Benjamin Wendorf
@benjaminwendorf.bsky.social
Atlantic World historian and professor. Also known to hockey.
Me, 41 years old: "Yeah, I could've made the big leagues."
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Me, had I made the big leagues:
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Me, 41 years old: "Yeah, I could've made the big leagues."
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Mmm, yes, AI, thank you. What if October 31st 2025 is not, in fact, a Thursday?
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mmm, yes, AI, thank you. What if October 31st 2025 is not, in fact, a Thursday?
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Who is this? Wrong answers only.
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Who is this? Wrong answers only.
Powdered Toast Man has added a bit of salt and pepper
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Powdered Toast Man has added a bit of salt and pepper
Envisioning this going like the President's phone call to the Soviet PM in Dr. Strangelove
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Envisioning this going like the President's phone call to the Soviet PM in Dr. Strangelove
You know the club goes hard when they have Fast Orange in the bathroom
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
You know the club goes hard when they have Fast Orange in the bathroom
Seen in the first issue of The Hockey News (Oct. 1st, 1947), p. 5: "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."
Wonder how that worked out for him.
Wonder how that worked out for him.
![Snippet from the Oct. 1st 1947 The Hockey News, which reads "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:id7rxtxpa7dvqlg3spfhwav6/bafkreiaunl5ukjlkhu5hqmxapmbpkneiqkiuualwdevbrgob6gpr5kp7ny@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Seen in the first issue of The Hockey News (Oct. 1st, 1947), p. 5: "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."
Wonder how that worked out for him.
Wonder how that worked out for him.
Been waiting for this for quite awhile...long enough for it to become ever-more allegorical of a contemporary fascism
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Been waiting for this for quite awhile...long enough for it to become ever-more allegorical of a contemporary fascism
Ads getting us ready for the next stage of capitalism
May 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ads getting us ready for the next stage of capitalism
Tristan Jarry is chaotic
April 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tristan Jarry is chaotic
Gretzky played against real...small...goalies
April 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Gretzky played against real...small...goalies
Could score with a beach ball in the 80s
April 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Could score with a beach ball in the 80s
You say you want to "make America great again" but do you really want to revisit the horror of the Air Bud trials
March 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You say you want to "make America great again" but do you really want to revisit the horror of the Air Bud trials
Lanny McDonald at age 22 looks like a railroad conductor
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Lanny McDonald at age 22 looks like a railroad conductor
I am capturing this in-case it's taken down. This is real. This happened. The cruelty is the point.
February 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I am capturing this in-case it's taken down. This is real. This happened. The cruelty is the point.
How we ended up:
December 9, 2024 at 1:29 AM
How we ended up:
How we got here:
December 9, 2024 at 1:29 AM
How we got here:
Hope you all had a Merry Chrimbus
December 9, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Hope you all had a Merry Chrimbus
When your nose is getting cold but you must stay alert
November 30, 2024 at 12:54 AM
When your nose is getting cold but you must stay alert
When the quality of the mid-90s #Buffalo#Sabres defense runs into the strong metaphor game of mid-90s #NHL card photography.
November 27, 2024 at 7:49 PM
When the quality of the mid-90s #Buffalo#Sabres defense runs into the strong metaphor game of mid-90s #NHL card photography.
Colby Armstrong looks like a King of the Hill character
November 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Colby Armstrong looks like a King of the Hill character
This is officially my favorite time of year, the ~20 game mark in the NHL season, aka the point at which the predictive team measures start to really become predictive. A useful distribution to remember (1/2):
November 24, 2024 at 11:13 PM
This is officially my favorite time of year, the ~20 game mark in the NHL season, aka the point at which the predictive team measures start to really become predictive. A useful distribution to remember (1/2):
#ThereWillBeBlood but a buddy #comedy
November 22, 2024 at 2:09 PM
#ThereWillBeBlood but a buddy #comedy