Ben 🔔🧑🏻💻
@beninquiring.bsky.social
sociology phd 👥🎓 data engineer 📉🧑🏻💻 american soccer analysis ⚽️ up the fucking pids
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Have you no decency, SIR
Keith Olbermann continues to talk about the Nuzzi story like he doesn’t know we know. It’s truly just the most curious approach. I would love to ask him questions about it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Have you no decency, SIR
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Nearly every mechanism that made my career possible—Ford, NSF, Harvard BiGS—is gone or on the way to the chopping block.
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Nearly every mechanism that made my career possible—Ford, NSF, Harvard BiGS—is gone or on the way to the chopping block.
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Had to see for myself. Shared by @smutclyde.bsky.social, published in Nature Scientific Reports (like PLOS One, peer-reviewed [!] for soundness, not importance). The article is about AI-based autism diagnosis. Article processing charge: $2690. AI slop science: priceless
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Had to see for myself. Shared by @smutclyde.bsky.social, published in Nature Scientific Reports (like PLOS One, peer-reviewed [!] for soundness, not importance). The article is about AI-based autism diagnosis. Article processing charge: $2690. AI slop science: priceless
Every parking lot in Boulder County is like this istg
"Each of my parking spots is precisely three inches longer and two inches narrower than the average parking spot. The designers say it is to save money and be economically friendly, but I know the truth: my only goal is to fuck you up."
I Am a Trader Joe’s Parking Lot and I Am Here to Destroy You
My game begins at once: a team of crack architects and city planners conspire to bring me to your city. People rejoice, and so do I, for the game i...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Every parking lot in Boulder County is like this istg
This is incorrect but the only respectable pie opinions I’ve seen on this site today
fuck it, I've had a good run. the only good pie is quiche.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is incorrect but the only respectable pie opinions I’ve seen on this site today
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If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
Idk if I'm right. Here's what I think I'm seeing:
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Great urgency in reviewing Epstein files. Then silence for three months. Then the July 6 “nothing to see here” memo.
Wonder what they found that led to panicked silence then attempted cover up?
Wonder what they found that led to panicked silence then attempted cover up?
The docs also reveal the number of hours the FBI devoted to the project, which required some agents to work nights and weekends. The FBI paid personnel $851,344 in overtime for working on the Epstein files between March 17 and March 22.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great urgency in reviewing Epstein files. Then silence for three months. Then the July 6 “nothing to see here” memo.
Wonder what they found that led to panicked silence then attempted cover up?
Wonder what they found that led to panicked silence then attempted cover up?
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still a cherry dude, you only got 5 training jumps in. The 1st Sgt had sauntered over, a Vietnam veteran ex-Ranger to listen to the welcome speech and both TC and I hear him mutter 'motherfucker" at the hardcore comment. Hegseth, anecdotally, is that 2nd Lt.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
still a cherry dude, you only got 5 training jumps in. The 1st Sgt had sauntered over, a Vietnam veteran ex-Ranger to listen to the welcome speech and both TC and I hear him mutter 'motherfucker" at the hardcore comment. Hegseth, anecdotally, is that 2nd Lt.
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It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green corn-field did pass,
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green corn-field did pass,
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green corn-field did pass,
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o’er the green corn-field did pass,
In spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
I think everyone has a shortlist of Break In Case Cool Zone countries in their heads and folks, the UK is not on that fucking list
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I think everyone has a shortlist of Break In Case Cool Zone countries in their heads and folks, the UK is not on that fucking list
You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Charlie Brown, and you must atone!
you’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill, charlie brown
I didn’t come here to fuck around, I come here to smoke, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Charlie Brown, and you must atone!
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A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
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with alt text. important knowledge for every american
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
with alt text. important knowledge for every american
Well woman the way the time cold, I wanna be keep in’ you warm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Well woman the way the time cold, I wanna be keep in’ you warm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
Many great legal scholars. In, uh, Canada. You haven’t heard of them.
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Many great legal scholars. In, uh, Canada. You haven’t heard of them.
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Love that this implies the existence of 3 more shadow arcgenders
The three genders: sine, cosine, tangent
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Love that this implies the existence of 3 more shadow arcgenders
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
It’s gonna come out he was trying to get to a U.S. embassy huh
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It’s gonna come out he was trying to get to a U.S. embassy huh
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...