Chima Simone Benson
@chimasimone.bsky.social
Perpetual momming. Eventual writing. Respirator on. Prayers up. In my preservation of self — and family — era. Forever survivor. Never complier. (Can you do it?) I'm not gonna be able to do it! (8x)
M.A., USC Annenberg (before LLMs)•••💖💚
M.A., USC Annenberg (before LLMs)•••💖💚
When injustice becomes fully automated…
Clip from “Please Hold” by K.D. Dávila. Just a 2020 short film — for now.
Clip from “Please Hold” by K.D. Dávila. Just a 2020 short film — for now.
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When injustice becomes fully automated…
Clip from “Please Hold” by K.D. Dávila. Just a 2020 short film — for now.
Clip from “Please Hold” by K.D. Dávila. Just a 2020 short film — for now.
Again, not concerned. He won’t make it through this term, let alone a third. He’s old and frail.
It’s the GOP as a whole who have no intention of leaving. We’ll have to Nepal ‘em out.
It’s the GOP as a whole who have no intention of leaving. We’ll have to Nepal ‘em out.
October 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Again, not concerned. He won’t make it through this term, let alone a third. He’s old and frail.
It’s the GOP as a whole who have no intention of leaving. We’ll have to Nepal ‘em out.
It’s the GOP as a whole who have no intention of leaving. We’ll have to Nepal ‘em out.
I absolutely love @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social on TikTok!
He’s handily yeeting followers like he yeets chickens, but with policy debates, schooling on systemic inequality, and receipts at the ready.
He’s handily yeeting followers like he yeets chickens, but with policy debates, schooling on systemic inequality, and receipts at the ready.
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I absolutely love @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social on TikTok!
He’s handily yeeting followers like he yeets chickens, but with policy debates, schooling on systemic inequality, and receipts at the ready.
He’s handily yeeting followers like he yeets chickens, but with policy debates, schooling on systemic inequality, and receipts at the ready.
Awwwwww, when the poor pup starts looking for himself…
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Awwwwww, when the poor pup starts looking for himself…
We call currency dead presidents for a reason. It’s the law.
But we know this regime prefers the unlawful and unauthorized, while Congress just looks on, so here we go.
But we know this regime prefers the unlawful and unauthorized, while Congress just looks on, so here we go.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We call currency dead presidents for a reason. It’s the law.
But we know this regime prefers the unlawful and unauthorized, while Congress just looks on, so here we go.
But we know this regime prefers the unlawful and unauthorized, while Congress just looks on, so here we go.
That’s how I’m getting through this.
Other people’s pups.
I lost my boy of almost 14 years, the best boy, my Winston. The most handsome little fella who continued to look like a spry young man through his senior years.
Other people’s pups.
I lost my boy of almost 14 years, the best boy, my Winston. The most handsome little fella who continued to look like a spry young man through his senior years.
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
That’s how I’m getting through this.
Other people’s pups.
I lost my boy of almost 14 years, the best boy, my Winston. The most handsome little fella who continued to look like a spry young man through his senior years.
Other people’s pups.
I lost my boy of almost 14 years, the best boy, my Winston. The most handsome little fella who continued to look like a spry young man through his senior years.
Great! Now, if the vaccinated herd could also resist the propaganda that you don’t have to mask if you’re vaccinated.
You can catch COVID in an empty room where someone infected (and totally asymptomatic) had been breathing many hours earlier.
*And that little vaccination room too.
You can catch COVID in an empty room where someone infected (and totally asymptomatic) had been breathing many hours earlier.
*And that little vaccination room too.
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Great! Now, if the vaccinated herd could also resist the propaganda that you don’t have to mask if you’re vaccinated.
You can catch COVID in an empty room where someone infected (and totally asymptomatic) had been breathing many hours earlier.
*And that little vaccination room too.
You can catch COVID in an empty room where someone infected (and totally asymptomatic) had been breathing many hours earlier.
*And that little vaccination room too.
Biden welcomed him “home!”
Democrats and their commitment to excessive civility and strict adherence to institutional norms are what got us here. And keep us here.
Democrats and their commitment to excessive civility and strict adherence to institutional norms are what got us here. And keep us here.
September 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Biden welcomed him “home!”
Democrats and their commitment to excessive civility and strict adherence to institutional norms are what got us here. And keep us here.
Democrats and their commitment to excessive civility and strict adherence to institutional norms are what got us here. And keep us here.
Putting them into camps.
And then vanishing them.
And then vanishing them.
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Putting them into camps.
And then vanishing them.
And then vanishing them.
This announcement wasn’t for us. They have been quietly scraping our data for at least a year, with no announcement.
