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Joshua Benton
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21st-century media and the 19th-c American South. Founded and ran @niemanlab.org at @harvard.edu for 12 yrs; now the senior writer there. Cajun, dad of two, husband of one. Journalist with a history problem. Also: @theatlantic.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc
I don't doubt that those kids really used AI, to be clear.

It's just that Marx really *did* have a few things to say about overthrowing oppressive labor systems! And wrote about slave rebellions specifically.

Maybe make the Trojan horse "mention Ray Liotta" or something.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reposted by Joshua Benton
I recently learned about Manhattan geometry (also called taxicab geometry) and I can’t stop thinking about it, in particular the idea that pi is exactly four en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab...
Taxicab geometry - Wikipedia
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November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I still listen to Meadowlands all the time
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM