Ben Saufley
@bensaufley.com
software engineer and illustrator. soccer fan: #USMNT, #USWNT, #NWSLBoston, Portland #UpTheHearts, QPR, Serbia, Zvezda. anti-racist. anti-terf
https://bensaufley.com
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i think there should be both a floor and a ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i think there should be both a floor and a ceiling
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Kind of baffling to write and publish a whole article on this topic and not mention COVID a single time
More strokes are occurring in younger people. There's been a significant increase, nearly 15%, in stroke prevalence among people ages 18 to 44.
She had a stroke at 27. It’s a growing problem for Millennials, Gen Z.
More strokes are occurring in younger people. There's been a significant increase, nearly 15%, in stroke prevalence among people ages 18 to 44.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Kind of baffling to write and publish a whole article on this topic and not mention COVID a single time
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The "America Is Back" hat is a nice touch. Accidental irony of the best sort.
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
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Yikes!
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November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The "America Is Back" hat is a nice touch. Accidental irony of the best sort.
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Again they know that public sentiment is anti Trump, they have a very good idea of what people want
They are more concerned with managing peoples expectations over preventing this disaster
They are more concerned with managing peoples expectations over preventing this disaster
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Again they know that public sentiment is anti Trump, they have a very good idea of what people want
They are more concerned with managing peoples expectations over preventing this disaster
They are more concerned with managing peoples expectations over preventing this disaster
Radical centrism is just collaborationism
But also, just … "no ceiling," as homelessness is skyrocketing and centrists are gleefully destroying the tent cities that arise as a result is just a fucking wild choice of words
But also, just … "no ceiling," as homelessness is skyrocketing and centrists are gleefully destroying the tent cities that arise as a result is just a fucking wild choice of words
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Radical centrism is just collaborationism
But also, just … "no ceiling," as homelessness is skyrocketing and centrists are gleefully destroying the tent cities that arise as a result is just a fucking wild choice of words
But also, just … "no ceiling," as homelessness is skyrocketing and centrists are gleefully destroying the tent cities that arise as a result is just a fucking wild choice of words
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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This will kill people and is no less murder than the boat bombings.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This will kill people and is no less murder than the boat bombings.
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
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Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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Big week for the admin’s Depravity Machine
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Big week for the admin’s Depravity Machine
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Portrait of a narcissistic psychopath who is too stupid even to understand what he's SUPPOSED to say.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Portrait of a narcissistic psychopath who is too stupid even to understand what he's SUPPOSED to say.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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This is the imperial playbook. The western nation breaks a country, then they go look at those savages with a broken country.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is the imperial playbook. The western nation breaks a country, then they go look at those savages with a broken country.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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I wrote a bit about this many years ago on Twitter-that-was: the algorithm has gradually eroded "here's what you want to see" by replacing it with "here's what we'd like you to want to see."
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wrote a bit about this many years ago on Twitter-that-was: the algorithm has gradually eroded "here's what you want to see" by replacing it with "here's what we'd like you to want to see."
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
It continues to trade on its former reputation solely due to inertia. Underneath, it's all ads.
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Unfortunately @dwithersunofficial.bsky.social doesn’t post on BlueSky (his last post was months ago). THIS video deserves attention. I first saw it on @thedangerousones.com Substack and feel it is worth posting.
This is where we are now. This is the sick feedback loop that Trump has created.
This is where we are now. This is the sick feedback loop that Trump has created.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Unfortunately @dwithersunofficial.bsky.social doesn’t post on BlueSky (his last post was months ago). THIS video deserves attention. I first saw it on @thedangerousones.com Substack and feel it is worth posting.
This is where we are now. This is the sick feedback loop that Trump has created.
This is where we are now. This is the sick feedback loop that Trump has created.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Frightened Rabbit (x3?) in Boston
Feist / Bright Eyes in Atlanta
Catch 22 in Augusta, ME
Warped Tour (04 maybe?) in Worcester, MA
Nelson/Dylan in Savannah
Frightened Rabbit (x3?) in Boston
Feist / Bright Eyes in Atlanta
Catch 22 in Augusta, ME
Warped Tour (04 maybe?) in Worcester, MA
Nelson/Dylan in Savannah
Parsifal
Rammstein at Jones Beach
Matthias Goerne singing schwanengesang
Rammstein again
Weird al
Rammstein at Jones Beach
Matthias Goerne singing schwanengesang
Rammstein again
Weird al
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Frightened Rabbit (x3?) in Boston
Feist / Bright Eyes in Atlanta
Catch 22 in Augusta, ME
Warped Tour (04 maybe?) in Worcester, MA
Nelson/Dylan in Savannah
Frightened Rabbit (x3?) in Boston
Feist / Bright Eyes in Atlanta
Catch 22 in Augusta, ME
Warped Tour (04 maybe?) in Worcester, MA
Nelson/Dylan in Savannah
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“Ban all immigrants seeking refuge from persecution” is just a perfectly spot-on GOP Thanksgiving message
Republicans are now negative double digits on immigration.
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
So...this is their message on Thanksgiving.
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...
Republicans seek severe immigration crackdown over D.C. shooting: "Deport them all. Now."
"We must IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist," said one Republican senator.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Ban all immigrants seeking refuge from persecution” is just a perfectly spot-on GOP Thanksgiving message
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
this is, again, a case of someone who has not done any kind of real work in decades (maybe ever, she has a degree in political science and has been doing HR her entire career) who think the bullshit they sleepwalk through every day is work and don't understand why real human beings get tired by it