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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 4h
Made some audacious cooking choices and they didn't all exactly pan out but taking risks and pushing boundaries is how we grow 🥲🥲🥲
Princess Peach from the intro to Super Mario 64 but her letter reads: "Dear Mario: Do NOT come to the castle I've baked an absolute dogshit cake. Just completely fucked it up. I'm so sorry -- Peach"
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
*Emily Mortimer guest starring on 30 Rock voice*
Cover for "Hollow Bones," the new novel by Jodi Picoult. Yellow font over a picture of the blue sky with a fracture pattern overlaid, with a few small silhouettes of birds
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't mean to alarm anyone with how fun, flirty and spontaneous I'm being today, but: I added some guava jam to my yogurt
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath tweeting "All adventurous women do."
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fetishizing a man for being from Nebraska
Album art for "Preacher's Daughter" by Ethel Cain: a blurry photo of her in a pale, modest dress and heels sitting on a chair and leaning against a side table under a framed photo of Jesus in a wood-paneled room
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Okay trying something a little different! But not quite ready to hang up my emotional support peace sign
Selfie of me but this time it’s front-facing and I’m wearing a shirt! Still doing a peace sign tho
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't care for candy corn but I do love these candy pumpkins even though they make me feel ill almost instantaneously
Candy pumpkins
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Largely yes but there’s a fair amount of these sprinkled in too
Sarah Jessica Parker looking dismayed at a Knicks gameSarah Jessica Parker looking dismayed at a dinner
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Horoscope app out here sounding like my borderline over-served coworker at our holiday party who just found out I’m single
Notifications from horoscope app Co-Star: “Let all your barriers to love fall away.” “Love is not a competition.” “A broken heart does not make you a failure.”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has anyone ever seen indie rock singer-songwriter Lindsay Jordan AKA Snail Mail and RESIDENT EVIL and WHALEFALL actor Austin Abrams in the same room btw 🤔🤔🤔
Indie rock singer-songwriter Lindsay Jordan AKA Snail MailRESIDENT EVIL and WHALEFALL actor Austin Abrams
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Obsessed with this completely useless Grindr ad. “Hey you wear clothes, at least sometimes? Wanna click on whatever the fuck?”
A photo of a closet bar with clothes hanging off of it, captioned “click here to continue. To continue click here. Open”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Citing myself :)
Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz. He's grinning in a suit and standing in front of a framed photo of himself grinning in a suit
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All the ads for Primetime have left me with this song mildly to moderately stuck in my head for days now
Primetime by Janelle Monáe feat. Miguel, cover art for Monáe’s album The Electric Lady
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t really have time today to take a ton of pics and fuss over imperceptible differences between them so apologies if this one seems rushed
Same pic as always! Selfie of me shirtless with one arm raised doing a peace sign
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s so funny to me that they’re like “yeah so we’re gonna leave the package either way but you can sign for it if you want. Like if you think that would feel satisfying or something”
Text message: good morning BENJAMIN, your prescription from REDACTED is out for delivery, with an estimated arrival today between 09:00 am and 01:00 pm. If you’re not available to receive the package in person, you may sign online via the link however, it is not required and we’ll securely leave your package at your address”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Overheard someone out on the street saying "If only I knew where to get a plain baseball cap in this neighborhood!" and I know just the place but there's no non-outré way to share this info
Homer Simpson looking intently out of the corner of his second story window
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For reasons opaque even to myself, there’s a curb next to a flower bed on my way to work that I always check for tiny snails and whenever I see one I’m like yayyy hiii good morning
Tiny little snail on a concrete curb! Its shell is the size of a pinhead
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is almost certainly going to be foul but CHRISTIAN GIRL AUTUMN STARTS NOWWW
Athletic non-alcoholic beer, pumpkin & spice flavor, named “DARK & GOURDY.” The can is orange with silhouettes of pumpkins and cinnamon sticks
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Hiii we know you went out of your way to opt out of this feature but are you more interested now that we're charging for it? :)"
Gmail inbox ad for Gemini: "Boost your productivity with Gemini in Gmail. Get AI Inbox, 400 GB of storage, and higher usage limits for Gemini for $0 for 1 month" with "$4.99" struck through. There's a "Start trial" button down in the bottom right
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Family (allies) was riffing on gay stuff and my dad decided to try out the word “queer”
Dale Dickey in Widow’s Bay: “I can’t say that now?” and Kate O’Flynn responding “it’s the way you’re saying it.”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Turns out I missed my first class of the academic year last night lol oops but in my defense why would you begin the semester on the Wednesday before Labor Day??
Homer Simpson in a dunce cap
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Local Greek-Indian-pizza fusion place has a sign advertising "special deals for special customers"
A cat smiling with cute blushing effects on its cheeks
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I often think “don’t these businesses realize how lazy and careless their AI ads make them seem?” and then I remember the restaurant in my neighborhood named after Frida Kahlo where they never bothered to check the spelling
Storefront for “Khalo Cantina,” including an image of Frida Kahlo in the center of the sign
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A lot about their Whole Deal just clicked into place for me
Screen shot of Elden Ring: Lady Tanith, a regular-sized person, is eating from the slain remains of Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, an immense snake-like god with a human face. Dozens of grotesque fleshy red arms reach out from his wounds. Tanith mutters "Dear Rykard, please find purchase within me."
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why are we getting clickbait on our internal employee portal lol
Website "Featured News & Updates" section with an article titled "Avoiding 3 Things in Midlife Could Lead to More Years Without Dementia." There's another article ("Cutting-Edge Procedure Preserved Octogenarian's Cherished Career") but that's not relevant to this post
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Clutched my pearls a little upon seeing him without a tie like oh Mr. Mayor how louche how risqué
Mayor Mamdani in a video wearing a button-down and a blazer but no tie
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
BREAKING:
Sign that says “SANDWICH SPECIAL”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Guy at the gym wearing this cut into a crop top oh okay
Tee shirt with THROAT printed in a silhouette of a goat
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some of the “baby” spinach in this bag………..
Screenshot of a vertical video of a cat nursing a litter of kittens in a cardboard box, but there’s a fully-grown cat nursing as well. Caption: “that is a GROWN MAN 💀”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The most recent thing I personally saw Dolly in and it's hard to imagine a role better suited to her than "literal angel"
Christine Baranski being confronted by Dolly Parton floating on a cloud in "Christmas in the Square"
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you come celebrate!!
Half a cake
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
What could possibly go wrong!
T shirt that says "Pretend I'm a Krill"
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Helping with a move today. If you’re a box you better watch out
Selfie of me shirtless as per usual but instead of doing a peace sign I’m flexing my extremely modest bicep. I also got a haircut yesterday :)
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Doing some research
181 people named Jasmine Rice in Georgia, Texas and 41 other states
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thinking to myself “wow what are the odds that I keep bumping into one or more of my gym crushes” and then I realized
The Ugly One from Teen Girl Squad saying “I have a crush on EVERRY BOY!!” oblivious to dozens of arrows flying toward her
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Got added to an academic journal article (to which I contributed nothing) and now they're asking all coauthors to chip in $250 for publication costs
Sabrina Brier unconvincingly masking concern with a smile
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Microsoft Outlook's "Search" function:
Fred Armisen in character in a Portlandia sketch saying, "We cannot get it for you. I can't reach it." regarding a book that is clearly within arm's length
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
As a pretty passive moviegoer somehow the only thing I've seen from the Year of Anne Hathaway is MOTHER MARY
Jughead from Riverdale saying "In case you haven't noticed, I'm weird."
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A man tried to flirt (?) with me by sending a screenshot of Grok praising the nude he fed into it
Ariana Grande looking distressed
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Me when I accidentally take the train that goes into Brooklyn underground instead of the one that lets you look out over the river
New York Post headline: “New York City is dead forever,” by James Altucher, 8/17/2020
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Imagine my surprise when I saw Fly By Jing in a store and learned it was not in fact a fictional product made up for MADDIE'S SECRET [2026]
Meme from Maddie's Secret: 
Maddie: "where's my Fly By Jing?" 
Her husband: "I don't know what that is." 
Maddie: "It's a brand of Chili Crisp. Woman-owned."
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Good morning! It's another glorious day here in Mamdanistan 🫡
T-shirts outside a souvenir shop, including: Zohran for New York City, the NYPD, NEW YORK with the skyline in block letters, "I survived my trip to NYC," New York City with a yellow cab, and Mommy's/Daddy's Little Meatball
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very glad that she seems healed but there are a couple men Alanis Morissette should’ve been allowed to hunt for sport
Cover art for “Hands Clean” by Alanis Morissette
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Had a dream I saw Megan Thee Stallion on the street but I politely and respectfully minded my own business and refrained from bugging her
Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers saying, "You can't even dream a whole dream, can you?" to Paul Giamatti
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Of course we have the benefit of hindsight now but this was the moment that made me think “huh, kinda seems like she just wants to be famous”
Headline: Rep. Jasmine Crockett Monetizes Viral Moment With “Bleach Blonde, Bad Built, Butch Body” Merch. Subhead: The proceeds will go toward her campaign efforts. By Demicia Inman, May 24, 2024, with a pic of Crockett
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Modified a recipe and it turned out fab!! Buuut realized later that I had actually just misread the instructions
Pete Campbell in Mad Men saying "but I arrived at it independently."
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Going back and forth with insurance and I swear the muzak goes up a key each time they put me back on hold
Collage of the sheriff in Scary Movie whose hat gets a comically bigger brim in each scene
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Honestly I should’ve suspected this huh
Veggie Tales fandom site page for the Rapscallions, three scallions in their house style. Captioned: “The Rapscallions Are The Minor Characters Of Veggie Tales The Leader Is The Tall One Then The Other Scallions. They Made Cameo Appearances Some Times.”
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Friends’ 5 year old: “do you have a wife?” Me: “oh! Um, no” Him: “are you going to get a wife soon?” Me: “I uhhh don’t think I’m ever getting a wife, buddy!” Him: “okay. Want some of my treasure?”
Assorted toy gems and coins
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Can’t stop listening to Padam Padam
Slowpoke :)
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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trimmer died 0.5 sec into grooming for a rendezvous
Old New York Post front page with BUSH WINS! as the main headline covering nearly the entirety
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