Ben
@benjamingrimm.bsky.social
Recovering poet. Displaced Kentuckian. Ph.D. candidate in American history. Criminologist and human rights advocate. Trying to rebuild strength. Humanities Without Walls and the Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach pay my bills.
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Ben
@benjamingrimm.bsky.social
· Jan 1
A few media consumption goals I've set for myself for 2025.
Listen to 1,100 albums.
Watch 24 films (12 in theater).
Read 24 books (12 fiction novels).
#2025goals
#nobodyasked
Listen to 1,100 albums.
Watch 24 films (12 in theater).
Read 24 books (12 fiction novels).
#2025goals
#nobodyasked
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As Fiserv CEO, Frank Bisignano overinflated sales projections before quickly cashing out with a $500M stock sale.
Now, Fiserv's market value has collapsed — and Trump has put Bisignano in charge of Social Security.
Be warned. https://www.commondreams.org/news/fiserv-ceo-frank-bisignano
Now, Fiserv's market value has collapsed — and Trump has put Bisignano in charge of Social Security.
Be warned. https://www.commondreams.org/news/fiserv-ceo-frank-bisignano
Demand for Trump's Social Security Chief Bisignano to Resign After $30 Billion Implosion of Former Company | Common Dreams
The former CEO of Fiserv has been accused of causing chaos, with the company's stock plummeting by 40% and $30 billion i
www.commondreams.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
As Fiserv CEO, Frank Bisignano overinflated sales projections before quickly cashing out with a $500M stock sale.
Now, Fiserv's market value has collapsed — and Trump has put Bisignano in charge of Social Security.
Be warned. https://www.commondreams.org/news/fiserv-ceo-frank-bisignano
Now, Fiserv's market value has collapsed — and Trump has put Bisignano in charge of Social Security.
Be warned. https://www.commondreams.org/news/fiserv-ceo-frank-bisignano
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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
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“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism
As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.
jpaladino.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism.”
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
The Trump DOJ scrubbed this study from their website.
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I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
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Short thread:
1) I agree this is gross
2) Virtually every jail in the United States operates the same way
3) Most every low security prison in the United States operates in the same way
(I was incarcerated in 160 person pole barns that look just like those pods)
1) I agree this is gross
2) Virtually every jail in the United States operates the same way
3) Most every low security prison in the United States operates in the same way
(I was incarcerated in 160 person pole barns that look just like those pods)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Short thread:
1) I agree this is gross
2) Virtually every jail in the United States operates the same way
3) Most every low security prison in the United States operates in the same way
(I was incarcerated in 160 person pole barns that look just like those pods)
1) I agree this is gross
2) Virtually every jail in the United States operates the same way
3) Most every low security prison in the United States operates in the same way
(I was incarcerated in 160 person pole barns that look just like those pods)
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BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
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My second international book launch with Anvil 8 Games here in beautiful Milwaukee was fantastic. The collection Unknown Stories was created to launch the new roleplaying game, Unknown Worlds. What a pleasure! Yes, dear reader, I had all the authors there sign my book. #writing
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My second international book launch with Anvil 8 Games here in beautiful Milwaukee was fantastic. The collection Unknown Stories was created to launch the new roleplaying game, Unknown Worlds. What a pleasure! Yes, dear reader, I had all the authors there sign my book. #writing
I can't wait to read this!
Just a reminder that I’m giving a couple talks in the Bay Area starting tomorrow - one on Nazi-Satanism & the other Neo-Nazi terrorism and Industrial+Neofolk music.
If anyone knows folks there and could pass this on, I’d greatly appreciate it.
spencersunshine.com/2025/05/22/b...
If anyone knows folks there and could pass this on, I’d greatly appreciate it.
spencersunshine.com/2025/05/22/b...
Bay Area talks, May 27 and 29, 2025
Just a reminder that next week I’ll be giving two talks in the Bay Area! The first is on Tuesday, May 27 in SF’s Mission district on the history of Nazi-Satanism. The second is in Berke…
spencersunshine.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I can't wait to read this!
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Forgot to post that I finally cracked this book open a couple nights ago. @swordsjew.bsky.social
Hitting me in all the feels, having grown up in a fairly strict Christian household. After my mom passed in 2016, my dad turn a hard turn toward the direction of the Christian Right and it kills me.
Hitting me in all the feels, having grown up in a fairly strict Christian household. After my mom passed in 2016, my dad turn a hard turn toward the direction of the Christian Right and it kills me.
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Forgot to post that I finally cracked this book open a couple nights ago. @swordsjew.bsky.social
Hitting me in all the feels, having grown up in a fairly strict Christian household. After my mom passed in 2016, my dad turn a hard turn toward the direction of the Christian Right and it kills me.
Hitting me in all the feels, having grown up in a fairly strict Christian household. After my mom passed in 2016, my dad turn a hard turn toward the direction of the Christian Right and it kills me.
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Almost threw out my back rolling my eyes at this.
Complete failure to grapple with the ample historical evidence of why cops might not be popular with marginalized communities in Chicago.
Also, perhaps police culture itself contributes to mental illness among cops?
www.thefp.com/p/chicago-po...
Complete failure to grapple with the ample historical evidence of why cops might not be popular with marginalized communities in Chicago.
Also, perhaps police culture itself contributes to mental illness among cops?
www.thefp.com/p/chicago-po...
How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?
In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside people pointing fingers at us.’
www.thefp.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Almost threw out my back rolling my eyes at this.
Complete failure to grapple with the ample historical evidence of why cops might not be popular with marginalized communities in Chicago.
Also, perhaps police culture itself contributes to mental illness among cops?
www.thefp.com/p/chicago-po...
Complete failure to grapple with the ample historical evidence of why cops might not be popular with marginalized communities in Chicago.
Also, perhaps police culture itself contributes to mental illness among cops?
www.thefp.com/p/chicago-po...
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April 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Who's ready for an all new OH! OH! OH! My Godcast? This week, it's the go-home show for the November to Remember. Join @benjamingrimm.bsky.social and me and find out which one of us hates the sound of Matty in the House's voice and which one breaks out in hives at the sight of Jason.
Episode 18: A Backslide is a Casting Couch Position by The Oh My Godcast: An ECW Retrospective
It's an all new OH! OH! OH! My Godcast! This week, the fellas review the November 2 and 9, 1993 episodes of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, the go-home shows for the November to Remember. Listen a...
creators.spotify.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Who's ready for an all new OH! OH! OH! My Godcast? This week, it's the go-home show for the November to Remember. Join @benjamingrimm.bsky.social and me and find out which one of us hates the sound of Matty in the House's voice and which one breaks out in hives at the sight of Jason.
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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
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Yeah this is bat signal for white supremacist terrorists
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Yeah this is bat signal for white supremacist terrorists