Reposted by Benjamin HartNot the Guy @notnotnuanced.bsky.social · 10/09/2026this was really good and very depressing haha 2335
Reposted by Benjamin HartFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science 352684346
Reposted by Benjamin HartJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/08/2026An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comHow Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanityAn extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people. 101076666
Reposted by Benjamin HartJon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 25/07/2026After insisting the correspondents' dinner was worth reviving, the WHCA handed Trump a nationally televised platform to smear the very journalists it exists to represent, effectively turn the stage into a Trump rally. It was a disgrace. My latest @status.news www.status.news/p/the-white-...status.newsThe White House Correspondents’ DisgraceThe WHCA sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead, it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent. 50748245
Reposted by Benjamin HartJody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Congrats & Godspeed Dana, Julia, & Steve (& production wizards Ben & Daniel et al.) Best to ever do it, as the poet saidnytimes.comSlate’s ‘Culture Gabfest’ Signs Off After 18 Years 2192
Reposted by Benjamin HartDavid Grann @davidgrann.bsky.social · 01/07/2026For a third of my life I've listened to the Culture Gabfest, a pioneering podcast with the perfect chemistry, wit, and insight. I'm so grateful to the hosts, Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner & Dana Stevens, & hope their will be a reunion tour. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/a... @reggieugwu.bsky.socialnytimes.comSlate’s ‘Culture Gabfest’ Signs Off After 18 Years 2178
Reposted by Benjamin HartScott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Wow. A true “… and scene” moment for the creep that nearly weaseled his way into being Alex Trebek’s successor. Viva @kenjennings.bsky.social! 4485
Reposted by Benjamin HartMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026hope letting rfk out of committee haunts you for the rest of your life Bill 320724
Reposted by Benjamin HartJoel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Trends don't have to continue, but these are national trends, and a few more years of declines like we've witnessed from 2022 to 2026 so far, would have homicide rates that look more like Canada. With it, I feel like we'd have substantially different politics. 061
Reposted by Benjamin HartRebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I talked to my colleague Ben Hart about Mills dropping out. I've been away on book leave so I had a lot to get off my chest, enough that stuff got cut (Mills' data bad center veto; her also bad sealed criminal records veto; the impact of the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation on 2020) But nevertheless..nymag.comGraham Platner Has Won the Battle. Can He Win the War?Chatting with New York’s Rebecca Traister about Janet Mills’s primary exit and the next chapter in a blockbuster Maine Senate race. 25110
Reposted by Benjamin HartSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Jamal is too nice to say "utter hypocrisy," but that's what this is. Today's #SCOTUS treats *all* coercive relief against the executive branch as imposing irreparable harm on the government. For that proposition, they cite a 2014 opinion by ... Chief Justice Roberts. Its absence here is deafening. 321706464
Reposted by Benjamin HartBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Good interview here with Rosemary Kelanic. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comAll of the Iran Attack Plans Are Bad. This One Is the Worst.What Trump might do next in the Middle East. 01510
Reposted by Benjamin HartJeff Wise @jeffwise.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Two pieces up on @intelligencer.com this morning (mine & this one by @benjaminhart.bsky.social) make an important point that's largely being overlooked: This war is going to hypermotivate Iran to get nuclear weapons. It's literally their only path to long-term security. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comIsrael Doesn’t Want to Beat Iran. It Wants to Break It.The country is doing major damage to a mortal enemy, but at what cost? 032
Reposted by Benjamin HartJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week. 221833535
Reposted by Benjamin HartRyan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/03/2026If you are a client of a firm that folded in this fight, you should know that not only were they morally wrong, but they were also strategically dumb www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...wsj.comExclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm SanctionsThe Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey. 291436320
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 27/02/2026You may find this illuminating... nymag.com/intelligence... 000
Reposted by Benjamin Hartjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/02/2026democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly 280149843456
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Ralph Abraham is a great anti-vaxxer and an even better colleague. HIRE HIM!! bsky.app/profile/eliz... 000
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Why does everyone involved with law enforcement call people "individuals"? 000
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The tariff decision is a distraction from Epstein 000
Reposted by Benjamin HartKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied, 9185871060
Reposted by Benjamin HartEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/02/2026So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.** “It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official www.propublica.org/article/trum... 7427531225
