Benefits
@kgbenefits.bsky.social
Science, History, Speculative Fiction, Books, Seattle sports. Working on my first novel.
37 year streak of not accidently doing a Nazi salute.
37 year streak of not accidently doing a Nazi salute.
This is my number one soap box issue, I've been ranting about it for 10 years.
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is my number one soap box issue, I've been ranting about it for 10 years.
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
If your normal headlights are brighter than my high beams fuck yourself
The Khashoggi one was just as bad for me. He berated the female reporter twice, and the 2nd time he calls her "insubordinate." Then waxed poetic about kings.
He thinks he owns the entire country & we all work for him. He thinks he owns us.
He thinks he owns the entire country & we all work for him. He thinks he owns us.
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The Khashoggi one was just as bad for me. He berated the female reporter twice, and the 2nd time he calls her "insubordinate." Then waxed poetic about kings.
He thinks he owns the entire country & we all work for him. He thinks he owns us.
He thinks he owns the entire country & we all work for him. He thinks he owns us.
"but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain."
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain."
That article made me walk outside & stare at the sky for a full minute. I don't know what I felt.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That article made me walk outside & stare at the sky for a full minute. I don't know what I felt.
It's hilarious to me that game companies finally decided to tackle raising game prices right in the middle of an inflation crisis
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's hilarious to me that game companies finally decided to tackle raising game prices right in the middle of an inflation crisis
Slow build cosmic horror that peaks at the end in what-the-fuckery is the best. It reminds me of Pet Semetary in that you're mostly just kind of unsettled the whole ride (short read) until the book is finally like "it's nightmare fuel time"
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Slow build cosmic horror that peaks at the end in what-the-fuckery is the best. It reminds me of Pet Semetary in that you're mostly just kind of unsettled the whole ride (short read) until the book is finally like "it's nightmare fuel time"
Genuinely can't find words & not in the colloquial sense.
"I'm on the lifetime sex offender registry and that's good"
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"I'm on the lifetime sex offender registry and that's good"
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November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Genuinely can't find words & not in the colloquial sense.
"I'm on the lifetime sex offender registry and that's good"
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"I'm on the lifetime sex offender registry and that's good"
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This is one of the funniest sports plays of all time, and one of my favorites. I hadn't laughed that hard at sports since the butt fumble
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is one of the funniest sports plays of all time, and one of my favorites. I hadn't laughed that hard at sports since the butt fumble
If we didn't re-sign Josh I was going to give up on the M's forever (until we made another deep playoff run in 20 years)
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If we didn't re-sign Josh I was going to give up on the M's forever (until we made another deep playoff run in 20 years)
That's my real takeaway. Like if you didn't already realize the president's a probable pedo, you're dumb.
The sheer vacuous nature & stupidity of these jet-setting dipshits who can't write an english sentence & think they're the masters of the universe is staggering.
The sheer vacuous nature & stupidity of these jet-setting dipshits who can't write an english sentence & think they're the masters of the universe is staggering.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
That's my real takeaway. Like if you didn't already realize the president's a probable pedo, you're dumb.
The sheer vacuous nature & stupidity of these jet-setting dipshits who can't write an english sentence & think they're the masters of the universe is staggering.
The sheer vacuous nature & stupidity of these jet-setting dipshits who can't write an english sentence & think they're the masters of the universe is staggering.
I'm wondering if he used some of the info from the files or just knowledge he had to blackmail Repubs. And promising to protect them & failing might actually get them to abandon him
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I'm wondering if he used some of the info from the files or just knowledge he had to blackmail Repubs. And promising to protect them & failing might actually get them to abandon him
...entirely. but it's the biggest bubble the world may have ever seen & it's going to tank the economy when it pops.
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
...entirely. but it's the biggest bubble the world may have ever seen & it's going to tank the economy when it pops.
This also doesn't account for the cost to use the tools. AI companies are losing money hand over fist for people to use their services. That's unsustainable & they will have to raise prices eventually. You can't run a loss leader forever. Much like the early internet, AI isn't going away...
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This also doesn't account for the cost to use the tools. AI companies are losing money hand over fist for people to use their services. That's unsustainable & they will have to raise prices eventually. You can't run a loss leader forever. Much like the early internet, AI isn't going away...
