Karen Dalton Beninato
@kbeninato.bsky.social
Writer, words in The New Republic, NOLA, Huffington Post, Earth Island. Nonprofit co-founder. Was publicist for legendary Dr. John; now working with badasses artists including Grammy nominated Corey Henry. Grammy mentor.
https://karendaltonbeninato.com
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Here's to all the fresh New Year's Revolutions.
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just used chatgpt to tell me how to circumvent claude's programming so i could use claude to tell me how to hack into grok which i then used to find everyone's credit card details on twitter which i will now collectively use to buy a home
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
just used chatgpt to tell me how to circumvent claude's programming so i could use claude to tell me how to hack into grok which i then used to find everyone's credit card details on twitter which i will now collectively use to buy a home
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Remember those old photos of choking smog hanging over LA and NYC in the 70s? Well get ready for that again
Beautiful way to honor him.
RIP Robert Duvall 💔
RIP Robert Duvall 💔
February 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Beautiful way to honor him.
RIP Robert Duvall 💔
RIP Robert Duvall 💔
First cops said riders of a Snoopy float were ejected for throwing too hard at federal agents. Then they admitted the opposite - Toth riders hurled bags of Mardi Gras beads at parade-goers with anti-ICE signs.
Snoopy would never.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Snoopy would never.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Thoth riders removed from Snoopy float threw beads at revelers with anti-ICE signs, NOPD said
NOPD previously said the riders were targeting federal agents with parade throws, but that information was incorrect.
www.nola.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
First cops said riders of a Snoopy float were ejected for throwing too hard at federal agents. Then they admitted the opposite - Toth riders hurled bags of Mardi Gras beads at parade-goers with anti-ICE signs.
Snoopy would never.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
Snoopy would never.
www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
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Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
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Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
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Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Lincoln 1851
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
"I am not a Know-Nothing. As a nation, we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics."
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
Interested in the women's monobob, but wish it involved everyone rocking the hairstyle too.
February 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Interested in the women's monobob, but wish it involved everyone rocking the hairstyle too.
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I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”
Maybe it’s time to call it Republican ICE. Tie every action to the political party supporting these monstrosities, and watch support peel away even further.
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Maybe it’s time to call it Republican ICE. Tie every action to the political party supporting these monstrosities, and watch support peel away even further.
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
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not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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February 14, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
There's an Olympics cheating scandal in Curling? What did they do, Straighten?
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
There's an Olympics cheating scandal in Curling? What did they do, Straighten?
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Mikhail Shaidorov becomes the first figure skater in history to go from fifth after short program.
To Olympic gold.
On a night many will never forget for many different reasons.
To Olympic gold.
On a night many will never forget for many different reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Mikhail Shaidorov becomes the first figure skater in history to go from fifth after short program.
To Olympic gold.
On a night many will never forget for many different reasons.
To Olympic gold.
On a night many will never forget for many different reasons.
This is the last time they should schedule figure skating on Friday the 13th.
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is the last time they should schedule figure skating on Friday the 13th.
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21-year-old Mikhail Shaidorov, wearing braces and skating to The Fifth Element, is an Olympic gold medalist. Extremely fuck yeah.
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
21-year-old Mikhail Shaidorov, wearing braces and skating to The Fifth Element, is an Olympic gold medalist. Extremely fuck yeah.
Ilia has a lot of healing to do after being so hyped and landing outside the top. And he's going to write SUCH a spoken word poem to skate to four years from now.
February 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Ilia has a lot of healing to do after being so hyped and landing outside the top. And he's going to write SUCH a spoken word poem to skate to four years from now.