Ben Kline
@benkline.bsky.social
Writer, tall, clumsy, wired, Gemini.
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE from Variant Lit.
TWANG from ELJ Editions.
STIFF WRIST from 14 Poems.
Some of my work: https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/publications/
Podcaster at https://www.youtube.com/@mlvcpodcast
IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE from Variant Lit.
TWANG from ELJ Editions.
STIFF WRIST from 14 Poems.
Some of my work: https://benklineonline.wordpress.com/publications/
Podcaster at https://www.youtube.com/@mlvcpodcast
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Put writing high quality literary text on the list of things that AIs used to not be able to do but now can do
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Couldn't happen to better people! I mean, corporations. Oh wait, according to SCOTUS they're people too. With voices. From the machine's black box.
starting to think that repeatedly sinking trillions into Silicon Valley's new favorite toy while tech companies spend millions to kill any meaningful regulation is actually not going to end well
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Couldn't happen to better people! I mean, corporations. Oh wait, according to SCOTUS they're people too. With voices. From the machine's black box.
Here's the thing:
there are A LOT of people around our country who AGREE with and WISH TO EMULATE this behavior.
Men who want to be this way; women who are ok with it. The rest of us aghast, but disenfranchised by civil society supplanted by MAGA.
THAT is why he stays where he is. Our
there are A LOT of people around our country who AGREE with and WISH TO EMULATE this behavior.
Men who want to be this way; women who are ok with it. The rest of us aghast, but disenfranchised by civil society supplanted by MAGA.
THAT is why he stays where he is. Our
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here's the thing:
there are A LOT of people around our country who AGREE with and WISH TO EMULATE this behavior.
Men who want to be this way; women who are ok with it. The rest of us aghast, but disenfranchised by civil society supplanted by MAGA.
THAT is why he stays where he is. Our
there are A LOT of people around our country who AGREE with and WISH TO EMULATE this behavior.
Men who want to be this way; women who are ok with it. The rest of us aghast, but disenfranchised by civil society supplanted by MAGA.
THAT is why he stays where he is. Our
Day to day, you can't tell if he's a Russian puppet, a crunchy billionaire sock, a Saudi cuck, it just...the grift! As much as it's about avoiding consequences/jail, it's mostly the cold hard cash.
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day to day, you can't tell if he's a Russian puppet, a crunchy billionaire sock, a Saudi cuck, it just...the grift! As much as it's about avoiding consequences/jail, it's mostly the cold hard cash.
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new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day!
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
Heimlich After I Eat Poetry Too Quickly Again by Todd Dillard
It's all coming up now, milkweed and mango, grandmothers in kitchens with their stoic spoons, crows barking in alder trees, enough dead deer to overflow football stadiums, sad fathers with their boots…
www.havehashad.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day!
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO"
"It's all coming up now,
milkweed and mango,
grandmothers in kitchens..."
https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra
A great read about an important, if not always fully presented, topic. But I think about it all the time when I'm crossing campus and see young people on their phones vs walking/talking with peers!
People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it.
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online.
www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...
Don’t blame women for men’s loneliness. Blame capitalism
There’s a lot of money to be made off angry, isolated men
www.salon.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A great read about an important, if not always fully presented, topic. But I think about it all the time when I'm crossing campus and see young people on their phones vs walking/talking with peers!
She's like a Bravo/Housewives character, has to keep it fresh for the cameras.
Also, still not buying MTG's new storyline.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
She's like a Bravo/Housewives character, has to keep it fresh for the cameras.
Also, still not buying MTG's new storyline.
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Also, still not buying MTG's new storyline.
Made the decision to give up on a full length manuscript I "finished" in early 2024, despite great feedback, lots of continuing revisions, and some of the work appearing in journals...because I reached this weird place where the project baffles me. I read it and tinker and still....a disconnect. And
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Made the decision to give up on a full length manuscript I "finished" in early 2024, despite great feedback, lots of continuing revisions, and some of the work appearing in journals...because I reached this weird place where the project baffles me. I read it and tinker and still....a disconnect. And
If anyone's wondering why our utility bills have skyrocketed...we're paying for the data centers so thieves and goons can make AI slop.
(Yeah yeah AI has some proper good uses in science and medicine, but honestly, most people are using it for total dreck.)
(Yeah yeah AI has some proper good uses in science and medicine, but honestly, most people are using it for total dreck.)
