Brian Benitez
@b-double.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Product Management Exec, and Tech Enthusiast
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I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here.
March 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here.
Private mercenaries costumed to look like legitimate law enforcement. Not surprised it’s that Blackwater guy. Unbelievable
That’s not just a security guard, it’s a member of the Triple Canopy private paramilitary organization that merged with Erik Price’s notorious Blackwater group.
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Private mercenaries costumed to look like legitimate law enforcement. Not surprised it’s that Blackwater guy. Unbelievable
Worth your time - what might future AI Firms look like? An interesting take on the scale implications of AGI.
open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh...
open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh...
What fully automated firms will look like
Everyone is sleeping on the *collective* advantages AIs will have, which have nothing to do with raw IQ - they can be copied, distilled, merged, scaled, and evolved in ways humans simply can't.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Worth your time - what might future AI Firms look like? An interesting take on the scale implications of AGI.
open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh...
open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh...
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Dear Democrats, PLEASE LISTEN. Oppose, Oppose, Oppose
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Dear Democrats, PLEASE LISTEN. Oppose, Oppose, Oppose
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Oppose, Oppose, Oppose — and Do It Loudly
Opponents of MAGA: Don’t despair and don’t appease
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January 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Dear Democrats, PLEASE LISTEN. Oppose, Oppose, Oppose
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Dear Democrats, PLEASE LISTEN. Oppose, Oppose, Oppose
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So much this. No matter the countless times in history where the GOP doesn’t ever give an inch, the Dems once again display utter spinelessness in the name of collegiality. When will they learn that they are being taken for fools?
The Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State by a vote of 99-0.
Democrats offer an endless supply of goodwill to Republicans that will never be reciprocated.
Democrats offer an endless supply of goodwill to Republicans that will never be reciprocated.
January 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So much this. No matter the countless times in history where the GOP doesn’t ever give an inch, the Dems once again display utter spinelessness in the name of collegiality. When will they learn that they are being taken for fools?
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me: "the reason modern politics has gone insane is that an international class of tech oligarchs and authoritarians have teamed up to create an information environment dominated by social media memes that effectively control public opinion"
trump: "what if tiktok was co-owned by Xi and myself"
trump: "what if tiktok was co-owned by Xi and myself"
January 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
me: "the reason modern politics has gone insane is that an international class of tech oligarchs and authoritarians have teamed up to create an information environment dominated by social media memes that effectively control public opinion"
trump: "what if tiktok was co-owned by Xi and myself"
trump: "what if tiktok was co-owned by Xi and myself"
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January 2025 as a meme
January 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
January 2025 as a meme
Calling out for anyone who can figure out the receipts on how the trend of moving from TikTok to RedNote and Lemon8 started - was this a truly organic “fuck you for banning TikTok” trend, or was it seeded by Chinese state-controlled accounts and/or algorithmically amplified on TikTok?
January 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Calling out for anyone who can figure out the receipts on how the trend of moving from TikTok to RedNote and Lemon8 started - was this a truly organic “fuck you for banning TikTok” trend, or was it seeded by Chinese state-controlled accounts and/or algorithmically amplified on TikTok?
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what it literally comes down to is PEOPLE ADOPT OPINIONS THEY THINK ALL THEIR FRIENDS SHARE and social media creates a very strong sense of what the popular consensus on any given topic is (e.g., “Biden bad”) even though it’s godawful at providing people with any kind of underlying factual support
One of the reasons I think Will Stancil is right about 2024 and the negativity bias of social media is that all my friends who don’t like Biden can’t tell me why. They usually say something that is untrue or they have a vague sense that he is bad (but can’t explain why). It defies all reason.
Yeah, the downsides of believing this are that it’s depressing, it’s scary, it’s uncertain, it doesn’t lend itself to an obvious course of action or reaffirm our positive feelings about humanity. The upside is that it’s true
January 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
what it literally comes down to is PEOPLE ADOPT OPINIONS THEY THINK ALL THEIR FRIENDS SHARE and social media creates a very strong sense of what the popular consensus on any given topic is (e.g., “Biden bad”) even though it’s godawful at providing people with any kind of underlying factual support
On repeat for the holiday season!
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Not the Usual Christmas
Playlist · Brian Benitez · 36 items
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December 21, 2024 at 6:04 PM
On repeat for the holiday season!
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If you’re fond of calling others “NPCs,” you might want to take a hard look in the mirror and consider why it is that you need to feel superior.
All of the real scorecards are internal, but you’re stuck comparing yourself to others and judging that you’re better. Are you playing the right game?
All of the real scorecards are internal, but you’re stuck comparing yourself to others and judging that you’re better. Are you playing the right game?
December 20, 2024 at 12:18 AM
If you’re fond of calling others “NPCs,” you might want to take a hard look in the mirror and consider why it is that you need to feel superior.
All of the real scorecards are internal, but you’re stuck comparing yourself to others and judging that you’re better. Are you playing the right game?
All of the real scorecards are internal, but you’re stuck comparing yourself to others and judging that you’re better. Are you playing the right game?
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Musk explains his X algorithm
December 5, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Musk explains his X algorithm
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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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🔗 LINK to New Republic article:
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM
🔗 LINK to New Republic article:
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
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🚨The Reason Trump Won- Michael Tomasky on how right-wing media has become more powerful than legacy media, and, far more importantly, speaks in one voice and has a hammerlock on the attention of nearly half the country
#BlueCrew
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#BlueCrew
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The Real Reason Trump Won.
Podcast Episode · Talking Feds · 11/28/2024 · 31m
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November 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
🚨The Reason Trump Won- Michael Tomasky on how right-wing media has become more powerful than legacy media, and, far more importantly, speaks in one voice and has a hammerlock on the attention of nearly half the country
#BlueCrew
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#BlueCrew
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Sources: OpenAI is letting staff sell ~$1.5B worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank in a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son and is set to close this week (CNBC)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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November 27, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Sources: OpenAI is letting staff sell ~$1.5B worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank in a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son and is set to close this week (CNBC)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Futurism Forever: The Sound of Ism Records
Playlist · Andy Williams · 55 items · 15 saves
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November 27, 2024 at 9:53 PM
November 27, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Off by orders of magnitude. Interesting…
maybe relevant: Americans' perceptions of what fraction of the population you're talking about are skewed
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Off by orders of magnitude. Interesting…
WTAF?? Lies won this election
% of swing voters who believed Harris would enforce “taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants (83%), mandatory electric vehicles by 2035 (82%), decriminalizing border crossings (77%), and defunding the police (72%).”
% of swing voters who believed Harris would enforce “taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants (83%), mandatory electric vehicles by 2035 (82%), decriminalizing border crossings (77%), and defunding the police (72%).”
% of swing voters that chose trump and believed the harris campaign supported taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries on undocumented migrants: 83%
-blueprint polling
-blueprint polling
Lost in Translation: Swing Voters’ Misperceptions of Harris And Late Turn To Trump - Blueprint
These voters—who remained open to persuasion until the very end—delivered not just a rejection of Harris but what they believed the Democratic Party stands for, absorbing right wing narratives.
blueprint2024.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 AM
WTAF?? Lies won this election
% of swing voters who believed Harris would enforce “taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants (83%), mandatory electric vehicles by 2035 (82%), decriminalizing border crossings (77%), and defunding the police (72%).”
% of swing voters who believed Harris would enforce “taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants (83%), mandatory electric vehicles by 2035 (82%), decriminalizing border crossings (77%), and defunding the police (72%).”
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
November 19, 2024 at 12:18 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains