Reposted by Ben SaufleyRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 9hI am never touching the lathe of heaven again 58825
Reposted by Ben SaufleyErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 9hYes and it's when the true customer became the investor. 64513
Reposted by Ben SaufleyToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 9hWhen you're so racist that you use openly racist stereotypes that don't even exist. 68919
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 10hWhile reading about another show I have discovered that the show Tracker is now on its *fourth season*. Didn't I just read the @defector.com article about them promoting their new show Tracker?? What happened to time 100
Reposted by Ben SaufleyDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 14hI think a lot about Biden/Garland keeping David Weiss on as US Attorney, because they didn't want to meddle with the Hunter probe. And then Garland elevating Weiss to special counsel so he could convict Hunter. And this having ZERO IMPACT on the GOP certainty that Biden was rigging the DOJ 22878118
Reposted by Ben SaufleyMacster @millhousebooty.bsky.social · 13hKrakauer wrote something in the intro to Missoula about rape being the only crime where the victim is assumed to be lying www.npr.org/2015/04/19/4...npr.orgJon Krakauer Tells A 'Depressingly Typical' Story Of College Town RapesKrakauer's Missoula looks at stories of women who have been sexually assaulted by people they know. He says rape is unlike other crimes because in other crimes, "the victim isn't assumed to be lying." 12310
Reposted by Ben SaufleyI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14hAlso, it was just a few short months ago that we were being told it would be the mark of political immaturity to deny the fact that Trump’s election changes everything. 2411
Reposted by Ben SaufleyJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 13hlisten everyone, i’m getting sick of all the criticism. this is my first blender project. i’m still figuring out how pivot points work. i am also aware that at frame 860 he teleports to fairfax along the x-axis. i’m working on it 293551342
Reposted by Ben SaufleyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14hTrump is standing like no human has ever stood before 147673201373
Reposted by Ben SaufleyMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.” 43366331812
Reposted by Ben SaufleyPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI 952508660
Reposted by Ben SaufleyLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 12479411965
Reposted by Ben SaufleyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020 19466611835
Reposted by Ben SaufleyPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"The idea that you can easily separate 'economic' and 'cultural' issues is nonsense. It’s very expensive for transgender Americans to move to blue states so they can live freely. It’s harder to buy a house in a neighborhood with rising home values if you are Black." newrepublic.com/article/2159...newrepublic.comWhy Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy. 519654
Reposted by Ben SaufleyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We can spend our lives debating the justifications (I more or less have); but we are wasting our time. What we need is a massive clampdown on the influence of money over politics, including lobbying transparency, campaign finance reform, an end to the revolving door between politics and lobbying. 11576122
Reposted by Ben SaufleyCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026YES WE ARE TOTALLY A CREDIBLE MOVEMENT WHY DO YOU ASK 2138
Reposted by Ben SaufleyMicah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026I think Trump should keep bringing politicians from red states that are suddenly in play to the oval office and forcing them to talk about how great he is let's get Ken Paxton in here 152066303
Reposted by Ben SaufleyKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Because for a lot of men and women, dominating children is the only absolute, god-like power they will ever have in this existence. 1049295
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 28/09/2026Yes yes, sports fans know: if the players are fighting in the locker room, it famously doesn't matter. Good teams fight in the locker room all the time. (also, fighting is … not … emotional?) 000
Reposted by Ben SaufleyBen Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason." 11759391278
Reposted by Ben SaufleyCooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026Oh he’s going to do the migrant caravan thing. I hope people ignore him. 151152103
Reposted by Ben Saufleynilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026if anyone asks I’m a lawyer and this is protected 1424055
Reposted by Ben SaufleyLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359731997
Reposted by Ben SaufleyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026Class solidarity.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 642162612
Reposted by Ben Saufleypost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026if you’ve known any loggers this is a minor miracle. not water into wine but, like, water into Labatt 82338
Reposted by Ben Saufleypost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026just gonna note that none of this stuff I’ve seen from Jackson this far has him using anything like a slur. he works blue but he doesn’t work dirty 1335630
