Ben Novack
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South Philadelphian, tech-skeptical tech worker, involuntary cider enthusiast, occasional woodworker. Descended from refugees. Never interested in zero-sum.
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Traveling back in time to 2012 to inform myself that in 13 years the president will be a fascist and that Pope will be a shitlib
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Traveling back in time to 2012 to inform myself that in 13 years the president will be a fascist and that Pope will be a shitlib
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newsom sucks shit for multitudinous reasons. Why do so many people put him forward as their guy? Because he does shit like this. Easy, low hanging fruit. Why doesn't every single Democrat refer to him as President Pedo? Troll him endlessly? Demand his resignation! Simple shit!
this is the way
WOW, new signage!
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
newsom sucks shit for multitudinous reasons. Why do so many people put him forward as their guy? Because he does shit like this. Easy, low hanging fruit. Why doesn't every single Democrat refer to him as President Pedo? Troll him endlessly? Demand his resignation! Simple shit!
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For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.
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I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am deliriously laughing at the image of Boebert facing dawning revelation that she's actually found the pedophile elite conspiracy ring and that she's standing right in the middle of it
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
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Harrisburg has, once again, failed to fund public transit. Agencies like SEPTA are forced to raid their capital funds to run daily service.
This is akin to burning pieces of your house in the fireplace to keep warm.
This is akin to burning pieces of your house in the fireplace to keep warm.
Pa. lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro have approved a $50.1 billion state budget, officially ending monthslong impasse
Pennsylvania lawmakers formally approved the 2025-26 fiscal year budget, ending the impasse that had for months stalled payments to counties, schools, and nonprofits.
www.inquirer.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Harrisburg has, once again, failed to fund public transit. Agencies like SEPTA are forced to raid their capital funds to run daily service.
This is akin to burning pieces of your house in the fireplace to keep warm.
This is akin to burning pieces of your house in the fireplace to keep warm.
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I know this may come across as unreasonable, but I feel like when I pick up an officially licensed TTRPG adaptation of some piece of media, it shouldn't be a coin toss whether there will be any mechanism for playing as the sorts of characters the game's ostensible source material is actually about.
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I know this may come across as unreasonable, but I feel like when I pick up an officially licensed TTRPG adaptation of some piece of media, it shouldn't be a coin toss whether there will be any mechanism for playing as the sorts of characters the game's ostensible source material is actually about.
I grew up reading 30-year-old Doonesbury comics for fun. I did an entire poli sci *degree* for fun. I once spent much of a first date discussing Nixon. Later I spent some of the flight to our honeymoon reading about South African political history.
I am so fucking tired of caring about politics.
I am so fucking tired of caring about politics.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I grew up reading 30-year-old Doonesbury comics for fun. I did an entire poli sci *degree* for fun. I once spent much of a first date discussing Nixon. Later I spent some of the flight to our honeymoon reading about South African political history.
I am so fucking tired of caring about politics.
I am so fucking tired of caring about politics.
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.
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These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
These are hard words to type, but: Lauren Boebert is right.
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It’s time for one staffer with nothing to lose to just dump everything online. You will be a hero forever. We will put up statues. Someone will write folk songs about you.
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s time for one staffer with nothing to lose to just dump everything online. You will be a hero forever. We will put up statues. Someone will write folk songs about you.
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Pedocon theory turning out to have better staying power than quantum theory
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Pedocon theory turning out to have better staying power than quantum theory
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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Republicans constantly attack their Congressional leadership, and they remove leaders who fail to achieve the objectives desired by the base.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
Oh yeah - never a convenient time to have some real talk about the dynamic that the Democrats in the Senate are led by bunch of chumps. Certainly not after they created the conditions for yet another base demoralizing surrender.
This kind of activity is just what you should want to see, if your are a Republican, eager to see the opposition distracted by self-destructive infighting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Republicans constantly attack their Congressional leadership, and they remove leaders who fail to achieve the objectives desired by the base.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
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Or just have him start the next film alive and well and then at some point have someone be like "Bond! I thought you got blown up!" And then have him quip "you know better than to listen to rumors," or "what can I say? That was no time to die" and then absolutely refuse to explain further
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Or just have him start the next film alive and well and then at some point have someone be like "Bond! I thought you got blown up!" And then have him quip "you know better than to listen to rumors," or "what can I say? That was no time to die" and then absolutely refuse to explain further
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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politics rn are when youre playing a social deception game and one of your teammates on the not-hitler side doesn't want to take the game seriously and you all lose and they don't know why everyone is so upset at them
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
politics rn are when youre playing a social deception game and one of your teammates on the not-hitler side doesn't want to take the game seriously and you all lose and they don't know why everyone is so upset at them
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Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
Dude, we're pretty fucking united. Against the pathetic display of cowardice we just saw. It's actually about the most united I've ever seen the Democratic party... outside of the Senate. Join the fight or sit down.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dude, we're pretty fucking united. Against the pathetic display of cowardice we just saw. It's actually about the most united I've ever seen the Democratic party... outside of the Senate. Join the fight or sit down.
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
Lunch at reading terminal market is such a defining part of jury duty in Philadelphia that I have to remind myself it’s not a normal part of the justice system everywhere. You are entitled to a gyro of your peers.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lunch at reading terminal market is such a defining part of jury duty in Philadelphia that I have to remind myself it’s not a normal part of the justice system everywhere. You are entitled to a gyro of your peers.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead