Ben Moser (he/him)
@benmoser.bsky.social
NC kid turned suburban Boston dad.
If you found me through my delightful political commentary, sorry about the hockey skeets. Go Canes.
If you found me from my delightful hockey skeets, I hate fascism and say so a lot.
Skeeting into the void since 2023.
If you found me through my delightful political commentary, sorry about the hockey skeets. Go Canes.
If you found me from my delightful hockey skeets, I hate fascism and say so a lot.
Skeeting into the void since 2023.
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Can this myth please die already? Take it from a therapist who works with tons of trans youth (and has many colleagues who also do so), kids aren't ending up in our office because they're mistaking normal gender-nonconformity for being trans.
She has the gall to praise the new school guidance banning social transition and requiring a doctor's oversight to get a haircut and change names but then complains that there's too much pressure to conform to gender stereotypes.
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Can this myth please die already? Take it from a therapist who works with tons of trans youth (and has many colleagues who also do so), kids aren't ending up in our office because they're mistaking normal gender-nonconformity for being trans.
I have decided that for men’s hockey I’m exclusively rooting for my adult son Seth Jarvis to have a nice time.
I keep looking at the USA Men's hockey roster and thinking "I think I'm rooting for someone else."
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I have decided that for men’s hockey I’m exclusively rooting for my adult son Seth Jarvis to have a nice time.
I keep looking at the USA Men's hockey roster and thinking "I think I'm rooting for someone else."
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I keep looking at the USA Men's hockey roster and thinking "I think I'm rooting for someone else."
Legitimately cannot wait until the big names in the Democratic Party can all correctly identify Reagan as the source of a lot of our current bullshit rather than…whatever the fuck they’re trying to make him.
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Legitimately cannot wait until the big names in the Democratic Party can all correctly identify Reagan as the source of a lot of our current bullshit rather than…whatever the fuck they’re trying to make him.
Oh, this is their best album yet. Maybe by a wide margin. Tremendous.
The Refrigerator, by Remember Sports
12 track album
remembersports.bandcamp.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Oh, this is their best album yet. Maybe by a wide margin. Tremendous.
Forever remembered as "that fucking guy who punched Jules in the nuts."
Chris Paul, the 'Point God,' retires as NBA's All-Star weekend begins, ending a 21-season NBA run
Chris Paul has announced he is retiring from the NBA after a 21-season career that stacks up as Hall of Fame worthy. He shared the news Friday during All-Star weekend at the Clippers’ arena in Ingle...
Chris Paul has announced he is retiring from the NBA after a 21-season career that stacks up as Hall of Fame worthy. He shared the news Friday during All-Star weekend at the Clippers’ arena in Ingle...
Chris Paul, the 'Point God,' retires as NBA's All-Star weekend begins, ending a 21-season NBA run
Chris Paul has announced he is retiring from the NBA after a 21-season career that stacks up as Hall of Fame worthy. He shared the news Friday during All-Star weekend at the Clippers’ arena in Inglewood. Paul finished the year in a strange way. The Clippers sent him home in December. They traded ...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Forever remembered as "that fucking guy who punched Jules in the nuts."
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“Terminated USAID funding has also resulted in more than 164,000 additional child deaths from pneumonia, 125,000 additional child deaths from diarrhea, 70,000 additional adult and child deaths from malaria, and 48,000 additional adult and child deaths from tuberculosis.”
Quick takes: Death toll from USAID cuts, withdrawal of chikungunya vaccine, funding for updated Ebola vaccine
A model that tracks the impact of USAID funding cuts estimates that more than 760,000 people have died as a result of those cuts since January 2025.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“Terminated USAID funding has also resulted in more than 164,000 additional child deaths from pneumonia, 125,000 additional child deaths from diarrhea, 70,000 additional adult and child deaths from malaria, and 48,000 additional adult and child deaths from tuberculosis.”
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Not one reporter has asked the White House how low the DOW has to drop before we can start prosecuting sex trafficking or a violent, murderous terrorism agency.
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Not one reporter has asked the White House how low the DOW has to drop before we can start prosecuting sex trafficking or a violent, murderous terrorism agency.
Ultimately, the moment during Trump 1.0 that they kept insisting that the inauguration was greatly attended event and the response was "well, LIAR is such a strong word," the tone was set that these assholes could keep telling us that what we see with our own eyes isn't true.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Ultimately, the moment during Trump 1.0 that they kept insisting that the inauguration was greatly attended event and the response was "well, LIAR is such a strong word," the tone was set that these assholes could keep telling us that what we see with our own eyes isn't true.
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
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a lot of "AI hype" discourse makes more sense when you realize that a lot of initial LLM/GenAI hype envisioned replacing artists and PhDs, and its actual impacts have been much greater on coders and other tech workers
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
a lot of "AI hype" discourse makes more sense when you realize that a lot of initial LLM/GenAI hype envisioned replacing artists and PhDs, and its actual impacts have been much greater on coders and other tech workers
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
creatives/experts see "AI" as underperforming hype, techies see it overperforming
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One of the victims looking directly at her
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
One of the victims looking directly at her
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I would also accept the integration of the phrase "the Epstein class" into everyday speech.
