Ben Taylor
getbentchi.bsky.social
Ben Taylor
@getbentchi.bsky.social
Chicago, IL
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Thinking about the time my friends and I skipped school to go see the phantom menace when it premiered and somehow our principal figured it out and called us into his office but didn’t punish us because he also saw it and decided we’d been through enough
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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"Let's go over this one more time."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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“We’re supposed to be running a pedophile protection racket here, what the hell?”
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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If Tren De Aragua was doing the things ICE and Border Patrol are doing in American cities, there’d be better justification for a crackdown on Tren De Aragua.
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The presidency, governorships, and mayors' offices are not entry-level positions.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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If there's one thing the Trump era has done, it's give me the unshakeable conviction that the ultra-wealthy not just aren't superior achievers in a meritocracy, but in fact are the world's biggest morons. The 21st century's idiot children of an inbred aristocracy.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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A normal reaction to today's news, dear Nancy, would be to express shock and horror at the significant possibility that the president of the United States is a child molester.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy birthday Neil Young, one of my favorite covers youtu.be/sJJyXnnHtQw?...
AZITA 12/08/2008 "Don't Let it Bring You Down"(N.Young)
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November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM