Joseph Bien-Kahn
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Senior Editor at Esses Magazine
sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
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sports, movies, odd desert stuff, fire, adventure!
bylines: NYT Mag, NY Mag, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, GQ, SI, Wired...
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Joseph Bien-Kahn
@josephbienkahn.com
· Dec 18
Island Time - Believer Magazine
I call Don Nelson from my rental car, which I’ve parked by some food trucks near the Kahului Airport. It rings through, which means I’m welcomed to the island by a sardonic voicemail: “Hey, you’ve rea...
www.thebeliever.net
Interested in outlaw country, weed brownies, feuding with billionaires, the early NBA, playing Gin Rummy on a weekday afternoon, and what it feels like to die?
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
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www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
I went to Maui to profile Don Nelson for The Believer!
@thebeliever.net
www.thebeliever.net/island-time/
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I'm a reporter and editor with Task & Purpose. I want to talk to VA employees, better yet Minneapolis VA ones. What has the VA said to you after Alex Pretti's death? Has there been any message? Any asks not to discuss? What? Will protect sources, use 1st names only, etc. Signal handle is nslayton.12
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I'm a reporter and editor with Task & Purpose. I want to talk to VA employees, better yet Minneapolis VA ones. What has the VA said to you after Alex Pretti's death? Has there been any message? Any asks not to discuss? What? Will protect sources, use 1st names only, etc. Signal handle is nslayton.12
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WEMBY: “Every day I wake up and see the news and I’m horrified. It’s crazy that some people make it seem like the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
WEMBY: “Every day I wake up and see the news and I’m horrified. It’s crazy that some people make it seem like the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
Now that I have a kid, I finally understand Disney Adults. It would be way better here without a toddler!
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Now that I have a kid, I finally understand Disney Adults. It would be way better here without a toddler!
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Secret Policing is a dying industry. These sad boys need to learn to code…
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Secret Policing is a dying industry. These sad boys need to learn to code…
My hottest take: the breakfast burrito at Tropical is better than the one at Tacos Villa Corona
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
My hottest take: the breakfast burrito at Tropical is better than the one at Tacos Villa Corona
This meeting is gonna be live-tweeted at World Series Game 7 levels…
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This meeting is gonna be live-tweeted at World Series Game 7 levels…
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This exchange in Ben Terris’s story on Trump’s health, his view on mortality and legacy, and his Cabinet’s contest to say the most over-the-top thing about his physical prowess. nymag.com/intelligence...
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This exchange in Ben Terris’s story on Trump’s health, his view on mortality and legacy, and his Cabinet’s contest to say the most over-the-top thing about his physical prowess. nymag.com/intelligence...
If Darnold is a Super Bowl QB, the time has come for someone to take a Zach Wilson waiver…
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 AM
If Darnold is a Super Bowl QB, the time has come for someone to take a Zach Wilson waiver…
Don’t watch any live TV except sports but based on these two games, CBS exclusively makes Taylor Sheridan shows now and FOX has gotten really into bible adaptions???
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Don’t watch any live TV except sports but based on these two games, CBS exclusively makes Taylor Sheridan shows now and FOX has gotten really into bible adaptions???
We, as a nation, deserve a JSN career where he never goes on any YouTubers streams…
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 AM
We, as a nation, deserve a JSN career where he never goes on any YouTubers streams…
Puka Nacua won’t see your nasty tweets, but my Aunt Gertrude will…
we need to go back to athletes not trying to be fashionable
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Puka Nacua won’t see your nasty tweets, but my Aunt Gertrude will…
Unfortunately, the only way for this season to end is for the Pats to beat a backup QB in the Super Bowl. I hope everyone stays healthy, so perhaps Stafford will just decide to retire during the 2-week break
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Unfortunately, the only way for this season to end is for the Pats to beat a backup QB in the Super Bowl. I hope everyone stays healthy, so perhaps Stafford will just decide to retire during the 2-week break
With “Marshals”, Taylor Sheridan takes one step closer to his destiny: gritty “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot
January 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
With “Marshals”, Taylor Sheridan takes one step closer to his destiny: gritty “Walker, Texas Ranger” reboot
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This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This was murder. Pretti did not initiate the confrontation. He didn’t strike them. He didn’t brandish his gun. They tackled him, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him.
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the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
The second episode of this season of ‘Industry’ is the best episode of TV I’ve seen in years. HBO remaining undefeated…
January 24, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The second episode of this season of ‘Industry’ is the best episode of TV I’ve seen in years. HBO remaining undefeated…
I’m hearing less and less about the Thunder breaking the Warriors wins record every day…
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I’m hearing less and less about the Thunder breaking the Warriors wins record every day…
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If you’re pushed by Shai then on you play
He feels breath from you? He’s shooting two
He feels breath from you? He’s shooting two
January 24, 2026 at 3:36 AM
If you’re pushed by Shai then on you play
He feels breath from you? He’s shooting two
He feels breath from you? He’s shooting two
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😤
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 AM
😤
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If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
January 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
“The racing was dangerous and the sex was safe.”
Sir Jackie Stewart is a legend.
Still makes me smile thinking about Kaleb Horton firing up a web cam two hours early because he was so nervous to interview him from LA for this story…
www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...
Sir Jackie Stewart is a legend.
Still makes me smile thinking about Kaleb Horton firing up a web cam two hours early because he was so nervous to interview him from LA for this story…
www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...
Do or Die: On George Harrison, Living, Dying, and Formula 1
George Harrison may be thought of as a holy man, but the primordial ooze his career emerges from is made of cars.
www.essesmag.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“The racing was dangerous and the sex was safe.”
Sir Jackie Stewart is a legend.
Still makes me smile thinking about Kaleb Horton firing up a web cam two hours early because he was so nervous to interview him from LA for this story…
www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...
Sir Jackie Stewart is a legend.
Still makes me smile thinking about Kaleb Horton firing up a web cam two hours early because he was so nervous to interview him from LA for this story…
www.essesmag.com/articles/do-...