Benson Cook
@bensonhcook.bsky.social
I won an Emmy, which is neat | 🏡 Chicago
I think the photo of me on my Brazilian tourist visa might be the worst anyone has ever taken of me. I look like JD Vance
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I think the photo of me on my Brazilian tourist visa might be the worst anyone has ever taken of me. I look like JD Vance
I really do hate to be on Marco Rubio’s side about anything but Calibri is an absolutely hideous font
December 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I really do hate to be on Marco Rubio’s side about anything but Calibri is an absolutely hideous font
I finally started watching Heated Rivalry, and beyond everything everyone’s already said about it, as a graduate of Canadian commercial media, I’m so glad Crave finally made an original series that people besides Bell Media executives actually want to watch.
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I finally started watching Heated Rivalry, and beyond everything everyone’s already said about it, as a graduate of Canadian commercial media, I’m so glad Crave finally made an original series that people besides Bell Media executives actually want to watch.
It is violently on-brand for the CTA to re-route the red line to the elevated tracks on the coldest night of the entire year, denying me the chance to walk straight from the subway into the office
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It is violently on-brand for the CTA to re-route the red line to the elevated tracks on the coldest night of the entire year, denying me the chance to walk straight from the subway into the office
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The White House just launched a "Media Bias" tracker to supposedly monitor fake news. It's really a hit list of reporters & outlets covering issues in ways Trump & the admin dislike. Flagrant attack on independent thought, freedom of the press & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The White House just launched a "Media Bias" tracker to supposedly monitor fake news. It's really a hit list of reporters & outlets covering issues in ways Trump & the admin dislike. Flagrant attack on independent thought, freedom of the press & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Oh God, why are we showing the ShamWow guy?", I hear a colleague remark as I sit back down at my desk
(Turns out he's running for Congress)
(Turns out he's running for Congress)
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Oh God, why are we showing the ShamWow guy?", I hear a colleague remark as I sit back down at my desk
(Turns out he's running for Congress)
(Turns out he's running for Congress)
www.wsj.com/business/hos... Lol TIL the guy behind Sonder’s spectacular collapse went to my alma mater and that makes sense
Inside Marriott’s Disastrous Bet on Short-Term Rental Company Sonder
Investment in Sonder added rooms, but apartment-rental company collapsed under high-cost leases. ‘Everything kind of went straight downhill,’ said one manager.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
www.wsj.com/business/hos... Lol TIL the guy behind Sonder’s spectacular collapse went to my alma mater and that makes sense
Loving how everyone on the internet’s saying that Marjorie Taylor Greene pulled a Jagmeet Singh by resigning two days after her congressional pension becomes vested
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Loving how everyone on the internet’s saying that Marjorie Taylor Greene pulled a Jagmeet Singh by resigning two days after her congressional pension becomes vested
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The IIHF has confirmed to me that neck guards will be mandatory for hockey players at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
IIHF announced in 2023 that they'd be mandatory, but didn't confirm when it would be for senior players until now.
@theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
IIHF announced in 2023 that they'd be mandatory, but didn't confirm when it would be for senior players until now.
@theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
IIHF says neck guards will be mandatory at 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina
In February 2024, 78.45 percent of NHL players who participated in an Athletic players poll opposed the idea of a neck-guard mandate.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The IIHF has confirmed to me that neck guards will be mandatory for hockey players at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
IIHF announced in 2023 that they'd be mandatory, but didn't confirm when it would be for senior players until now.
@theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
IIHF announced in 2023 that they'd be mandatory, but didn't confirm when it would be for senior players until now.
@theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
I rushed to the airport after hearing about the shutdown leading to crazy lines at some airports, but I’m here to say your mileage will definitely vary because at least if you’re privileged enough to have Premier Access, Pre-Check and Clear Plus, TSA continues to take sixteen seconds at O’Hare
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I rushed to the airport after hearing about the shutdown leading to crazy lines at some airports, but I’m here to say your mileage will definitely vary because at least if you’re privileged enough to have Premier Access, Pre-Check and Clear Plus, TSA continues to take sixteen seconds at O’Hare
Is it time for me to reiterate my long-held theory that the public wouldn’t put up with gerrymandering if we gave our congressional districts names like in the Westminster system?
Everybody would know a seat named “Andersonville—Evanston—Elk-Grove—Algonquin” is fishy, whereas “IL-09” is meaningless
Everybody would know a seat named “Andersonville—Evanston—Elk-Grove—Algonquin” is fishy, whereas “IL-09” is meaningless
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Is it time for me to reiterate my long-held theory that the public wouldn’t put up with gerrymandering if we gave our congressional districts names like in the Westminster system?
