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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Had a dream it was 2030 and the only job I could get was recapping the year 2016 for a new culture platform.

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I used to joke that America won't survive unless we have gov mandated classes on bad faith arguments for every citizen... but even this wouldn't be enough anymore

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

what if.. we are now living in the world of the bad faith conspiracy theories. A step beyond bad faith arguments - into the world of Dream logic.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Someone somewhere has to make a decision... onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thinking about Mark Sandman today and his music and when this tune came on I thought I would google the 74 thing!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

sadly the lack of outrage here suggests that many dem's are also excited about future earning potential as well if this is now the new normal!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I can't believe climate week is already over.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't believe AI is going to kill us all but I DO believe it is time for everyone to download and back up anything you would hate to lose from Google!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Two Dudes in Tompkins Sq Park D1: I don't think its safe to speak out about AI D2: Why? D1: In the near future you are going to see a lot of AI Doomers suddenly arrested for having Child Porn on their computers D2: you mean like AI Porn or real Porn? ME: hahahahahahahahahahahaa (silently though)

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Documentaries that invite a closer listen… We’re launching a new podcast built from nearly three decades of our Falling Tree documentary archives! Listen to Falling Tree for innovative docs, radio features and audio art - podfollow.com/6812121787

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love this book and this BPL space is one of Boston's few redeeming features. Wish I could go

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

These kids have had AI crammed into their faces for the past 3 years. Its not fair. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/s... this one gets it though!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15/09/2026

We were very sorry to hear about the death of the historian Frances Stonor Saunders. Saunders wrote six pieces for the paper; her final book, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦: 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, was first published in three parts in the 𝘓𝘙𝘉. Read all of her pieces here: www.lrb.co.uk/contributors...

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Frances Stonor Saunders

London Review of Books

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sure. The murder of Alex Pretti is not the same thing as brownshirt political violence but... analogies to impunity and institutional complicity seem valuable and useful

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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Very sad to learn of the death of Frances Stoner Saunders, whose extraordinary book Who Paid the Piper was a big touchstone for my podcast Wind of Change. They're reissuing the book this year. Seek it out. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Frances Stonor Saunders obituary

Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper?

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

America was a country dreamed up by religious fanatics and realized through violence. Philip Roth gave a name for this ‘blessed rage for purity’: the ‘indigenous American Berserk’. Granta 176: American Berserk publishes today. granta.com/products/gra...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

All the responses are great but I love yours the most!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Reading it on the same beach where we spent our Covid year - the Lawn dude chapter enlightened me - the whole ANTI VAX thing - it was the ultimate and obvious engagement boost influencers could grab on it in 2020 2021

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Devoured @jonronson.bsky.social The Castle yesterday. A hundred stars. I understand why Chris Mark got the title spot but I found the rest of the cast even more engaging. Bravo!

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

From today's show today: a really great conversation with filmmaker and journalist Jon Ronson about his new book, 'The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men' wnyc.org/browse/shows...

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Jon Ronson on 'Unraveling' Men | WNYC

Jon Ronson, journalist, filmmaker, "This American Life" contributor and the author of The Psychopath Test and his latest, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men (‎Riverhead Books, 2026), ...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In France you need to be 12 to see the Odyssey so we used AI to create a photo of his passport for the Grand Rex last night. Now the 11 year old fully understands what AI is for: cheating.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lael Neale on rooftop in Paris. Free show to boot!

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u... Seen this movie...

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

a few months ago I met a guy at a party who was starting an AI company to help busy thought leaders write their linkedIn posts!

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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 25/06/2026

Rediscovering America’s Orwell Why are people in the United States not happy? "Because we are so violent." That was the view of Dwight Macdonald, a great essayist whose work is collected in a new book....

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Rediscovering America’s Orwell

Why are people in the United States not happy? "Because we are so violent." That was the view of Dwight Macdonald, a great essayist whose work is collected in a new book.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Doing a talk on Richard Wright next week moulinande.com/agenda/cente... at the Moulin d'Andé outside of Paris

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CENTENAIRE RENÉ DEPESTRE, HOMMAGE À RICHARD WRIGHT – Moulin d'Andé

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy May 8th. I could never love anyone who doesn't know what play opened in London on this day in 1956

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