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Ben Curry

@benjamincurry.bsky.social
506 followers 1.4K following 426 posts

Knower of things, good worder Present obsessions: 🇺🇦, aphorisms, the Fed, street photography, well-balanced portfolios, Bluesky discourse, język polski, soup dumplings

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don’t mean this to be cruel, but there’s just too much air being taken up by people with media or tech backgrounds who think their hot take on consciousness with LLMs is new, and lord it has all been done before and we’re past that. Christ, half the news cycle is yud refusing to read a book.
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Kraken @korpspropaganda.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
there is a secret universe within all of us, and the lens with which we view it, and transform it into creative work, lends it its ultimate humanity; this is something AI can never truly mimic
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Brian Griffith @qlippot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah, I'm particularly fond of how Vonnegut put it. That any creative work is a conversation, that the creator had something to say and when you view it or read it or listen to it, something in you answers.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
we've never had much reason to articulate this before a.i., but a reason we enjoy literature, art, music, etc. is that we know it is one human mind trying to express something fundamentally human and otherwise inexpressible to another human mind
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Finally, FINALLY, a democrat with BALLS
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Paging @dieworkwear.bsky.social
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 29/08/2026
“Hyperscaler depreciation expense is set to jump to over $500 billion by 2030, equal to the expected operating profits of all five companies in 2026. But don't worry, EBITDA margins are going to soar, so the ratio of depreciation to EBITDA will barely rise.” - @peterberezin.bsky.social
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
CNBC’s Liesman: “I’m going to say this at risk of my job, Kelly. But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. And now he’s saying he’s putting 50% tariffs on Canada unless they agree to become the 51st state.”
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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
From @evgrieve.bsky.social over on the bad place: The former McDonald’s on west 3rd in Greenwich Village has an interesting new look Apparently this is where they age the barrels of comedy
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Latin expression for the benefits of taking a hike: solvitur ambulando, “it is solved by walking”
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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
A town sign seen through a train window.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
James Talarico: “Judaism is Season 1 of the show, Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3. I'm Season 2— the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they've done to each other"
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Who's laughing now? Gaming skills will be very important in the drone-based militaries of the future. And you don't need high testosterone to acquire them.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Just took a walk along the beach with Mitch Mcconnell but when I looked back I only saw one set of footprints. When I asked him why, he said "That was when you carried me" and then he took away my health insurance.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Just shocking news
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
the two outfits for men
A photo of a dog peeking out of a car window. The placement of the dog and the person taking the photo — where the lower half of the person's outfit is reflecting off the car door — makes it look like the dog is wearing a button-up shirt and tan pants. A photo of a dog peeking out of a car window. The placement of the dog and the person taking the photo — where the lower half of the person's outfit is reflecting off the car door — makes it look like the dog is wearing a t-shirt and shorts.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Anything can be insider trading with prediction markets.....
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
POV your monastery is cooked
Erling haaland photoshopped to be carrying a double bladed axe
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“.. The Florida for-sale market is flashing warning signs: 45% of listings have taken a price cut (6.6 pts above the national rate) “.. 1 in 10 homes are selling for less than the original owner paid.” - Parcl Labs
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Finally, bluesky reaches its apotheosis: ONLY alt text
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read the whole thread 👇🏼
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@mluckovich.bsky.social
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
@propublica.org kills it with a first-class piece of data journalism. Puts one in the mind of Twain: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
#TACO
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on." — George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“If the passage of time is a feature of human consciousness, past and future are functions of the mind.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
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GCU Heresiarch @gcuheresiarch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
In short: I used AI to write a book about AI making shit up and the AI made shit up about making shit up, and now I'm in shit up to my neck thanks to AI
nytimes.com
Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Nikolai Kuznetsov, Joe Liebkind, Luis Martim Aureliano and Reuben Jackson: These four writers have published more than 1,000 crypto articles at sites like Forbes and Investopedia. But none of the four men appear to exist, and the outlets that published their work cannot verify their existence.
pressgazette.co.uk
Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities
Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is definitely a sign of the endtimes
nypost.com
Squirrels are ‘vaping’ e-cigarettes after mistaking fruity aromas for food
This is absolutely nuts.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.” ― David Hume
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Tell the kids we use to go days, weeks even, without thinking about the president.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A Wall Street analyst has coined a new acronym mocking Trump’s handling of the Iran war: #NACHO: “Not A Chance Hormuz Opens”
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." — Aesop
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.
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a man wearing a helmet and chain mail is holding a sword over his head
ALT: a man wearing a helmet and chain mail is holding a sword over his head
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Pour one out for the Hilton staff who are working perhaps the worst shift in food service history rn.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Kash Patel scrambling around the WHCA ballroom, downing abandoned drinks as fast as he can
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I mean, who among us hasn't fallen asleep of an afternoon with the nuclear codes stuck under our desks?
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Vocal heartburn?
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
@markhertling.bsky.social: War is not an accounting exercise, and power is best understood not as a static inventory, but as a relationship. Power = Will × Resources.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Many, many days late, a bazillion dollars short
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 20/04/2026
From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
It's the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue-
"Homer, I don't want you to do that."
"Then I won't do it."Then the next day, when I get up, the script's been written.
It's lousy, but it's a script. The hard part is done. It's like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I've taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should call it Christianist Derangement Syndrome...
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Look, it would be easy to dunk on my very expensive, staggeringly incompetent sunglasses. Critiquing A.I. these days is like shooting fish in a barrel — poorly animated fish that keep sprouting human fingers inside a barrel that, as soon as you ask it a question or two, reveals itself to be a Nazi.
nytimes.com
I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
One night before the elections the great people of Hungary are on the streets, rejecting the malicious influence coming from Russia, Serbia and certain people from the USA. The crowds are huge across the country. They can write history tomorrow.
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Seduced by Hungary’s success, many on the far right in the US - Trump and Vance in particular - came to see the Hungarian alternative as the next end of history and the way that things would be. @timothysnyder.bsky.social suggests how wrong they were.
snyder.substack.com
The Hungarian Candidate
Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?
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Ben Curry @benjamincurry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Forget about oil, would you please think of the global frankincense markets?! ISM this week: "The U.S.-Israel military operations against Iran have created significant uncertainty for our Omani frankincense imports," wrote a wholesaler.
npr.org
How an ancient resin traded for centuries got snarled up by the Iran war
It's not just energy supplies that have been disrupted by the Iran war. It's also hitting frankincense, a commodity that's been defining trade routes in the Middle East for thousands of years.
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