Everybody would know a seat named “Andersonville—Evanston—Elk-Grove—Algonquin” is fishy, whereas “IL-09” is meaningless
Everybody would know a seat named “Andersonville—Evanston—Elk-Grove—Algonquin” is fishy, whereas “IL-09” is meaningless
Just before gavelling itself out for the year, the IL House passed SB-2111, the transit funding bill that will avert dramatic service cuts to CTA, Metra, and Pace.
It is now under consideration by the Senate, which itself just passed the MAiD bill, SB-1950, by a wafer-thin margin.
It is now under consideration by the Senate, which itself just passed the MAiD bill, SB-1950, by a wafer-thin margin.
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just before gavelling itself out for the year, the IL House passed SB-2111, the transit funding bill that will avert dramatic service cuts to CTA, Metra, and Pace.
It is now under consideration by the Senate, which itself just passed the MAiD bill, SB-1950, by a wafer-thin margin.
It is now under consideration by the Senate, which itself just passed the MAiD bill, SB-1950, by a wafer-thin margin.
18 innings and counting does feel pretty emblematic of how 2025 has felt so far
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
18 innings and counting does feel pretty emblematic of how 2025 has felt so far
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This has been an amazing baseball game.
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This has been an amazing baseball game.
This was a great article about an awful phenomenon that I’ve long been pretty confused by www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.
www.theatlantic.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This was a great article about an awful phenomenon that I’ve long been pretty confused by www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
This is probably a good time to remind people that I’m resolutely convinced that the demise of the federal Progressive Conservatives created a rift in the space-time continuum that’s prevented any Canadian NHL or MLB team from winning a championship since
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is probably a good time to remind people that I’m resolutely convinced that the demise of the federal Progressive Conservatives created a rift in the space-time continuum that’s prevented any Canadian NHL or MLB team from winning a championship since
omg the Jays made the World Series, should I fly to Toronto and get tickets?
*Googles prices*
Wow, no, I should not
*Googles prices*
Wow, no, I should not
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
omg the Jays made the World Series, should I fly to Toronto and get tickets?
*Googles prices*
Wow, no, I should not
*Googles prices*
Wow, no, I should not
My big victory for the day is that I was allowed to use the term “inter-diocesan” on the news
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My big victory for the day is that I was allowed to use the term “inter-diocesan” on the news
Apparently both CIBC and BMO are sponsors of the Blackhawks and as someone who is here to root against them and for the Habs are I just find that funny
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Apparently both CIBC and BMO are sponsors of the Blackhawks and as someone who is here to root against them and for the Habs are I just find that funny
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RIP Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved icon.
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
RIP Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved icon.
I love that the one baseball team the entire continent outside of New York City can agree to root for is located in a town where tonight, way more people were paying attention to a hockey game
October 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I love that the one baseball team the entire continent outside of New York City can agree to root for is located in a town where tonight, way more people were paying attention to a hockey game
The line to get into the River North Trader Joe’s is somehow nearly an entire city block long at 8:58 a.m. — what is this, Covid?
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The line to get into the River North Trader Joe’s is somehow nearly an entire city block long at 8:58 a.m. — what is this, Covid?
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I've been an exec in corporate TV for 30+ years. This is a harsh, but accurate take on the challenges facing Bari Weiss by @lopatto.bsky.social.
Leading a large team, creatives, and navigating the corpo world without years of experience is exceedingly difficult.
www.theverge.com/business/793...
Leading a large team, creatives, and navigating the corpo world without years of experience is exceedingly difficult.
www.theverge.com/business/793...
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
www.theverge.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've been an exec in corporate TV for 30+ years. This is a harsh, but accurate take on the challenges facing Bari Weiss by @lopatto.bsky.social.
Leading a large team, creatives, and navigating the corpo world without years of experience is exceedingly difficult.
www.theverge.com/business/793...
Leading a large team, creatives, and navigating the corpo world without years of experience is exceedingly difficult.
www.theverge.com/business/793...
Favorite part of 107 Days so far is when Harris quips that she and Biden bonded over their mutual suspicion of the British due to their Jamaican/Indian and Irish ancestry
October 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Favorite part of 107 Days so far is when Harris quips that she and Biden bonded over their mutual suspicion of the British due to their Jamaican/Indian and Irish ancestry
@ivanagat.bsky.social and I just found out that our ten-year high school reunion isn't going to provide food and I've never been more outraged in my life
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
@ivanagat.bsky.social and I just found out that our ten-year high school reunion isn't going to provide food and I've never been more outraged in my life