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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Welp, that’s probably my cue to exit Bluesky

Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

He is right that “ordinary people don’t trust companies, governments, or the tech industry and always suspect that we are cooking up some new way to screw them over,” because, historically, they are always cooking up some new way to screw people over

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

You know, I didn't *need* to click on this to know that it was going to be dumb as hell, but I was curious, so I did, and it was

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

He has become a terrible vibes guy, but at least he also sucks at baseball

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LeBron is in his “Messi at Inter Miami” era

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

this, but Salt Lake City, Utah at 12PM in July.

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In a certain light, from certain angles, in photos, Tom Dundon looks a lot like Kyle Whittingham

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sorry if I’m late on this, but: I never thought I’d see the day that a Utah Jazz uniform consumed the entire right side of the front page of the NYT Sports section 😍😍😍😍

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Bill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

and the cup, which did NOT come home,

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I just saw a woman running on the Murdock Trail. It is 96° F outside. I am an experienced runner but I would simply not do this

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

That Claude ad fucking suxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Anthropic can eff right off with this ethics-washing ad claiming that AI will be good for society and learning and human connection

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ian @ahandleforian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My main issue with Haaland is that he normalizes Manchester City and kids that don’t know better might start thinking it’s ok to support that club

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Is it a known thing, like a World Cup broadcast tradition, that the FIFA camerapeople love to show fans flapping their lips in slow motion? Because I find it very off-putting 😂

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hard to overstate how much more enjoyable the Red Sox became while I was paying 100% of my attention to the World Cup over the past month

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm crushed for Mo, but I am also in the "I want as much Messi as possible for as long as possible" camp, so I'm only like 60% saddened by this result

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

um, so everyone cheering on egypt in the world cup realizes how the pyramids were built right? but i guess that's a conversation you're not ready to have

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/07/2026

This could still be reversed if Tutankhamun calls up Infantino

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

You're going to get really sick of me using superlatives to describe Darryn Peterson

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

According to this law, the Belgian team must now be placed on a barge and set adrift on Lake Superior

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you're just discovering soccer, just know that your beloved Erling Haaland plays for this generation's Premier League equivalent of the Yankees/Lakers/etc. that any self-respecting fan not born into it should hate. Congrats, you just got hoodwinked into being a Kobe fan

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My great fear is that all US soccer fans are now hopping on the Norway bandwagon because "they do the rowing thing and Haaland seems so fun on his TikTok and he scores a lot" and this will translate to a whole new generation of VERY casual Man City fans who will be annoying as hell

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

To be honest with you, "Round of 16" feels exactly right. Emotions, sure, but looking at it rationally, at no point should anyone have been swept away by notions that the USMNT is one of the eight best squads in the world right now

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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 07/07/2026

oh so it's like rocket league but with people

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Not me having constantly screamed "Belgium is fraudulent" from the rooftops for the past three weeks

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I realize it's just one game, but I'm ready to say that Darryn Peterson is a superstar. All the great things we saw will translate to actual games. I don't think there were many doubters among Jazz fans, but I'm sure there are even fewer now. And (and and and!). . . he played 27 minutes!

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

TIRED: Overreacting after one game of Summer League WIRED: Overreacting after one quarter of Summer League INSPIRED: Overreacting after one play of Summer League

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

gotta be a guy at the swift-kelce wedding watching cape verde vs argentina on his phone just whooping under his breath

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Here's another one I just saw: "Messi is the LeBron of soccer. Play long enough and you eventually get some records even if you can’t remember anything they actually did"

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@danclayt0n.bsky.social hey Dan, I could be way off, but did you once tell a story about playing ball with a group maybe in NYC and they pulled you aside after to steer you right on their style of ball? Something like “that’s not how we play here?” For some reason my brain remembers it as you.

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Know what I need in my life? More “your job is going away in 2027 unless you become an AImaxxer like me (and sign up for Lovable)” posts from a certain HIGHLY overrated product management thought leader

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My initial reaction is that the Sixers will still need Joel Embiid to stay healthy

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

After the first Belgium goal the second felt inevitable. I still consider them fraudulent

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just like we all expected when he took out KDB and Doku

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Based on my texts and people ringing my doorbell, 289% of houses in my neighborhood are having their roofs redone right now

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Jazz fans! I have an announcement. If you hate Donovan Mitchell for how he left but you don’t hate Walker Kessler for how he left you’re absolutely totally 100% doing this wrong

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Someone shared this What But Why article with me the other day and I've never read something that so perfectly encapsulates how I think about life. Sometimes someone will be like "see you next year!" and in my brain I'm like "that's 1/80th of our lives" waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-...

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The Tail End

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Why aren’t we making our BLTs with pancetta? What are we even doing here?

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Thinking about shorting $MRVL. Why? Oh no reason at all. But I bet they're about to hear that they need to execute better

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Benjamin Gaines @benjamingaines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Me as a SaaS product manager these days

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