Short. Accurate. To the point.
Short. Accurate. To the point.
On the most recent episode of @trashfuture.bsky.social, Riley coins the term "Epsteinist" for the politics of profiting from managed decline and the promotion of that decline, and I think it should catch on.
Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I would also accept the integration of the phrase "the Epstein class" into everyday speech.
Short. Accurate. To the point.
Short. Accurate. To the point.
Me, watching the Olympics: This is the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen a human do.
Olympic commentators: Ooof, missed the kerplunk on that double polka by a fraction so this is now the dirt worst
Olympic commentators: Ooof, missed the kerplunk on that double polka by a fraction so this is now the dirt worst
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Me, watching the Olympics: This is the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen a human do.
Olympic commentators: Ooof, missed the kerplunk on that double polka by a fraction so this is now the dirt worst
Olympic commentators: Ooof, missed the kerplunk on that double polka by a fraction so this is now the dirt worst
Wooing at my TV like a dummy because my town is getting some love on the Olympics broadcast.
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Wooing at my TV like a dummy because my town is getting some love on the Olympics broadcast.
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BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
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"In his more lucid moments, Donald Trump is being shown slop AI videos by his viziers" just seems more and more like the Occam's Razor explanation for this.
Trump: "Construction jobs are way up, right? Well, they're up because they're building all these factories all over the country. You have car plants under construction. I spoke to Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, 'What's you name?' 'Toy-ota!' I said, 'If your name is Toyota you're a very rich guy.'"
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"In his more lucid moments, Donald Trump is being shown slop AI videos by his viziers" just seems more and more like the Occam's Razor explanation for this.
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Jesus has an opportunity to do the funniest thing, while also making a fucking killing on Polymarket.
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Jesus has an opportunity to do the funniest thing, while also making a fucking killing on Polymarket.
It really feels like a year that any team that makes the playoffs should go in with a "why not us?" mentality. Which is either going to make for a very wild or incredibly boring trade deadline.
OG Media’s Senior Hurricanes Correspondent
@roycoopernc.bsky.social says the Canes’ Stanley Cup window is still wide open thanks to Bussi’s magic season and getting healthy at the right time run. He’d like to see a move before the NHL trade deadline…but makes one thing clear!
@roycoopernc.bsky.social says the Canes’ Stanley Cup window is still wide open thanks to Bussi’s magic season and getting healthy at the right time run. He’d like to see a move before the NHL trade deadline…but makes one thing clear!
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It really feels like a year that any team that makes the playoffs should go in with a "why not us?" mentality. Which is either going to make for a very wild or incredibly boring trade deadline.
I have now seen reviews saying that the new Wuthering Heights film is "too horny," "not horny enough," and "just the right amount of horny."
The problem is that none of these reviews quantify the baseline level of acceptable horniness.
The arts and the sciences need each other, is what I'm saying.
The problem is that none of these reviews quantify the baseline level of acceptable horniness.
The arts and the sciences need each other, is what I'm saying.
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I have now seen reviews saying that the new Wuthering Heights film is "too horny," "not horny enough," and "just the right amount of horny."
The problem is that none of these reviews quantify the baseline level of acceptable horniness.
The arts and the sciences need each other, is what I'm saying.
The problem is that none of these reviews quantify the baseline level of acceptable horniness.
The arts and the sciences need each other, is what I'm saying.
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The right wing enmeshes so much of their hatred in twisted scripture interpretation that I'm actually fine with this asshole being point blank asked what he thinks his reward for the terrorism, torture, and murder of God's children will be.
HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The right wing enmeshes so much of their hatred in twisted scripture interpretation that I'm actually fine with this asshole being point blank asked what he thinks his reward for the terrorism, torture, and murder of God's children will be.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
I'm mostly a two-party system defender, but there's a problem here where we get to a "throw the bums out" election and the only alternative is literally the bums you threw out last time.
The Democrats absolutely refuse to not learn anything from any time they were tossed, and it's proven fatal.
The Democrats absolutely refuse to not learn anything from any time they were tossed, and it's proven fatal.
i mean it’s both. there’s a real burden on voters to deliver the opposition to power but then there’s a burden on the opposition to use that power appropriately for the task at hand. we are where we are in part because voters delivered them to power in 2020 and they catastrophically flubbed it.
okay but like the burden is literally on us
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I'm mostly a two-party system defender, but there's a problem here where we get to a "throw the bums out" election and the only alternative is literally the bums you threw out last time.
The Democrats absolutely refuse to not learn anything from any time they were tossed, and it's proven fatal.
The Democrats absolutely refuse to not learn anything from any time they were tossed, and it's proven fatal.