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This announcement wasn’t for us. They have been quietly scraping our data for at least a year, with no announcement.
LinkedIn has been quietly scraping the personal data of U.S. member profiles to train AI models for at least a year.
The below 2025 warning (announcement) is for users in countries who actually care to protect their citizens’ personal data.
There was no such announcement for us in 2024.
The below 2025 warning (announcement) is for users in countries who actually care to protect their citizens’ personal data.
There was no such announcement for us in 2024.
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
LinkedIn has been quietly scraping the personal data of U.S. member profiles to train AI models for at least a year.
The below 2025 warning (announcement) is for users in countries who actually care to protect their citizens’ personal data.
There was no such announcement for us in 2024.
The below 2025 warning (announcement) is for users in countries who actually care to protect their citizens’ personal data.
There was no such announcement for us in 2024.
Goodbye gems like this. 👋🏽
Would have been better banned.
Would have been better banned.
September 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Goodbye gems like this. 👋🏽
Would have been better banned.
Would have been better banned.
Because I refuse to follow an algorithm controlled by “America” (MAGA).
The heavy-handed censorship of left-leaning voices is already well underway.
The heavy-handed censorship of left-leaning voices is already well underway.
September 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Because I refuse to follow an algorithm controlled by “America” (MAGA).
The heavy-handed censorship of left-leaning voices is already well underway.
The heavy-handed censorship of left-leaning voices is already well underway.
And this one (with a helpful directive at the end):
“I’m not going to hold your hand when I say this. COVID is still outside. Don’t scroll bitch...” 🤭😷
“I’m not going to hold your hand when I say this. COVID is still outside. Don’t scroll bitch...” 🤭😷
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
And this one (with a helpful directive at the end):
“I’m not going to hold your hand when I say this. COVID is still outside. Don’t scroll bitch...” 🤭😷
“I’m not going to hold your hand when I say this. COVID is still outside. Don’t scroll bitch...” 🤭😷
If droopy face’s TikTok deal goes through, I’m out. In the meantime, saving my faves like this one…
Sound on is a must! 🔉
Sound on is a must! 🔉
September 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If droopy face’s TikTok deal goes through, I’m out. In the meantime, saving my faves like this one…
Sound on is a must! 🔉
Sound on is a must! 🔉
The youth in Nepal toppled their corrupt government in days. Days!
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The youth in Nepal toppled their corrupt government in days. Days!
“You got what you wanted, but you lost what you had.”
The perfect response:
The perfect response:
September 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“You got what you wanted, but you lost what you had.”
The perfect response:
The perfect response:
Homecoming.
It truly took me back to attending a HBCU as a freshman and my 🩷💚sorority days at a PWI.
It truly took me back to attending a HBCU as a freshman and my 🩷💚sorority days at a PWI.
September 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Homecoming.
It truly took me back to attending a HBCU as a freshman and my 🩷💚sorority days at a PWI.
It truly took me back to attending a HBCU as a freshman and my 🩷💚sorority days at a PWI.
Only if the book report is written under the supervision of the librarian in one of these with phones returned when they’re done.
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Only if the book report is written under the supervision of the librarian in one of these with phones returned when they’re done.
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
August 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
No new pictures, where are you mentally?
How it feels urging people to protect themselves from COVID.
A virus that causes brain damage, strokes, advanced aging, cognitive impairment, drops in IQ, heart attacks, diabetes, immune system impairment, erectile dysfunction, placental damage, stillbirths, cancer, developmental delays in kids…
A virus that causes brain damage, strokes, advanced aging, cognitive impairment, drops in IQ, heart attacks, diabetes, immune system impairment, erectile dysfunction, placental damage, stillbirths, cancer, developmental delays in kids…
August 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How it feels urging people to protect themselves from COVID.
A virus that causes brain damage, strokes, advanced aging, cognitive impairment, drops in IQ, heart attacks, diabetes, immune system impairment, erectile dysfunction, placental damage, stillbirths, cancer, developmental delays in kids…
A virus that causes brain damage, strokes, advanced aging, cognitive impairment, drops in IQ, heart attacks, diabetes, immune system impairment, erectile dysfunction, placental damage, stillbirths, cancer, developmental delays in kids…
So how long will privileged people stand by, recording, and not intervene? It’s giving the detachment of the spectators in Black Mirror’s “White Bear.” Put the phones down and pick up a sandwich. Damn.
August 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So how long will privileged people stand by, recording, and not intervene? It’s giving the detachment of the spectators in Black Mirror’s “White Bear.” Put the phones down and pick up a sandwich. Damn.