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Amaze your friends by telling them Jasper Johns is still alive. 000
Reposted by Benjamin HartCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Disgusting. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...reuters.comExclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents showThe White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit... 38526161
Reposted by Benjamin HartNew York Magazine @nymag.com · 12/02/2026Matt Shumer, who wrote a viral post about AI’s threat to white-collar jobs, discusses the overwhelming reaction to his cri de coeur.nymag.comThe Guy Who Wrote the Viral AI Post Wasn’t Trying to Scare YouMatt Shumer, who wrote a viral post about AI’s threat to white-collar jobs, discusses the overwhelming reaction to his cri de coeur. 002
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Major downside of Bluesky: Not enough people arguing with Matt Stoller all day. 030
Reposted by Benjamin HartNew York Magazine @nymag.com · 09/02/2026Why are fewer Americans killing each other? Crime data analyst Jeff Asher discusses his theories on a surprisingly mysterious question.nymag.comNobody Really Knows Why the Murder Rate Is PlummetingWhy are fewer Americans killing each other? Crime data analyst Jeff Asher discusses his theories on a surprisingly mysterious question. 1114
Reposted by Benjamin HartChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Hey man. You work at a newspaper. Have some self respect and try to write at least one sentence that doesn’t feel like sandpaper on my eyeballs. 1423581329
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 08/02/2026You want someone who gets the ins and outs of a third newsroom AND knows how to make a Super Bowl party entrance? Will Lewis is your man. HIRE HIM!! 001
Reposted by Benjamin HartNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter. 478177219054
Reposted by Benjamin HartMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 06/02/2026This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year. She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again. Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/ 11334221560
Reposted by Benjamin HartAlex Franqueira ✨🇱🇧 @alexfranq.bsky.social · 06/02/2026go off jack white 7277331790
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I need to know what America's foremost Bill Gates impersonator thinks of all this. 020
Reposted by Benjamin HartAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 04/02/2026Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication. 162946447
Reposted by Benjamin HartJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I can say without any fear of contradiction that I know as much or more than anyone in modern American journalism about the absolute, no excuses necessity of operating in the black. In many cases much more since if you’re a big player there are lots of creative ways to operate …. 1136764
Reposted by Benjamin HartNicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026. @adamserwer.bsky.social on ICE agents wearing masks. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 519362
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Gee, Elliott Morris is wrong a lot. bsky.app/profile/matt... 020
Reposted by Benjamin HartNew York Magazine @nymag.com · 03/02/2026That Lindsey Vonn could even consider skiing on a torn ACL is both shocking and unsurprising, given her long history of battling through pain. Vonn insists she’s not reckless but calculated. Read a new interview with one of the all-time skiing greats.nymag.comThis Might be Lindsey Vonn’s Most Audacious Comeback YetThe skiing great discussed her triumphant return to the sport at 41 — just before an injury imperiled her Olympic chances. 041
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Running for president on a platform of every movie being 20 minutes shorter and The New Yorker switching to a biweekly schedule. 000
Reposted by Benjamin HartJoel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This was the single lowest month of homicides in New York City on record...ever. 1345290
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Not saying the Times copy desk is diminished, but I don't think "Jeffery" in the lead would have slipped by them a few years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/b...nytimes.comWall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions 000
Reposted by Benjamin Hartjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2026making tulsi gabbard DNI is itself a watergate level scandal 211105542223
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Yeah, instituting a policy that completely undermines your company's reason for existence will do that. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...hollywoodreporter.comAlamo Drafthouse Faces Backlash After Ditching No-Phones Policy: “Just an Overpriced AMC Now”Moviegoers, critics and even some industry insiders are blasting Alamo's new mobile ordering system which seems to go against decades of brand-building as a distraction-free cinema. 020
Reposted by Benjamin HartAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Holy crap. Minnesota police chief tracks down ICE agents in his car and de-arrests a woman who lives in his town. 221095304
Reposted by Benjamin HartNPR @npr.org · 31/01/2026NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.n.prReporter's Notebook: He was my fruit vendor for years. I saw immigration agents take himNPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away. 30584246
Benjamin Hart @benjaminhart.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The Epstein Files are a distraction from the Epstein Files 000