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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Wonder if Alito retires in November if Dems win the Senate.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've thought it would be great if Ganz did a version of When the Clock Broke, but for the GWB/Obama period.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes exactly, and relying on in-house engineers etc. rather than outside consultants would make that easier

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The "Believe" poster is just too on the nose for something this naive

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Unless he becomes a citizen! Taking in American talent is pretty suitable to the climate, too

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Same. I never want to see Tennessee, Michigan, Alabama, LSU, USC, etc. in black or gray

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

wtf this is how I learned that Brooks Bros no longer ships to Canada

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'll never understand teams with classic, beautiful uniforms like Tennessee doing this

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have an alert set for whenever someone wants to say a Globe op-ed is stupid, it's the least I could do

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wes Moore in Maryland? And I don't know how involved the governor's office is, but California is doing some great stuff in SF, LA, and Orange County, not to mention CAHSR.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've always thought "they don't give a shit about you" would be our best message, and something that all other messages (corruption, war, inflation, tariffs) can fit into

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Still not what Socratic questioning is

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Are you checking out the UBC museum of anthropology? It's so cool

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Cathie Wood is never wrong though

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm strongly anti-jerking off over Trump in general, but I do think it's worth being clear that the midterms won't help, Trump's unpopularity doesn't constrain him, and an intervening Dem admin can't do much to prevent this happening again.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is sort of a weirdargument, since "mandate" isn't a term with a broadly accepted meaning, political scientists think such a thing is fake, etc. But doesn't the ultimate point--it only took a bit of inflation for America to hand the presidency and Congress to dipshits--stand?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The flip side of this flip side is that people can see polls showing Republicans being negatively polarized against Canada, so even a term of President Pritzker won't stop the next MAGA administration from doing all of this again

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is the future liberals want

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I remember an uber driver in Chicago who'd moved from Lagos only a few years before getting absolutely heated about the bears taking so long to fire Matt Eberflus

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The NYT stories about Polymarket really demonstrate how clearly the industry has captured the agency, which was clear to everyone there as soon as Pham took over. Sad.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It'll be interesting to see where SCOTUS lands on preemption. Old school conservatives would hate the federalism implications, ACB's version of major questions should kill it, but they're all full of shit, sooooo

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Insane that they can't see kids rooting for UT in ridiculous cowboy hats and overalls as anything but a huge cultural victory

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hell, just abandoning the CFTC's stupid preemption position would cut them down to size

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Before Kanye went MAGA, I would have included "Home" (the John Legend version) on this list too

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is up there with "Sweet Home Chicago" as the city's anthem

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think he mentions spending time in LaGrange and Opelika, Alabama, which is REALLY country

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

trying to make new friends as an adult

Amy Adams in Arrival holding the white board that says HUMAN while she's trying to communicate with aliens

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Growing up with Cajuns in south Louisiana I heard a lot of unique takes on French names, it's fun

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Apparently they're very popular in China?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Does that mean they expect rate hikes soon?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Interesting, thanks. I always assumed aligning pharma/auto regs would help, but I hadn't considered building codes, too.

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is that a national standard, or province-by-province?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

But that's what all markets do?? What even is the thought here--supply and demand doesn't work for stuff that's really expensive?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You'd never know anything was happening with Lane from reading ATVS

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Loved this game so much, great call

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's also sort of nuts because the structure doesn't matter to how easy it is to get rid of it. The trump admin isn't spending appropriated money! Like, what other realistic way could the money going out have been guaranteed in the face of this administration?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Got it. I liked to poke around in some of the smaller ag markets when I was at the CFTC and was always curious about all the different, thinly traded fertilizer contracts

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What fertilizer futures are you trading?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You should call her, saying something this outlandish might be code that she's being robbed

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As a recent arrival I have no idea how to judge this stuff. Was "stubborn" a real Canadian stereotype?

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oh I know it's important, I just get sad that anyone has to know what Ohio is

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Multiple Canadians have asked me if I think Dems can win the Ohio senate race

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Ben Sedrish @bsedrish.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oh yeah, the guy who packed the court bc he was mad about an anti-gerrymandering decision in *utah* is healing politics. You really are the perfect Atlantic writer

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