Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
🟪 MBMBaM Wizard Emeritus
🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
🟧 wear ur fucking mask
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🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
🟧 wear ur fucking mask
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Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
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As a comic artist, this is exactly how I would write a punchline “oh good we can protect our workers” boss: “workers?”
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As a comic artist, this is exactly how I would write a punchline “oh good we can protect our workers” boss: “workers?”
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Blondie Bumstead has appeared in newspapers for over 95 years, evolving from flapper to businesswoman. Created by Chic Young, later overseen by his son, her early strips enter the public domain in 49 days.
By John Mark Ockerbloom (@everybodyslibraries.com)
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/13/r...
By John Mark Ockerbloom (@everybodyslibraries.com)
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/13/r...
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Blondie Bumstead has appeared in newspapers for over 95 years, evolving from flapper to businesswoman. Created by Chic Young, later overseen by his son, her early strips enter the public domain in 49 days.
By John Mark Ockerbloom (@everybodyslibraries.com)
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/13/r...
By John Mark Ockerbloom (@everybodyslibraries.com)
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/13/r...
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I think every time someone from Baltimore has to endure a reference to The Wire, they should get to send David Simon a cash app and/or Venmo request for $25.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think every time someone from Baltimore has to endure a reference to The Wire, they should get to send David Simon a cash app and/or Venmo request for $25.
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Anything short of open borders is bigotry. I mostly keep this one quiet because it's so far from political reality that it's not worth talking about, but there's really no morally justifiable reason that I should be able to move to Utah, but a Guatemalan guy should not.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Anything short of open borders is bigotry. I mostly keep this one quiet because it's so far from political reality that it's not worth talking about, but there's really no morally justifiable reason that I should be able to move to Utah, but a Guatemalan guy should not.
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Feels weird that some folks are skipping over the part where a police officer tried to run someone over to make Wire references. Anyway, David Simon really owes this city a great debt.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Feels weird that some folks are skipping over the part where a police officer tried to run someone over to make Wire references. Anyway, David Simon really owes this city a great debt.
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"No foreigners could possibly assimilate to" turkey. Why, does it taste bad or something?
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"No foreigners could possibly assimilate to" turkey. Why, does it taste bad or something?
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in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
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I need this video to do for bike infrastructure what Hbomberguy's video did for plagiarism youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I need this video to do for bike infrastructure what Hbomberguy's video did for plagiarism youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI
this episode that talks about how carbon offsets are bullshit is *checks notes* 17 years old 🫠
Ok I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna start watching King of the Hill
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
this episode that talks about how carbon offsets are bullshit is *checks notes* 17 years old 🫠
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This person was infected with COVID twice and recovered. A 3rd infection brought manageable long COVID symptoms, but they were still able to work. After a 4th infection a few months ago, they haven’t recovered at all — showing how repeated infections can cause severe, lasting damage.
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Mamdani has the chance to do the funniest thing ever on his first day
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Mamdani has the chance to do the funniest thing ever on his first day
Re:lrp
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November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
New Final Pam feels like it could be a theological allegory for something
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
New Final Pam feels like it could be a theological allegory for something
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Happy 10th birthday to the Final Pam
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Happy 10th birthday to the Final Pam
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Obviously these people are, on a literal, factual level, insane. But it's interesting to think about this in terms of what it suggests about the actual function of bus fares and similar user fees: to keep undesirable people out of public spaces.
"The more-than-300 comments responding to that anonymous post are full of mothers looking for property in New Jersey or Florida, predicting that Mamdani’s promise to make buses free will lead criminals to rape and kill innocent passengers."
LMAO @ UES mommies crashing out
LMAO @ UES mommies crashing out
Upper East Side Moms Are Melting Down Over Mamdani
A 35,000-person Facebook group devolved into panic and infighting after the mayoral election.
www.thecut.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Obviously these people are, on a literal, factual level, insane. But it's interesting to think about this in terms of what it suggests about the actual function of bus fares and similar user fees: to keep undesirable people out of public spaces.
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ICE is at the Waverly Giant, Baltimore friends. Beware.
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ICE is at the Waverly Giant, Baltimore friends. Beware.
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ELECTRIFY MARC AND MAKE IT ONE REGIONAL SYSTEM 😈
RUN MARC TO NEWARK OR SEPTA TO PERRYVILLE SO WE CAN DO PUBLIC TRANSIT BY RAIL ALL THE WAY TO MANASSAS
SEPTA x MARC
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
ELECTRIFY MARC AND MAKE IT ONE REGIONAL SYSTEM 😈