Ben Duda
@benduda.bsky.social
Civic tech, national service, and equity. The last Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums. #FPL, Atlanta United + Bills, Sabres, and all things Buffalo.
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Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
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Ahead of today’s World Cup draw, articles in Italy’s La Repubblica & Spain’s El País on how there may be immigration raids at games & people who posted a social media message that Trump administration didn’t like could face deportation.
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
Agenti anti immigrazione negli stadi e visti blindati: negli Usa mondiali di calcio da regime
Il capo della task force della Casa Bianca: ingressi vietati ai tifosi di Iran e Haiti e controlli negli stadi a caccia di clandestini
www.repubblica.it
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ahead of today’s World Cup draw, articles in Italy’s La Repubblica & Spain’s El País on how there may be immigration raids at games & people who posted a social media message that Trump administration didn’t like could face deportation.
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
Lil Jon on the Toys R Us float
Doing turn down for what
Doing turn down for what
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Lil Jon on the Toys R Us float
Doing turn down for what
Doing turn down for what
Beautiful wet snow in Buffalo tonight
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Beautiful wet snow in Buffalo tonight
This movie is great. Don’t care what the haters say. #HolidayTouchdown #GoBills
(They are all from Smithtown or Dixie Hills … but besides that…)
(They are all from Smithtown or Dixie Hills … but besides that…)
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This movie is great. Don’t care what the haters say. #HolidayTouchdown #GoBills
(They are all from Smithtown or Dixie Hills … but besides that…)
(They are all from Smithtown or Dixie Hills … but besides that…)
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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It’s unbelievable that butterflies do this! they are too small! What do you mean you flew from Canada to Mexico you are one inch tall!
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s unbelievable that butterflies do this! they are too small! What do you mean you flew from Canada to Mexico you are one inch tall!
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Almost historic. But not….
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Almost historic. But not….
97-yd return from the birthday boy!!!
16-13 Bills | 2Q 1:43
16-13 Bills | 2Q 1:43
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
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HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️
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Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt react to Josh Allen and Gabe Davis getting their helmets stuck together...
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt react to Josh Allen and Gabe Davis getting their helmets stuck together...
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Georgia on the verge of another trip to the College Football Playoff after Texas takedown
www.onlineathens.com/story/sports...
www.onlineathens.com/story/sports...
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Georgia on the verge of another trip to the College Football Playoff after Texas takedown
www.onlineathens.com/story/sports...
www.onlineathens.com/story/sports...
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CINCINNATI! come to the BOOKS BY THE BANKS festival today at the main library if you want to talk about the afghan whigs
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
CINCINNATI! come to the BOOKS BY THE BANKS festival today at the main library if you want to talk about the afghan whigs
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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18 years old. Both parents dead. No criminal record. Locked up for weeks.
Bills custodian, a migrant, detained by ICE in Niagara County Jail
Yusgleidy Villa Alvarez, a young migrant woman from Venezuela, was hired to clean the Buffalo Bills' stadium before being arrested by ICE.
www.investigativepost.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
18 years old. Both parents dead. No criminal record. Locked up for weeks.
Drake Maye is second in DVOA against the blitz and just threw a long, mostly-YAC touchdown to Kyle Williams against a blitz.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.