Ben Jenkins
@bencjenkins.bsky.social
I wrote the soundtrack to Amélie
BJ Novak you have made a fool out of me with your little book for the last time
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
BJ Novak you have made a fool out of me with your little book for the last time
I have a really clear memory of being six and driving down the freeway with my dad and saying “I reckon I can run this fast” and him, weirdly annoyed, saying “no you can’t”. I always wondered why that pissed him off so much but now that I have a six year old I get it. I get it, Dad.
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I have a really clear memory of being six and driving down the freeway with my dad and saying “I reckon I can run this fast” and him, weirdly annoyed, saying “no you can’t”. I always wondered why that pissed him off so much but now that I have a six year old I get it. I get it, Dad.
This is fucking insane. I know we have other stuff on but I feel like this is something the UN could sort out if they put their minds to it.
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is fucking insane. I know we have other stuff on but I feel like this is something the UN could sort out if they put their minds to it.
Slow Horses gripe: I don’t think Roddy Ho is a fan of Shadow of the Colossus.
October 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Slow Horses gripe: I don’t think Roddy Ho is a fan of Shadow of the Colossus.
Exciting news: I have given myself a tummy ache from eating too many chicken crimpies from the snack table.
Well this is extremely fucken exciting. Insanely blessed with this cast and team. Going to set every day not quite believing it, trying not to knock anything over. au.variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Stan Announces New Series 'The Killings: Parrish Station'
Production has begun on a new Stan Original cold case crime series, 'The Killings: Parrish Station', due to premiere next year.
au.variety.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Exciting news: I have given myself a tummy ache from eating too many chicken crimpies from the snack table.
- Hey there’s a really smart guy at the New Yorker who only interviews people he’s pissed off with and everyone who does it comes out looking like a bozo. He wants to talk to you, I figured you wouldn’t -
- My God yes can he do 2pm
- My God yes can he do 2pm
September 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
- Hey there’s a really smart guy at the New Yorker who only interviews people he’s pissed off with and everyone who does it comes out looking like a bozo. He wants to talk to you, I figured you wouldn’t -
- My God yes can he do 2pm
- My God yes can he do 2pm
Well this is extremely fucken exciting. Insanely blessed with this cast and team. Going to set every day not quite believing it, trying not to knock anything over. au.variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Stan Announces New Series 'The Killings: Parrish Station'
Production has begun on a new Stan Original cold case crime series, 'The Killings: Parrish Station', due to premiere next year.
au.variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Well this is extremely fucken exciting. Insanely blessed with this cast and team. Going to set every day not quite believing it, trying not to knock anything over. au.variety.com/2025/tv/news...
I only recently learned that John Wilkes Booth wasn’t just an actor but a reasonably famous one from a famous acting family. Having run the numbers, I’ve decided it’s like if Bill Skarsgard or maybe Liam Hemsworth shot the president today during a screening of one of the Conjuring films.
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I only recently learned that John Wilkes Booth wasn’t just an actor but a reasonably famous one from a famous acting family. Having run the numbers, I’ve decided it’s like if Bill Skarsgard or maybe Liam Hemsworth shot the president today during a screening of one of the Conjuring films.
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originally tweeted this when the thing happened. reposting it here because i remembered the phrase and it made me laugh
August 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
originally tweeted this when the thing happened. reposting it here because i remembered the phrase and it made me laugh
Just tried to listen to an audiobook while not doing anything else. Not cleaning or walking or driving, just sitting there. Feels absolutely demented.
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just tried to listen to an audiobook while not doing anything else. Not cleaning or walking or driving, just sitting there. Feels absolutely demented.
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I am thrilled to announce that I am the the guest (not counting the other guest) for the first episode of this bananers show hosted by the wonderful @demilardner.bsky.social. Watch and see my invention, Creature, serve as my body #SYWTWAPP
Demi Lardner Made The Most Unhinged Game Show 🤯 Ft Paul F. Tompkins, Alexei Toliopoulos [SYWWAPP]
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August 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I am thrilled to announce that I am the the guest (not counting the other guest) for the first episode of this bananers show hosted by the wonderful @demilardner.bsky.social. Watch and see my invention, Creature, serve as my body #SYWTWAPP
My 6 year old asked me this morning what ID stood for and I got so excited to do the Norm joke that I absolutely fumbled it. 😒
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My 6 year old asked me this morning what ID stood for and I got so excited to do the Norm joke that I absolutely fumbled it. 😒
I’ve only seen the trailer but is the plot of the new i know what you did last summer that a different group of teens run over the same fisherman three decades later? Because if so that’s incredibly funny.
