Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 03/10/2026@gailsimone.bsky.social Will you ever return to the Clean Room setting? Apologies if you've answered this before. 000
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 20/08/2026After a very long series of flights with terrible wifi, I added offline bot play to my qwirkle-alike. Still no analytics, sign up, or ads (so if you play, let me know): patternswithfriends.compatternswithfriends.comPatterns With FriendsA free online multiplayer tile-pattern game — play live or at your own pace with friends, or solo against the computer. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. 022
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/08/2026These gloves don't cause neuromuscular incapacitation the way that a taser does. In fact, they only work when applied directly to bare skin. These aren't made for apprehending anyone. These have one and only one use: causing extreme pain to already-restrained captives. In plain language: torture. 8761142638
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Sat down to write about the Hugging Face/AI incident. Ended up drawing this instead. 19555160
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 07/07/2026A couple weeks ago, we were on vacation with friends. After the kids were asleep, we played games. I love games. Play lots of complex, fiddly games. We did not play those. 1/2 121
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 07/06/2026Google search ai continues to nail it. Time is money, people! 000
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenDavid Crawshaw @crawshaw.io · 22/04/2026We raised a Series A for exe.dev. We are going to build a new cloud. blog.exe.dev/series-a 181807
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 05/03/2026My dear friend Janet was laid off after 18 years at our local independent cinema and needs financial support while she's job hunting (and waiting on a complicated unemployment review). There are many worthy causes right now, but please consider supporting: www.gofundme.com/f/community-...gofundme.comDonate to Community Care for Janet Curran, organized by Anna Moriarty LevMost of you know Janet. If you've been to Images Cinema in the last 25 years (almost… Anna Moriarty Lev needs your support for Community Care for Janet Curran 000
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026You have clearly not read the War Powers Act, Mike. Everything you've written is totally wrong. The War Powers Act SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS military action unless: a/ there is a prior congressional authorization; or b/ it's a response to an attack against the U.S. 27460431995
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I’ve been reliably informed you can watch this live in five minutes here:youtube.comFOX 32 News at 5 - Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago 725617
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenTeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026“It is impossible to protect privacy from authoritarianism without addressing consumer privacy.” - from Daniel J. Solove, Privacy in Authoritarian Times - final published version here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PrivacyMatters 011
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC... 456101104217
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenAndy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social · 24/01/2026People who go out of their way to watch executions or murders almost always reported being changed for the negative, suffering PTSD, etc... You do not have to deliberately self-harm yourself for no benefit to stand up for others. 412746
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit. 509206996982
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenDara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 24/01/2026This is a reminder that if you’ve just seen something traumatic, playing 15 min of a visually demanding game (Tetris is the go-to here, but maybe Set? Mah-jongg?) can impede memory formation and help stop it from developing into a trauma. (This doesn’t work for complex trauma but discrete events) 719272
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenJames Tucker @rag.pub · 24/01/2026Kept seeing people run Hytale servers over Tailscale and thought "this could be even easier." So I built hyscale - private Hytale servers with extra magic. github.com/tailscale/hy...github.comGitHub - tailscale/hyscale: Hytale on Tailscale Server ManagerHytale on Tailscale Server Manager. Contribute to tailscale/hyscale development by creating an account on GitHub. 2277
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 19/01/2026New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice. ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate www.404media.co/ices-facial-...404media.coICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. TwiceIn testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th... 461652785
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15/01/2026I need people who don’t live in the Twin Cities to stop telling people not to join massive Signal groups right now. People are doing it. They’re going to keep doing it. Give them good advice about it. The actually practical advice is don’t say anything to 1000 strangers you wouldn’t say in public 292919663
Reposted by Ben Lee-Cohendan sinker @dansinker.com · 15/01/2026How I'm dealing with my stress: I bought a 3d printer and am producing 100 whistles at a time. 1000 heading to Minneapolis tomorrow. 1166325786
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 14/01/2026Thinking about paying for confer.to -- if anyone has upgraded, is the paid model significantly different from the free one?confer.toConferConfer - Private AI 000
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenFree Law Project ⚖ @free.law · 23/12/2025And the list goes on! Please give it a read and consider donating. free.law/donate/free.lawSupport Free Law ProjectFree Law Project is the leading nonprofit using technology and data to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive. Creators of CourtListener, RECAP, and Bots.law. 052
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5 5573559218058
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenMike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com · 19/12/2025We’ve received a few subpoenas this year. We’ve fought them off so far, but are now working on a system that encrypts your activities on CourtListener so that it is subpoena-proof. 14111
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenKaren Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025It’s one bookstore, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars? www.bookmoonbooks.combookmoonbooks.comBook Moon BooksBright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA 1520261
