Ben
@hbenjamin.bsky.social
Northern Minnesota resident. Chem Eng background. Sports, outdoors, and cooking enjoyer.
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Ben
@hbenjamin.bsky.social
· Jun 12
This is a real thing being posted and circulated by the Department of Homeland Security, referring to undocumented immigrants as “foreign invaders” and urging good Americans to turn them in.
(I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)
(I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)
Somehow a generation of GOP edgelords was raised on the idea that turning in your neighbors to the government for simply existing is what the good guys did during WW2 and the Cold War.
Something to brighten your day, at least.
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Something to brighten your day, at least.
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
I watched Mikey 17 last week and liked it.
Much of my 2025 predictions from a year ago were very wrong (LOL Mets) but this paragraph isn’t bad
www.jezebel.com/a-collection...
www.jezebel.com/a-collection...
![The world will remain incapable of building the massive robots used to fight the kaiju in the 2013 movie Pacific Rim, which takes place in 2025. [highlight] The Supreme Court will at some point again make you madder than you have ever been in your life. [/highlight] Captain America: Brave New World will disappoint both critically and at the box office. Bong Joon-Ho's Mickey 17, however, will absolutely rule.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreic7fehh3yvrjrmltknyosd7ylwccekhvfznmh56yoyniawmvqzqru@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I watched Mikey 17 last week and liked it.
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Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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To give you an idea of how ridiculous the gerrymandering in Nashville is, here’s our district. They diluted a third of Nashville into a rural area about 50 times as large that extends north to the Kentucky border and about a third of the length of the state to the east.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
To give you an idea of how ridiculous the gerrymandering in Nashville is, here’s our district. They diluted a third of Nashville into a rural area about 50 times as large that extends north to the Kentucky border and about a third of the length of the state to the east.
Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander!
An 18-point shift from 2024 would put every district on the newly proposed Indiana map into play.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander! Dummymander!
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Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Jay Bhattacharya and Matthew Memoli aren't bringing "gold standard science" to the #NIH, they are gutting research slowly but surely. When this time is over, they should be hauled before Congress, and shunned for the rest of their lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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it's not a case of being conservative, or having edgelord humour
elon musk is a fascist in the same way that adolf hilter is a fascist
their worldview has the same values, the same conceptual structure, the same rhetorical tropes, same art even
it *will* have the same consequences, if unchecked
elon musk is a fascist in the same way that adolf hilter is a fascist
their worldview has the same values, the same conceptual structure, the same rhetorical tropes, same art even
it *will* have the same consequences, if unchecked
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
it's not a case of being conservative, or having edgelord humour
elon musk is a fascist in the same way that adolf hilter is a fascist
their worldview has the same values, the same conceptual structure, the same rhetorical tropes, same art even
it *will* have the same consequences, if unchecked
elon musk is a fascist in the same way that adolf hilter is a fascist
their worldview has the same values, the same conceptual structure, the same rhetorical tropes, same art even
it *will* have the same consequences, if unchecked
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Hey space Bluesky, I'm looking for an expert on the Moon's formation to comment on a paper I'm reporting on.
If that's you, or you know someone, do let me know. Would be looking to chat later today. Thanks!
jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com
If that's you, or you know someone, do let me know. Would be looking to chat later today. Thanks!
jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hey space Bluesky, I'm looking for an expert on the Moon's formation to comment on a paper I'm reporting on.
If that's you, or you know someone, do let me know. Would be looking to chat later today. Thanks!
jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com
If that's you, or you know someone, do let me know. Would be looking to chat later today. Thanks!
jdaoca[at]gmail[dot]com
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Yesterday, I asked if the Vikings played their worst offensive game ever by DVOA yesterday.
HOLY HELL YES.
No. 30 worst offensive DVOA game ever, even after adjusting for Seahawks D which is now No. 1 again.
30% worse than any other game.
(fixed the title on the table)
HOLY HELL YES.
No. 30 worst offensive DVOA game ever, even after adjusting for Seahawks D which is now No. 1 again.
30% worse than any other game.
(fixed the title on the table)
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yesterday, I asked if the Vikings played their worst offensive game ever by DVOA yesterday.
