Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 2hWe've been right on the knife-edge of the Trump Does A Hard R for the last ten years and now we are *teetering* 000
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 4h“Okay. Sure. So do it now. Right now. Three days a week for all Amazon employees. Prove it. You’ll be a god. You’ll be a legend. No? Not yet? Why not? Interesting.” 1490
Reposted by Ben NovackKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 5hThe narrative that Americans are divided on abortion is a lie to hide just how undemocratic bans are—and convince lawmakers to take weaker stances on abortion. ~70% of Deep South voters oppose abortion bans. I wrote about the implications of this:jessica.substack.comPoll: 70% of Deep South Voters Oppose Abortion BansPlus, Deep South voters are the least likely to say that abortion should never be permitted. 0414143
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 6hGuys I think I might have accidentally made a monkey's paw wish. I don't know how or when. I just. Look. I have a very, very dark sense of humor. And this - all of this - I mean it's just very - you see what I mean. Right? 010
Reposted by Ben NovackTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 25/02/2026Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix 3259922228
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 7hAlso the electric ones *literally* pull the needle toward e through powerful magnetic forces! The entire thing is one massive electromagnetic doohickey that drains toward E! 060
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 8hThis is the downside of having a lot less color hate in the game than the old days. Used to be you’d just grab a Circle of Protection Blue and go on with your day. 150
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 8hOnce again Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the truest guide to our present day. 030
Reposted by Ben NovackGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 9hActors may not want to weigh in on politics but I assure you politics will be weighing in on the entertainment industry 293063498
Reposted by Ben NovackKen Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 07/10/2026Update: 50 people have given @propublica.org their betting history from FanDuel and DraftKings so far! If you know someone who bets on these sites, send them this link! We have a browser extension that will help download their data and upload to us! projects.propublica.org/sports-betti... 010267
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 22hSame. My strictest teachers made me afraid to be curious, terrified of asking questions that might have led to better learning. 100
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 23hLegit question which service(s) would you suggest for this? 220
Reposted by Ben Novacklastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It is actually interesting to see a real life early modern Mecantalist monarch, to see someone who actually just sincerely believes that worldview. Bit odd that he graduated from one of the most prestigious business schools in the world tbh. 1736349
Reposted by Ben NovackEmily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence from a short-term rental founders.archives.gov/documents/Je... 88715
Reposted by Ben Novackbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 99139144614
Reposted by Ben NovackSenator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To all the people just now realizing that their coalition of anti-zionists contains loads of anti-semites, some of us pointed this out in 2024 and were called genocide-lovers 3745
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Im so delusional about myself that I can shoot lightning out of my butt” 290
Reposted by Ben NovackDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026As always with Rs, the sense is not so much that they deny the physical phenomenon of climate change as the presence or absence of the phenomenon simply never enters their thinking. They interact with it *purely* as a partisan matter, something libs care about. No awareness of a world beyond. 691346247
Reposted by Ben NovackIt's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why do I keep scrolling. What am I expecting to happen that hasn't happened already 501584253
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Got it, so he doesn’t really count because it was more like Dems supporting independent conservatives in dark red states than intentionally nominating a sane candidate. Makes sense. 010
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Speaking as a John Fetterman constituent, yeah, I get it. 010
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I mean, isn’t that what Arnie basically was, if you ignore him as a person/hollywood type and just focus on his tenure? (This is an earnest question, I’m not well versed in CA) 130
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’m gonna vote because, well, of course, but also Josh shapiro is about as sure a thing as I’ve ever seen in PA politics. If I was ever gonna stay home this is the year. Which is super weird! And yet! 000
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is not an original observation but I am just so perplexed by this very old men man obsessively trying to claw every dollar he can. Power I understand; a legacy, your name on every building, I get that. But who gives a damn about another dollar? What are you doing!? What a sad, small, sick mind. 010
Reposted by Ben NovackGiant Robot @encomium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The guy that got the right to repudiate Bush and the Iraq war was Tramp when he first ran in 2015. He chided Jeb and later Hillary for supporting the war, which is where the myth of him being a peacenik comes from. Dems need to learn from that and stop being scared. 151
Reposted by Ben NovackJeff @gojeffgo.com · 07/10/2026I don't need a movie about every tech billionaire to know they are bad. Also, I don't give a shit about their backstory. 1295
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So this means we need to put Barron or Tiffany in an x-wing, right? 020
Reposted by Ben NovackThe Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For you nerds out there: imagine using the Tarkin Doctrine on elections. 26214
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026CHA doubling as de facto 'willpower' and making Sorcerers all, like, super-sexy or ultra-convincing fireball machines is... kinda one of my favorite/least favorite parts of D&D classes. Yes, *obviously* the combat mage doubles as the obvious diplomat if there's no bard. Duh. 370
Reposted by Ben NovackS.E. Fleenor @sefleenor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What if all our elected officials saw themselves as part of us? What if they all jumped in front of danger for the people they represent instead of throwing us under the bus? 14914
Reposted by Ben NovackRob (the floor one) @floorisbed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026ELON MUSK: [speaking into watch] what should i say to mark zuckerberg WATCH: hello mark zuckerberg ELON MUSK: no no I’M not mark zuckerberg, i’m elon MARK ZUCKERBERG: [to watch] hello 81388208
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I mean has that grantwriting strategy been tried? 100
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oooh I misread that context very dramatically. Thanks. 100
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This whole administration has been horror or (very) dark comedy and right now, all of a sudden, it’s a fucking slapstick? What the hell 000
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oof yeah after that experience I’d change my name from Dave Cummings too. 010
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Luckey has a broad understanding of humans and human behavior, as opposed to Elon, who has read a lot of blog posts about Homo sapiens and thinks he has a good read on them. 110
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The other day I saw he was losing ground in polls and was curious how that was happening in this political environment. Guess this helps me understand. 120
Ben Novack @titlecharacter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If they released them one at a time, if they ever got one wrong it would snap the chain of success. This way they could have any amount of error and come across looking good. 081
Reposted by Ben NovackPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If the random chance of birth is your biggest achievement and proudest thing in your life, idk, what are you even doing lol. 117111
Reposted by Ben Novackjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19370121098
Reposted by Ben NovackPicard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit. 027588