Benjome
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22 | He/him | ✡️🏳️🌈 | Drexel CS '26 | Election, programming, and D&D nerd | Discord: @benjome
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The Star Wars prequels are a trilogy about how an unfair and severe galactic tariff policy causes instability in the democratic political order that ultimately enables an authoritarian to seize power under the guise of restoring peace and prosperity to the republic. Why does this sound familiar….
May 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Star Wars prequels are a trilogy about how an unfair and severe galactic tariff policy causes instability in the democratic political order that ultimately enables an authoritarian to seize power under the guise of restoring peace and prosperity to the republic. Why does this sound familiar….
Caught myself flipping from “we need to consider modernizing and/or weakening the courts” to “we must strengthen the independence and enforcement power of the courts as much as possible“ the moment they swapped from blocking liberal reforms to blocking Trumps policies
March 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Caught myself flipping from “we need to consider modernizing and/or weakening the courts” to “we must strengthen the independence and enforcement power of the courts as much as possible“ the moment they swapped from blocking liberal reforms to blocking Trumps policies
The people doubted her, but she was right
February 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The people doubted her, but she was right
Can’t believe that democrats during the campaign underestimated how bad Trump 2 would be. Like you’d hear talk about project 2025 and think “surely it’s not that bad, right?” Nope, worse.
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Can’t believe that democrats during the campaign underestimated how bad Trump 2 would be. Like you’d hear talk about project 2025 and think “surely it’s not that bad, right?” Nope, worse.
Get this in Philly now
“MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the reduction in traffic has allowed some of the agency’s buses to move faster than their schedules account for. Lieber said he’s considering boosting bus service as a result.”
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Manhattan traffic moves way faster since congestion pricing launched, MTA says
The MTA says faster travel times should ease the pain drivers feel from the $9 toll.
gothamist.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Get this in Philly now
Does this technically count as a coup
Constitutional crisis in Minnesota: Democratic lawmakers walk out, Secretary of State declares no quorum and adjourns, Republicans ignore it and hold a floor session anyway. minnesotareformer.com/2025/01/14/c...
Constitutional crisis: House Republicans elect speaker after Simon adjourns session • Minnesota Reformer
Who would enforce Simon’s ruling?
minnesotareformer.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Does this technically count as a coup
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Don’t blame me; I voted Harris
December 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Don’t blame me; I voted Harris
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I’m sorry but 262 words is not a manifesto. It’s a statement. Maybe a communique. Not a manifesto.
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
I’m sorry but 262 words is not a manifesto. It’s a statement. Maybe a communique. Not a manifesto.
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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
December 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
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Here’s one for all you proofreaders.
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Here’s one for all you proofreaders.
The implication of this comic is that the tournament is occurring either in the middle of nowhere (possibly along the Mexican border), some weird Mormon town, or the Navajo reservation.
November 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
The implication of this comic is that the tournament is occurring either in the middle of nowhere (possibly along the Mexican border), some weird Mormon town, or the Navajo reservation.
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was complaining to myself about some awful piece of code i have to work with only to realize i wrote it last year 💀
November 20, 2024 at 10:03 PM
was complaining to myself about some awful piece of code i have to work with only to realize i wrote it last year 💀
Anyone want to start beef?
November 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Anyone want to start beef?
NOOOOOOOOOOO
Pollster J. Ann Selzer is retiring from election polling and moving on to “other ventures”
Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving 'to other ventures and opportunities'
Pollster Ann Selzer says she long planned to make the November Iowa Poll her last election poll and is moving on to new ventures and opportunities.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOO
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'Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,' Says General
'Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,' Says General
YouTube video by The Onion
youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
'Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat,' Says General
@joefromutah.bsky.social joe mama from Utah OOOOOO please laugh
November 16, 2024 at 1:45 AM
@joefromutah.bsky.social joe mama from Utah OOOOOO please laugh
If Elon actually goes through with charging for Twitter, I’m out.
October 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM
If Elon actually goes through with charging for Twitter, I’m out.