Reposted by Ben SaufleyJames Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bush v. Gore on steriods 57227
Reposted by Ben SaufleyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Guy who never stops talking about trans children has thoughts about grown men who seem to be pretty obsessed with trans children 471479232
Reposted by Ben SaufleyMike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026oh no what did the nor'easter say?! katu.com/news/nation-...katu.comEd Sheeran concerts at Gillette Stadium have been canceled due to nor'easterThe Ed Sheeran concerts at Gillette Stadium this weekend have been canceled due to the nor’easter, the promoters announced on Friday. 5895
Reposted by Ben SaufleyVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jennifer was asked for one word and delivered an incoherent string of anti-LGBT bigotry because Republican loyalists experience cognition on a level somewhere a bit below that of Cleverbot 214629
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 25/09/2026I don't think any of the top 4 are bad, although I never got into BB (too bleak) or Mad Men (too bleak in a different way), just that it's always this subset of Bad Men And Almost No Women But It's OK Because We Know They're Bad shows that get all the accolades 000
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 25/09/2026I'm happy to see The Americans so high on this list, and The Night Of on the list at all. I don't see it, but I think DEVS was really underrated and I'd love to see it on here. I liked Fleabag but it seems too high; I think it's to offset the extremely "dude with red flags taste"-ness of the top 4 120
Reposted by Ben SaufleyT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It would be hilarious / amazing if AI is what finally got us single-payer 511021
Reposted by Ben SaufleyWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 25/09/2026not to single out max, who is great, but there's this interesting thing where folks on both the left and MAGA right are extra suspicious of any tech folks who profess to care about the societal impacts of what they do. i get the cynicism but i'm really not convinced the alternative is preferable 8264
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 25/09/2026That is, you could say "if you're going to show X content, you have a responsibility to filter against some level of disinformation etc" and when they use that power improperly, you could hold them accountable. But we don't hold companies properly accountable for abuses. 000
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 25/09/2026I think that's a compelling argument but those aren't the only two options. A company *could be* held to a standard of liability for what it platforms *while also* being held accountable for not doing so properly. I think the issue there is that companies that large don't ever see real consequences 100
Reposted by Ben SaufleyDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Whilst this system is very much not working for the majority of people, for the small minority who govern this system, it absolutely is working. So all of thethings that make us think of chaos and catastrophe and apocalypse are creating profits for those at the top." @graceblakeley.substack.com 27535
Reposted by Ben SaufleyJoshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#MEpolitics: This piece from the BDN editorial board reads like a sponsored campaign ad for Susan Collins, especially as it curiously claims the allegations of corruption are based solely on the word of the disgraced Navatek CEO, ignoring the myriad other evidence presented by @propublica.org.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 1165
Reposted by Ben SaufleyJoshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#MEpolitics: The difference in coverage Susan Collins receives from major national investigative journalism and media outlets compared to major Maine-based outlets is rather concerning. Local media like the BDN and PPH tend to show far more leniency—bordering on deference—to Collins.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 02311
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 25/09/2026Holy shit I had no idea the guy our government bullied into suicide for sharing free documents for free *actually warned us* about the guy our government is bullying everyone into propping of because he stole every document he could, free or not, to build a chatbot for profit 020
Reposted by Ben SaufleyRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Again, this is what Tucker says to normal audiences. To his own audience, literally today, he went on a deranged rant about, among other things, how Oswald Mosley wasn’t a Nazi. 51757246
Ben Saufley @bensaufley.com · 24/09/2026What is the -ocracy for "rulership by your most regrettable family Facebook connection" 010
Reposted by Ben SaufleyChernobyl Odinsdottir @eightpointvalkyrie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I haven't been near 4Chan in damned near a decade now, and I don't really have a finger on the pulse of the culture over there any more. But from what I can recall, if even /pol/ thinks you've gone too far with blaming minorities, you may need to rethink your strategy. 13853120
Reposted by Ben Saufleyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump stole taxpayer $$ to destroy the White House and replace it with a firetrap and too few ladies stalls. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 74968393