Reposted by Ben FriedmanBob Gradeck @bobgradeck.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Free Lady Elaine Fairchilde nightmares for all! 1104
Reposted by Ben FriedmanBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/12/2025100 years ago today: The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers, opens on Broadway. 1021531
Ben Friedman @benfriedman.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The best to ever do it. May his memory be a blessing.nytimes.comTom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 150
Reposted by Ben FriedmanEvelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Re-reading Abrams v. United States for the gazillionth time to prep for class tomorrow and I had overlooked this before, or forgotten it: perhaps the most famous free speech opinion ever, the birth of the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor was... written about non-citizens. 6659118
Reposted by Ben FriedmanLisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Traditional New Orleans architecture under the snow. #sneauxday 794276755
Reposted by Ben FriedmanIt's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 31/07/2024London tube mouse rumble photo = most deserving award winner of all time imo 331687464
Reposted by Ben FriedmanMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/07/2024You know you’ve gotten lucky when you get to work with people who have your back the way Mel Brooks had David Lynch’s when they worked together on THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980). 1151296
Reposted by Ben Friedmanscott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 21/10/2023As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY). 4779673707
Reposted by Ben FriedmanDougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 21/06/2024clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here i am, graduating from clown college. this is the happiest day of my life 141442265
Reposted by Ben FriedmanDavid Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 18/06/2024I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless. 15174222425
Reposted by Ben FriedmanFR🎃 V🎃 @frovo.bsky.social · 28/08/2023🎵 it's the i of the tiger, with a g to the right Risin' up to the challenge of a vowel And the last two letters are an e and an r And a t is in the front of the iiiiii of the tiger🎵 161094437
Reposted by Ben FriedmanPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 17/08/2023Forget about becoming the person you want to be: successful, lauded, confident, assertive, talented, rewarded, etc. Instead, work on being the kind of person you actually like to *be with:* kind, thoughtful, generous, easy-going, joyful. 428162
Reposted by Ben FriedmanDaniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 14/07/2023Me: “The task of drafting a single document that appeals to multiple people with widely divergent judicial philosophies, at least some of whom will not familiarize themselves with the underlying case record before ruling.” [Doctor, nodding]: “I meant is anything bothering you physically” 0577
Reposted by Ben FriedmanAdam Cerious @adamcerious.bsky.social · 11/07/2023friend: why are you crying? me: I'm having trouble dealing with my grandma's passing grandma: *slinging a football at my head* just catch it, nerd 101135190
