Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
🟪 MBMBaM Wizard Emeritus
🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
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Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
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In re: AI, the question is not "is the robot alive." The question is "does the robot deserve my job," and the answer is no, because it doesn't have to eat.
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In re: AI, the question is not "is the robot alive." The question is "does the robot deserve my job," and the answer is no, because it doesn't have to eat.
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Audibly just sighed and muttered "come on, man"
!["After going too far in banning pot, the U.S. is now too accepting of its use. There are growing harms from marijuana, The [New York] Times's editorial board writes," because of all the problems in the world, this is the one the Board evidently feels the need to weigh in on.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxyrx3gczu2brhp7q5y7gtio/bafkreibfmnipi2dbgxa63p2bzmtqqo67swnr3j4vgqiv3mvt53vu3ymixi@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Audibly just sighed and muttered "come on, man"
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Being a Zionist is inherently being politically right wing and this is something that people need to understand and internalize. There is actually no such thing as a "liberal Zionist", supporting an apartheid state, genocide denialism & ethnic cleansing apologia precludes "liberal" values entirely
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Being a Zionist is inherently being politically right wing and this is something that people need to understand and internalize. There is actually no such thing as a "liberal Zionist", supporting an apartheid state, genocide denialism & ethnic cleansing apologia precludes "liberal" values entirely
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It goes back much further. This is a common practice during worksite raids. This happened during a 2018 raid in Trump’s first term, and the Biden DOJ ended up settling a lawsuit about it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It goes back much further. This is a common practice during worksite raids. This happened during a 2018 raid in Trump’s first term, and the Biden DOJ ended up settling a lawsuit about it.
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I knew all the men in trump’s orbit were pedos but I admit I’m shocked that all of the women are turning out to be dog killers
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I knew all the men in trump’s orbit were pedos but I admit I’m shocked that all of the women are turning out to be dog killers
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My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
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Simple fact is this:
If you’re a member of the “gender critical” movement, you’re part of a pedophile ring whether you want to be or not.
If you’re a member of the “gender critical” movement, you’re part of a pedophile ring whether you want to be or not.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Simple fact is this:
If you’re a member of the “gender critical” movement, you’re part of a pedophile ring whether you want to be or not.
If you’re a member of the “gender critical” movement, you’re part of a pedophile ring whether you want to be or not.
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Non-Baltimore folks: David Smith & his family own businesses across MD as well as VA beach and in parts of PA. Worth checking out just to make sure!
Behold! A list of Atlas/Sinclair/David Smith related businesses.
(I just unwittingly gave David Smith money getting my car fixed last week - stay vigilant out there folks!)
www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/...
(I just unwittingly gave David Smith money getting my car fixed last week - stay vigilant out there folks!)
www.reddit.com/r/baltimore/...
From the baltimore community on Reddit: Behold! A list of Atlas/Sinclair/David Smith related businesses.
Explore this post and more from the baltimore community
www.reddit.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Non-Baltimore folks: David Smith & his family own businesses across MD as well as VA beach and in parts of PA. Worth checking out just to make sure!
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Took the bus for the first time in a few weeks. Had to carry my rollator over patches of unshoveled sidewalk because the alternative was walking in the street on Greenmount 🫠
February 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Took the bus for the first time in a few weeks. Had to carry my rollator over patches of unshoveled sidewalk because the alternative was walking in the street on Greenmount 🫠
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anyway, i drew this for the nib in march 2023 lol
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
anyway, i drew this for the nib in march 2023 lol
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i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.
February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.
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Dirty secret, this is not terribly different from what House reps - particularly Republicans - have done in hearings on far more mundane topics
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
February 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Dirty secret, this is not terribly different from what House reps - particularly Republicans - have done in hearings on far more mundane topics
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And the really consistent one, prison
Post: “The USA now has concentration camps”
Me: Been had them. They were just called internment camps and plantations
Me: Been had them. They were just called internment camps and plantations
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
And the really consistent one, prison
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On iPhones, do not use the Patreon App. Use a browser, otherwise Apple charges a 30% fee to the creator.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
On iPhones, do not use the Patreon App. Use a browser, otherwise Apple charges a 30% fee to the creator.
www.patreon.com/posts/please...
www.patreon.com/posts/please...
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Gallup follows orders from child rapists.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Gallup follows orders from child rapists.
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I love when people try to argue they're not being antisemitic by literally doing antisemitic tropes
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I love when people try to argue they're not being antisemitic by literally doing antisemitic tropes
Free alts to Wordle, Connections, Strands, Pips, and Numberle: strandsgame.me
it's shit like this that made me stop doing Wordle and stop supporting NYT Cooking. Until some major cleanup at the top, I don't want to support the NYT in any way.
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Free alts to Wordle, Connections, Strands, Pips, and Numberle: strandsgame.me
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my politics
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
my politics
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seeing the NYT PR team in the comments of this post
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
seeing the NYT PR team in the comments of this post