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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 4h

It remains super depressing that a huge chunk of the country is truly dumb enough to be like “hell yeah that’s definitely what it means”

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 5h

Sorry trans people, you're just going to have to accept a lesser version of human rights so that people like this can win their elections and Make Things Better. Tough break!

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have 2 mutuals with this clown. I’m judging both of you!

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Hamas ended democracy in Gaza in 2006!!!” Tell me more about the “democracy” in Gaza from 1948 to 2006 please

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Michael Scott's Smug 'Oh Really' Face

Alt: Michael Scott's Smug 'Oh Really' Face

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The usual Zionist bullshit, pretending nothing before 2006 happened while lying about what happened after that

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Palestine was not free on October 7, 2023. It’s still not free today. Free Palestine.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“The suffering did not being nor end that day” is such a vital line. Zionists’ entire worldview rests on pretending that statement is false, that only they have suffered in this conflict. And it works on lots of people! Plainly stating the facts matters.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Extremely well said, kudos for sharing.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is still happening. We're still paying for it with our taxes. It should still make you mad

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 06/10/2026

You’ll never guess who bombed another school today

Tweet from Quds News:
Breaking | An Israeli occupation drone targets Shuhadaa' Al-Zaytoun school, southeast of Gaza City, injuring at least two Palestinians.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Homeland had arguably a top-3 debut season in TV history and was unwatchable by mid season 3, sharpest decline I can remember

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some NBA reporting: Per a league memo to teams that I've obtained a copy of, the NBA is testing 2 forms of officiating technology during preseason games starting tonight: 1. Wrist wearables for ref/Replay Center communication 2. A connected basketball (Little thread of info coming, 1/)

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reported some nerd shit today, if that’s your jam:

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Adam Silver will hold a press conference to explain his fears that the basketball will destroy humankind

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AI has laid bare the number of people for whom the only guiding principle in life is "I don't ever want to think or try hard at anything"

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Evan Zamir @evanzamir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hope they make the data available publicly!

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wrote about the connected basketball when the NBA started testing it at 2025 Summer League: www.wired.com/story/smart-... I will also have more writing coming soon about these new developments, and the NBA's push for "automated officiating"

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A connected basketball will also be tested in select preseason games. Some details: -Fully blind testing - players don't know which games have normal vs connected balls. -Players are surveyed postgame -Connected ball data won't be used for live games - it's to build future datasets

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Refs will wear wrist wearables in select games, communicating with Replay Center for the following uses: 1. To initiate an instant replay review 2. To allow/disallow end-of-quarter shots 3. To correct missed out-of-bounds calls 4. To initiate scoring changes 5. A couple other process-related uses

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please allow me a personal brag post: This month marks 10 years I’ve worked for the same company (in my boring day job that I don’t talk about on here lol). Over a quarter of my life, which would be way different (and worse) if I had never gotten this job. I’m really lucky, and I know it.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“I didn’t think he would ever rage against MY machine!!” I cry, while reducing a years-long genocide that included the murder of thousands of children into “reasons” and wondering why people criticize my politics

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Crazy, a very similar thing happened to me. Inhaled King and a couple others through college, read Lisey’s Story (his best book), and then just…stopped. I haven’t finished a fictional novel in a decade plus. I’m a pure non fiction guy now

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had the good sense to stop The Shining halfway through (and have never finished it). But somehow I finished Cujo, Pet Sematary, Christine, Carrie and The Stand all before 8th grade. King is largely responsible for my knowledge of the language lol

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First extended novel I ever read was Cujo, in 5th grade. WTF were my parents doing lol

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some of the most fun I’ve ever had writing a piece. Thanks for reminding!

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Why couldn’t you have just accepted a little genocide to make my life better???” “Why can’t trans people accept fewer basic rights to help make my life better???” -Vote Blue No Matter Who

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

MLB has incredibly precise ball tracking data, which they spend millions to outfit in every stadium. It’s absurd to not use it in these spots.

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A guy who *admitted to the crime*

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“We don’t want to change our clocks twice a year, that’s too hard” is a pretty perfect summation of these people’s worldview

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Billions of AIPAC dollars spent on propaganda and they’re still losing *country singers* man Zionism is down bad

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Doesn’t get a whole lot more Secret Police than this!

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s not shocking because it was always there below the surface, but the rapid rise of plainly stated racism in the US is still extraordinary to behold

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, he didn't do any of that shit? He backed down like a coward and let Netanyahu do whatever he wanted? I can't believe it

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spoiler: Media will not adjust. Their corporate benefactors do not want them to, so they won't. They will continue pretending all these positions are radical

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the Spencer Cox Playbook, always has been

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Coco Dreamboat @cocodreamboat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's honestly great framing he's trying to do. He can say whatever he wants while sounding sorry about it and if we get man about it we're the assholes

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As usual Ms. Rachel is correct. "I'm not political" is just code for "I'm fine with the way things are, and I don't care if that hurts other people"

A Ms. Rachel post on IG:

"Ms Rachel needs to STOP being political!"

Here's what it means to not be political with all the privilege I have:

I don't care that you can't afford childcare, because I can.

I don't care that you didn't get to stay home when your baby was born, because I did.

I don't care that you can't afford groceries because I can.

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