sascha benjamin cohen
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"'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
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Poetry, you say? Odd short fiction, you say? Snarky humor, you say? Serious work on religious and biblical narrative, you say?
Why yes, I've written some stuff like that...
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Why yes, I've written some stuff like that...
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“I like beer.”
-Brett Kavanaugh
We can have Brandeises as leaders and justices, or we can have Kavanaughs.
As a nation we appear to have made our choice.
-Brett Kavanaugh
We can have Brandeises as leaders and justices, or we can have Kavanaughs.
As a nation we appear to have made our choice.
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
-Louis D. Brandeis
-Louis D. Brandeis
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“I like beer.”
-Brett Kavanaugh
We can have Brandeises as leaders and justices, or we can have Kavanaughs.
As a nation we appear to have made our choice.
-Brett Kavanaugh
We can have Brandeises as leaders and justices, or we can have Kavanaughs.
As a nation we appear to have made our choice.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
and truly, who among us has not thought of doing the same?**
**Usually when we are around the age of six, but still...
**Usually when we are around the age of six, but still...
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
and truly, who among us has not thought of doing the same?**
**Usually when we are around the age of six, but still...
**Usually when we are around the age of six, but still...
hey, ho, the wind and the rain
it's a Festean morning today oh yes
it's a Festean morning today oh yes
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
hey, ho, the wind and the rain
it's a Festean morning today oh yes
it's a Festean morning today oh yes
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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I personally feel this should be discussed more, as a national security issue among other things
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I personally feel this should be discussed more, as a national security issue among other things
So great to be reminded of this after the announcement that my health sciences university has signed a major contract with OpenAI to provide...ChatGPT 5 to all our students (and faculty, and staff).
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So great to be reminded of this after the announcement that my health sciences university has signed a major contract with OpenAI to provide...ChatGPT 5 to all our students (and faculty, and staff).
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All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All the Epstein emails are powerful elites saying shit like “Hello my friend the pedophile, i need your advice as a pedophile, what do you think about this other pedophile? Pedophilic Regards, your Friend ;)” and instead of swinging from a gibbet most of them are still writing op-eds against leftism
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November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
while the source reporting focuses on our new D4 supervisor (and what comes into focus is pretty insane), the real scandal here is just what it mayor is thinking here. even as a political neophyte he should know at least to background check a high profile appointee.
SF should really do better.
SF should really do better.
Lurie’s New Supervisor Appointee Faces Bizarre Scandal Over Filthy Conditions, Dead Animals at Pet Store
As new SF supervisor Beya Alcaraz faces a fresh new scandal about a freezer full of dead animals and a mouse infestation, it seems Mayor Daniel Lurie may not have background-checked his new District 4...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
while the source reporting focuses on our new D4 supervisor (and what comes into focus is pretty insane), the real scandal here is just what it mayor is thinking here. even as a political neophyte he should know at least to background check a high profile appointee.
SF should really do better.
SF should really do better.
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
“‘Our vision is a future where real estate investing feels just like investing in public companies — where anyone can buy and sell shares of properties in minutes, not months.’”
certainly sounds like a recipe for microfinance "success" with a heaping helping of 2008...
certainly sounds like a recipe for microfinance "success" with a heaping helping of 2008...
oh goodie, the company that lets hundreds of random people collectively "own" the home you rent, via timeshare-like "fractional investing," just got a big infusion of cash, can't see any potential problems here
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Bezos-backed real estate startup Arrived raises $27M to help fuel new ‘stock market’ for rental properties
Arrived co-founders, from left: COO Alejandro Chouza, CEO Ryan Frazier, and CTO Kenny Cason. (Arrived Photo) Arrived, a Seattle-based tech startup that
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November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“‘Our vision is a future where real estate investing feels just like investing in public companies — where anyone can buy and sell shares of properties in minutes, not months.’”
certainly sounds like a recipe for microfinance "success" with a heaping helping of 2008...
certainly sounds like a recipe for microfinance "success" with a heaping helping of 2008...
with alt text. these people are fucking insane.
“They're afraid of an…AGI environment where no one has a job. Universities and elite institutions have played a corrosive role here. People are teaching pagan religion views a new religion with sacrifices. Who's the sacrifice? Me. I'm the sacrifice.”
“They're afraid of an…AGI environment where no one has a job. Universities and elite institutions have played a corrosive role here. People are teaching pagan religion views a new religion with sacrifices. Who's the sacrifice? Me. I'm the sacrifice.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
with alt text. these people are fucking insane.
“They're afraid of an…AGI environment where no one has a job. Universities and elite institutions have played a corrosive role here. People are teaching pagan religion views a new religion with sacrifices. Who's the sacrifice? Me. I'm the sacrifice.”
“They're afraid of an…AGI environment where no one has a job. Universities and elite institutions have played a corrosive role here. People are teaching pagan religion views a new religion with sacrifices. Who's the sacrifice? Me. I'm the sacrifice.”
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Hakeem Jeffries tried to do a version of this and failed miserably in getting the thoughts out convincingly on camera
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hakeem Jeffries tried to do a version of this and failed miserably in getting the thoughts out convincingly on camera
I can at least understand cowardice;
I cannot forgive betrayal.
I cannot forgive betrayal.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I can at least understand cowardice;
I cannot forgive betrayal.
I cannot forgive betrayal.
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The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
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November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A very good (if remarkably depressing) thread. We live in a painfully cynical world.
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A very good (if remarkably depressing) thread. We live in a painfully cynical world.
So, Ro Khanna is certainly an opportunist, but when his opportunism aligns with shit we actually need, I am willing to forgive his blatant straddling of the gravy train.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So, Ro Khanna is certainly an opportunist, but when his opportunism aligns with shit we actually need, I am willing to forgive his blatant straddling of the gravy train.
act.rokhanna.com/a/replacesch...
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If “cruelty is the point” is a totally viable means of governance then it’s also means “kindness above all else” is also viable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If “cruelty is the point” is a totally viable means of governance then it’s also means “kindness above all else” is also viable.
the encrustation of fossilized collegiality in a time of tribal repudiation is a cancer in the deliberative body politic.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
the encrustation of fossilized collegiality in a time of tribal repudiation is a cancer in the deliberative body politic.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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