Ben.son of Sam
@benson.bsky.social
Dumpling knower and cascades peak bagger. If it doesn’t have vi or p|pes, it’s probably not worth having. PNW and Anarres
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Ben.son of Sam
@benson.bsky.social
· Apr 12
"I'm an atheist," you say, while you light incense and refresh the decorative fruit offering at your shrine to US District Court judge Paula Xinis.
Newly unemployed, just in time for the holidays (laudatory).
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Newly unemployed, just in time for the holidays (laudatory).
I chuckled in public
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I chuckled in public
Back in the USA after a week of very productive meetings in Nigeria and Kenya. I was counting on being happy to reunite with my wife and see the cascades. I was not counting on RFK poetry.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Back in the USA after a week of very productive meetings in Nigeria and Kenya. I was counting on being happy to reunite with my wife and see the cascades. I was not counting on RFK poetry.
It would be cool if somebody introduced MTG to the latest syntactic innovation: the colon.
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It would be cool if somebody introduced MTG to the latest syntactic innovation: the colon.
This is amazing work.
They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is amazing work.
Grand tour ABV->COO->LFW->NBO
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Grand tour ABV->COO->LFW->NBO
The inability to put away a game continues, sadly, into PKs.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The inability to put away a game continues, sadly, into PKs.
Every day I wake up thinking, boy I'm glad I'm not Elizabeth Spiers on November 13th, 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Every day I wake up thinking, boy I'm glad I'm not Elizabeth Spiers on November 13th, 2025.
The missing circle of hell in the Inferno is watching other people use computers.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The missing circle of hell in the Inferno is watching other people use computers.
(gen z dream of home ownership intensifies)
U.S. HOUSING MARKET RECORD IMBALANCE — HOME SELLERS NOW OUTNUMBER BUYERS BY OVER 500,000, THE LARGEST GAP EVER RECORDED.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
(gen z dream of home ownership intensifies)
Catching up on stuff from a week ago, but Eilish "give your money away, shorties" is an all timer.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Catching up on stuff from a week ago, but Eilish "give your money away, shorties" is an all timer.
If you care enough to send a gift link to a Ross Douthat column, you should care enough also to include a smallpox blanket.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you care enough to send a gift link to a Ross Douthat column, you should care enough also to include a smallpox blanket.
hang these stats from your nearest freeway overpass
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
hang these stats from your nearest freeway overpass
Honey, wake up! The guy with the word-numbers handle and the vantablack pfp is explaining how the libs are agitating for civil war again.
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Honey, wake up! The guy with the word-numbers handle and the vantablack pfp is explaining how the libs are agitating for civil war again.
holy hell yes
Per @votehub.com , this is perhaps the biggest sign of what happened tonight. In Union City, an 82% Hispanic City in Hudson County, Sherrill received more voted in AN OFF YEAR than Harris did last year.
2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940
2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402
2024 President: D+17, 11,316-7,940
2025 Governor: D+68.8 13,304-2,402
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
holy hell yes
KQED reporting Prop 50 passed in California. We're not in here with them; they're in here with us.
Proposition 50 Passes in California, Boosting Democrats in Fight for US House Control | KQED
California voters backed Proposition 50, a Newsom-led measure redrawing congressional districts to strengthen Democrats in 2026.
www.kqed.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
KQED reporting Prop 50 passed in California. We're not in here with them; they're in here with us.
Now the dodgers get to leave the WH on read.
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Now the dodgers get to leave the WH on read.
Let's go baseball!
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Let's go baseball!
Eliminating USAID will kill millions. Meanwhile, Trump the "isolationist" contemplates twelve different battlefronts to save single-digit thousands of people to burn the nation's treasure at unimaginable rates.
Old: The US might illegally attack Venezuela.
New: The US might illegally attack Nigeria.
New: The US might illegally attack Nigeria.
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Eliminating USAID will kill millions. Meanwhile, Trump the "isolationist" contemplates twelve different battlefronts to save single-digit thousands of people to burn the nation's treasure at unimaginable rates.
This rings the bell for me
yes. I look at what's happening in this country, and I see the endless stream of quants trying to find the correct policy argument that will persuade voters to abandon Trump, and I just feel despair. like it's a complete failure to understand what game they're even playing
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This rings the bell for me
(At the IQ test) demilich, wyvern, gray ooze - or maybe black ooze? can I get partial credit just for "ooze"?
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
(At the IQ test) demilich, wyvern, gray ooze - or maybe black ooze? can I get partial credit just for "ooze"?
The south will fall again.
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The south will fall again.
I'm dreaming of a notably less white Christmas.
starving over 40 million people right before major holidays + massively upping healthcare costs does strike me as a rather bold move this early in the authoritarian consolidation game for any given fascist regime, but I guess we’ll see what happens
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I'm dreaming of a notably less white Christmas.
i'm not on "the everything app" but I still have things. this demands explanation.
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i'm not on "the everything app" but I still have things. this demands explanation.
@nytimes.com come and get your boy
he literally @'d them for backup and they just flat ignored him, truly incredilbe
October 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
@nytimes.com come and get your boy