a Benjamin
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a Benjamin
@abenjamin.bsky.social
· Dec 17
A couple weeks ago I asked if you could pray for my best friend's daughter. It's been a terrible daze since we found out about her brain tumor. Of your charity, please consider donating anything you can and, if nothing else, please share this.
Lord have mercy...
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Lord have mercy...
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had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
Space Mutiny
Was quoted by my friends for years and has never once failed to leave me in tears.
Was quoted by my friends for years and has never once failed to leave me in tears.
Name your fav MST3K episode
February 14, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Space Mutiny
Was quoted by my friends for years and has never once failed to leave me in tears.
Was quoted by my friends for years and has never once failed to leave me in tears.
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”you’re all nepo babies” - god
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 AM
”you’re all nepo babies” - god
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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Did my best to explain why Pinegrove meant so much to me back then and everything that happened to complicate those feelings
Pinegrove's 'Cardinal' Turns 10
Pinegrove felt like the future — like my future, like our future. It wasn’t on the scale of the current Geese-mania, but a decade ago, a palpable excitement was building behind the Montclair, NJ group...
stereogum.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Did my best to explain why Pinegrove meant so much to me back then and everything that happened to complicate those feelings
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
A perfect mascot for these chodes
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A perfect mascot for these chodes
Harold (Bud Cort) passed today too?!
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Harold (Bud Cort) passed today too?!
So, there's a lot that points to how generally fucked up our culture is right now but uhhh wow
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
So, there's a lot that points to how generally fucked up our culture is right now but uhhh wow
A book with every bit of heart that someone as special as John Prine deserves.
I sure hope I get to enjoy a Handsome Johnny with John someday in heaven.
I sure hope I get to enjoy a Handsome Johnny with John someday in heaven.
February 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
A book with every bit of heart that someone as special as John Prine deserves.
I sure hope I get to enjoy a Handsome Johnny with John someday in heaven.
I sure hope I get to enjoy a Handsome Johnny with John someday in heaven.
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Weird tidbits like this keep dropping that make me think my imprecatory prayers are being answered
February 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Weird tidbits like this keep dropping that make me think my imprecatory prayers are being answered
Actually, this looks like shit and I don't want to be stuck in a cultural rut where we reuse the same celebrities over and over again until our brains are mush and the machines have destroyed the environment bc we won't stop pressing the goddamn dopamine button.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Actually, this looks like shit and I don't want to be stuck in a cultural rut where we reuse the same celebrities over and over again until our brains are mush and the machines have destroyed the environment bc we won't stop pressing the goddamn dopamine button.
May we all watch "Don't Trust the B in Apt 23" in his honor.
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
May we all watch "Don't Trust the B in Apt 23" in his honor.
Humanity is going to be destroyed by people who do not have the first clue about what humanity actually is.
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Humanity is going to be destroyed by people who do not have the first clue about what humanity actually is.
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Probably every country that's faced fascism has thought to itself, "surely, we have here the stupidest fascists that ever were," but I suspect it's not just American exceptionalism to think in this case it's finally true
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Probably every country that's faced fascism has thought to itself, "surely, we have here the stupidest fascists that ever were," but I suspect it's not just American exceptionalism to think in this case it's finally true
I mean this sincerely......rip
a close up of a man 's face with a tear running down his cheek .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a tear running down his cheek .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I mean this sincerely......rip
Hey, genuine question because it was posed to me this morning -
Do you think ouija boards are demonic and, if so, why?
Do you think ouija boards are demonic and, if so, why?
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Hey, genuine question because it was posed to me this morning -
Do you think ouija boards are demonic and, if so, why?
Do you think ouija boards are demonic and, if so, why?
Nearest I can tell from the deluge of information coming out every day is that Epstein was a straight up super villain who had his hand in literally everything wrong with our modern world.
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Nearest I can tell from the deluge of information coming out every day is that Epstein was a straight up super villain who had his hand in literally everything wrong with our modern world.
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor