D Benjamin M
@darrinmaxwell.bsky.social
Professional Provocateur, Sexual Health Counselor, New Yawker
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Really good (besides the NYC shade)
> Where are the Black men in these spaces
me and @rellyrebel.bsky.social be asking...
> Where are the Black men in these spaces
me and @rellyrebel.bsky.social be asking...
Why I Identify As A Black Anarchist...
YouTube video by Prince Shakur
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Really good (besides the NYC shade)
> Where are the Black men in these spaces
me and @rellyrebel.bsky.social be asking...
> Where are the Black men in these spaces
me and @rellyrebel.bsky.social be asking...
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Once again, Charlie Kirk’s most rabid fans seem to be old white men.
A Phoenix man calling himself “a martyr for Charlie Kirk” was arrested after threatening to shoot up a gay bar to “send a message”
September 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Once again, Charlie Kirk’s most rabid fans seem to be old white men.
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you have to admit "can you make a documentary about a contemporary subject that never directly quotes anything he ever said or did" is kind of an interesting challenge from an artistic perspective
sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
you have to admit "can you make a documentary about a contemporary subject that never directly quotes anything he ever said or did" is kind of an interesting challenge from an artistic perspective
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trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
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Would-be governor, would-be moderate Republican Mike Lawler can't answer questions, has questioner, social worker @emilyjaynef.bsky.social, forcibly removed as constituents shout "Shame! Shame! Shame!"
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Would-be governor, would-be moderate Republican Mike Lawler can't answer questions, has questioner, social worker @emilyjaynef.bsky.social, forcibly removed as constituents shout "Shame! Shame! Shame!"
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In Jeff Landry’s “Enhanced Security Zone” in New Orleans’ French Quarter, fanny packs were discouraged, ice coolers were banned—but concealed firearms were still allowed. boltsmag.org/louisia...
Louisiana Governor Flexes Power to Police New Orleans, Defying Local Preferences
Landry has used emergency powers to increase state police presence and sweep unhoused people in downtown New Orleans. Advocates worry the measures could become permanent.
boltsmag.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In Jeff Landry’s “Enhanced Security Zone” in New Orleans’ French Quarter, fanny packs were discouraged, ice coolers were banned—but concealed firearms were still allowed. boltsmag.org/louisia...
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This is very, very bad =>
🟡 SCOOP: Shari Redstone kept tabs on ’60 Minutes’ segments on Trump
Shari Redstone kept tabs on ’60 Minutes’ segments on Trump
Tensions between CBS and parent company Paramount culminated in the resignation of a longtime producer this week.
www.semafor.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is very, very bad =>
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
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and people out here talking about suing david hogg. shame.
BREAKING: Two people were killed and at least five wounded in a shooting at Florida State University and the gunman is a sheriff's deputy's son, authorities say.
2 people were killed and at least 5 wounded in Florida State shooting
A gunman opened fire at Florida State University, killing two people and wounded at least five others, authorities say.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
and people out here talking about suing david hogg. shame.
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Universities had a chance under Biden to say it was protected speech and most capitulated.
If the notion the Gaza protests were broadly antisemitic was a fringe conservative media canard rather than an idea spread by the mainstream press, would they be trying all this legally? How much are columnists talking nonsense going to cost these colleges? How many students will suffer?
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Universities had a chance under Biden to say it was protected speech and most capitulated.
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Advocate [Mar 28] -- Lake City FL Walmart fires 7-year employee w/ spotless record who tutors special needs kids in spare time after a male customer attacks her for being trans because she is 6' 4" tall. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social [HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
Walmart fires 6'4" cisgender woman threatened by man who thought she was trans
Dani Davis told a superior at Walmart that a man screamed anti-trans epithets while she was alone in the bathroom. Walmart fired her after she reported what happened.
www.advocate.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Advocate [Mar 28] -- Lake City FL Walmart fires 7-year employee w/ spotless record who tutors special needs kids in spare time after a male customer attacks her for being trans because she is 6' 4" tall. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social [HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
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So it turns out Musk offered via DM to impregnate this influencer, and when she told others he unfollowed her and cut her X income stream.
This is the guy eliminating core public services.
This is the guy eliminating core public services.
meanwhile Elon musk is paying a rando poster on Twitter huge payouts because he wants to sleep with her
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So it turns out Musk offered via DM to impregnate this influencer, and when she told others he unfollowed her and cut her X income stream.
This is the guy eliminating core public services.
This is the guy eliminating core public services.
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This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
Harvard professor Steve Levitsky has spent decades studying democracies and how they fail. He's now raising alarm bells over what he sees as a slide toward autocracy under President Trump.
www.latimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
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A physician in Texas saw patients and offered quack treatments while he himself was sick from measles. This is completely unethical.
April 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A physician in Texas saw patients and offered quack treatments while he himself was sick from measles. This is completely unethical.
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Old enough to remember when 30 campus speaker disinvitation attempts were a grave threat to free speech
April 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Old enough to remember when 30 campus speaker disinvitation attempts were a grave threat to free speech
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who among us does not remember how europe was so dead set on invading iraq?
April 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
who among us does not remember how europe was so dead set on invading iraq?
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Chairman Mao would blush
The Trump demands to Harvard go much further than anything I had seen at Penn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins
In an astounding letter, one section stands out:
"Viewpoint Diversity in Admissions and Hiring"
1/N
In an astounding letter, one section stands out:
"Viewpoint Diversity in Admissions and Hiring"
1/N
April 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Chairman Mao would blush
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!!!
Charlie Wilson announces "Uncle Charlie’s R&B Cookout Tour" with Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge
Charlie Wilson Announces 'Uncle Charlie’s R&B Cookout Tour' With Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge
Charlie Wilson has teamed up with Babyface, K-Ci Hailey and El DeBarge to announce Uncle Charlie's R&B Cookout Tour.
ratedrnb.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
!!!
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This story and the other one in the Washington Post about DOGE breaking into SSA (wapo.st/3G9JR97) made me wonder where some of the litigation against DOGE stands, and TIL something just wow (cont'd in next post)...
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This story and the other one in the Washington Post about DOGE breaking into SSA (wapo.st/3G9JR97) made me wonder where some of the litigation against DOGE stands, and TIL something just wow (cont'd in next post)...
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all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.
April 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.
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Not former potus saying Harvard has set a precedent for other universities and I have to hold myself back from mentioning Wesleyan, Georgetown law, Rutgers faculty senate, etc. What we're not gonna do is erase the Jesuits! Sigh, let me reread Elite Capture.
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Not former potus saying Harvard has set a precedent for other universities and I have to hold myself back from mentioning Wesleyan, Georgetown law, Rutgers faculty senate, etc. What we're not gonna do is erase the Jesuits! Sigh, let me reread Elite Capture.