Reposted by BenKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 14/10/2026We need to make Stephen Miller's nightmares come true. Jot that down as a platform plank. 541780375 0
Reposted by BenTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 14/10/2026One of these leaders is always dressed for success, especially when standing next to authorities.🔥🔥🔥 13855100 0
Reposted by BenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Excellent piece by @jamellebouie.net 793564812 0
Reposted by BenJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026this is so obviously correct it is deeply bizarre and corrosive how many people who should know better are unwilling to simply say it 233366557 0
Reposted by BenAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP. 16558892516 0
Reposted by BenJerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 14/10/2026New research shows that meeting tree canopy goals could prevent more than 67,000 premature deaths in the United States. biographic.com/trees-as-pub...biographic.comTrees as Public Health Infrastructure | bioGraphicNew research shows that meeting tree canopy goals could prevent more than 67,000 premature deaths in the United States. 03311 0
Reposted by BenMathfinder @mathfinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today we resume the long-on-hiatus, Converting D&D series! Let’s talk Monk in #pathfinder2e, and how it handles the class infinitely better than #DnD #5E and largely still than #5.5E! www.youtube.com/watch?v=336W...youtube.comThe Pathfinder Monk is VERY Cool Converting D&D Part 4YouTube video by Mathfinder 1133 0
Reposted by BenDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185654907 0
Reposted by BenMorgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is absolutely awesome and if you can go, you should do it! 011 0
Reposted by Bensouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549211647 0
Reposted by BenDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yesterday was the 56-year anniversary of when the NOPD rolled into the Desire Projects of New Orleans with a tank & guns & had a stand-off with the NOLA Black Panthers, which I detail in the story linked in OP. It all started after the mayor had two Black police officers infiltrate the Panthers. 312397 0
Reposted by BenJoyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles. 6888862661 0
Reposted by BenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026(centrist adviser): "Sir, what our voters want most is someone who'll fight! Who'll fight for them and not back down! Who'll fight to defend freedom! And, sir, that's why I'm urging you to make sure you tell everyone that you're willing to sacrifice a trans kid playing soccer." 942273 0
Reposted by BenShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I have an uncle who lives here who was asked extremely seriously by his employer if wearing his turban as per the sikh faith was really worth hurting the feelings of America over and he should stop it because bin laden wore a different turban 2052774 0
Reposted by Benbob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“It’s ok to do a lil bigotry if it’s in service of us winning” is a devils bargain and once that deal is struck you don’t get to go back on it 424454 0
Reposted by Bencognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026see: Black neighborhoods 032393 0
Reposted by BenThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The War on Cars is winnable. 138838 0
Reposted by Benjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026you could have ended the second klan very quickly if you had gone back in time and told william joseph simmons that in a century the US would be so mongrelized that you'd have dark-skinned italian klansmen 863844445 0
Reposted by Ben*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In Maine? He supports tariffs while representing Maine? 95% of the heating oil used by Maine residents comes from Canadian refineries Canada purchases ~40% of all Maine exports 50% of lobsters caught in Maine go to Canadian processing plants to be turned into meat and tails What. A. Moron. 25894167 0
Reposted by Benbrendannatoli.bsky.social @brendannatoli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Given the company is worth $1.5T, and given that the entire business model since 2009 has been to encourage young people to use the sites, the fine is a grain of sand. The company is akin to tobacco companies, and should really be made to pay ongoing percentages of income. 1156 0
Reposted by BenDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The news and videos out of Nepal are horrific. Climate change makes the world a more chaotic and dangerous place. Even if your home isn’t affected, you might go on holidays or to a meeting and get caught up in it. I’m particularly thinking about this as our next IPCC lead author meeting is in Nepal. 9736147 0
Reposted by BenDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The videos from Nepal are more terrifying than any disaster movie I’ve ever watched. 429524 0
Reposted by BenGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 27/08/2026I recall in the 1990s a Texan comedian had a joke that went something like, "My uncle told me, 'When I think about two men having sex together it makes me sick!' So I said, 'Well, stop thinking about it then.'" 3965153 0
Reposted by BenPBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/08/2026Backlash is mounting over President Trump's plan to pause tariffs on imported ground beef. to.pbs.org/4qFvk8g to.pbs.orgTrump faces backlash from ranchers over plan to import beefBacklash is mounting over President Trump's plan to pause tariffs on imported ground beef. The announcement has drawn sharp criticism from both ranchers and Republican politicians, who say the cheap i... 1013035 0
