Ben "Jammin'" Verschoor
@benverschoor.bsky.social
Professional Dilettante. Pretends to release things under Pyrexia Productions. Co-host of the Mise en Screen podcast. Writes film and other media criticism at
http://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
http://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io
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"I disapprove of you destroying the country, but I will defend to the death your ability to do it" ~ Voltaire, probably
Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Shame on me for falling for this, I guess, but this combination of misleading UI, a TOS that offers no refunds, and no real customer service to speak of, should be illegal. Screengrabs of my attempt to get my money back and then to speak to an actual person below, but tl;dr: fuck QR Code Generator.
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
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You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
One of my favorite theater experiences ever was Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre in London. A Soviet dissident is put in an insane asylum with a cell mate who believes he is conducting an orchestra--which is onstage, playing music composed for the play. 1/?
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
One of my favorite theater experiences ever was Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre in London. A Soviet dissident is put in an insane asylum with a cell mate who believes he is conducting an orchestra--which is onstage, playing music composed for the play. 1/?
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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It is happening again.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is happening again.
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Discussed within is Mamoru
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
Mise en Screen: Episode 20: Angel's Egg
Angel’s Egg is a 1985 Japanese animated OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, best known for his work directing the animated film Ghost in the Shell in 1995. This film follows two nameless ch...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Discussed within is Mamoru
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
Oshii's other big anime OVA and I finally got off my butt and watched the finale to a remake series 14 years in the making.
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I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
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 2:50 AM
I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
It is happening again.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is happening again.
We called this drink a Suicide
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We called this drink a Suicide
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
Mise en Screen: Episode 20: Angel's Egg
Angel’s Egg is a 1985 Japanese animated OVA film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, best known for his work directing the animated film Ghost in the Shell in 1995. This film follows two nameless ch...
miseenscreen.libsyn.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Turkeys are basically angels, so there is no better movie for me and @number8axel.bsky.social and I to dig into on Thanksgiving than Angel's Egg
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I have a half-baked hot take that collective action has become a lot harder as more of our lives have been given over to platforms. 'Frictionless' experiences plus human tendency to favor the path of least resistance equals impulsive behavior at scale. 1/4
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have a half-baked hot take that collective action has become a lot harder as more of our lives have been given over to platforms. 'Frictionless' experiences plus human tendency to favor the path of least resistance equals impulsive behavior at scale. 1/4
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Watched Erin Brockovich and Matewan for the first time and now feel ready to fight bastards
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Watched Erin Brockovich and Matewan for the first time and now feel ready to fight bastards
In Ghost in the Shell humanity gets a new consciousness. Instead we're just going to run out of water.
stories about robots and AI are some of my absolute top favorite stories of all time which is why it actually sucks to be me in the present day because i am pretty sure that all of that stuff is the reason why we currently have very shitty quote unquote "AI" and a ton of lies about it and a bubble
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In Ghost in the Shell humanity gets a new consciousness. Instead we're just going to run out of water.
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I’m prepared to give the first 20 minutes of Bi Gan’s Resurrection all of the movie awards.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m prepared to give the first 20 minutes of Bi Gan’s Resurrection all of the movie awards.
Dante knew what he was doing when he put traitors in the lowest circle of Hell.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Dante knew what he was doing when he put traitors in the lowest circle of Hell.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
This can be applied to so much conduct and belief wrapped up in notions of virtue
On matters of respectable dress, it's helpful to separate two distinct acts. The first is how you decide to dress; the second is how you judge others. It's true that the world judges our appearance.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This can be applied to so much conduct and belief wrapped up in notions of virtue
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is like when Rob Schneider took out full-page ads in film trades saying Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times was a bad critic. People keep hoping for a Joseph Welch 'have you no decency' moment with this administration, but maybe what we need is more of Roger Ebert's 'your movie sucks' energy
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is like when Rob Schneider took out full-page ads in film trades saying Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times was a bad critic. People keep hoping for a Joseph Welch 'have you no decency' moment with this administration, but maybe what we need is more of Roger Ebert's 'your movie sucks' energy
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only democracy in the middle east
The Israeli police raided today the Palestinian National Theatre in East Jerusalem, and prevented a children play from going ahead.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
only democracy in the middle east
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Post a famous bathroom scene
