Ben Stephens
@stephensben.bsky.social
Brit living in Chicago – professional copywriter, occasional improviser, happily weaning off Tw*tter.
The sequel to this we’ve all been waiting for!
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The sequel to this we’ve all been waiting for!
Just posting this for absolutely no reason.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Just posting this for absolutely no reason.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
🎶”I could have DAAAAAANCED all night….” 🎶
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🎶”I could have DAAAAAANCED all night….” 🎶
A really fascinating look at what ChatGPT told me when I asked if Mamdani had said “globalize the intifada.”
Note how it starts with “yes” and then eventually pivots to “no.”
Note how it starts with “yes” and then eventually pivots to “no.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A really fascinating look at what ChatGPT told me when I asked if Mamdani had said “globalize the intifada.”
Note how it starts with “yes” and then eventually pivots to “no.”
Note how it starts with “yes” and then eventually pivots to “no.”
Hahahaha. <chef’s kiss>
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hahahaha. <chef’s kiss>
Holy shit, y’all.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Holy shit, y’all.
I checked and this is a real tweet. Hahaha, this sweaty, terrified little quisling.
“B-b-better do what the boss says, or we’re ALL gonna be in big trouble!”
- Vote Cuomo 2025
“B-b-better do what the boss says, or we’re ALL gonna be in big trouble!”
- Vote Cuomo 2025
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I checked and this is a real tweet. Hahaha, this sweaty, terrified little quisling.
“B-b-better do what the boss says, or we’re ALL gonna be in big trouble!”
- Vote Cuomo 2025
“B-b-better do what the boss says, or we’re ALL gonna be in big trouble!”
- Vote Cuomo 2025
“Everybody knows I’m a motherfuckin’ monster…”
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Everybody knows I’m a motherfuckin’ monster…”
Can’t wait for that sucker to lose big.
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Can’t wait for that sucker to lose big.
“I am not afraid of the world. But I am afraid of people who are afraid of the world.”
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Elizabeth Gilbert
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“I am not afraid of the world. But I am afraid of people who are afraid of the world.”
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Elizabeth Gilbert
Love it when someone carefully clarifies their point and you’re like “Right. You’re a racist. We heard you the first time.”
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Love it when someone carefully clarifies their point and you’re like “Right. You’re a racist. We heard you the first time.”
Anyone who’s seen S3 of Fargo has been getting major flashbacks throughout Trump’s reign. The way Thewlis and his goons just show up and take over the running of an entire major corporation and nobody seems able to stop them because they are too busy being stunned that it is even happening.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Anyone who’s seen S3 of Fargo has been getting major flashbacks throughout Trump’s reign. The way Thewlis and his goons just show up and take over the running of an entire major corporation and nobody seems able to stop them because they are too busy being stunned that it is even happening.
Why does America insist on embarrassing itself quite this hard?
Like a grown adult insisting on going back and sitting at the kids’ table.
Like a grown adult insisting on going back and sitting at the kids’ table.
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why does America insist on embarrassing itself quite this hard?
Like a grown adult insisting on going back and sitting at the kids’ table.
Like a grown adult insisting on going back and sitting at the kids’ table.
The headline versus the opening paragraph
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The headline versus the opening paragraph
This is not a presidency; this is a heist.
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is not a presidency; this is a heist.
This isn’t a presidency; it’s a heist.
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This isn’t a presidency; it’s a heist.
“What did No Kings even achieve???”
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“What did No Kings even achieve???”
“I like Ted Cruz a lot more than most of my Senate colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.”
- Al Franken
- Al Franken
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“I like Ted Cruz a lot more than most of my Senate colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.”
- Al Franken
- Al Franken