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Ben Thompson
@thebent.bsky.social
Design, startups, mountains, trails📍Colorado
June 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
No kings in Durango CO
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
May 1, 2025 at 5:19 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
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
April 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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
you tell when I went oh shit this is happening after the Hardrock lottery
March 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
big day for guys who insist everything down there is totally fine
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I say dress for the rain and the replies
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 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
January 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
feeds full of retweeting identical content
January 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
So this happened today…

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
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.”
December 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Whoever sent the wine advent sampler box: Thank you for believing in my potential to drink daily
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
When water decides it’s the main character
November 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Some late fall vibes for ya
November 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM