Ben
@bennessee.bsky.social
🌿🚩 ecosocialist
🦠🧬 microbiologist
🌎📍Knoxville
electronic music 🎛🔊 @dialecticsines.bsky.social
disco jockey 🪩🎧
@deejayba.bsky.social
🦠🧬 microbiologist
🌎📍Knoxville
electronic music 🎛🔊 @dialecticsines.bsky.social
disco jockey 🪩🎧
@deejayba.bsky.social
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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grok how to undermine employee
grok how to undermine wife
grok how to undermine son
grok how to undermine wife
grok how to undermine son
Krafton CEO allegedly asked AI to "brainstorm ways to avoid paying" earnout bonus to Subnautica 2 devs www.eurogamer.net/krafton-ceo-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
grok how to undermine employee
grok how to undermine wife
grok how to undermine son
grok how to undermine wife
grok how to undermine son
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He walked so Zohran could fly
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
He walked so Zohran could fly
Thank you for debtmaxing to continue rotting everyone’s brain Mr. Zuckerberg, we couldn’t do it without you
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Meta readies $25bn bond sale as soaring AI costs trigger stock sell-off
Social media group sheds $200bn in market value as Mark Zuckerberg’s investment plans spook investors
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October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you for debtmaxing to continue rotting everyone’s brain Mr. Zuckerberg, we couldn’t do it without you
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by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
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i love women
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i love women
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NEW for @washingtonpost.com:
Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”
Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”
Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules
After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
NEW for @washingtonpost.com:
Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”
Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”
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Hamburger, help thyself
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Hamburger, help thyself
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portland frog you smoke too tough. your swag too different. your rubber suit is too bad. they’ll kill you portland frog
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
portland frog you smoke too tough. your swag too different. your rubber suit is too bad. they’ll kill you portland frog
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Around this time of year, brits will wear ‘poppies’ out of deep respect for the international heroin trade
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Around this time of year, brits will wear ‘poppies’ out of deep respect for the international heroin trade
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if you’re a victim of a girlboss crash out you may be entitled to financial compensation
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
if you’re a victim of a girlboss crash out you may be entitled to financial compensation
let’s bring back “get a life”
“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6
Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune
From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.
trib.al
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
let’s bring back “get a life”
let’s go Memphis Tigers 🫡 🐅
October 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
let’s go Memphis Tigers 🫡 🐅
I hate this.
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I hate this.
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kermit in the streets, miss piggy in the sheets
i feel in most relationships one partner is miss piggy and one partner is kermit. it's important to understand which one you are
September 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
kermit in the streets, miss piggy in the sheets
don’t like how many people are becoming anti-social degenerates this year
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
don’t like how many people are becoming anti-social degenerates this year
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poor hank jr…like half his songs are For The Last Time I Am Not My Daddy and the other half are Gotdamn Do I Love (Blacking Out)
September 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
poor hank jr…like half his songs are For The Last Time I Am Not My Daddy and the other half are Gotdamn Do I Love (Blacking Out)
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"school shooting industry"
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"school shooting industry"
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Israel just bombed the flotilla boat that Greta (and the rest of the original Madleen crew) were sailing on, as it was docked in Tunis to set sail tomorrow for Gaza.
September 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Israel just bombed the flotilla boat that Greta (and the rest of the original Madleen crew) were sailing on, as it was docked in Tunis to set sail tomorrow for Gaza.
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The inflation rate looks alarming in nominal dollars, but after adjusting for inflation, the real inflation rate remains a steady 0.00%/yr.
September 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The inflation rate looks alarming in nominal dollars, but after adjusting for inflation, the real inflation rate remains a steady 0.00%/yr.
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On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
August 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀
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Hey congrats to everyone who took the soft anti-vaccine stance of “mRNA vaccines aren’t 100% effective and aren’t useful against future variants so the mRNA vaccines aren’t good, we need to mask forever”, your stance has been noted by RFK Jr. to kill mRNA technology in America.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey congrats to everyone who took the soft anti-vaccine stance of “mRNA vaccines aren’t 100% effective and aren’t useful against future variants so the mRNA vaccines aren’t good, we need to mask forever”, your stance has been noted by RFK Jr. to kill mRNA technology in America.