Ben Thompson
@thebent.bsky.social
Design, startups, mountains, trails📍Colorado
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Ben Thompson
@thebent.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Getting emails for other Ben Thompsons is normal.
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
No kings in Durango CO
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No kings in Durango CO
@cestmoilanglois.bsky.social wher smok from?
May 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@cestmoilanglois.bsky.social wher smok from?
Training has been going well
64 more days
64 more days
So this happened today…
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
May 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Training has been going well
64 more days
64 more days
We’ve gone full Dear Leader
(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
apnews.com/article/army...
apnews.com/article/army...
May 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We’ve gone full Dear Leader
a small surcharge for the American dream
May 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
a small surcharge for the American dream
Each click is like opening a tiny door into the most organized alternate universe as Wes Anderson might have curated it
accidentallywesanderson.com/surprise
accidentallywesanderson.com/surprise
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Each click is like opening a tiny door into the most organized alternate universe as Wes Anderson might have curated it
accidentallywesanderson.com/surprise
accidentallywesanderson.com/surprise
Gmail quietly added a subscription management feature that’s actually useful and good. I’m trying not to take it personally
April 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Gmail quietly added a subscription management feature that’s actually useful and good. I’m trying not to take it personally
This picture of me was taken 25 years ago and I’m glad you reminded me about it
April 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This picture of me was taken 25 years ago and I’m glad you reminded me about it
How to feel fast in a town full of elite elites:
make an obscure Strava segment called “slightly inclined boring gravel connector (not that one)” and own the CR and Local Legend forever
make an obscure Strava segment called “slightly inclined boring gravel connector (not that one)” and own the CR and Local Legend forever
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How to feel fast in a town full of elite elites:
make an obscure Strava segment called “slightly inclined boring gravel connector (not that one)” and own the CR and Local Legend forever
make an obscure Strava segment called “slightly inclined boring gravel connector (not that one)” and own the CR and Local Legend forever
🤡🤡
If trade agreements are on the table, I have two clowns to offer in exchange for a real leader
If trade agreements are on the table, I have two clowns to offer in exchange for a real leader
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🤡🤡
If trade agreements are on the table, I have two clowns to offer in exchange for a real leader
If trade agreements are on the table, I have two clowns to offer in exchange for a real leader
Getting emails for other Ben Thompsons is normal.
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Getting emails for other Ben Thompsons is normal.
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
Today’s highlight: Vegas hotel collections manager wants me to settle my $50K tab. Tempted to reply “double or nothing.”
big day for guys who insist everything down there is totally fine
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
big day for guys who insist everything down there is totally fine
Airlines should just start charging extra for flights that land safely
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Airlines should just start charging extra for flights that land safely
Reposted by Ben Thompson
thinking about how he didn't even WANT to buy Twitter, was forced into it, and how that ruined all of our lives
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
thinking about how he didn't even WANT to buy Twitter, was forced into it, and how that ruined all of our lives
remember the time @cameronmoll.bsky.social made a $60k typo and no one noticed for months? this is why I have my copy editor review my Venmo
January 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
remember the time @cameronmoll.bsky.social made a $60k typo and no one noticed for months? this is why I have my copy editor review my Venmo
Reposted by Ben Thompson
Bring back software that makes me feel like any of the people in this photo
January 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Bring back software that makes me feel like any of the people in this photo
This R.E.M. bio filled in a lot of gaps in my awareness and memory. Highly recommend if 80s/90s nostalgia might give you a boost rn
January 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This R.E.M. bio filled in a lot of gaps in my awareness and memory. Highly recommend if 80s/90s nostalgia might give you a boost rn
The AI face factory is getting warmed up over here. This batch all has identical content in their feeds. Reported and blocked
January 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The AI face factory is getting warmed up over here. This batch all has identical content in their feeds. Reported and blocked
Imagine trying to describe the current state of the world to ourselves back in 2015
January 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Imagine trying to describe the current state of the world to ourselves back in 2015
So this happened today…
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
December 7, 2024 at 10:04 PM
So this happened today…
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
Been trying to get in for a decade.
Any other past runners or future hopefuls on this app?
#ultrarunning #hardrock100
Found last year's chapstick in my coat pocket. Past me was very thoughtful
December 6, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Found last year's chapstick in my coat pocket. Past me was very thoughtful
Well put, Andy.
Now do fitness… oh wait you just did:
“Try to offer a personalized AI [recap of your latest trail run]…
…end up being formulaic and making people feel predictable and wholy unoriginal. Soul can’t be scaled.”
Now do fitness… oh wait you just did:
“Try to offer a personalized AI [recap of your latest trail run]…
…end up being formulaic and making people feel predictable and wholy unoriginal. Soul can’t be scaled.”
December 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Well put, Andy.
Now do fitness… oh wait you just did:
“Try to offer a personalized AI [recap of your latest trail run]…
…end up being formulaic and making people feel predictable and wholy unoriginal. Soul can’t be scaled.”
Now do fitness… oh wait you just did:
“Try to offer a personalized AI [recap of your latest trail run]…
…end up being formulaic and making people feel predictable and wholy unoriginal. Soul can’t be scaled.”
Junk drawer just signed a lease—got a whole room now
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Junk drawer just signed a lease—got a whole room now