Benny the Ball
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Why you ain't stack instead of tryna be fly? Why is rattin' at an all-time high? Why are you even alive?
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this is the best non-basketball thing you will read today, and possibly all year.
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
this is the best non-basketball thing you will read today, and possibly all year.
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
Jethro!! Get away from the barbecue, Jethro!! Get the HELL away from that thing!!
May 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Jethro!! Get away from the barbecue, Jethro!! Get the HELL away from that thing!!
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They are basically private-equitying the entire economy. Getting rid of the assets, distributing the proceeds amount themselves, and the next stage is liquidation - leaving everyone else to deal with the consequences.
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They are basically private-equitying the entire economy. Getting rid of the assets, distributing the proceeds amount themselves, and the next stage is liquidation - leaving everyone else to deal with the consequences.
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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The tragicomedy of the genre of guy exemplified by JD and little Marco is that, despite gaining ever higher levels of authority and power on paper, they still end up getting stuffed in a locker wherever they go
Cracks me up JD Vance was the only one (half-heartedly) asking, “uh, guys, what are we actually trying to accomplish here” than the gremlin Stephen Miller comes in and stuffs him in a locker
March 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The tragicomedy of the genre of guy exemplified by JD and little Marco is that, despite gaining ever higher levels of authority and power on paper, they still end up getting stuffed in a locker wherever they go
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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
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Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
March 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Twitter is down. Tesla stock is plummeting. SpaceX’s rocket imploded.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
All owned by the same guy who’s now in charge of our federal government.
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“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”
Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
www.propublica.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”
Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
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I’m a historian, not an economist. But I’ve studied how tariffs work, how they are implemented.
If Trump wants people to thank him, he’s going to be very disappointed. As will many of the rural voters who voted for him.
If Trump wants people to thank him, he’s going to be very disappointed. As will many of the rural voters who voted for him.
March 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m a historian, not an economist. But I’ve studied how tariffs work, how they are implemented.
If Trump wants people to thank him, he’s going to be very disappointed. As will many of the rural voters who voted for him.
If Trump wants people to thank him, he’s going to be very disappointed. As will many of the rural voters who voted for him.
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No, the problem is that the President and Vice President are compromised and doing the bidding of the Kremlin.
The decision not to use an interpreter and the power imbalance between the parties, as well as Zelensky’s “warrior energy” due to his position as a wartime leader contributed to the meeting boiling over in such a dramatic way, body language experts said.
Body-language experts break down the dramatic Trump-Zelensky meeting
The row between Trump and Zelensky was heightened by the lack of an interpreter, the power imbalance, and the men’s TV backgrounds, body-language experts say.
wapo.st
March 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
No, the problem is that the President and Vice President are compromised and doing the bidding of the Kremlin.
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I'm not hung up on the whole "masculine energy" thing, but if I were the contrast between a humble, steadfast leader trying to defend his people from an unprovoked invasion and comfortable, cowardly blowhards trying to humiliate him into surrender would have me thinking hard about how I define it.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm not hung up on the whole "masculine energy" thing, but if I were the contrast between a humble, steadfast leader trying to defend his people from an unprovoked invasion and comfortable, cowardly blowhards trying to humiliate him into surrender would have me thinking hard about how I define it.
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I really don’t know how a Russian plant in the White House would act differently.
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I really don’t know how a Russian plant in the White House would act differently.
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
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I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to let Elon fire federal workers, I didn't know that meant Elon would fire me.
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to let Elon fire federal workers, I didn't know that meant Elon would fire me.
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Whether American policy is pro-Ukrainian or anti-Ukrainian, the Ukrainians pursue a consistent policy of sovereign self-defense. Here’s how that proves that they are just an American proxy.
by John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, and Vladimir Putin
by John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, and Vladimir Putin
February 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Whether American policy is pro-Ukrainian or anti-Ukrainian, the Ukrainians pursue a consistent policy of sovereign self-defense. Here’s how that proves that they are just an American proxy.
by John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, and Vladimir Putin
by John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, and Vladimir Putin
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Wish I were one of Elon's kids so I'd never see him again
February 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Wish I were one of Elon's kids so I'd never see him again
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By the way, this went out. My sister who is a psychiatrist for the VA got the email. She’s replying “caring for suicidal veterans who are afraid Musk is going to cut their access to care and benefits”
You think you’ve got a busy weekend? The ketamine cowboy has to read 3 million emails!
February 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
By the way, this went out. My sister who is a psychiatrist for the VA got the email. She’s replying “caring for suicidal veterans who are afraid Musk is going to cut their access to care and benefits”
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the perfect drug
January 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
the perfect drug
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There’s gaslighting here about the demise of Twitter. I wrote a contemporaneous piece about it last year. Twitter WAS what these critics claim should be what we seek. It was a place of outsider voices disagreement,citizen journalism, challenge, & humor. Then, Musk. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
December 14, 2024 at 6:48 PM
There’s gaslighting here about the demise of Twitter. I wrote a contemporaneous piece about it last year. Twitter WAS what these critics claim should be what we seek. It was a place of outsider voices disagreement,citizen journalism, challenge, & humor. Then, Musk. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...