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Michael Bench-Cauldron

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I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him. michaelbenchcapon.blogspot.com

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · Nov 1

If your post is liked by just one wise person it is as though it had been liked by the whole world

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

in my humble opinion it is journalistic malpractice for a verified account to be sharing garbage AI-generated news videos because they're too stupid and lazy to verify their sources

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

A rat ran across the table at Al Jazeera during a broadcast 🐀 😬

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 1d

My gf talking to the dog about me
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 18

Via Pitch Meeting, I have just learned that the Meg films are actually based on books. The first in the series is called 'Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'. One of the sequels is called 'Meg: Hell's Aquarium'.

Fictional horror writer Garth Marenghi saying “I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards.”

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 6h

Reading the book Clueless is based on; I'm up to the bit where Emma and this guy she likes are desperate to show off their sick dance moves again and trying to figure out how to make that happen

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 6h

Gen AI sucks but also we shouldn't spend a trillion dollars making it better, honestly do you hear yourselves just pick a lane

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · Oct 12

sometimes i delete a post because i've grown as a person in those 45 seconds

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe I just need to watch more horror movies

Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 17h

I wonder if I've been watching anything where the monster was a metaphor for the trauma of late stage capitalism because I'm worrying it may have been going over my head

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 17h

Recurring gripe of mine, but there’s less genre media than I’d like that’s neither “The monster is actually a metaphor for the trauma of late stage capitalism” nor “but the one thing the demons of hell haven’t counted on is Capt. ShootMan KillDude, USMC”, like I want more middlebrow, c’mon

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 19h

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Graham Marbles @grahammarbles.bsky.social · Jan 9

I view American feral hogs as an untapped military resource.

Air power. Sea power. Hog power.

Let he who neglects any of these bury his dead in shame.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

Guy who wants to confiscate Dr Evil's nuclear bomb but only because that's one fewer nuclear bomb the government has to spend money building

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 1d

Think I'm going to cancel my Post subscription and find some other local news source to support

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe the name was a corruption of some 31st millennium word that meant something else entirely but then at some point long after the etymology was forgotten they became vampires — secretly, as one would — in a misguided attempt to return to what they imagined to be their roots

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, hats off NYT Connections person.

Create four groups of four!
THIRD
SISTER
LOVERS
MAGIC
BIG
STAR
SERIOUS
WONDER
NAKED
DEVIL
EVIL
MAJOR
MAGICIAN
CONTINENT
IMPORTANT
DEADLY SIN

Vinyl reissue of Big Star’s Third album aka Sister Lovers.

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Sally Haslanger @shaslang.bsky.social · 1d

MIT has chosen to do the right thing. OMG, what a relief.
links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...

Regarding the Compact

links.mit.edu

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 1d

congrats to Nobel Peace Prize winner Portland Frog

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out that there's a chapter of Space Marines called "the Blood Drinkers" who are, in fact, space vampires -- but it is a secret. So they introduce themselves as the Blood Drinkers and sometimes peasants living around their castles disappear in the night. But no one knows they are vampires.

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

I believe I owe the turn of phrase to Hilary Putnam

Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

Is international relations plural like relations or singular like politics?

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

International Relations really is quite fascinating

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

International Relations really is quite fascinating

Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

I suppose a more cynical person than me might speculate that the nominations were among the terms of the deal and not fully sincere

Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it came up when I was looking but I blush to confess that I have not yet built up a relationship of trust with that outlet

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

The article mentions India disputing Trump's claim but it says that the leaders of both Armenia and Azerbaijan nominated him for the Nobel so it sounds like the latter wants to pick a lane

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 1d

I tried looking into the context for her Israel stances but it seems that would involve familiarizing myself with which non-MSM publications are and aren't trustworthy; maybe now she's won the prize the Guardian will make an explainer for me in a few days

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