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Ben Jones

@drbenjones.bsky.social
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CS Prof at U of Utah. D line handler. D language evangelist

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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I assume cbs producers holding a stupid close-up of a coach for 3 seconds into a play over and over is Bari Weiss' fault
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
After seeing coyote vs acme, I sincerely hope David zaslav has a 5000 pound anvil dropped on him and he makes an accordion sound as he's folded flat
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Props to Apple for coming up with the least understandable git diff view I've ever seen!
indecipherable diff from the source control view of xcode
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
hacker news stories back to back: meta running CSAM AI ads followed by release of meta's AI coding agent
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If democrats want to win in 2026
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
static.klipy.com
Well...
Alt: well bye gif
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Utah plates
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I have some great colleagues! discuss.systems/@ricci/11655... Rob's thread about data centers in Utah is incredible
discuss.systems
Rob Ricci (@ricci@discuss.systems)
Attached: 1 image There's a lot of stuff going around about datacenters, so I decided to do a quick tour yesterday of some of the datacenters in the Salt Lake Valley. Some are indeed quite large, but...
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Utah News Dispatch @utahnewsdispatch.com · 20/04/2026
The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake expanded its clinic services, and with that came a record number of patients.
utahnewsdispatch.com
With pediatric expansion, Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake clinic breaks record number of patients • Utah News Dispatch
The Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake expanded its clinic services, and with that came a record number of patients.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026
also don’t let spencer cox’s PR team fool you into thinking that he is anything other than a reactionary
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This boys night could have been a Teams meeting
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Maggie Bale @drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
33% hospitalization rate for measles in Utah. 😳 It's a burden on families and our health care system and it's totally preventable. www.ksl.com/article/5145...
ksl.com
Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say
Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.
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Alliance for a Better Utah @betterutah.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Families, pediatricians, and mental health professionals are being overruled by politicians. That isn't protecting kids. It's substituting ideology for compassion, and government control for parental judgment.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Utah House Dem Statement on the anti-Trans bills passing the legislature
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Frankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
while you're contacting your reps and senators, tell them to demand arrests and criminal charges for everyone involved in doing this to this little kid, and their bosses, and their bosses' bosses
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Yesterday, the U.S. House passed HR 3492 by just 5 votes. The bill would criminalize gender affirming care. In 2023, Utah passed a bill sponsored by now-U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy that banned the practice. The bill called for a study & for the policy to be revisited when the study was complete.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Jaxon Fart
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Salt lake out in force today
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Come be my colleague! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188... . Our school (we're bigger than a department) is an awesome place to work. Our faculty are excellent across the board. Pay and benefits are good. SLC is a nice place to live. Happy to answer any questions
utah.peopleadmin.com
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computing
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.
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Justice for All - Truthdig
To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Maybe it wasn't a good idea for the legislature to let anyone carry a gun on college campuses?
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Lol
Email from SiriusXM "Better rides start with better news commentary"
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/07/2025
Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act in an image. ❌Health care ❌Clean energy ❌Education ❌Food assistance ❌Natural resources All slashed in order to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy.
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Six GOP governors activated the National Guard ahead of #NoKings because they claimed the protesters may be violent. 5 million of us marched. And so far all actual violence seems to have come at the hands of counter-protesters, Christian nationalist terrorists and law enforcement.
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
From me:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka. They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here's my new hobby. Seeing how many people lose their health coverage if Republicans pass their $880 billion in Medicaid cuts. In David Valadao's district 67,000 constituents lose their coverage. 67,000!
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
youtu.be/CpWeRgbPW1Q?...
youtu.be
Sopranos - He is Risen
YouTube video by Nick Spears
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Huntsman center full, already a big crowd outside for AOC and Bernie at the U of Utah
Big crowd for AOC and Bernie at U of Utah
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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This is really great www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
teenvogue.com
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Moved from a house with the cheapest induction range you can get to one with a nice Bosch gas range. Gas is so much worse! It doesn't go nearly as low or as high as the induction range
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
"Disagree Different" huh? "...Lee referred only to an earlier Tribune article about the bill. “Learn to read a bill instead of pushing dishonest click bait [sic] headlines,” he wrote in a text message to a reporter. “Go pound sand you Communist piece of trash.”"
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The kids are all right
Trans flag that says don't tread on us on U of U campus
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Congratulations to the measles virus for its victory in the US Senate today!
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Maggie Bale @drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Four measles cases in Texas over the last couple weeks - all among unvaccinated people, including two children. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
dshs.texas.gov
State health officials urge vigilance as additional measles cases are identified | Texas DSHS
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
At the risk of sounding like a shitlib: an oldies radio station dj intro'd a song he played by talking about the huge impact that "Soul Train" had by giving black artists exposure to audiences that wouldn't have heard them before. Brightened my day a little bit
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
My week just got a little less shitty!
Print edition of the onion
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Maggie Bale @drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
More fear mongering that harms public health and as always, the impact will be greatest on those with the fewest resources who already struggle to access dental care!
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Maggie Bale @drmaggiemd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Utah legislature loves taking away power from the people: this time banning fluoride in the water. utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/01/30/u... This review in JAMA Pediatrics is a good overview: there is null relationship with IQ at 1.5mg/L or less (US allows 0.7mg/L). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39761023/
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Utah lawmakers advance bill to ban adding fluoride to drinking water • Utah News Dispatch
The Legislature is considering banning adding fluoride to public water supplies, while detractors worry about public health effect.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Lol
Margaret Mead post about committed people. Fuck cyber trucks
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 25/01/2025
If you feel despair, if you feel defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you. Give them nothing. Focus on your agency. We are in a fight that we can win. 🏴🏴🏴
crimethinc.com
The Case for Resistance
In this analysis, we explore what to expect from Donald Trump's second term and how we can prepare to confront it.
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
media.tenor.com
a man with a beard and mustache is smiling .
Alt: Nicholson yes from the departed
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Shocked, SHOCKED! To hear that Sean Reyes was involved! www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
propublica.org
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Instead on focusing on how to grow our programs and serve our students better, our deans and department chairs have been asked to spend their time thinking about multiple budget cut scenarios to address an increasingly negative political environment toward higher ed. #AcademicSky
sltrib.com
University of Utah leaders instruct all departments to prepare for budget cuts — including one up to 25%
Emails from University of Utah President Taylor Randall and other senior leaders give a behind the scenes look at how the school is preparing for anticipated funding reductions from the Utah Legislatu...
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Might fuck around and mod my toddler's lite bright to power it over USB instead of AAs
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Merrick Garland's standing policy toward all Republicans
Jesse Pinkman saying "he can keep getting away with it"
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Ben Jones @drbenjones.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Broncos choked, but this is the worst reffing I've seen all fucking season. DB grabs both of Mimm's arms without getting his head around and it's not PI? Herbert grabs Coopers's face and it's a penalty on the Broncos? Bush league shit
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