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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favorite reads. Pairs great with Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore if you're looking to get real existential.

Chris @monsterbeard.bsky.social · 6d

I’m about 70% of the way through it but @drewmagary.bsky.social’s The Hike is currently on sale wherever ebooks are sold and it is very good and uncomfortable! There’s also a crab!

The cover of The Hike by Drew Magary. It features those words in large letters and in the middle is a blue crab. I don’t know if the species of crab is specifically a blue crab, only that the color of the crab is blue.

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back on the old site, I was a mutual follow with Mark Knoller and we had an occasional back-and-forth. I was always awed by his encyclopedic knowledge of the White House, and I'm glad I wasn't alone. RIP.

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Mark Knoller, 73, White House Reporter and Font of Presidential Facts, Dies

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Aug 21

And yes I realize the irony of admiring the quote about imperfection and then saying someone's work is perfect.

a man wearing a yellow shirt that says clouds superstore

ALT: a man wearing a yellow shirt that says clouds superstore

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Aug 21

The latest Try Hard hit me like a ton of bricks with this quote:

"Perfection impresses people, and imperfection is what drives connection."

@alexlaughs.bsky.social doesn't miss!

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Erika Casupanan Sings in Public

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Aug 21

Loved the recent Articles of Interest, but a little disappointed that @trufelman.bsky.social didn't work in the Outkast lyric from So Fresh, So Clean. (Is this the whitest thing I've ever posted? Probably.)

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New Episode: Zippers

Perhaps the least-likely invention

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 28

I'm not sure when I became a fan of @alexlaughs.bsky.social (It's kind of an odd thing to be an early fan of a podcast producer, right?), BUT Alex's new show "Try Hard" freaking ROCKS.

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Mattie Goes To A Yoga Class | Defector

The first time I did yoga was in a beachside studio in Ewa Beach, Hawaii in 2010. I was visiting my family there for the summer, and my mom had recently become a regular at the studio. I remember the ...

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 23

I will always regret not seeing Gaga in a tiny SF club in 2008 because I misunderstood what the promoter had typed in a text message.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · Jul 23

The pop star also reminisced about her days playing San Francisco clubs.

Lady Gaga honors Ozzy Osbourne with hell-raising San Francisco show

The pop star also reminisced about her days playing San Francisco clubs.

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 23

Or

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 23

You’ve inherited a movie theater. What’s your first double feature?

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you to @criterion.bsky.social for the Chicago films and the bag that will let me be the most smug.

And of course thank you to @seanfennessey.bsky.social, @akdobbins.bsky.social, @chrisryan77.bsky.social and the great Tracy Letts for such an awesome event!

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 22

Check out 6:30ish for a special appearance by *this guy* in a Ford Bronco t-shirt.

Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s The Chicago Movie Draft live from Chicago on The Big Picture, featuring the Dueling Third Chairs.

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The Chicago Movie Draft LIVE in Chicago!

The Big Picture · Episode

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 22

Changes - 2021 Remaster

Black Sabbath · Vol. 4 (2021 Remaster) · Song · 1972

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · Jul 18

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 18

I would have been proud to work for NPR, and I'm proud to have worked for the AP and Gannett. The continuing assault on the media - from the government and VC funds - is disheartening and truly scary.

And the loss of The Late Show amidst a lawsuit and a merger is... chilling.

Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 18

I think a lot about when I nearly worked for NPR out of college, and someone at church asked me "What are you? Some kind of commie?"

NPR and PBS are as close to the most neutral news sources available, and they provide a dear service for so many. Taking away their funding is truly anti-American.

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Jul 18

Between @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, @npr.org and @pbs.org, we're inching ever closer to a country without free media. My small protest today:

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · Jun 14

Top panel: Bart holds remote " YOU CAN ACTUALLY PINPOINT
THE SECOND WHEN
HIS HEART RIPS IN HALF"

Bottom panel: Trump womp womp face

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hyenas Lion King GIF

ALT: Hyenas Lion King GIF

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Apr 28

There are plenty of covers of Broken Social Scene's "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl," but this one by Maggie Rogers and Sylvan Esso may be the best: open.spotify.com/album/6o9ALc...

Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl

Maggie Rogers · Single · 2025 · 1 songs

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Apr 8

My bad.

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Mar 30

Didn’t know about the baby (congrats!) but I loved my ARC of the book (double congrats!)!

I will be doing this for myself soon. Thank you for sharing!

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Mar 30

Doesn’t help anything, but I called this a decade ago. Looks more real every day.

Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so

President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”

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Benjamin @dashley.bsky.social · Mar 25

We said goodbye to our beloved Audrey this morning. A decade, almost to the day, since we adopted her.

Hug your pets, friends.

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