HOLY HELL YES.
No. 30 worst offensive DVOA game ever, even after adjusting for Seahawks D which is now No. 1 again.
30% worse than any other game.
(fixed the title on the table)
HOLY HELL YES.
No. 30 worst offensive DVOA game ever, even after adjusting for Seahawks D which is now No. 1 again.
30% worse than any other game.
(fixed the title on the table)
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In related news, tis the season for the best Christmas-themed SNL parody commercial.
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?si=X5Rh09WG1rq58skD
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?si=X5Rh09WG1rq58skD
It’s Toyotathon and Happy Honda Days season.
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
In related news, tis the season for the best Christmas-themed SNL parody commercial.
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?si=X5Rh09WG1rq58skD
https://youtu.be/WcEylCwkSxE?si=X5Rh09WG1rq58skD
I just close my eyes, keep two arms on the ball, and wake up 3 months later in the hospital.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I just close my eyes, keep two arms on the ball, and wake up 3 months later in the hospital.
Vikings fans
Justin Jefferson fantasy owners
Gopher alumni
Fans of football
Justin Jefferson fantasy owners
Gopher alumni
Fans of football
November 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Vikings fans
Justin Jefferson fantasy owners
Gopher alumni
Fans of football
Justin Jefferson fantasy owners
Gopher alumni
Fans of football
This post is so funny that it almost makes more sense as a troll than as a bot farm sent to defend Lane.
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This post is so funny that it almost makes more sense as a troll than as a bot farm sent to defend Lane.
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Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Remember when Vinay Prasad was demanding impossibly high standards of evidence for things like masks and vaccines? But now he accepts the absolute lowest standards of evidence (VAERS observations) to attack vaccines. Interesting, no? It's almost like it was never about evidence.
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Prasad's memo reads like a wild ride of insinuation & poor logic to justify his longstanding contrarian/antivax hobby horse. He's wanted to change policy for so long. Amidst his oft-critiqued inconsistent evidence std's, seems from his prose here he thinks he's found evid. confirming his worldview.🛟
Here's Prasad's full memo, bad grammar and all. H/T to @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social who has left bsky(sorry x-haters)
From: Prasad, Vinayak
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2025 4:21 PM
Subject: Deaths in children due to COVID-19 vaccines and CBER's path forward
Dear Team CBER,
From: Prasad, Vinayak
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2025 4:21 PM
Subject: Deaths in children due to COVID-19 vaccines and CBER's path forward
Dear Team CBER,
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Prasad's memo reads like a wild ride of insinuation & poor logic to justify his longstanding contrarian/antivax hobby horse. He's wanted to change policy for so long. Amidst his oft-critiqued inconsistent evidence std's, seems from his prose here he thinks he's found evid. confirming his worldview.🛟
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We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We are supposed to believe that FDA paused and removed the J&J vaccine immediately after 6 cases of clotting, but they hid 10 kids dying from the mRNA vaccines until Prasad and Hoeg, who were always antivaxx, revealed the truth.
Checks out.
Checks out.
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I want to know who hurt the headline writers for the NY Times so deeply. No healthy, happy person would keep doing this shit.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I want to know who hurt the headline writers for the NY Times so deeply. No healthy, happy person would keep doing this shit.
Dim Philby at 'work'
I mean how utterly incompetent and detached from reality do you have to be to say something like this out loud
It’s a real mystery why our European allies aren’t sharing intelligence with us anymore
It’s a real mystery why our European allies aren’t sharing intelligence with us anymore
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Dim Philby at 'work'
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Prasad and Hoeg, the FDA officials trying to take away vaccines, defended Ladapos mysticism and outright antivaxx data fraud.
Remember their history when judging their current claims.
Remember their history when judging their current claims.
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Prasad and Hoeg, the FDA officials trying to take away vaccines, defended Ladapos mysticism and outright antivaxx data fraud.
Remember their history when judging their current claims.
Remember their history when judging their current claims.
There are layers upon layers of this exchange being terrible.
Working 36 hours straight on Thanksgiving so Grok says Elon is in better shape than LeBron
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
There are layers upon layers of this exchange being terrible.
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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.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth