BillBenda
@bendabill.bsky.social
The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal -- Vonnegut.
Blondie/Debbie Harry, rock & roll, nature, history & other fascinating things.
Blondie/Debbie Harry, rock & roll, nature, history & other fascinating things.
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Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
December 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Big congratulations to the “no new wars” crowd.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
You weren’t the only ones who willfully forgot Trump’s first term, ignored various things he and his team said in the four years after, and voted for a made up version—or didn’t vote while claiming it wouldn’t matter—but no one did it as hard as you.
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You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
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Lyme is one of many health problems caused & exacerbated by manmade climate change. A legitimate health secretary would acknowledge that.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Lyme is one of many health problems caused & exacerbated by manmade climate change. A legitimate health secretary would acknowledge that.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
We actually had a pretty good Lyme vaccine but antivaxxers lied & said it gave people knee pain (it didn’t but knee pain?) & got manufacturer to pull it in 2002.
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doesn't swing his arms like an american
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
doesn't swing his arms like an american
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
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It's pretty clear that anyone who believes that the Chiefs stadium will pay for itself certainly wasn't convinced by the math.
To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
How Kansas governor claims $4B Chiefs stadium subsidy will cost “no new taxes,” and whether this makes any damn sense
Judging from my email, the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal with the state of Kansas has set off a wave of cognitive dissonance among sports fans and taxpayers: Gov. Laura Kelly says that the ...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's pretty clear that anyone who believes that the Chiefs stadium will pay for itself certainly wasn't convinced by the math.
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One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
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Why did BS stories like the John Kerry swiftboating and Obama birtherism get into major media? Because news bosses wanted to show their “fairness.” I know this because I edited the Chicago Tribune’s first story on Obama’s birth certificate. We didn’t want to touch it. The higher-ups made us. 9/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Why did BS stories like the John Kerry swiftboating and Obama birtherism get into major media? Because news bosses wanted to show their “fairness.” I know this because I edited the Chicago Tribune’s first story on Obama’s birth certificate. We didn’t want to touch it. The higher-ups made us. 9/10 🧵
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Any left-leaning by front-line journalists is outweighed by owners and top execs of news outlets who lean right. You see this in their investment in business news vs. coverage of the environment and poverty, and in many other ways. It adds up to an over-all media picture that is NOT LIBERAL. 7/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Any left-leaning by front-line journalists is outweighed by owners and top execs of news outlets who lean right. You see this in their investment in business news vs. coverage of the environment and poverty, and in many other ways. It adds up to an over-all media picture that is NOT LIBERAL. 7/10 🧵
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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No Exit, then and now. 🔁 When an album resonates for over 20 years, the reviews speak for themselves.
The remastered & expanded deluxe edition is out now on digital, CD, and vinyl at the link in bio.
The remastered & expanded deluxe edition is out now on digital, CD, and vinyl at the link in bio.
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
No Exit, then and now. 🔁 When an album resonates for over 20 years, the reviews speak for themselves.
The remastered & expanded deluxe edition is out now on digital, CD, and vinyl at the link in bio.
The remastered & expanded deluxe edition is out now on digital, CD, and vinyl at the link in bio.
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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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There were more involved:
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
December 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There were more involved:
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
Enrico Fermi (Italy), Leo Szilard (Hungary), Edward Teller (Hungary), Eugene Wigner (Hungary), Hans Bethe (Germany), John von Neumann (Hungary), Niels Bohr (Denmark), Rudolf Peierls (Germany), Klaus Fuchs (Germany).
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If only Americans had a recent way to know how crucial immigrants were for the success of the Manhattan Project. A big Hollywood movie where a lot of the nuclear scientist characters speak with accents and talk about fleeing Europe that makes tons of money and wins a bunch of Oscars, perhaps.
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If only Americans had a recent way to know how crucial immigrants were for the success of the Manhattan Project. A big Hollywood movie where a lot of the nuclear scientist characters speak with accents and talk about fleeing Europe that makes tons of money and wins a bunch of Oscars, perhaps.
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Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
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People ask, “If the economy is growing, why doesn’t it feel like it?” Because our individual economic realities are driven less by the national average and more by the policy choices—tariffs, taxes, and cuts—that decide who actually gets the gains from growth.
December 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
People ask, “If the economy is growing, why doesn’t it feel like it?” Because our individual economic realities are driven less by the national average and more by the policy choices—tariffs, taxes, and cuts—that decide who actually gets the gains from growth.
And with chicken pox, get your shingles shot!!
You do not want shingles.
You do not want shingles.
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And with chicken pox, get your shingles shot!!
You do not want shingles.
You do not want shingles.
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An estimated 231,000 adults and 480,000 children have died this year due to the destruction of USAID.
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk threw cold water on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick of Lillian Bonsignore as the city’s FDNY commissioner, warning it would have dire consequences because she lacks firefigh…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
An estimated 231,000 adults and 480,000 children have died this year due to the destruction of USAID.
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I propose renaming Earth, “Trump.” The Trump rotates around shiny trump every 12 trumps. Each trump has approximately 30 trumps, and each of those trumps has 24 trumps. Each trump consists of 60 trumps.
Won’t be long now till someone introduces a bill
Won’t be long now till someone introduces a bill
December 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I propose renaming Earth, “Trump.” The Trump rotates around shiny trump every 12 trumps. Each trump has approximately 30 trumps, and each of those trumps has 24 trumps. Each trump consists of 60 trumps.
Won’t be long now till someone introduces a bill
Won’t be long now till someone introduces a bill
Bingo.
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."
December 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Bingo.
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Putin and his people have already said that this proposal is unacceptable to them.
"I see that happening, sure, at the right time," replies President Trump to a reporter's question about a three-way meeting including him, Zelenskyy and Putin. "I was on the phone with (Putin earlier today) for two-and-a-half hours."
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Putin and his people have already said that this proposal is unacceptable to them.
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"Z" can't get away from this scumbag fast enough.
TRUMP: President Zelenskyy walked in, he said 'This place is gorgeous!' I don't think he wants to go to the White House anymore. That's the problem.
ZELENSKYY: I'm ready to go to the White House
ZELENSKYY: I'm ready to go to the White House
December 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Z" can't get away from this scumbag fast enough.
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.