July 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’ve only seen the trailer but is the plot of the new i know what you did last summer that a different group of teens run over the same fisherman three decades later? Because if so that’s incredibly funny.
lol all the characters in paw patrol on paramount+ have English accents for some reason instead of the original Canadian, and Moses just looked at the tv in disgust and said “there is something wrong with our speakers”
July 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
lol all the characters in paw patrol on paramount+ have English accents for some reason instead of the original Canadian, and Moses just looked at the tv in disgust and said “there is something wrong with our speakers”
I will find, and kill, the villainous mayor from Paw Patrol. This has gone on long enough.
June 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I will find, and kill, the villainous mayor from Paw Patrol. This has gone on long enough.
One of the interesting things about animated kids tv now is that I guess animating large numbers of people is expensive so they all take place in these towns full of lovely buildings but with haunting, empty streets and like six residents, giving the whole thing a post apocalyptic feel.
June 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One of the interesting things about animated kids tv now is that I guess animating large numbers of people is expensive so they all take place in these towns full of lovely buildings but with haunting, empty streets and like six residents, giving the whole thing a post apocalyptic feel.
If you think about it hard enough, all nouns are proper nouns
June 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you think about it hard enough, all nouns are proper nouns
I worry that recommendation algorithms may be getting too good.
June 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I worry that recommendation algorithms may be getting too good.
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I am drowning/There is no sign of land/You are coming down with me/Hand in unlovable hand
“Between 12:19 pm and 3:20 pm Musk fired off 49 posts, reposts, or replies.
That’s an average of one new missive every 3.5 minutes, over a three-hour stretch.”
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
That’s an average of one new missive every 3.5 minutes, over a three-hour stretch.”
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Is Posting Through It
“Without me, Trump would have lost the election.” Donald Trump and Elon Musk are going to war—and giving everyone a front-row seat.
www.wired.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I am drowning/There is no sign of land/You are coming down with me/Hand in unlovable hand
This bed is on fire / with passionate love / the neighbours complain / about the bed that's on fire
June 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This bed is on fire / with passionate love / the neighbours complain / about the bed that's on fire
This has pissed me off for close to two years now. Why would the bread dream of a field of *corn*? It wouldn’t, it would dream of a field of wheat, which is exactly what the illustrator has drawn, possibly in an act of open defiance.
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This has pissed me off for close to two years now. Why would the bread dream of a field of *corn*? It wouldn’t, it would dream of a field of wheat, which is exactly what the illustrator has drawn, possibly in an act of open defiance.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is grim.
(Full disclosure: This street kitchen is run by my sister. Carly is an incredibly decent person. Does that make *me* an incredibly decent person? By association?? Possibly even better than her??? Ha ha well that’s not for me to say but yeah maybe!)
This is grim.
(Full disclosure: This street kitchen is run by my sister. Carly is an incredibly decent person. Does that make *me* an incredibly decent person? By association?? Possibly even better than her??? Ha ha well that’s not for me to say but yeah maybe!)
‘Such a clear message’: homeless community kitchen told to move last-minute during Sydney’s Vivid festival
Exclusive: Organisers say alternative sites proposed by City of Sydney are unsuitable, leaving them nowhere else to go
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is grim.
(Full disclosure: This street kitchen is run by my sister. Carly is an incredibly decent person. Does that make *me* an incredibly decent person? By association?? Possibly even better than her??? Ha ha well that’s not for me to say but yeah maybe!)
This is grim.
(Full disclosure: This street kitchen is run by my sister. Carly is an incredibly decent person. Does that make *me* an incredibly decent person? By association?? Possibly even better than her??? Ha ha well that’s not for me to say but yeah maybe!)
Hamish Linklater. Now there's a guy, if he turns up in something, I'm always going to do the Leonardo DiCaprio Pointing At The TV Thing. Love seeing that guy in stuff.
May 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hamish Linklater. Now there's a guy, if he turns up in something, I'm always going to do the Leonardo DiCaprio Pointing At The TV Thing. Love seeing that guy in stuff.
95% of making television is this, but without the whimsical doodads.
May 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
95% of making television is this, but without the whimsical doodads.