Ben Mangefrida
@mangefrida.com
Currently in Pittsburgh, formerly in DC.
I like making my coffee, reading my books, sometimes using my fireplace
I like making my coffee, reading my books, sometimes using my fireplace
How I learned to stop worrying and love sawdust in my bread
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How I learned to stop worrying and love sawdust in my bread
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Imagine being a construction worker, showing up to work, and your boss is like "I need you to tear down the white house"
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Imagine being a construction worker, showing up to work, and your boss is like "I need you to tear down the white house"
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watching kimmel tomorrow
September 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
watching kimmel tomorrow
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No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
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Suspect the place we really went off the rails as a country was 1864 when we didn't bar from government every single member of the Confederate government and army without exception, seize 100% of Confederate property to give to formerly enslaved people, and muster a Black-led army to defend it all.
February 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Suspect the place we really went off the rails as a country was 1864 when we didn't bar from government every single member of the Confederate government and army without exception, seize 100% of Confederate property to give to formerly enslaved people, and muster a Black-led army to defend it all.
vaxxed?
BREAKING: Debris seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight
January 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
vaxxed?
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On Christmas Eve 1855 enslaved teenagers from Loudon County, Virginia fended off slave patrollers as they made their escape to freedom in Philadelphia. This image, “A Bold Stroke for Freedom,” is housed in the Library of Congress.
December 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
On Christmas Eve 1855 enslaved teenagers from Loudon County, Virginia fended off slave patrollers as they made their escape to freedom in Philadelphia. This image, “A Bold Stroke for Freedom,” is housed in the Library of Congress.
he’s just like me fr
(Me eating Indian takeout) I should’ve ordered more bread for this rice
December 22, 2024 at 9:51 PM
he’s just like me fr
there is no reason for airlines to play music during boarding. stop it. let us be.
November 22, 2024 at 6:45 AM
there is no reason for airlines to play music during boarding. stop it. let us be.
Tragic: my company’s office in an LA-area town with “beach” in the name has no view of water
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Tragic: my company’s office in an LA-area town with “beach” in the name has no view of water
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jd vance is an opus dei hire
July 24, 2024 at 5:36 PM
jd vance is an opus dei hire
what is the sound of one hand clapping along like it feels like a room without a roof?
December 26, 2023 at 9:56 PM
what is the sound of one hand clapping along like it feels like a room without a roof?