Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
🟪 MBMBaM Wizard Emeritus
🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
🟧 wear ur fucking mask
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Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
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Don't donate to NPR.
This is the kind of coverage they keep providing. Support PBS if you like, but NPR slit its own throat, cried about how much it hurt and now they're trying to apologize to the knife.
Reject public radio. Embrace community radio.
This is the kind of coverage they keep providing. Support PBS if you like, but NPR slit its own throat, cried about how much it hurt and now they're trying to apologize to the knife.
Reject public radio. Embrace community radio.
Can a superstar be an actual voice of resistance? How does Bad Bunny's choice to perform at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show square with his politics of resistance to U.S. imperialism and decision to avoid the U.S. in his current world tour?
Bad Bunny, resistance, and the Super Bowl halftime show : Code Switch
Can a superstar be an actual voice of resistance? How does Bad Bunny's choice to perform at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show square with his politics of resistance to U.S. imperialism and decision to avoid the U.S. in his current world tour? We're speaking with Bad Bunny experts and authors of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance," Vanessa Diaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Don't donate to NPR.
This is the kind of coverage they keep providing. Support PBS if you like, but NPR slit its own throat, cried about how much it hurt and now they're trying to apologize to the knife.
Reject public radio. Embrace community radio.
This is the kind of coverage they keep providing. Support PBS if you like, but NPR slit its own throat, cried about how much it hurt and now they're trying to apologize to the knife.
Reject public radio. Embrace community radio.
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When you have to do curling at the Olympics at 12:00, and drive a bigrig from Memphis to San Antonio at 1:30.
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
When you have to do curling at the Olympics at 12:00, and drive a bigrig from Memphis to San Antonio at 1:30.
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DisneyAI will be down until it stops thinking this is the name of a Star Wars character.
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
DisneyAI will be down until it stops thinking this is the name of a Star Wars character.
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so the deacon just called me and he said that if someone came to him with holy water specifically that he would not bless it but naturally occurring D2O that is in regular water would get blessed by virtue of being in the H2O
do you think i could get a catholic priest to turn heavy water into heavy holy water
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
so the deacon just called me and he said that if someone came to him with holy water specifically that he would not bless it but naturally occurring D2O that is in regular water would get blessed by virtue of being in the H2O
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“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
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Over the past few decades, scholarly consensus has grown that the so-called "panic" caused by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds was largely a myth produced by a newspaper industry attacking its newest competitor and faulty research methods in a Princeton study. But these days I'm starting to wonder...
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Over the past few decades, scholarly consensus has grown that the so-called "panic" caused by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds was largely a myth produced by a newspaper industry attacking its newest competitor and faulty research methods in a Princeton study. But these days I'm starting to wonder...
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the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
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One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
One of the most sickening realizations I've ever had came when it hit me that six hundred years from now historians will be writing things like "while technically illegal, intercourse with minors was broadly accepted as normal among the American ruling class, and even a marker of status"
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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The sketchiest boardwalk caricaturist you’ve ever met seeing the "fun" kind of AI profile pictures where all your hobbies are n the background
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The sketchiest boardwalk caricaturist you’ve ever met seeing the "fun" kind of AI profile pictures where all your hobbies are n the background
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"😱 why, what's wrong with substack?? 😱"
--so many people, still, somehow, all the time
--so many people, still, somehow, all the time
Top story! My god. Might as well lead with ‘Revealed: Winner of FA Cup two years ago’
February 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"😱 why, what's wrong with substack?? 😱"
--so many people, still, somehow, all the time
--so many people, still, somehow, all the time
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The best one has to be the sign they used for the US in Sarajevo. "United States of America" is "Sjedinjene Američke Države" in Bosnian, which seems fine... except the IOC didn't start insisting on using the full names of countries on the signs until the 90s:
February 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The best one has to be the sign they used for the US in Sarajevo. "United States of America" is "Sjedinjene Američke Države" in Bosnian, which seems fine... except the IOC didn't start insisting on using the full names of countries on the signs until the 90s:
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i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
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Relatedly, because there are close to zero progressive Jewish media outlets, today's main source of video clips of Jewish events and conferences comes from a Nick Fuentes-allied Nazi, who is amplified every hour by countless “leftists.” Here’s Mehdi Hasan doing that today:
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Relatedly, because there are close to zero progressive Jewish media outlets, today's main source of video clips of Jewish events and conferences comes from a Nick Fuentes-allied Nazi, who is amplified every hour by countless “leftists.” Here’s Mehdi Hasan doing that today:
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"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."
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The homonationalism reeks. Does JVN live under a rock and not realize DC is literally occupied or are they just hot for fascism?
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The homonationalism reeks. Does JVN live under a rock and not realize DC is literally occupied or are they just hot for fascism?
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This is a fake Trump post, and the account that posted it here has been told repeatedly that it's a fake Trump post but still has it up.
That's an easy block.
That's an easy block.
February 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This is a fake Trump post, and the account that posted it here has been told repeatedly that it's a fake Trump post but still has it up.
That's an easy block.
That's an easy block.
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In the files, I am
From: [redacted]
To: Jeffrey Epstein
Subject: Yoda
Attachments: Yoda.jpg
To: Jeffrey Epstein
Subject: Yoda
Attachments: Yoda.jpg
February 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
In the files, I am
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Everyone who sees me wearing my "The Apprentice" T-shirt with smiling Trump on it gives me dirty looks.
But no one sees the back that says "I bought this before we knew he was crazy"
But no one sees the back that says "I bought this before we knew he was crazy"
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Everyone who sees me wearing my "The Apprentice" T-shirt with smiling Trump on it gives me dirty looks.
But no one sees the back that says "I bought this before we knew he was crazy"
But no one sees the back that says "I bought this before we knew he was crazy"
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It's also the world's leading producer of false teeth. There's *tons* to work with. Missed opportunities!
It's the legal successor state of the Holy Roman Empire and, if I were Lichtenstein, I would play that angle up.
February 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It's also the world's leading producer of false teeth. There's *tons* to work with. Missed opportunities!
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Czech appears to be wearing the Maryland flag.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Czech appears to be wearing the Maryland flag.
Remembered I have a tv antenna and can watch the ceremony love that way
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Remembered I have a tv antenna and can watch the ceremony love that way