D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I am of the mindset that the Odyssey is also a very very dark comedy. You don’t film the soldiers running away to ships almost the exact same way FIVE TIMES and not expect that. 120
Reposted by D.Michael Benson(Un)Dead Carl 🎃 @deadcarl.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It’s a powerful speech, but I think a necessary counterpart is accounts of the emancipated celebrating the Fourth. It’s essential to know the joy that comes with liberation, and what America means to those who were denied it for so long. 1283
Reposted by D.Michael BensonErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 01/07/2026There is a reason I reposted this, folks. 0336
Reposted by D.Michael BensonDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I'm having a deeply frustrating and sad time on the job market, and I would really like to feel that the things I do on my own time and dwindling dime matter, which are mostly running this public scholarship website with a bunch of resources for scholars trying to make a difference Please share it: 22512
Reposted by D.Michael BensonMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/05/2026We have friends everywhere. 321893381
Reposted by D.Michael BensonBen Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Happy #MayDay! & even more importantly, happy International Workers' Day, the holiday that led to the first U.S. Labor Day celebrations taking place on May 1st as well, as I wrote about for @talkingpointsmemo.com long ago. Continued solidarity, all! 🗃️ talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/radical...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Forgotten Radical History Of Labor DayIt’s become commonplace to complain about how the true meanings of our... 413762
Reposted by D.Michael BensonLauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026“I have a PhD in atmospheric physics. I spent a decade measuring greenhouse gases from satellites. The thing that made me good at it was reading poetry. It trained me to notice what was not being said in a dataset. Every critical decision I made as a scientist was interpretation, not computation.”theslowai.substack.comThe Humanities Are the MoatTwenty years of defunding the disciplines that teach judgement. Now we are surprised nobody can tell when AI is wrong. 23691226
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Otherwise known as Elon Musk’s worst day ever 032
Reposted by D.Michael BensonZen @dreamingzen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Sam struggled with his own weariness and he took Frodo’s hand; and there he sat silent till deep night fell. Then at last, to keep himself awake, he crawled from the hiding place and looked out. The land seemed full of creaking and cracking and sly noises, but there was no sound of voice or of foot. 1153
Reposted by D.Michael BensonLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21/02/2026"Humboldt lived and moved in a cloistered society of eager conformists, sternly held in place by the notoriously bureaucratic state of Prussia."liberalcurrents.comSpeech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for LongFierce disputation and colorful variety are often a sign of a society in good health, not terminal decline. 12813
Reposted by D.Michael BensonStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/02/2026AI is like if the only opinions you were allowed to have about aerospace are “airplanes aren’t real” and “we should give a klansman handing out cardboard wings and telling people to jump off buildings a trillion dollars.” 220332
Reposted by D.Michael BensonWilliam Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 03/02/2026media.tenor.coma black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant .ALT: a black and white photo of a man standing in a crowded restaurant . 747896
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I don’t know how to tell people but part of nonviolent protest is provoking a violent response. The point is to break unjust laws. Activists don’t assume the state will be nonviolent. 040
Reposted by D.Michael Bensonferal bat @feralhattie.bsky.social · 27/01/2026bsky.app/profile/adam... 0202
Reposted by D.Michael BensonRachel @tunesandtales.bsky.social · 25/01/2026"PEACE ISN'T WHAT YOU ASK FOR WHEN THE BOOT IS ALREADY ON SOMEONE'S NECK. PEACE IS WHAT THE POWERFUL ASK FOR WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INTERRUPTED." 115270
Reposted by D.Michael BensonBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out 378268688136
Reposted by D.Michael BensonKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 09/01/2026“He reads it. He cites it. And he makes it accessible to a national audience.” Very cool moment @historians.org #AHA26 recognizing @jamellebouie.net’s exceptional engagement w history and historians in his brilliant opinion writing. 111288190
Reposted by D.Michael Bensonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/01/2026sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard? 324260301
Reposted by D.Michael BensonAutumn Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I named my fists Jack and Aubrey, and you're about to get a Surprise! 021
Reposted by D.Michael BensonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Here's the promised longer explainer: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtfstevevladeck.com190. SNAP WTF?A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next 721206456
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025No water for Dick; the fire next time.media.tenor.coma large fire is burning in a dark room with a lot of flames coming out of it .ALT: a large fire is burning in a dark room with a lot of flames coming out of it . 041
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I’d like to wish the PVV a very merry get fucked. 030
Reposted by D.Michael BensonAndrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 13/10/2025"A liberal arts education encompasses the arts, the humanities, the social sciences and STEM. It rejects the notion that some branches of knowledge are more important than others. Instead, it emphasizes that tackling the big questions of our current moment requires cross-disciplinary approaches." 03511
Reposted by D.Michael BensonWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Many people are to thank for this, the politicians who wrote it, the advocacy organizations who lobbied tirelessly for it, me who posted about it a few times, the constituents who mobilized for their communities. All equally important contributors to the process imo. 617514
Reposted by D.Michael Bensonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/06/2025new from me!nytimes.comOpinion | Well, You Certainly Wouldn’t Call It Presidential Underreach 431676259
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Over 150,000 people in Den Haag calling on the Dutch government to do something to stop Palestinian genocide. 140
Reposted by D.Michael BensonBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better. 172161524006
Reposted by D.Michael BensonPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 27/05/2025In light of the discourse, I’m boosting a piece I wrote recently about why Democrats should focus on changing public opinion rather than chasing it.stringinamaze.netThe Tyranny of Public OpinionThe battle over trans rights shows that Democrats have forgotten the fundamentals of politics 1559286
Reposted by D.Michael BensonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The Trump administration is engaging on an all-out assault on the institutions, workers and standards that make learning and knowledge production possible, in the hopes of securing political dominance forever. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 6630191060
Reposted by D.Michael BensonDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Now this is what a Left Rogan would sound like 241253222
D.Michael Benson @dmbinamnd.bsky.social · 24/05/2025How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Serenade to Music, after Shakespeare #bookwormsat 2869
