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Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

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Star Trek, My Little Pony, Java, etc.
Stereotypical nerd, basically.
he/him or they/them

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Notorious BGT

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"Because of the length of the shutdown and the pain it's inflicting, we're going to let Republicans inflict more pain on more people over a longer period of time." Fucking 5-D chess, truly. 🙄🙄🙄

"Senator Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats and was one of the lead negotiators of the deal, said that the length of the shutdown and the pain it was inflicting on Americans had changed the calculus for some of his colleagues, pushing them to support a deal with Republicans that would reopen the government without the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies they had originally sought."

November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Until I saw this sign, it never occurred to me that a capital A could be "backwards".

November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM

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The justices are gonna get so sick of this guy... Like, however much your goals might be aligned with someone else's, if they're an annoying prick, they're an annoying prick, and you're just, "oh my god shut the fuck up already".

Regarding an appeals court ordering the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits: "The Trump administration immediately then urged the Supreme Court to intervene, and asked it to decide by 9:30 pm Friday."

November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Well, you know.... 😏

Heading: "WELCOME, LADIES"
Text: "There is no reason whatsoever why women cannot com-
mand starships. (Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!) While
women make up only a few percent of the people playing games
of this type, they can hold their own against any mere male (and
probably beat him). Your only limitations are how well you know
the rules and your skill at applying them."
Copyright: 1996!! That's right, this isn't leftover text from a 1976 edition of the game!

November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Went in to vote, came out to see a UFO. Sure, why not.

November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

This cracked me up, because it sounds like so many of my good friends. And probably also me.
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Asked whether it is potentially harmful for every American to be assigned a political score, he sounded flustered.

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it just *is*," he said. "Is it good to refine arsenic? I don't know. But if I were to refine arsenic, I would want it to be really pure."

November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Baskin-Robbins renamed the Cappuccino Blast... "Cappy"??
Like a capybara?
Like capicola?
Like THIS fuckin' guy? He was like the WORST ham-ham....

Literally this dude's entire characterization is "he likes hats". Man, fuck off with that shit! *PUNT*

November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Take THAT, Hunger!

November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

I'm literally just wearing two sets of pajamas, but behold: Lt. Cmdr. Unicorn

October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Etc etc

October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

I want to give a shout-out to the 11% of NYT Connections players today who thought "ball bag" would be one of the answers. Stay classy!

October 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Notorious BGT

@benhead.bsky.social

Look, I also want to completely check out from work and focus on home renovations, but, one, I have to work to pay for the renovations because I don't have billionaire kiss-asses doing it, and two, more importantly, I'm not the FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.