Ben
@burriscommaben.bsky.social
Improv guy
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Person with a real job, family, set of feelings
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Avid podcast consumer, famously lactose intolerant
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Person with a real job, family, set of feelings
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Avid podcast consumer, famously lactose intolerant
Lord don't give him an empanada
I know y'all are going to have opinions about this... Syracuse's Donnie Freeman removes the crust from an Uncrustable
February 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Lord don't give him an empanada
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this is the kind of thing the label "independent thinker" should actually apply to
I know y'all are going to have opinions about this... Syracuse's Donnie Freeman removes the crust from an Uncrustable
February 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
this is the kind of thing the label "independent thinker" should actually apply to
I had the thought "it would be ironic if Vance and his family got detained by some Italian version of ICE"
but then I got stuck on the fact that the Italian version of ICE would have the name Italian ICE and now I'm just hungry for one of these
but then I got stuck on the fact that the Italian version of ICE would have the name Italian ICE and now I'm just hungry for one of these
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I had the thought "it would be ironic if Vance and his family got detained by some Italian version of ICE"
but then I got stuck on the fact that the Italian version of ICE would have the name Italian ICE and now I'm just hungry for one of these
but then I got stuck on the fact that the Italian version of ICE would have the name Italian ICE and now I'm just hungry for one of these
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If I were a billionaire yes I would occasionally swim in my money, but I would also spend most of my time going on adventures with my grandnephews and my below-average IQ pilot
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 AM
If I were a billionaire yes I would occasionally swim in my money, but I would also spend most of my time going on adventures with my grandnephews and my below-average IQ pilot
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Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
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Republicans in December 2024: You have one month, degenerates😈
Republicans in February 2026: When the left tells us to "cry more," this is an example of comedy that isn't funny because it "punches down"
Republicans in February 2026: When the left tells us to "cry more," this is an example of comedy that isn't funny because it "punches down"
February 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Republicans in December 2024: You have one month, degenerates😈
Republicans in February 2026: When the left tells us to "cry more," this is an example of comedy that isn't funny because it "punches down"
Republicans in February 2026: When the left tells us to "cry more," this is an example of comedy that isn't funny because it "punches down"
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The result of President Trump posting a racist video is that the only Black Republican Senator is going to be forced out of his leadership position.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The result of President Trump posting a racist video is that the only Black Republican Senator is going to be forced out of his leadership position.
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VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
February 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
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this is very funny www.foxnews.com/media/jd-van...
JD Vance should have been sold by his mother for drugs, NYT columnist says
New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie suggested Vice President JD Vance's mother was reasonable when attempting to sell him for drugs during his childhood.
www.foxnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
this is very funny www.foxnews.com/media/jd-van...
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The presidential oath of office includes a vow to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution, but this one is literally mocking other leaders for doing just that.
Trump on Minnesota: "If we didn't have to fight this horrible governor and this horrible fake mayor -- Frey. 'This is the Constitution of the United States.' People don't want to be mugged!"
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The presidential oath of office includes a vow to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution, but this one is literally mocking other leaders for doing just that.
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Pedo Spartacus
February 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Pedo Spartacus
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OMG. He literally went with "they were no angels" which is the mocking phrase people use to point out how authorities try to minimize their law enforcement executions. And he's using it earnestly because he doesn't realize how it's actually used.
Trump on Alex Pretti and Renee Good: "He was not an angel and she was not an angel. You know, you look at some tapes."
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
OMG. He literally went with "they were no angels" which is the mocking phrase people use to point out how authorities try to minimize their law enforcement executions. And he's using it earnestly because he doesn't realize how it's actually used.
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The Trump era exposed how badly Congress erred over decades by granting the president emergency powers in certain situations while also making the president the one who decides when we’re in those situations.
ICE can’t mask except when ICE’s boss says it’s necessary? Repeating that same mistake.
ICE can’t mask except when ICE’s boss says it’s necessary? Repeating that same mistake.
"except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances" is a big enough loophole for a family of elephants to walk through. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats Ease Up On 1 Of Their Biggest ICE Demands
Masks might still be OK in "extraordinary and unusual circumstances," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
www.huffpost.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The Trump era exposed how badly Congress erred over decades by granting the president emergency powers in certain situations while also making the president the one who decides when we’re in those situations.
ICE can’t mask except when ICE’s boss says it’s necessary? Repeating that same mistake.
ICE can’t mask except when ICE’s boss says it’s necessary? Repeating that same mistake.
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The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’
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Trump Scolds Female Reporter For Being Adult
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Trump Scolds Female Reporter For Being Adult
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I am tired of bending into knots to understand the evolution and motivation and pathos of men who hurt people.
There's a line from a Doubleclicks song that I come back to:
"I don’t care if you are happy now
I just hope that you are victimless"
There's a line from a Doubleclicks song that I come back to:
"I don’t care if you are happy now
I just hope that you are victimless"
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I am tired of bending into knots to understand the evolution and motivation and pathos of men who hurt people.
There's a line from a Doubleclicks song that I come back to:
"I don’t care if you are happy now
I just hope that you are victimless"
There's a line from a Doubleclicks song that I come back to:
"I don’t care if you are happy now
I just hope that you are victimless"
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
Honestly: good.
Better than making everyone go through extra security just for him to make a big indignant walkout.
Better than making everyone go through extra security just for him to make a big indignant walkout.
Trump claimed he’s skipping the Super Bowl because it’s “too far away.” Privately, Trump’s advisers warned he would likely get booed if he went to Sunday’s big game, sources tell Zeteo.
Read the latest from @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-supe...
Read the latest from @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-supe...
The Real Reason Trump Is Skipping the Super Bowl on Sunday
Trump claimed the big game is ‘too far away.’ Privately, his advisers warned he’d likely get booed if he went, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Honestly: good.
Better than making everyone go through extra security just for him to make a big indignant walkout.
Better than making everyone go through extra security just for him to make a big indignant walkout.
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One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
Hello?
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I think all these men who benefited financially from proximity to Epstein POST CONVICTION OF PEDOPHILIA should have to pay reparations to his victims, whether they abused women and children or not.
They all knew what was going on, and help legitimize him with their association.
They all knew what was going on, and help legitimize him with their association.
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I think all these men who benefited financially from proximity to Epstein POST CONVICTION OF PEDOPHILIA should have to pay reparations to his victims, whether they abused women and children or not.
They all knew what was going on, and help legitimize him with their association.
They all knew what was going on, and help legitimize him with their association.
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"I bought it before he went crazy!"
You bought your Tesla before the end of apartheid?
You bought your Tesla before the end of apartheid?
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
"I bought it before he went crazy!"
You bought your Tesla before the end of apartheid?
You bought your Tesla before the end of apartheid?
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Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?