Ben
@beninmiami.bsky.social
Still live reasonably close to Miami.
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Police chief was just asked if students should carry their documentation on campus now that the university police has been deputized to do immigration enforcement. His answer: “that would help.”
FIU is a show me your papers campus. Sad to see this at this otherwise great school.
FIU is a show me your papers campus. Sad to see this at this otherwise great school.
Students, faculty, and community members packed our town-hall at @fiu.bsky.social to speak out against the cooperation between ICE and campus police.
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Police chief was just asked if students should carry their documentation on campus now that the university police has been deputized to do immigration enforcement. His answer: “that would help.”
FIU is a show me your papers campus. Sad to see this at this otherwise great school.
FIU is a show me your papers campus. Sad to see this at this otherwise great school.
The little, potted desert rose near my door is putting on a show. Figured its efforts at looking fancy deserved a wider audience.
March 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The little, potted desert rose near my door is putting on a show. Figured its efforts at looking fancy deserved a wider audience.
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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I don’t consider myself a good person by my own standards of conduct but it kinda bothers me how much it turns out nobody cares at all. Like, in the abstract, I feel like “you should keep your word when possible” should be a thing we agree on and it stains our honor when our country doesn’t do that.
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I don’t consider myself a good person by my own standards of conduct but it kinda bothers me how much it turns out nobody cares at all. Like, in the abstract, I feel like “you should keep your word when possible” should be a thing we agree on and it stains our honor when our country doesn’t do that.
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"But remember: the vast majority of art is not profitable. Neither are most of the things that make life survivable. Teaching, caring for elders, and helping people escape domestic violence, just to start." annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World
The Twilight of the American Passion Job
annehelen.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"But remember: the vast majority of art is not profitable. Neither are most of the things that make life survivable. Teaching, caring for elders, and helping people escape domestic violence, just to start." annehelen.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
It is a truth universally acknowledged...
Any sports fan can tell you that being a billionaire does NOT mean that you have any idea how to run a competent organization.
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged...
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DOJ "...is shutting down its kleptocracy initiative that’s recovered billions of dollars from corrupt overseas officials since 2010 and the KleptoCapture task force, which has led efforts to confiscate yachts, planes and real estate from rich Russians sanctioned over the war in Ukraine."
Of course.
Of course.
Bondi Diminishes Justice Department White Collar Enforcement (2)
The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DOJ "...is shutting down its kleptocracy initiative that’s recovered billions of dollars from corrupt overseas officials since 2010 and the KleptoCapture task force, which has led efforts to confiscate yachts, planes and real estate from rich Russians sanctioned over the war in Ukraine."
Of course.
Of course.
Need good arguments to share about why USAID is worth protecting? Here are some sound bites from Sen. Marco Rubio, who firmly supported US Aid until a few weeks ago!
On CNN we played numerous examples of Rubio praising foreign aid as vital to American interests. We also revealed a letter he wrote to Biden in 2022 suggesting USAID's budget needed to be increased to counter Chinese Community Party influence around the globe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1s...
KFile: Rubio spent years defending USAID/foreign aid as vital to American interest
YouTube video by Andrew Kaczynski
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February 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Need good arguments to share about why USAID is worth protecting? Here are some sound bites from Sen. Marco Rubio, who firmly supported US Aid until a few weeks ago!
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taking this great advice to get me thru the next 4 years and thought, fuck it, why not make it permanent.
I recommend you do the same.
Today - new jacket
I recommend you do the same.
Today - new jacket
January 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
taking this great advice to get me thru the next 4 years and thought, fuck it, why not make it permanent.
I recommend you do the same.
Today - new jacket
I recommend you do the same.
Today - new jacket
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If you have even the merest, inchoate feeling for type and album cover design, this thread will please you.
It's not Reid Miles' anniversary or anything but I just fell down a Reid Miles typography rabbit-hole and I thought you should too. [sinister Eric Alper whisper] What are your favourite typography-only record covers?
January 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you have even the merest, inchoate feeling for type and album cover design, this thread will please you.
Folks, the greatest tweet is now a skeet by the original author. Deploy as needed.
My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
January 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Folks, the greatest tweet is now a skeet by the original author. Deploy as needed.
Apologies if you are allergic to mango pollen. My yard is clearly part of the problem.
January 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Apologies if you are allergic to mango pollen. My yard is clearly part of the problem.
I know the references are dated, and Minchin is actually Australian, but for me personally, this has always been my Florida Christmas song. Happy holidays everyone.
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White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
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December 25, 2024 at 12:15 AM
I know the references are dated, and Minchin is actually Australian, but for me personally, this has always been my Florida Christmas song. Happy holidays everyone.
youtu.be/fCNvZqpa-7Q?...
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1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, but only because it was connected to the possibility of winning free food at McDonald's.
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, but only because it was connected to the possibility of winning free food at McDonald's.
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I do! They're pied wagtails, and I wrote about them a while ago. One of my favourite, favourite winter things! www.newstatesman.com/culture/natu...
December 17, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I do! They're pied wagtails, and I wrote about them a while ago. One of my favourite, favourite winter things! www.newstatesman.com/culture/natu...
Nice quality to the light this morning in South Florida, so I figured I should once again post plants. It's what my followers demand.*
*No followers demand this. At all.
Ahem... nevertheless, the closeups are jatropha (red), beauty berries (purple), and allamanda (yellow).
*No followers demand this. At all.
Ahem... nevertheless, the closeups are jatropha (red), beauty berries (purple), and allamanda (yellow).
December 5, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Nice quality to the light this morning in South Florida, so I figured I should once again post plants. It's what my followers demand.*
*No followers demand this. At all.
Ahem... nevertheless, the closeups are jatropha (red), beauty berries (purple), and allamanda (yellow).
*No followers demand this. At all.
Ahem... nevertheless, the closeups are jatropha (red), beauty berries (purple), and allamanda (yellow).
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Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.
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December 4, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.
The obvious conclusion is that my favorite genre of music is "Bands that begin with the letters L or N".
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The obvious conclusion is that my favorite genre of music is "Bands that begin with the letters L or N".
Some absolutely phenomenal, long-term investigative reporting on the completely out-in-the open, career criminal infested, ecosystem of illegal slot machines in South Florida. Some real jaw dropping stuff in here, with more to come later in the week.
SPECIAL REPORT: A Sun Sentinel investigation found that Florida is home to hundreds of illegal casinos. While some operate openly — with brightly lit signs, Facebook pages, and weekly promotions — others have been forced to operate in secret by more frequent police raids.
A gambling underworld: Illegal casinos thrive in Florida despite raids
A Sun Sentinel investigation found that Florida is home to hundreds of illegal casinos, some operating openly, others driven underground by police raids. Several owners and managers have criminal r…
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Some absolutely phenomenal, long-term investigative reporting on the completely out-in-the open, career criminal infested, ecosystem of illegal slot machines in South Florida. Some real jaw dropping stuff in here, with more to come later in the week.
🍽️ If you happen to be a giant fucking cooking nerd like me with an unhealthy amount of appliances, just here to tell you can cook turkey parts separately, and still end up with a carved plate like this.
November 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
🍽️ If you happen to be a giant fucking cooking nerd like me with an unhealthy amount of appliances, just here to tell you can cook turkey parts separately, and still end up with a carved plate like this.