ERTBen
@ertben.bsky.social
Figuring out where we go from here. Seeking community and new ways to engage people in progressive ideas. Weather, wildfire, wilderness and front-yard gardening. Midwest-born Californian. Exvangelical.
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DHS/ICE used an Olivia Rodrigo song for a video on Instagram and after calling them disgusting, Olivia's team allegedly pulled the song for use on Insta so the video has no background music.
This is the second time she's done this - previously it was a tiktok song.
This is the second time she's done this - previously it was a tiktok song.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
DHS/ICE used an Olivia Rodrigo song for a video on Instagram and after calling them disgusting, Olivia's team allegedly pulled the song for use on Insta so the video has no background music.
This is the second time she's done this - previously it was a tiktok song.
This is the second time she's done this - previously it was a tiktok song.
Judge Wolf was a judge in ‘senior status’, so his resignation will not create a vacancy. He will be a powerful voice to encourage other traditional conservatives to stand up against our creeping authoritarian regime. web.archive.org/web/20251109...
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Judge Wolf was a judge in ‘senior status’, so his resignation will not create a vacancy. He will be a powerful voice to encourage other traditional conservatives to stand up against our creeping authoritarian regime. web.archive.org/web/20251109...
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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Axios is functionally arguing that being a white supremacist who starves children is "Christian" because they never call out republicans who campaign on being Christian for the ways their policies violate Christian teachings.
But following/ liking a few sex workers on Insta is anti-Christian.
But following/ liking a few sex workers on Insta is anti-Christian.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Axios is functionally arguing that being a white supremacist who starves children is "Christian" because they never call out republicans who campaign on being Christian for the ways their policies violate Christian teachings.
But following/ liking a few sex workers on Insta is anti-Christian.
But following/ liking a few sex workers on Insta is anti-Christian.
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Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
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Republicans immediately shut down Schumer shutdown offer
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Republicans immediately shut down Schumer shutdown offer
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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US military intervention in Latin America has NEVER ONCE resulted in democracy.
And countries that have gotten there like Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, etc. have largely done it without US help, or despite US meddling.
And countries that have gotten there like Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, etc. have largely done it without US help, or despite US meddling.
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
US military intervention in Latin America has NEVER ONCE resulted in democracy.
And countries that have gotten there like Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, etc. have largely done it without US help, or despite US meddling.
And countries that have gotten there like Chile, Brazil, Costa Rica, etc. have largely done it without US help, or despite US meddling.
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Sign the Petition
Demand The Release of Chicago Teacher Illegally Detained By Ice
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November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Can we please, for the love of Pete, blast all the genAIs into the sun? Pretty please?
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Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
There is no ethical way to subscribe to @nytimeses.nytimes.com. Get it through your library if you need something.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There is no ethical way to subscribe to @nytimeses.nytimes.com. Get it through your library if you need something.
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It’s Election Day in NYC and Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand did not endorse the Democratic nominee for Mayor. Not shocking, but insane nevertheless. Unforgivable no matter what they do next.
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s Election Day in NYC and Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand did not endorse the Democratic nominee for Mayor. Not shocking, but insane nevertheless. Unforgivable no matter what they do next.
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Wow. Democrat Taylor Rehmet heading to a runoff with Wambsganss after getting 47.5% of the vote in a +18 Trump district. More than $4 million was spent by/in support of her two GOP opponents, with big checks from Miriam Adelson and billionaire Tim Dunn.
Rehmet spent $68,000.
Rehmet spent $68,000.
In Texas 9th SD, Democrat Taylor Rehmet is leading three candidates-including Leigh Wambsganss, a well-known Christian nationalist activist who was supported by Trump, Texas GOP leaders and far-right donor Tim Dunn. The district includes Tarrant County, a +5% Trump county + bellwether for the state.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wow. Democrat Taylor Rehmet heading to a runoff with Wambsganss after getting 47.5% of the vote in a +18 Trump district. More than $4 million was spent by/in support of her two GOP opponents, with big checks from Miriam Adelson and billionaire Tim Dunn.
Rehmet spent $68,000.
Rehmet spent $68,000.
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If we play our cards right, tonight can be a turning point.
If we play our cards right, tonight can count for more than a dopamine hit.
Tonight wasn’t about blue stopping red. It was the working class stopping the ruling class, & that feels good.
But it doesn’t have to stop here. It shouldn’t.
If we play our cards right, tonight can count for more than a dopamine hit.
Tonight wasn’t about blue stopping red. It was the working class stopping the ruling class, & that feels good.
But it doesn’t have to stop here. It shouldn’t.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
If we play our cards right, tonight can be a turning point.
If we play our cards right, tonight can count for more than a dopamine hit.
Tonight wasn’t about blue stopping red. It was the working class stopping the ruling class, & that feels good.
But it doesn’t have to stop here. It shouldn’t.
If we play our cards right, tonight can count for more than a dopamine hit.
Tonight wasn’t about blue stopping red. It was the working class stopping the ruling class, & that feels good.
But it doesn’t have to stop here. It shouldn’t.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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Hmmm. Anyone think we’ll now get the punditry class to engage in weeks long debate about the need for the right to moderate and move more to the center to improve its electoral chances? …Anyone??
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hmmm. Anyone think we’ll now get the punditry class to engage in weeks long debate about the need for the right to moderate and move more to the center to improve its electoral chances? …Anyone??
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Perhaps people don’t want to be governed autocratically by the 500 most venal people on Earth after all.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Perhaps people don’t want to be governed autocratically by the 500 most venal people on Earth after all.
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“What is there to teach with respect to typing some text into a box and then mindlessly copy-pasting the output? Such a skilless relationship disregards our pedagogical commitment to foster a critical stance in our students and colleagues” — @olivia.science et al. (2025) zenodo.org/records/1706...
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“What is there to teach with respect to typing some text into a box and then mindlessly copy-pasting the output? Such a skilless relationship disregards our pedagogical commitment to foster a critical stance in our students and colleagues” — @olivia.science et al. (2025) zenodo.org/records/1706...
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If you cannot commit to voting for members of your own party you have no business leading that party
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you cannot commit to voting for members of your own party you have no business leading that party
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The officer SAYS he could "smell onions and mustard" but that doesn't mean that was included in the order.
I really do now want to know the recipe for the Felony Footlong. The Gyro We Need.
Was it a Revolutionary Reuben?
A Sub-versive sandwich?
A Combat Club?
I really do now want to know the recipe for the Felony Footlong. The Gyro We Need.
Was it a Revolutionary Reuben?
A Sub-versive sandwich?
A Combat Club?
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The officer SAYS he could "smell onions and mustard" but that doesn't mean that was included in the order.
I really do now want to know the recipe for the Felony Footlong. The Gyro We Need.
Was it a Revolutionary Reuben?
A Sub-versive sandwich?
A Combat Club?
I really do now want to know the recipe for the Felony Footlong. The Gyro We Need.
Was it a Revolutionary Reuben?
A Sub-versive sandwich?
A Combat Club?