[bouncinglime@spanner.works]

@paul oh you have got to be fucking kidding

his anonymity was one of the last true delights of the world

like, I understand the urge to know. but to not be able to temper it with the wonder of *not knowing*???

thanks I guess to @inarticulatequilter for boosting this so I don't get jump-scared later

[jigmedatse@social.openpsychology.net]

@paul@oldfriends.live Yeah, I agree.

[hakona@im.alstadheim.no]

@paul Thanks for not linking/capturing the actual story. The mystery is still there for me at least

My favourite Banksy-adjacent story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nlj9g37jo

[paul@oldfriends.live]

@hakona yeah. that was my intention. There is enough in my post, including the source, title of the article, etc, for inquiring minds. Plus, I didn't want to give them clicks.

Just be aware that #Banksy's #Wikipedia page has been edited to include the real name in the first sentence, although it looks like an edit war is going on to add and then remove it. It is mentioned in the talk page.