Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
🟪 MBMBaM Wizard Emeritus
🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
🟧 wear ur fucking mask
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🟩 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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If a company emails me after I unsubscribed they should have to pay me five dollars
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If a company emails me after I unsubscribed they should have to pay me five dollars
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Oh my god
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oh my god
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
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Stop asking Jews when Hanukkah is. We don't know either.
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Stop asking Jews when Hanukkah is. We don't know either.
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Before reading Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, the main thing I knew about it was the blurb we all see about it floating around the internet now: She's the mother of science fiction. After reading it, I feel like that's a vapid pop feminism gotcha view and insult to the deep beauty of her work.
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Before reading Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, the main thing I knew about it was the blurb we all see about it floating around the internet now: She's the mother of science fiction. After reading it, I feel like that's a vapid pop feminism gotcha view and insult to the deep beauty of her work.
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ooo you wanna read my research paper on long covid 🌀🌀🌀
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
ooo you wanna read my research paper on long covid 🌀🌀🌀
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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that problem btw is the internet is a mature technology.
smart phones/devices are mature technologies.
they’re ready to enter their steady, reliable phase as a mix of both consumer-staple and discretionary companies that pay a decent dividend
but double-digit growth must continue for some reason
smart phones/devices are mature technologies.
they’re ready to enter their steady, reliable phase as a mix of both consumer-staple and discretionary companies that pay a decent dividend
but double-digit growth must continue for some reason
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
that problem btw is the internet is a mature technology.
smart phones/devices are mature technologies.
they’re ready to enter their steady, reliable phase as a mix of both consumer-staple and discretionary companies that pay a decent dividend
but double-digit growth must continue for some reason
smart phones/devices are mature technologies.
they’re ready to enter their steady, reliable phase as a mix of both consumer-staple and discretionary companies that pay a decent dividend
but double-digit growth must continue for some reason
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Photo of an ambulance stuck in gridlock traffic
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If an American even so much as shows a video of life in China people complain that they’re making “Chinese propaganda” and it’s like ok maybe America should work on making some American propaganda worth filming
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If an American even so much as shows a video of life in China people complain that they’re making “Chinese propaganda” and it’s like ok maybe America should work on making some American propaganda worth filming
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LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
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Since 1978, the world has observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People every November 29th.
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Since 1978, the world has observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People every November 29th.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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I loathe with every fiber of my being that the term Black Friday is mainstream and marked on the calendar like it's an actual holiday to be celebrated. Curse this foul wretchedness that has brought nothing but despair to the hearts of retail workers across the nation.
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I loathe with every fiber of my being that the term Black Friday is mainstream and marked on the calendar like it's an actual holiday to be celebrated. Curse this foul wretchedness that has brought nothing but despair to the hearts of retail workers across the nation.
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trump is sloppier, slower, and more uninhibited this time around, and it's having and will continue to have political consequences for him within the party, he's an asshole and a loser losing his grip, and at least *some* republicans can smell it on him
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
trump is sloppier, slower, and more uninhibited this time around, and it's having and will continue to have political consequences for him within the party, he's an asshole and a loser losing his grip, and at least *some* republicans can smell it on him
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone, let’s hear your anti- AI arguments that felt like they worked on your uncles
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, let’s hear your anti- AI arguments that felt like they worked on your uncles
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a star trek franchise where someone steals Data and the shenanigans ensue called STAR TREK STOLEN DATA
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
a star trek franchise where someone steals Data and the shenanigans ensue called STAR TREK STOLEN DATA
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TIL that Pittsburgh has their own type of Mormons that are Sedevacantists
The Church of Jesus Christ (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
TIL that Pittsburgh has their own type of Mormons that are Sedevacantists
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You know he's got twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us in his back pocket
wild fact I just learned (mostly) from reddit:
This person who modeled as the policeman for this Norman Rockwell drawing (Policeman with Boys) was a real policeman, and he's Officer Obie from Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant.
huh!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
This person who modeled as the policeman for this Norman Rockwell drawing (Policeman with Boys) was a real policeman, and he's Officer Obie from Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant.
huh!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
You know he's got twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us in his back pocket
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I don’t ever want to hear about the male loneliness epidemic again. Start doing something to make your community better and you won’t be lonely anymore.
Never been a greater example of Dudes Rock.
These South Philly dads bought personal street sweepers for their block: ‘It’s like a little Zamboni’
The German device isn't marketed for street cleaning, but when brooms weren't enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris on their block, these three men got ingenious with it.
www.inquirer.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I don’t ever want to hear about the male loneliness epidemic again. Start doing something to make your community better and you won’t be lonely anymore.
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As blunt as it may seem, the reality is that for Americans to have a functional domestic or international setup for them requires that they simply stop electing Republicans.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As blunt as it may seem, the reality is that for Americans to have a functional domestic or international setup for them requires that they simply stop electing Republicans.