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Matthew Bennell

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"No one does it alone, not even the madness." — Nicholas Ray If it's possible, it may happen. If it's impossible, it might happen. "Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames." — Log Lady

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

Random AI-generated image/hallucination of Trump in diaper with girls in pink tutus in front of U.S. Capitol, amid oil drums, money, flames, storm clouds.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

Comes same day LAT announces it will go public to raise $500M to make it financially sustainable.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Los Angeles Times Media Group takes step to go public

The company will put the newspaper, a gaming company and production studio under one roof.

www.latimes.com

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

"Art must act"

aeon.co/essays/harol...

Harold Rosenberg exhorted artists to take action and resist cliché | Aeon Essays

Throughout decades of writing, Harold Rosenberg exhorted artists to resist cliché and conformity and instead take action

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

Dear Canada,

(Doesn't have to be Tim Horton's, however.)

Box of donuts reading, "You deserve a donut."

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

More Handmaid's Tale.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 21h

My bad. Should have added current context. Still holds.

"... We can roughly say that most valuation metrics are at approximately double their historic levels, much like Buffett’s preferred indicator."

www.forbes.com/sites/simonm...

We Enter 2025 With Elevated U.S. Stock Valuations, Here’s Why That Matters

As we look towards 2025, the relatively high valuation of many U.S. stocks could contribute to investor risk at a time when international stocks are less richly valued.

www.forbes.com

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 22h

Look to the past to understand the present and the future —

lithub.com/how-a-1977-c...

How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025

The wonderful Czech writer Ivan Klima died this past weekend at the age of 94. Klima lived a remarkable, principled life, having survived both the Nazi occupation of Prague (he spent three years in…

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 22h

Major Israeli surveillance tech firm NSO now owned by U.S. "investors." Coming soon to a law enforcement/state/federal agency near you.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 22h

These women cause projectile vomiting.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 23h

Survey of U.S. and five other countries finds 6% use AI to get news, 12% feel comfortable with fully AI-generated news vs. 62% with human-made news.

What's your comfort level?

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 23h

Remember: This is a regime, not an "administration."

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 23h

And will travelers giving the finger to Noem be pulled aside for extra screening or interrogation or denied boarding?

Wait for it, America.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Video of Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown “rolling out” at TSA security checkpoints across the country | CNN

Travelers waiting in airport security lines across the country will now be met with a video where the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 23h

Random AI-generated image/hallucination of Donald Trump in a a diaper and Melania Trump in a pink tutu in front of the U.S. Capitol, amid oil drums, money, rockets and faces in flames above the Capitol.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

She supports Trump and endorses bombing "drug" boats.

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

Guessing there may be some constitutional questions/challenges here, not to mention opposition from the local Christian Nationalists, though in the end they'll happily take the $$$ to build/operate the base while railing against non-Christians.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

"Norms." We know how much Trumpstein loves/follows "norms."

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

Not the first:

The base is also used by the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountai...

Mountain Home Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

Stalin consoles Hitler.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure all those Muslim-loving Christian Nationalist Idahoans will jump for joy. Of course they'll gladly take the $$$ to build/operate the base while privately slagging the "ragheads."

"U.S.A. — Uninformed Suckers of Arabia."