Ben Jenkins
@bencjenkins.bsky.social
I wrote the soundtrack to Amélie
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.
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.
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.
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.
Broken Hill photo dump. Someone really oughta consider filming stuff here just once.
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Broken Hill photo dump. Someone really oughta consider filming stuff here just once.
This is a good slogan. Positive, but not committing the sin of pridefulness.
April 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is a good slogan. Positive, but not committing the sin of pridefulness.
At the risk of saying something controversial here, Broken Hill is a place that is dry.
April 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
At the risk of saying something controversial here, Broken Hill is a place that is dry.
Come to the inside of a Sidney Nolan painting in 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking.
April 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Come to the inside of a Sidney Nolan painting in 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking.
Do you think any of this woman’s friends ever took her aside and were like “hey babe you still seeing this guy? Nice okay listen there is something seriously wrong with his brain.”
April 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Do you think any of this woman’s friends ever took her aside and were like “hey babe you still seeing this guy? Nice okay listen there is something seriously wrong with his brain.”
My son made this this morning. We would all do well to remember its powerful message.
April 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My son made this this morning. We would all do well to remember its powerful message.
THE SEER: [32 minutes later] Oh, one more thing...
Nah just yanking your chain, Swans, have a sick one.
Nah just yanking your chain, Swans, have a sick one.
April 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
THE SEER: [32 minutes later] Oh, one more thing...
Nah just yanking your chain, Swans, have a sick one.
Nah just yanking your chain, Swans, have a sick one.
How wrong he was. Then, how tragically right.
March 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
How wrong he was. Then, how tragically right.
A lot of my haters said I’d never hold an adorable little kitty cat. To them I say this;
March 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A lot of my haters said I’d never hold an adorable little kitty cat. To them I say this;
I am constantly blazing new trails in the area of what you're allowed to put in these brackets.
March 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I am constantly blazing new trails in the area of what you're allowed to put in these brackets.
We’re making unbelievable advances on here in the field of Making Up a Guy.
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We’re making unbelievable advances on here in the field of Making Up a Guy.
Wonderful tricky fake mirror and body double stuff from Severance here. Love this shit. If ever your cinematographer does something sneaky with a mirror and a body double like in T2 I will hoot and holler like an ape.
February 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Wonderful tricky fake mirror and body double stuff from Severance here. Love this shit. If ever your cinematographer does something sneaky with a mirror and a body double like in T2 I will hoot and holler like an ape.
This is such a funny phone call for a chief whip to get, because the situation being described doubles in badness every four or so words.
February 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This is such a funny phone call for a chief whip to get, because the situation being described doubles in badness every four or so words.
With everything going on in the US it's easy to lose sight of the fact that here in Australia, the fabric of society is also coming apart at the seams.
February 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
With everything going on in the US it's easy to lose sight of the fact that here in Australia, the fabric of society is also coming apart at the seams.
Some years ago, Ivan Milat went on a hunger strike because he wanted a Playstation in jail. I just saw this quote from the prison warden about it and it's one of the most real life Brass Eye quotes I've ever seen.
February 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Some years ago, Ivan Milat went on a hunger strike because he wanted a Playstation in jail. I just saw this quote from the prison warden about it and it's one of the most real life Brass Eye quotes I've ever seen.
I have been laughing at this all day.
February 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I have been laughing at this all day.
NYT Crossword comments section remains absolutely undefeated for pure, radioactive boomer energy.
February 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
NYT Crossword comments section remains absolutely undefeated for pure, radioactive boomer energy.