Ben Klaus
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Fun interactive glow-up of my favorite social media platform @letterboxd.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Why the Future of the Movies Lives on Letterboxd (Gift Article)
The entertainment industry is in crisis, but a social platform for film enthusiasts is thriving. Is it changing the way we watch?
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Fun interactive glow-up of my favorite social media platform @letterboxd.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NCAR supercomputer center set to get cut = another example of something that'll make your weather forecasts - and yes, your weather apps - tangibly worse with less data.
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
NCAR supercomputer center set to get cut = another example of something that'll make your weather forecasts - and yes, your weather apps - tangibly worse with less data.
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And he turned out so normal!
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
And he turned out so normal!
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Btw "cabrón" is such a great word. As as a noun it's an insult, as direct address it's affectionate, and as an adjective it basically means "the shit"
Language is beautiful!!!
Language is beautiful!!!
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Btw "cabrón" is such a great word. As as a noun it's an insult, as direct address it's affectionate, and as an adjective it basically means "the shit"
Language is beautiful!!!
Language is beautiful!!!
Fun little Easter egg on Bad Bunny songs in Spotify
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Fun little Easter egg on Bad Bunny songs in Spotify
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in the 90s this movie would already be in production
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
in the 90s this movie would already be in production
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They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show.
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show.
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).
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I do find it confounding that the NYT spent ages repeating the negativity about San Francisco and then, you know, comes to San Francisco and is like … huh, it’s actually pretty nice! Yes! Thats what we’ve been saying! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I do find it confounding that the NYT spent ages repeating the negativity about San Francisco and then, you know, comes to San Francisco and is like … huh, it’s actually pretty nice! Yes! Thats what we’ve been saying! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
@jvl.bsky.social in which @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social shares your Maduro theory:
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
@jvl.bsky.social in which @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social shares your Maduro theory:
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...
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Media, journalism, and the press are not interchangeable terms. Yet they are bound up with one another.
Media is the attention industry
Journalism is a social practice
The press is a key institution in a democracy
Put it all together: Journalists who work in the media carry forward "the press." 9/
Media is the attention industry
Journalism is a social practice
The press is a key institution in a democracy
Put it all together: Journalists who work in the media carry forward "the press." 9/
February 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Media, journalism, and the press are not interchangeable terms. Yet they are bound up with one another.
Media is the attention industry
Journalism is a social practice
The press is a key institution in a democracy
Put it all together: Journalists who work in the media carry forward "the press." 9/
Media is the attention industry
Journalism is a social practice
The press is a key institution in a democracy
Put it all together: Journalists who work in the media carry forward "the press." 9/
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Grim timeline, good moment to remind people a car is not a flar.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Grim timeline, good moment to remind people a car is not a flar.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Journalism! The way you always wanted it to be.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Journalism! The way you always wanted it to be.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DT_zBaIgAxR/
Not kidding. It has almost everything. Plain speaking. Respect for your eyes and ears. Exact quote: "That was a lie." Lots of context. Dead on in their editing. Truth to power. And more.
Via @froomkin.bsky.social
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Has Tim Cook posted his review of MELANIA on Letterboxd yet
January 26, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Has Tim Cook posted his review of MELANIA on Letterboxd yet
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This is so stupid and crazy it wouldn’t have passed muster in the Veep writer’s room. Also demonstrates that they’d be insane to share any real intel with Patel.
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This is so stupid and crazy it wouldn’t have passed muster in the Veep writer’s room. Also demonstrates that they’d be insane to share any real intel with Patel.
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
OK can we please stop with the annual lookbacks? This is insane:
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 PM
OK can we please stop with the annual lookbacks? This is insane:
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this is just conservatism, no understanding of the systems they benefit from and constant false victimhood
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
this is just conservatism, no understanding of the systems they benefit from and constant false victimhood
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A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
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Thank you @letterboxd.social for the amazing Easter egg after my Bugonia review! 💯
January 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Thank you @letterboxd.social for the amazing Easter egg after my Bugonia review! 💯