ben compton
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used to live in pittsburgh, now back in kentucky with five cats and a family. was bcompton on the birdsite.
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stumbled into a covid shot at my pcp during my annual today, i didn’t even think to ask. blood draw, cup pee, covid shot, done. and that was all by 9am
September 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
stumbled into a covid shot at my pcp during my annual today, i didn’t even think to ask. blood draw, cup pee, covid shot, done. and that was all by 9am
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love helplessly. drive with the windows down, wind moves your hair. the joy you feel is large and brave. there's some other stuff too
September 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
love helplessly. drive with the windows down, wind moves your hair. the joy you feel is large and brave. there's some other stuff too
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This future sucks
August 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This future sucks
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Please stop defending Newsom’s transphobia.
August 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please stop defending Newsom’s transphobia.
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i think people need a refresher on what constitutes a Distraction. the cracker barrel logo thing (zero stakes, obviously invented controversy) is a Distraction. the ongoing military occupation of washington dc (ample footage of random delivery drivers being violently detained by feds) is not
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
i think people need a refresher on what constitutes a Distraction. the cracker barrel logo thing (zero stakes, obviously invented controversy) is a Distraction. the ongoing military occupation of washington dc (ample footage of random delivery drivers being violently detained by feds) is not
made wordle art today, it’s beautiful
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July 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
made wordle art today, it’s beautiful
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Why are they they fighting Zohran harder than they’re fighting Trump
Hakeem Jeffries has reportedly told allies that if Zohran Mamdani wins, he can't become Speaker of the House.
Leaders like Jeffries see this fight as existential for their control of the party:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/party-cont...
Leaders like Jeffries see this fight as existential for their control of the party:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/party-cont...
Party Control Is Dead
From Mamdani to Trump’s Epstein fiasco, Americans are turning on their leaders
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Why are they they fighting Zohran harder than they’re fighting Trump
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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I know it's been said but I keep getting re-infuriated about RFK Jr doing his thing, like we had this vaccines thing *settled*, they rule and they were working and all we had to do was NOT put the worst possible person in charge of the country's public health apparatus.
June 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I know it's been said but I keep getting re-infuriated about RFK Jr doing his thing, like we had this vaccines thing *settled*, they rule and they were working and all we had to do was NOT put the worst possible person in charge of the country's public health apparatus.
i see people claim all the time that legal immigrants hate the illegal ones because the legal ones did “the right things” and “waited their turn” but so far i haven’t seen any of them claim that they also hate the five million dollar trump card lineskip pass that he’s about to roll out i wonder why
June 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
i see people claim all the time that legal immigrants hate the illegal ones because the legal ones did “the right things” and “waited their turn” but so far i haven’t seen any of them claim that they also hate the five million dollar trump card lineskip pass that he’s about to roll out i wonder why
normally i am full of sympathy for the right wing enemy of the day and lament how much abuse they receive but in this case i am feeling absolutely fine about it for some reason
May 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
normally i am full of sympathy for the right wing enemy of the day and lament how much abuse they receive but in this case i am feeling absolutely fine about it for some reason
oops i let my domain expire and my handle doesn’t work anymore what a future brb guys
May 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
oops i let my domain expire and my handle doesn’t work anymore what a future brb guys
it’s too much to ask, but wouldn’t it be something if, at the end of all this (if it ends), more people (who survive) actually respect expertise and real science and go against the long trend of anti intellectualism?
anyway, good luck everybody [hunger games bird whistle or some other shit idunno]
anyway, good luck everybody [hunger games bird whistle or some other shit idunno]
The FDA names Dr. Vinay Prasad — a hematologist-oncologist who has been accused of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and was an outspoken critic of the agency’s decision to approve Covid shots in children — as its new vaccine chief.
FDA names oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Covid vaccine critic, as the new vaccine chief
Prasad was an outspoken critic of the FDA’s response to the pandemic, including the former vaccine chief, Dr. Peter Marks.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
it’s too much to ask, but wouldn’t it be something if, at the end of all this (if it ends), more people (who survive) actually respect expertise and real science and go against the long trend of anti intellectualism?
anyway, good luck everybody [hunger games bird whistle or some other shit idunno]
anyway, good luck everybody [hunger games bird whistle or some other shit idunno]
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
stumbled across this masterpiece again this evening. what a world. youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8?...
Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim
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April 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
stumbled across this masterpiece again this evening. what a world. youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8?...
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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
my heart was gladdened today when i found out that sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com not only still exists but is still getting updated
Sad Guys on Trading Floors
"Turning the economic crisis into one of those clever internet memes."
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April 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
my heart was gladdened today when i found out that sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com not only still exists but is still getting updated
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Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The thing about watching a JD Vance speech is that everyone knows he’s a little pig man. Everyone knows he exists to squeal for Trump‘s amusement. No one respects him and he clearly doesn’t respect himself.
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The thing about watching a JD Vance speech is that everyone knows he’s a little pig man. Everyone knows he exists to squeal for Trump‘s amusement. No one respects him and he clearly doesn’t respect himself.
any software dork with experience with systems of any complexity at all will tell you this is a doomed idea that usually only comes from the newest programmers. “i could rewrite that in a weekend” is a common trope of the inexperienced. that code base is probably 90% chestertons fences.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
any software dork with experience with systems of any complexity at all will tell you this is a doomed idea that usually only comes from the newest programmers. “i could rewrite that in a weekend” is a common trope of the inexperienced. that code base is probably 90% chestertons fences.
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This is really the divide between old and new generation Democratic electeds: Those who believe the GOP is capable of being good faith partners in governance and those who know they’re full of shit.
A lot of delusion happening in that Schumer NYT interview, but this gets to the heart of it: he believes his Republican colleagues will come around and everything will be ok. Absolutely delusional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/m...
March 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is really the divide between old and new generation Democratic electeds: Those who believe the GOP is capable of being good faith partners in governance and those who know they’re full of shit.
at some level of Schumer’s staff hierarchy, they know that his book tour is going to be a shitshow of protests. but will that message percolate through the miasma of affirmative delusionals who advise him? i doubt it. can’t wait.
March 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
at some level of Schumer’s staff hierarchy, they know that his book tour is going to be a shitshow of protests. but will that message percolate through the miasma of affirmative delusionals who advise him? i doubt it. can’t wait.