sascha benjamin cohen
@saschaben.bsky.social
"'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.
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.”
this seems appropriate again
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
this seems appropriate again
San Ramon is getting ROCKED this morning:
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
San Ramon is getting ROCKED this morning:
verve records was having a vinyl sale and I may have gone a bit overboard
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
verve records was having a vinyl sale and I may have gone a bit overboard
(with alt text)
From the FDR Memorial:
From the FDR Memorial:
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(with alt text)
From the FDR Memorial:
From the FDR Memorial:
so... in this morning’s massive AWS collapse, leaving the global interwebs incapacitated, *almost* as many people were impacted as…peacefully marched in No Kings against the tide of trump this weekend.
not quite as many, but almost.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
not quite as many, but almost.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
so... in this morning’s massive AWS collapse, leaving the global interwebs incapacitated, *almost* as many people were impacted as…peacefully marched in No Kings against the tide of trump this weekend.
not quite as many, but almost.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
not quite as many, but almost.
www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
actually I believe it was “Columbia” he threatened with the cutoff, and boy o boy South Carolina is gonna be pissed.
but seriously, the NYT editors going out of their way her to avoid printing Trump's typo / error / misstatement verbatim is somewhat glaring.
but seriously, the NYT editors going out of their way her to avoid printing Trump's typo / error / misstatement verbatim is somewhat glaring.
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
actually I believe it was “Columbia” he threatened with the cutoff, and boy o boy South Carolina is gonna be pissed.
but seriously, the NYT editors going out of their way her to avoid printing Trump's typo / error / misstatement verbatim is somewhat glaring.
but seriously, the NYT editors going out of their way her to avoid printing Trump's typo / error / misstatement verbatim is somewhat glaring.
online in the app is even more pronounced. no image, downpage scroll, barely a blip.
it's a choice.
it's a choice.
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
online in the app is even more pronounced. no image, downpage scroll, barely a blip.
it's a choice.
it's a choice.
How it's going.
![How the Initial Nine Have Responded So Far
The Trump administration asked the universities to offer feedback by Oct. 20.
[A Table with 2 columns and 9 rows]
Brown University: Rejected
Darthmouth College: ---
Massachuttes Institute of Technology: Rejected
University of Arizona: ---
University of Pennslyvania: Rejected
University of Southern California: Rejected
University of Texas at Austin: ---
University of Virginia: ---
Vanderbilt University: ---](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kdnrix62gy7kdnlibvcm6rwd/bafkreihm6udqitbk3exeojoauezhwki35dr2ujb6btnzmhx5fgpnvo2qdq@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
How it's going.
when faced with a choice between those who are demanding health care and child care, and those who are demanding the imprisonment of elected officials for not kowtowing to violence toward and repression of those they govern, it should not be such a challenge.
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
when faced with a choice between those who are demanding health care and child care, and those who are demanding the imprisonment of elected officials for not kowtowing to violence toward and repression of those they govern, it should not be such a challenge.
"Animals don't behave like men, 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality."
-Watership Down, Richard Adams
#BookWormSat
-Watership Down, Richard Adams
#BookWormSat
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Animals don't behave like men, 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality."
-Watership Down, Richard Adams
#BookWormSat
-Watership Down, Richard Adams
#BookWormSat
one would hope that certain people in a certain c-suite are noticing and shitting some 1st amendment shaped bricks...
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
one would hope that certain people in a certain c-suite are noticing and shitting some 1st amendment shaped bricks...
At this moment in time, this time of year, this resonates more than you might know for someone like me, who began (like so many jewish kids of my generation) a relationship with Israel and zionism by default, rather than by choice.
So much has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So much has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
At this moment in time, this time of year, this resonates more than you might know for someone like me, who began (like so many jewish kids of my generation) a relationship with Israel and zionism by default, rather than by choice.
So much has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So much has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
worth reading. reposting with alt text.
September 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
worth reading. reposting with alt text.
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
For anyone stuck in 80s-90s nostalgia for a better world: 33 years on, and the American psyche really hasn't changed much.
www.thefarside.com/2025/09/11/1
www.thefarside.com/2025/09/11/1
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For anyone stuck in 80s-90s nostalgia for a better world: 33 years on, and the American psyche really hasn't changed much.
www.thefarside.com/2025/09/11/1
www.thefarside.com/2025/09/11/1
I think I know the sort of person who is the target of this type of marketing.
I am not that person.
For the mathematically impaired, you're looking at something like $800 per drink here.
I am not that person.
For the mathematically impaired, you're looking at something like $800 per drink here.
September 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I think I know the sort of person who is the target of this type of marketing.
I am not that person.
For the mathematically impaired, you're looking at something like $800 per drink here.
I am not that person.
For the mathematically impaired, you're looking at something like $800 per drink here.
with another nib nut if I am using it.
One pen missing a cap, so no leaving the reservoir filled when not in use. But I can deal with that, too!
Otherwise: 5 pens & nibs now in full fighting form. the 2 remaining pens from the set have gone missing, to time and memory. I'll call it success! (/fin)
One pen missing a cap, so no leaving the reservoir filled when not in use. But I can deal with that, too!
Otherwise: 5 pens & nibs now in full fighting form. the 2 remaining pens from the set have gone missing, to time and memory. I'll call it success! (/fin)
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
with another nib nut if I am using it.
One pen missing a cap, so no leaving the reservoir filled when not in use. But I can deal with that, too!
Otherwise: 5 pens & nibs now in full fighting form. the 2 remaining pens from the set have gone missing, to time and memory. I'll call it success! (/fin)
One pen missing a cap, so no leaving the reservoir filled when not in use. But I can deal with that, too!
Otherwise: 5 pens & nibs now in full fighting form. the 2 remaining pens from the set have gone missing, to time and memory. I'll call it success! (/fin)
morning sounds
Mozart Symphony No.35 in D "Haffner"
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, dir.
Mozart Symphony No.35 in D "Haffner"
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, dir.
August 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
morning sounds
Mozart Symphony No.35 in D "Haffner"
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, dir.
Mozart Symphony No.35 in D "Haffner"
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, dir.
could be Frowny Jesus
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
could be Frowny Jesus
the last thing one sees before we die
August 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
the last thing one sees before we die
“They didn't exactly create the storm that followed. They were just the channel for something that was more powerful and significant than themselves.”
- Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
#BookWormSat
- Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
#BookWormSat
August 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“They didn't exactly create the storm that followed. They were just the channel for something that was more powerful and significant than themselves.”
- Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
#BookWormSat
- Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
#BookWormSat
Reminded this morning of this YouGov poll, which says so, so much about our current dysfunctional culture of hate and grievance.
August 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reminded this morning of this YouGov poll, which says so, so much about our current dysfunctional culture of hate and grievance.