Ben Ellman
@heybellman.bsky.social
Radio Producer / Reporter for the likes of Engadget, NPR, Digiday, and maybe you!
Probably sent you an invite to NYC Radio Club.
I treat this site like a sassy LinkedIn™ for media people
Probably sent you an invite to NYC Radio Club.
I treat this site like a sassy LinkedIn™ for media people
Fork found in kitchen
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Fork found in kitchen
“They’re four tenths back, I don’t know how how they can make this up” I say with Cheeto crumbs on my face
February 18, 2026 at 1:37 AM
“They’re four tenths back, I don’t know how how they can make this up” I say with Cheeto crumbs on my face
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
hoo boy this could be a sign
Apple says it will bring "advanced video capabilities" to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
hoo boy this could be a sign
Sir Dead of Ass
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Sir Dead of Ass
Straight up this sounds like misogyny the long way
I replied with "no we need to get into that because one of my rules is that I don't have conversations with people who don't posit my humanity as an axiom of the conversation. So I'm going to invite you to believe for the purpose of this hour that I have just as much internal life as you do."
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February 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Straight up this sounds like misogyny the long way
This episode of PTFO starts with Remnick looking around the studio saying "this is quite zippy!" and I can't wait to listen to the rest
David Remnick and Ezra Edelman on the Melania "Movie" and a Killing at The Washington Post | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This episode of PTFO starts with Remnick looking around the studio saying "this is quite zippy!" and I can't wait to listen to the rest
The unredacted Epstein files must be diabolical
Breaking news: The EPA rescinded a landmark legal opinion underpinning a wave of federal policies aimed at climate change.
In scrapping the policy, the EPA will seek to erase limits on emissions from cars, power plants and other industries.
In scrapping the policy, the EPA will seek to erase limits on emissions from cars, power plants and other industries.
Trump repeals landmark legal policy underpinning key climate rules
The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The unredacted Epstein files must be diabolical
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NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4643ERt
NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs
Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump’s import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4643ERt
An Instagram post by Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights city councilman Chi Ossé
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
An Instagram post by Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights city councilman Chi Ossé
What Is Tayne? Cinco Identity Generator Doesn't Know, Either
Tim and Eric - Celery Man
YouTube video by Twinfold11
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February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
What Is Tayne? Cinco Identity Generator Doesn't Know, Either
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I'm going to become the joker www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/most...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I'm going to become the joker www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/most...
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A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay
This is what he looks like, btw
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
This is what he looks like, btw
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What a moment to be a Bard alum... this letter also came just 10 days after a gala invite to celebrate Botstein's 50 years at Bard, and each ticket costs at minimum $1000...
February 10, 2026 at 6:55 PM
What a moment to be a Bard alum... this letter also came just 10 days after a gala invite to celebrate Botstein's 50 years at Bard, and each ticket costs at minimum $1000...
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appreciate that curlers all yell CURL while curling, helps you remember what you’re watching
February 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
appreciate that curlers all yell CURL while curling, helps you remember what you’re watching
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I love to see this meme going around. I absolutely didn’t notice when I watched it on TV years ago that he’s holding two skateboards. Have to give credit to my producer Kevin, who I’m 80% sure gave this to me as a “I have an idea for one more thing” after we were done.
February 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I love to see this meme going around. I absolutely didn’t notice when I watched it on TV years ago that he’s holding two skateboards. Have to give credit to my producer Kevin, who I’m 80% sure gave this to me as a “I have an idea for one more thing” after we were done.
In 2014 PBS ran a documentary by Whitney Dow called The Whiteness Project that interviewed 1000 people from different ethnic and class backgrounds about about how they felt about being white in the American context.
People on the bird app *thoroughly* clowned on it
People on the bird app *thoroughly* clowned on it
Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
In 2014 PBS ran a documentary by Whitney Dow called The Whiteness Project that interviewed 1000 people from different ethnic and class backgrounds about about how they felt about being white in the American context.
People on the bird app *thoroughly* clowned on it
People on the bird app *thoroughly* clowned on it
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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on benito, and america
The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican rapper’s performance wasn’t a crossover event. It was something better.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
on benito, and america
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It would be perfect karmic retribution if the Patriots suffered a loss from 1000 field goals
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It would be perfect karmic retribution if the Patriots suffered a loss from 1000 field goals
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me with 2 years of spanish study when I recognize a word during Benito's halftime performance
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
me with 2 years of spanish study when I recognize a word during Benito's halftime performance
It would be perfect karmic retribution if the Patriots suffered a loss from 1000 field goals
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It would be perfect karmic retribution if the Patriots suffered a loss from 1000 field goals
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do you mind if a wh🧔🏻♂️te boy talks a little algospeak
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
do you mind if a wh🧔🏻♂️te boy talks a little algospeak