Ben Matasar
@matasar.bsky.social
I once walked off the end of a pier. He/him.
Come to our bookstore: https://www.achildrensplacebookstore.com/
Come to our bookstore: https://www.achildrensplacebookstore.com/
Maybe it’s time to delete this app.
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Maybe it’s time to delete this app.
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Knicks led by 14 with 2:45 to play in 4th quarter and now are in OT vs Pacers. Teams leading playoff game by 14+ in final 2:45 of 4th quarter are 994-0 in play by play era (since 1997)
May 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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what could go wrong
Regeneron to buy bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe for $256 million | CNN Business
Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will buy genetic testing firm 23andMe for $256 million through a bankruptcy auction, the companies said Monday.
www.cnn.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
what could go wrong
I was just reminded of the time I saw a man walk into an Apple Store, shout “Hey Siri, play All Star by Smashmouth”, and leave cackling.
May 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was just reminded of the time I saw a man walk into an Apple Store, shout “Hey Siri, play All Star by Smashmouth”, and leave cackling.
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this, it must be noted, has been a bipartisan endeavor on the Court; McDonnell was a unanimous opinion
One reason Trump is confident he can get away with getting an open $400 million bribe from a dictatorship is that the Supreme Court has whittled the definition of "corruption" down to almost nothing and allowed the emoluments clause to become a dead letter
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With a foreign government apparently set to gift a U.S. President a ~luxury plane~ it's maybe time to look back at how SCOTUS has been all in on the MAGA (Make America a Grift Again) project 🧵
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
this, it must be noted, has been a bipartisan endeavor on the Court; McDonnell was a unanimous opinion
@codahale.com you’re not going to believe this
Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
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Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
The latest loss of an F/A-18 fighter jet occurred during a failed landing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
wapo.st
May 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
@codahale.com you’re not going to believe this
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Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.
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May 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
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look i know a lot of millennials have been denied the traditional markers of adulthood and have received a sort of endless childhood of consumption as a consolation prize but wanting teens or people in their early 20s to admire you is deeply embarrassing
May 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
look i know a lot of millennials have been denied the traditional markers of adulthood and have received a sort of endless childhood of consumption as a consolation prize but wanting teens or people in their early 20s to admire you is deeply embarrassing
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Mayor Ras Baraka has also been released. pix11.com/news/local-n...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released from ICE facility in NJ
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey Friday, officials said. The politician said he …
pix11.com
May 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Mayor Ras Baraka has also been released. pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Alina Habba tells Fox News that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and is being held in a secret location right now.
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Alina Habba tells Fox News that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and is being held in a secret location right now.
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
Martha MacCallum: "Where is he being held?"
Habba: 'I'm not going to speak to that right now. He's obviously in New Jersey."
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Trying to figure out how to think about having worked on a platform the Pope used. A Poster Pope.
May 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trying to figure out how to think about having worked on a platform the Pope used. A Poster Pope.
I would love to understand how and why airplanes just started falling off of aircraft carriers. I feel that Pete Hegseth is involved somehow.
May 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I would love to understand how and why airplanes just started falling off of aircraft carriers. I feel that Pete Hegseth is involved somehow.
not right now North Korea
South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters.
South Korea says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward sea
South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern waters.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
not right now North Korea
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I got the best teaching evals of my career for a large course last semester— along with three teaching awards— after rebuilding my intro class around in-class handwritten essays. I simply do not believe that this is unsolvable or that students don't care about actually learning to do their work.
In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....
James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I got the best teaching evals of my career for a large course last semester— along with three teaching awards— after rebuilding my intro class around in-class handwritten essays. I simply do not believe that this is unsolvable or that students don't care about actually learning to do their work.
“Fiona Apple has a new song about pretrial detention” is something for which I’m in the middle of the Venn diagram: youtu.be/ki1nvcNbYH8?...
Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO
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May 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Fiona Apple has a new song about pretrial detention” is something for which I’m in the middle of the Venn diagram: youtu.be/ki1nvcNbYH8?...
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He has determined that experience is a signed integer lmfao
May 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
He has determined that experience is a signed integer lmfao
trump take dress
Did not know this —> “An estimated 90% of wedding dresses are made in China, according to the National Bridal Retailers Association” www.cnbc.com/2025/05/03/t...
Trump's China tariffs are raising costs for wedding dresses and threatening the small shops that sell them
The higher duties on bridal gowns and special occasion dresses have raised costs for boutiques and designers across the country.
www.cnbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:23 AM
trump take dress
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I’ve seen so many attempts to explain exactly why this is but the only explanatory framework that works is that the media has an extremely strong conservative bias
If a democrat responded to a question about small business this way they’d be broken on the rack bsky.app/profile/theb...
Q: "Are you considering tariff relief for small businesses?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
Trump: "Why do you always mention, you know, a couple of little businesses. What about the car business?"
May 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’ve seen so many attempts to explain exactly why this is but the only explanatory framework that works is that the media has an extremely strong conservative bias
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David Adelman is about to be the only coach in NBA history with more playoff wins than regular-season wins.
May 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
David Adelman is about to be the only coach in NBA history with more playoff wins than regular-season wins.
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Jaw
Jaw
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Seeping Beauty
Seeping Beauty
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Concave
Concave
May 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Jaw
Jaw