The same study also found that people consistently thought they were more productive when they just flat out weren't
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The same study also found that people consistently thought they were more productive when they just flat out weren't
That's not safe to say at all. The METR study found people were actually 19% less productive using AI & that's probably the best study on the topic.
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
We conduct a randomized controlled trial to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find th...
metr.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
That's not safe to say at all. The METR study found people were actually 19% less productive using AI & that's probably the best study on the topic.
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
If you go to his wikipedia page there are photos of his throat. It's a deep gash.
You don't have to be a medical expert to see it's probably impossible to produce that wound from the height of the beds he supposedly hung himself from. They're basically 5' tall.
You don't have to be a medical expert to see it's probably impossible to produce that wound from the height of the beds he supposedly hung himself from. They're basically 5' tall.
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you go to his wikipedia page there are photos of his throat. It's a deep gash.
You don't have to be a medical expert to see it's probably impossible to produce that wound from the height of the beds he supposedly hung himself from. They're basically 5' tall.
You don't have to be a medical expert to see it's probably impossible to produce that wound from the height of the beds he supposedly hung himself from. They're basically 5' tall.
Imagine hating paying taxes so much you're willing to help a pedophile.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Imagine hating paying taxes so much you're willing to help a pedophile.
The real lesson from the Epstein emails is that the world is ruled by a small cabal of idiots dumb enough to discuss global affairs over email who've somehow convinced themselves they're super geniuses that also can't spell.
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The real lesson from the Epstein emails is that the world is ruled by a small cabal of idiots dumb enough to discuss global affairs over email who've somehow convinced themselves they're super geniuses that also can't spell.
Me and the epstein emails rn
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Me and the epstein emails rn
Had some friends that worked there & said the same thing. He's just a dweeb who's a huge dick
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Had some friends that worked there & said the same thing. He's just a dweeb who's a huge dick
I've just been rolling w/ it cause it's funny af. It was probably just a crass joke
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I've just been rolling w/ it cause it's funny af. It was probably just a crass joke
Per Epstein, he was at mar-a-lago on thanksgiving - he said Trump was there & we know Trump spent that thanksgiving at mar-a-lago.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Per Epstein, he was at mar-a-lago on thanksgiving - he said Trump was there & we know Trump spent that thanksgiving at mar-a-lago.
Lmfao I could shoot 83 on that course. And she gets a nepo sponsorship exemption.
I looked at her GHIN, she doesn't even turn her scores in. She's turned in 5 cards in two years & claims to be a scratch golfer 🤣
I looked at her GHIN, she doesn't even turn her scores in. She's turned in 5 cards in two years & claims to be a scratch golfer 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Lmfao I could shoot 83 on that course. And she gets a nepo sponsorship exemption.
I looked at her GHIN, she doesn't even turn her scores in. She's turned in 5 cards in two years & claims to be a scratch golfer 🤣
I looked at her GHIN, she doesn't even turn her scores in. She's turned in 5 cards in two years & claims to be a scratch golfer 🤣
"I still am not convinced as to why we should have detected them…if they can travel FTL"
Yeah but they can't travel FTL. I promise you they can't. It's not a thing (all logic breaks if the universe doesn't have a maximum speed limit). The real answer is we're almost certainly alone in our galaxy
Yeah but they can't travel FTL. I promise you they can't. It's not a thing (all logic breaks if the universe doesn't have a maximum speed limit). The real answer is we're almost certainly alone in our galaxy
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"I still am not convinced as to why we should have detected them…if they can travel FTL"
Yeah but they can't travel FTL. I promise you they can't. It's not a thing (all logic breaks if the universe doesn't have a maximum speed limit). The real answer is we're almost certainly alone in our galaxy
Yeah but they can't travel FTL. I promise you they can't. It's not a thing (all logic breaks if the universe doesn't have a maximum speed limit). The real answer is we're almost certainly alone in our galaxy
Everyone's brought up in a culture where aliens are real. The best answer for the Fermi paradox is that we're probably not alone in the universe but we're probably alone in our galaxy. We're the aliens. We're an early advanced species. It doesn't take long to colonize the galaxy even w/ nuclear
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Everyone's brought up in a culture where aliens are real. The best answer for the Fermi paradox is that we're probably not alone in the universe but we're probably alone in our galaxy. We're the aliens. We're an early advanced species. It doesn't take long to colonize the galaxy even w/ nuclear