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PA-born | Uneducated basketball fan Producer: Studio 2 @whyy.org Previously: @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social linktr.ee/benhabrams

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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 3h
I just overheard a bunch of dudes across the street from me, standing outside a corner store, arguing about whether or not "bifurcated" is a word (it is). One guy had the definition correct and was insisting on it, but the other guys were telling him he was crazy. Is this grammar gaslighting?
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 23/09/2026
This story is absolutely bonkers.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 23/09/2026
Quick fact-check: as of 7:58pm EDT, there have been no credible reports of such an item being on sale at the United Nations. A quick reverse image search reveals the context of the picture in question. There have been Trump voodoo dolls sold at other establishments.
an alamy listing for an image with the caption "A basket of Donald Trump voodoo dolls for sale at Fish's Eddy, a tchotchke store"
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Brian Barrish @brianbarrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
MALALA SAYS GO BIRDS
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 17/08/2026
It me. whyy.org/person/ben-a...
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Ben Abrams - WHYY
Ben Abrams is a multimedia producer with WHYY's "Studio 2."
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 28/07/2026
If you use Signal to work with sensitive contacts, it’s not a “set it and forget it” app. You do need to maintain the safety of your account. Our digital security team walks through foundational account security settings to help.
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What journalists need to know about Signal account safety
There are a few straightforward steps you can take to make your account and identity much more secure
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 27/07/2026
The plot holes have been addressed! billypenn.com/2026/07/27/s...
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Bella Vista's street artists are trolling a guy named Joel. Here’s why
Street artist Praise Dobler and 80-year-old resident Joel Palmer are in a bitter and somewhat silly war over the neighborhood.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 24/07/2026
I'm sorry, WHAT?!?!?!?
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 16/07/2026
I'm very, very late to this update, but both Van and Hai have since been released from ICE custody. Back in April, I wrote this story about their detention: www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 16/07/2026
This had me glued to my computer screen. Horrifying.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
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BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 13/07/2026
I tell my cat "don't do anything I wouldn't do" before doubling back with "but then again, I wouldn't lick my own hands and feet, so do what you want."
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 11/07/2026
The Washington Post is running ads on Instagram enticing people to "resubscribe" for a discount, implying that, if you're seeing this ad, you probably canceled your subscription after the mass layoffs.
An Instagram ad from the Washington Post reading "MISSING OUT? NOT ANYMORE. Resubscribe for $4 every four weeks." With an original text of $14 crossed out to make way for the $4 price. At the bottom, it reads "After intro, $14/four weeks."
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 10/07/2026
First week at @whyy.org: ✅
the front entrance of WHYYpieces of paper on an office cubicle wall that spell out "WELCOME BEN"
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NPR @npr.org · 10/07/2026
When the U.S. brokered a ceasefire last year, Israel controlled half of Gaza. Now Israeli forces have pushed deeper, and Palestinians are paying a deadly price.
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9 months into a ceasefire, Israel now controls nearly 70% of Gaza
When the U.S. brokered a ceasefire last year, Israel controlled half of Gaza. Now Israeli forces have pushed deeper, and Palestinians are paying a deadly price.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 07/07/2026
The view from my office cubicle right now
people gather in an office watching a World Cup match
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 06/07/2026
Appreciate the shout-out, guys! @avi-wa.bsky.social @cherrigregg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bva5...
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Can democratic socialists go mainstream? | Studio 2 from WHYY | 07/06/26
YouTube video by WHYY
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 03/07/2026
Kiya, winner of the pop-up Ben Franklin lookalike contest that took place at the Liberty Bell today. Well done!
A person dressed as Benjamin Franklin holding a pen & paper with a paper kite held next to her.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 03/07/2026
End of an era
A screenshot of an email with the text "Starting July 2027, PlayStation Store will close on PS3 and PS Vita in your region.

After that date, you will no longer be able to make new purchases through PlayStation Store on these devices.

This change is happening because, after nearly two decades, the PS3 and PS Vita can no longer support the updated commerce, payment, and security needed to keep PlayStation Store operating reliably on those devices."
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 17/06/2026
I missed this city
a makeshift street sign that says "JOEL WATCH - JOEL SUCKS. IF YOU SEE HIM, TELL HIM THAT"
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 13/06/2026
From today's broadcast at 6:48pm CDT. So long, Tulsa!
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 27/05/2026
Gretjen was a wonderful soul. Her dedication to PhillyCAM and the community she built around it was second to none. She was incredibly kind and thoughtful. I loved my time at WPPM and it won't be the same visiting without her there. Thank you, Gretjen. whyy.org/articles/gre...
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Gretjen Clausing, founder of PhillyCAM, has died
Clausing founded PhillyCAM in 2009 to put media production into the hands of all Philadelphians.
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Rated R&B @ratedrnb.com · 24/04/2026
Kehlani's self-titled fifth album is out now. It features Usher, Brandy, Missy Elliott, Leon Thomas, Cardi B and more.
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Kehlani Releases Self-Titled Album
Kehlani has delivered her self-titled fifth album, which includes "Folded," "Out The Window" and "Back and Forth" featuring Missy Elliott
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart. www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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‘Where is our dad?’ – Decades after a non-violent conviction, an Oklahoma farmer faces deportation
Van Vu and thousands of other Southeast Asian immigrants have been confined to ICE detention over non-violent convictions that are decades old. Families are left torn apart.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 04/04/2026
Remember, aliens: if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
A phone notification from AP News reading: "Life beyond Earth - AS President Trump orders UFO data released, a question hangs: If aliens exist, what would they think of us?"
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 17/03/2026
FINALLY
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 15/03/2026
Tough loss, but nonetheless so impressed by the @hofstrau.bsky.social women's basketball team. They fought hard and triumphed over expectations. We'll get 'em next year. #HofstraPride
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 11/03/2026
Stacy Leeds addressed faculty, staff, administrators and the media at a press conference on campus today. She will officially begin her tenure as TU President starting July 1.
University of Tulsa incoming President Stacy Leeds speaks at a lectern.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 11/03/2026
What a GAME. *Huge* congrats to the @hofstrau.bsky.social men's basketball team! The CAA is ours once again!!! 🏆 #RoarwithPride #HofstraPride
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 02/03/2026
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it." - Admiral Josh Painter, "The Hunt for Red October" (1990)
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26/02/2026
New @pressfreedom.bsky.social report shows that a record 129 journalists, media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, with Israel responsible for over two-thirds of those killings. And drone killings of journalists spiked from two in 2023 to 39 in 2025 — with Israel responsible for 28 of the 39.
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists
Key findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ...
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 19/02/2026
We are SO back
a screenshot of the U2 extended play "Days Of Ash," with the track "American Obituary" playing
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/02/2026
Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017
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Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017
New EP Days of Ash features songs about Renee Good, Iranian protesters and other political topics, and precedes new ‘defiantly joyful’ album later in 2026 • Alexis Petridis on Days of Ash: six new tracks that reaffirm the band as a vital political voice U2 have released their first collection of new music since 2017 – a politically charged EP entitled Days of Ash, which focuses on a series of high-profile global deaths including the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents. Good, a mother of three children who was killed on 7 January while protesting against ICE activity in Minneapolis, is the subject of the opening song, American Obituary. Continue reading...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 18/02/2026
U2 released a new song, “American Obituary,” about Renee Good and Minneapolis.
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U2 drops blistering song about Minneapolis mom Renee Good
The instant protest tune is part of a new urgent EP about current events.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 18/02/2026
I desperately need this to brighten up my 2026
a screenshot of the upcoming album "Fidelity" by yaya bey on Bandcamp
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 01/02/2026
Kehlani gets second Grammy of the day as "Folded" wins Best R&B Song stereogum.com/2487089/gram...
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 01/02/2026
‘Folded’ by Kehlani wins the #GRAMMYs  award for Best R&B Song. It becomes her second win, following her win for Best R&B Performance just moments ago.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/02/2026
Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead.https://to.pbs.org/3ZbSFBv
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Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt to reopen for limited travel Monday
Israel says Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead.
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#SaveThePost, Jeff Bezos.
This image shows a logo of The Washington Post Guild and our statement:

The Post Guild vehemently opposes any more cuts to the staff of The Washington Post. As we’ve seen in recent years, continuing to eliminate scores of workers who make this storied institution what it is only stands to weaken the newspaper, drive away readers and undercut The Post’s mission: to hold power to account without fear or favor and provide critical insight into communities across the region, country and world.

If Jeff Bezos no longer supports that mission, then The Post and its readers deserve a steward who does.

If you value The Post’s journalism and its renowned past — if you care about its future — we ask that you join us in our call to #SaveThePost.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 17/01/2026
I've been wondering why my friends don't want to come over and play Smash anymore...
a menu option on Suoer Smash Bros. Ultimate showing a match time of 99 minutes. Title: "DIE OF OLD AGE"
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 15/01/2026
"The raid of Hannah Natanson is a shocking escalation, not a rupture. The United States has been backsliding to this point – at both the federal and local levels – for quite some time," write FPF's Seth Stern and @chipgibbons.bsky.social of @rightsdissent.bsky.social in The Guardian.
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The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding | Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons
The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal government
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Public Radio Tulsa @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Leaders of Tulsa’s Jewish community have expressed surprise and unease about a potential Jewish online charter school they said was introduced without local input. #tulsa
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Tulsa Jewish leaders surprised by Jewish charter school application
The Jewish Federation of Tulsa said it was not consulted about an application seeking to found a taxpayer-funded online Jewish charter school.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 13/01/2026
“The people who smile at me, my neighbors, they just came with so much hate,” said Nadia Rafiuddin, a long-time Broken Arrow resident and member of the Muslim community. My latest for @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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‘It’s hate coming from fear’: Muslim residents disappointed as Broken Arrow rejects plan for new mosque
The decision from Broken Arrow City Council came after a marathon of public comments both in favor of and against the proposed Islamic center.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 09/01/2026
A group of at least 200 people gathered Tuesday in opposition to the mosque, with flyers reportedly handed out to attendees linking Islam as a whole to terrorism. My latest for @publicradiotulsa.bsky.social www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-region...
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Okla. AG launches investigation into proposed Broken Arrow mosque
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Drummond's investigation a "witch hunt" in a statement.
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Ben Abrams @benhabrams.com · 07/01/2026
Facebook Marketplace has lost its ever-loving mind.
A screenshot of a Facebook marketplace listing for a 2014 Ford Fusion sedan, the picture of which shows the sedan on its side on the road, clearly damaged. Seller is asking for $3000.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/01/2026
Schloss, who was friends with Frank in Amsterdam and whose mother later married Frank's father, was a tireless educator about the Holocaust and was honorary president of The Anne Frank Trust UK. n.pr/4pnJxEo
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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96
Schloss, who was friends with Frank in Amsterdam and whose mother later married Frank's father, was a tireless educator about the Holocaust and was honorary president of The Anne Frank Trust UK.
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