36 states have crafted subsidies for data center projects, according to Good Jobs First, a nonprofit watchdog group that tracks economic development incentives. But only 11 of those states, including Ohio, disclose which companies receive those incentives ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/r...
Most states don’t disclose which companies get data center incentives, report finds • Ohio Capital Journal
Most states offering incentives to data centers don’t disclose which companies benefit, according to a new report.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If anyone's wondering why our utility bills have skyrocketed...we're paying for the data centers so thieves and goons can make AI slop.
(Yeah yeah AI has some proper good uses in science and medicine, but honestly, most people are using it for total dreck.)
(Yeah yeah AI has some proper good uses in science and medicine, but honestly, most people are using it for total dreck.)
And Kimmy has exited the draft! LOL
Writing these gay wedding poems, I keep feeling like I SHOULD inject some politics into them, but the poems keep saying NO.
Writing these gay wedding poems, I keep feeling like I SHOULD inject some politics into them, but the poems keep saying NO.
ok lemme get back to this poem about Kim Davis at the gay wedding lol
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
And Kimmy has exited the draft! LOL
Writing these gay wedding poems, I keep feeling like I SHOULD inject some politics into them, but the poems keep saying NO.
Writing these gay wedding poems, I keep feeling like I SHOULD inject some politics into them, but the poems keep saying NO.
ok lemme get back to this poem about Kim Davis at the gay wedding lol
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ok lemme get back to this poem about Kim Davis at the gay wedding lol
That NYT story on Gaetz is quite illustrative of the core of MAGA. Their entire "for me, not thee" mentality and their immoral flexibility in the effort to retain old white men power structures.
And, it reminded me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of my youth in Appalachia, of how way more
And, it reminded me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of my youth in Appalachia, of how way more
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
That NYT story on Gaetz is quite illustrative of the core of MAGA. Their entire "for me, not thee" mentality and their immoral flexibility in the effort to retain old white men power structures.
And, it reminded me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of my youth in Appalachia, of how way more
And, it reminded me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much of my youth in Appalachia, of how way more
Tom Ford directing a film version of Anne Rice's CRY TO HEAVEN....also not on my 2025 bingo card.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tom Ford directing a film version of Anne Rice's CRY TO HEAVEN....also not on my 2025 bingo card.
He would tell you he learned that inside Granny's trailer and not the oligarch media training orgy.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
He would tell you he learned that inside Granny's trailer and not the oligarch media training orgy.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So basically, he's advising them to keep trying to coup.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So basically, he's advising them to keep trying to coup.
You just have to take one look/listen/read of the people pushing AI to know it's trash, will be trash, is unlikely to not ever be trash and thievery and racism and homicidal if we don't guardrail it five years ago.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You just have to take one look/listen/read of the people pushing AI to know it's trash, will be trash, is unlikely to not ever be trash and thievery and racism and homicidal if we don't guardrail it five years ago.
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Literally every "I think the govt is overspending" take is a really dishonest way to say "they should give that to me instead"
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Literally every "I think the govt is overspending" take is a really dishonest way to say "they should give that to me instead"
Oh wow, fixing those moderation service settings immediately caused some of you to reappear, including some Madonna people, several poets I actually know, and much more.
Weird choice there b-sky.
Weird choice there b-sky.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Oh wow, fixing those moderation service settings immediately caused some of you to reappear, including some Madonna people, several poets I actually know, and much more.
Weird choice there b-sky.
Weird choice there b-sky.
Dementia, liar, probably both.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Dementia, liar, probably both.
Talk about bonus points!
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Talk about bonus points!
I've sat with this more and it's even worse than yuck. Back home on the farm, the wives the mothers the sisters the aunts the cousins they pitched in, they helped and worked just as hard as the men. As such I do not relate to this bizarre mad menesque attitude... To this middle-aged homosexual his
re: Douthat
yuck
yuck
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've sat with this more and it's even worse than yuck. Back home on the farm, the wives the mothers the sisters the aunts the cousins they pitched in, they helped and worked just as hard as the men. As such I do not relate to this bizarre mad menesque attitude... To this middle-aged homosexual his
My third favorite Madonna album refreshed with bonus tracks and remixes and my favorite look from the era (and maybe in my top 3 M looks overall!) streaming tomorrow.
Cannot wait!
Cannot wait!
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My third favorite Madonna album refreshed with bonus tracks and remixes and my favorite look from the era (and maybe in my top 3 M looks overall!) streaming tomorrow.
Cannot wait!
Cannot wait!
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing