Benjamin Hoffman
@bhh.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The New York Times. Junior Parent in Connecticut. Oldest looking (but chronologically youngest) sibling from California.
Wrote this before the vote where he got 7.3 percent. Felt just as good about it then as I do now that he’s a HOFer www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/s...
January 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Wrote this before the vote where he got 7.3 percent. Felt just as good about it then as I do now that he’s a HOFer www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/s...
I usually say my commute doesn’t feel long even if it takes a while. It turns out that doesn’t apply when Verizon is entirely out of service and I didn’t bring a book with me.
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I usually say my commute doesn’t feel long even if it takes a while. It turns out that doesn’t apply when Verizon is entirely out of service and I didn’t bring a book with me.
Season 2 of The Pitt opens with Dr Robby, an ER doc who has probably seen a thousand head injuries, riding a motorcycle with no helmet (but carrying a helmet) and wearing a fairly thick jacket on July 4 in Pittsburgh.
What in the world?
What in the world?
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Season 2 of The Pitt opens with Dr Robby, an ER doc who has probably seen a thousand head injuries, riding a motorcycle with no helmet (but carrying a helmet) and wearing a fairly thick jacket on July 4 in Pittsburgh.
What in the world?
What in the world?
Some personal news!
This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics.
The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”
This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics.
The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”
A New Role for Ben Hoffman | The New York Times Company
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January 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Some personal news!
This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics.
The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”
This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics.
The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”
Found out today that McDonald’s in Italy has Celiac-safe gluten-free cheeseburgers that come in a cross-contamination proof bag.
Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe.
In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.
Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe.
In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Found out today that McDonald’s in Italy has Celiac-safe gluten-free cheeseburgers that come in a cross-contamination proof bag.
Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe.
In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.
Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe.
In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.
Same in CT. Chance of snow is 0. Precipitation is 0. Yet I have what looks like an hour of shoveling ahead of me if we want access to both cars tomorrow.
I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …
I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …
Chance of precipitation: 0%
Precipitation in the last 24 hours: 0.0”
Chance I’m looking out my window at snow falling and snow on the driveway: 100%
Precipitation in the last 24 hours: 0.0”
Chance I’m looking out my window at snow falling and snow on the driveway: 100%
January 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Same in CT. Chance of snow is 0. Precipitation is 0. Yet I have what looks like an hour of shoveling ahead of me if we want access to both cars tomorrow.
I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …
I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …
Not sure what this is going on about, she was in Mallrats and after you’ve hit that peak it’s kinda downhill no matter what
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Not sure what this is going on about, she was in Mallrats and after you’ve hit that peak it’s kinda downhill no matter what
Not going to Macy’s to see Santa for the first time since Obama’s first term was one thing, but I got a reality check on life with kids well into tween-teen hood when they told me what time I should make sure they’re awake by on Christmas.
So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?
So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?
December 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Not going to Macy’s to see Santa for the first time since Obama’s first term was one thing, but I got a reality check on life with kids well into tween-teen hood when they told me what time I should make sure they’re awake by on Christmas.
So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?
So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?
In all the time it took to set up that promo on the Sphere why didn’t Timmy think of something better to say?
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
In all the time it took to set up that promo on the Sphere why didn’t Timmy think of something better to say?
It kinda looks like Iggy has drained the life force out of Jack White to power himself for another 20 years
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It kinda looks like Iggy has drained the life force out of Jack White to power himself for another 20 years
Post you from a different era
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Post you from a different era
I think Hamilton is the ultimate proof that social media is not real life. Everyone hates it. It’s cringe. So much backlash. Can’t say good things about it or else.
Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.
Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.
are we allowed to talk about how Hamilton is good again yet or is that still, like, off limits
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I think Hamilton is the ultimate proof that social media is not real life. Everyone hates it. It’s cringe. So much backlash. Can’t say good things about it or else.
Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.
Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.
Not saying Yamamoto isn’t in the conversation but putting that stat line out as evidence is hilarious since Madison Bumgarner was better in each of those categories in the 2014 postseason.
7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP
7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP
Was this the greatest postseason pitching performance in the modern era?
It’s absolutely in the conversation and I think time will only make this more impressive looking back
It’s absolutely in the conversation and I think time will only make this more impressive looking back
What a postseason from Yoshinobu Yamamoto
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Not saying Yamamoto isn’t in the conversation but putting that stat line out as evidence is hilarious since Madison Bumgarner was better in each of those categories in the 2014 postseason.
7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP
7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP
More day games, cheaper beer
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
More day games, cheaper beer
Lady at high school football game’s merch stand: “Who’s your player?!”
My wife: “… the pep band?”
My wife: “… the pep band?”
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lady at high school football game’s merch stand: “Who’s your player?!”
My wife: “… the pep band?”
My wife: “… the pep band?”
I finally watched the new Superman (I am very busy, ok?) and … I was not expecting it to be a two-hour explainer on E Unibus Pluram that’s perfectly digestible for kids and adults alike.
James Gunn really is a treasure.
James Gunn really is a treasure.
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I finally watched the new Superman (I am very busy, ok?) and … I was not expecting it to be a two-hour explainer on E Unibus Pluram that’s perfectly digestible for kids and adults alike.
James Gunn really is a treasure.
James Gunn really is a treasure.
You can almost picture Trent Reznor and Rick Rubin sitting there like “You know who would do a devastating cover of ‘Hurt’? This deeply uncool dork.”
Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
You can almost picture Trent Reznor and Rick Rubin sitting there like “You know who would do a devastating cover of ‘Hurt’? This deeply uncool dork.”
Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.
The happiness I got from spending three years telling people, with a straight face, that there was absolutely nothing unusual or bad about KD joining the Warriors is something @thefarmerjones.bsky.social can never take away from me
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The happiness I got from spending three years telling people, with a straight face, that there was absolutely nothing unusual or bad about KD joining the Warriors is something @thefarmerjones.bsky.social can never take away from me
I'm not saying Metallica and some others didn't come off very poorly in the Napster era, but the internet has always believed everything should be free (music, movies, news, books) and has never had anything resembling a plan for how the people who create that stuff will get money for food or rent.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm not saying Metallica and some others didn't come off very poorly in the Napster era, but the internet has always believed everything should be free (music, movies, news, books) and has never had anything resembling a plan for how the people who create that stuff will get money for food or rent.
Saw this as a subject line in an email from SFGate and immediately knew they were talking about @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social.
September 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Saw this as a subject line in an email from SFGate and immediately knew they were talking about @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social.
Sad to see that Marilyn Hagerty, the woman who wrote a review of her local Olive Garden, died. It still baffles me that anyone had an issue with that column, which was earnest, accurate and made no attempt to be anything it wasn't.
Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...
Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...
North Dakota newspaper columnist whose Olive Garden review went viral dies at 99
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died. She was 99.
apnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sad to see that Marilyn Hagerty, the woman who wrote a review of her local Olive Garden, died. It still baffles me that anyone had an issue with that column, which was earnest, accurate and made no attempt to be anything it wasn't.
Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...
Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...
Remember when Paul Ryan got mocked for claiming he'd summited 40 of the 14ers?
Kilian Jornet is about to climb 60-plus of them, connecting each by foot or bicycle. And he plans to do it in about a month.
Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Kilian Jornet is about to climb 60-plus of them, connecting each by foot or bicycle. And he plans to do it in about a month.
Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
He Wants to Climb Nearly All of America’s Tallest Peaks. In a Month.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Remember when Paul Ryan got mocked for claiming he'd summited 40 of the 14ers?
Kilian Jornet is about to climb 60-plus of them, connecting each by foot or bicycle. And he plans to do it in about a month.
Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Kilian Jornet is about to climb 60-plus of them, connecting each by foot or bicycle. And he plans to do it in about a month.
Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
I saw Fugazi a dozen times (or more), was at the Eddie Vedder walkout show during the Ticketmaster mess, was at the second to last Ramones show, etc. But I’ve never seen a crowd more locked in than when I saw Laurie Berkner play to hundreds of toddlers.
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I saw Fugazi a dozen times (or more), was at the Eddie Vedder walkout show during the Ticketmaster mess, was at the second to last Ramones show, etc. But I’ve never seen a crowd more locked in than when I saw Laurie Berkner play to hundreds of toddlers.
With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history
August 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history