Reposted by BenClaudia O'Keeffe @cyokeeffe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Everyone knows someone who died by car. Everyone. It's just that a lot of people haven't had that "a-ha" moment where it all clicks in their head. It doesn't have to be this way. 0214 0
Reposted by BenDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"I was once taught, early in my career: If you walk past a violation of standards, and allow it to exist, you have just created a brand new standard – and that standard is lower... Secretary Hegseth is diluting the standards of the military." Mark Hertling Lieutenant General (Retired) U.S. Army 33987344 0
Reposted by BenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2026If a genie appeared and granted me one wish, it would be for everyone to watch the movie 9 to 5, and read the lyrics of the song. Dolly Parton could have been a billionaire, but chose to help others instead. The movie and the song are odes to working class women. 1394115580 0
Reposted by BenBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s fascinating, and somewhat frustrating, to follow the official considerations around the proposed scaling back of the Pike Place Market pedestrianization from year-round to seasonal in Seattle. An illustration of how even really popular pedestrianizations can be weakened by bad decision-making. 04211 0
Reposted by BenMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There’s a weird type of social media personality who considers themselves a good activist because they spend all day doing nothing but posting about who they don’t think are good activists 1453056 0
Reposted by BenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Genuinely abundant, cheap, accessible energy has vastly more liberatory potential than AI, for vastly more people -- especially more poor people. Which, I guess, is your answer. 171795474 0
Reposted by BenMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's heartening that the term "pervert glasses" has become so widespread that it's being used in headlines about the pervert glasses and legislative attempts to halt the ability of perverts to buy them. 4462117 0
Reposted by BenPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Samuel Monroe Jr., known for his role in “Menace II Society” and “The Player’s Club,” has died after a complications of meningitis, his mother announced. He was 52. 35959379 0
Reposted by BenThe Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Dolly Parton spoke. 320129363043 0
Reposted by BenDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/08/2026JFC! This is not a car crash! This is a driver killing and injuring people on bikes with a car.apnews.com2 college cyclists killed and 7 injured in Tennessee car crashTwo members of a university cycling team have been killed and seven others were injured in a car crash in northeastern Tennessee. 1246473 0
Reposted by Beniucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay, 218104052355 0
Reposted by BenBolts @boltsmag.org · 19/08/2026With ICE detention now stretching on for months or years, habeas petitions from detained immigrants have spiked. “Habeas is no longer a last-resort remedy: It is the only remedy for the vast majority of immigrants,” a legal expert says.boltsmag.org“Stuck in Purgatory”: ICE Detention in Louisiana Can Stretch on for Years - BoltsLouisiana has more ICE lockups than almost any other state. Now as a surge in habeas petitions overloads courts, people are held “unfathomably” long without recourse. 56938 0
Reposted by BenGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Amusingly, some agents infiltrated these meetings and found the protesters to be pretty innocuous. In their reports you find agents admitting no violence was discussed and finding that protesters were churchgoers. There's some Keystone Kops bumbling here too. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2144... 17984234 0
Reposted by BenDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Local Shreveport/Bossier restaurants are picking up two things they've learned from social media—AI slop ads and 30-second walkthrough videos of them making one dish or another—and they are both having the opposite effect they're meant to have 1133 0
Reposted by BenMorgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Hollywood has gotta figure out guardrails for this shit. just endlessly demoralizing (I liked this movie a lot) 0104 0
Reposted by BenJoel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It’s pretty jarring we’ve just come to expect that the feds will lie to us and publicize false information and that there is virtually no consequence for it. 311833408 0
Reposted by BenChris Barton @bartography.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Two of my communities — Texas authors, and creators of books for young readers — have lost a great one tonight. RIP Ben Sáenz, author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, and so much more. elpasomatters.org/2026/07/28/b...elpasomatters.orgRenowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71“Ben was irrepressibly hopeful of the human spirit,” longtime friend Ruben Garcia said about Sáenz, an award-winning author whose “Aristotle and Dante” young adult novel was adapted into a movie in 20... 095 0
Reposted by BenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The subtitles here are phenomenal. 27770148 0
Reposted by Benlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 27/07/2026kind of a half-baked thought here but it's a shame criticism as a paid professional discipline has been sidelined by social media because it could point the way forward out of the internet madness-induced problem of writing that's crouched in what the author anticipates a comments section will say 172059267 0