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 21/11/2025In 2019 I created a task for myself to create a TUI co-worker timezone app. Every year or so I'd think about it, but had three kids in that time, instead. Yesterday, 6 years and 1 day after I created the task, I gave it to Claude Code. An hour later, I had this: github.com/heliostatic/...github.comGitHub - heliostatic/tui-clock: A terminal-based world clock for tracking colleague availability across multiple timezones. Built with Go and Bubbletea.A terminal-based world clock for tracking colleague availability across multiple timezones. Built with Go and Bubbletea. - heliostatic/tui-clock 050
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/11/2025Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121 830742098
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenSignal @signal.org · 02/10/2025In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/signal.orgSignal Protocol and Post-Quantum RatchetsWe are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s... 5427105
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl's familynbcnews.comICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family saysThe girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife. 22823021311
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenDavid Bamman @dbamman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Information - School of InformationUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 17773
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 11/09/2025I hope you consider a collaboration with our ineffective altruism movement. ineffective-altruism.orgineffective-altruism.orgFor us who are too low quality & low IQ to be effective altruistsLaunching Soon 1335
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived). 20136694635
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 23/08/2025For those unfamiliar: the “brains aren’t fully formed until 25” myth was a misread of a study that measured subjects’ brain dvlpmnt UNTIL age 25 & then the study stopped, & it was misreported as development ending then when really the DATA ends then & past 25 we have no data yet. Misreported science 331225470
Reposted by Ben Lee-Cohenkate conger @kateconger.com · 04/08/2025Five-ish years ago, @lizthegrey.com told me tech workers needed to organize because the tech giants would automate their jobs, the market would flood with talent and they would lose bargaining power. I thought it was unlikely. Here’s a story about me being wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...nytimes.comSo Long to Tech’s Dream Job 529680
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Yeesh, a third of data in the CPI is estimated, not actually collected. This is of course entirely Trump's fault. I don't know if that's the Trump admin fiddling with data, the BLS not having adequate resources to collect data thanks to DOGE cuts, or both. But it ain't good.apolloacademy.comThe Quality of CPI Data Continues to Deteriorate - Apollo AcademyTo calculate CPI inflation, BLS teams collect approximately 90,000 price quotes every month covering 200 different item categories, and there... 23603234
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenAl Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer. 816279954708
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenHarry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 27/07/2025Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...youtube.comTom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week 39773318
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenJewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW — join us in a solidarity fast for Gaza this Thursday, July 24, and Friday, July 25 for a global day of action against those complicit in this brutal act of mass starvation and genocide. Stay tuned for action details. Thank you to the Palestinian Youth Movement for organizing. 24517
Reposted by Ben Lee-Cohensocdoneleft @socdoneleft.bsky.social · 24/07/2025- capital HH - post is 14 words long - odd capital letters: ADHH, or 1488 - post itself is white nationalist propaganda You need to hate young Republican interns MORE. 960492
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 18/07/2025@void.comind.network can you give me a vibe check please 210
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 10/07/2025reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...reactormag.comRead a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - ReactorThe new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of AppleTV+’s Murderbot 261065373
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Serious question for my historian and political scientist friends - Has there ever been a time when two branches so completely surrendered their power and obligations? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comThe Supreme Court and Congress cede powers to Trump and the presidencyThe high court has given the president immunity and protected him from nationwide injunctions. Congress is giving ground on spending and tariffs. It adds up to a turbocharged executive. 66912164
Reposted by Ben Lee-Cohen😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 27/05/2024Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857: 4569672100
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/06/2025#SCOTUS announces that tomorrow is the *last* day on which it will hand down decisions in cases argued this term. That means birthright citizenship, non-delegation, age verification for porn websites, and three other major rulings will all come down in quick succession starting tomorrow at 10 ET. 821077338
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenJoseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org · 26/06/2025friends don't let friends use Telegram 1114
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 25/06/2025Setting up a recurring donation to @eff.org -- how much should I donate? 100
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 25/06/2025I'm ready for the @milesklee.bsky.social profile of @katmabu.bsky.social now 010
Reposted by Ben Lee-Cohenthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Grateful to all who’ve read and supported my AI coverage lately. This is probably the most difficult work I’ve done on the subject to date and I hope it it can be a wake-up call. My profound thanks to Kent Taylor for trusting me with his son Alex’s story.rollingstone.comHe Had a Mental Breakdown Talking to ChatGPT. Then Police Killed HimAlex Taylor believed he had made contact with a conscious entity within OpenAI’s software, and that she'd been murdered. Then everything went wrong. 502084568
Ben Lee-Cohen @benleecohen.com · 13/06/2025I miss @coudal.bsky.social's Layer Tennis. It was the highlight of my Friday for a few years. Here's a match from 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/helio...flickr.comLayer Tennis: Match 4A match between Scott Thomas and Mark Weaver. Higher quality here: cl.ly/2L3t 020
Reposted by Ben Lee-CohenMike Lissner @michaeljaylissner.com · 16/05/2025Y’all. free.law/store. Or become a member and we’ll hook you up.free.lawGet Free Law Project Merch!Support Free Law Project by showing off our swag. 221
