Parker Benchley 🇨🇦
@parkebench.bsky.social
Catcher Block in my own imagination, somewhat less impressive in reality. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈☘️⚜️ West Coast slacker in BC. Perpetual Student: ⚖️📈📰💻. Software Developer with awesome estimating skills.
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I have clients who call me the TARDIS of software developers: I don’t always take you where you WANT to go, but I always take you where you NEED to go.
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Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
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The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
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When my parents turned 80, they worked out a deal with my older sister for her to buy their house (which we all coveted) over time, and in exchange she'd help them stay in it as long as they could.
After they inked the deal, Dad said, "Thank God! Now I don't have to clean up the place!"
After they inked the deal, Dad said, "Thank God! Now I don't have to clean up the place!"
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
When my parents turned 80, they worked out a deal with my older sister for her to buy their house (which we all coveted) over time, and in exchange she'd help them stay in it as long as they could.
After they inked the deal, Dad said, "Thank God! Now I don't have to clean up the place!"
After they inked the deal, Dad said, "Thank God! Now I don't have to clean up the place!"
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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
I firmly believe the US constitutional article II action 2 presidential pardon authority requires revised limitations. No president should be able to pardon an appointed member of their administration for crimes committed as part of their official (and unofficial) duties for the administration.
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I firmly believe the US constitutional article II action 2 presidential pardon authority requires revised limitations. No president should be able to pardon an appointed member of their administration for crimes committed as part of their official (and unofficial) duties for the administration.
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Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG:
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
“I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.”
The ad aged. The internet remembers.
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
“So I feel like what gives it that masculine edge is that there’s really not much to it, and it’s kind of gross the longer you eat it.”
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
Move Over, Girl Dinner. Boy Kibble Has Arrived.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 AM
“So I feel like what gives it that masculine edge is that there’s really not much to it, and it’s kind of gross the longer you eat it.”
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
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Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
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I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
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i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
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So he didn’t watch Kid rock, huh?
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So he didn’t watch Kid rock, huh?
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
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On notera que le timing de cette affaire s’aligne étonnamment bien sur le congédiement de Tim Haugh, alors directeur de la NSA. On sait que Haugh a été viré sous l’influence de Laura Loomer, au prétexte de déloyauté politique, mais on a jamais bien su sur quoi ce jugement se fondait… 🤔
SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring.
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
On notera que le timing de cette affaire s’aligne étonnamment bien sur le congédiement de Tim Haugh, alors directeur de la NSA. On sait que Haugh a été viré sous l’influence de Laura Loomer, au prétexte de déloyauté politique, mais on a jamais bien su sur quoi ce jugement se fondait… 🤔
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Those are extremely worrying red lines and mean that Canada and Europe can't just go back to treating the US as a natural ally.
And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Those are extremely worrying red lines and mean that Canada and Europe can't just go back to treating the US as a natural ally.
Hot damn, turns out I’m not the ONLY great thing to come out of New Brunswick!
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Hot damn, turns out I’m not the ONLY great thing to come out of New Brunswick!
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in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔
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Move to Canada, enjoy our four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction!
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Move to Canada, enjoy our four seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction!
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
Me too! But at least I can satisfy my employer’s aggressive push for us to all use AI by littering my documents with em dashes so they think I’m using it.
I’m so mad that AI made the em dash sus
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Me too! But at least I can satisfy my employer’s aggressive push for us to all use AI by littering my documents with em dashes so they think I’m using it.
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I’m so mad that AI made the em dash sus
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I’m so mad that AI made the em dash sus
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Oh lord, in which era? I’m a lifelong learner and my post-secondary education path has gone from pre-med to compSci to j-school to economics to law & management. Plus detours to Art School and Culinary School.
Oh lord, in which era? I’m a lifelong learner and my post-secondary education path has gone from pre-med to compSci to j-school to economics to law & management. Plus detours to Art School and Culinary School.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Honestly, everyone seems to have taken awesome classes. Mine were pretty standard
Intro to Canadian Politics
Intro to Comparative Politics
Intro to IR
Etc.
The “cool” stuff I got was through non-stop extra-curricular clubs.
Honestly, everyone seems to have taken awesome classes. Mine were pretty standard
Intro to Canadian Politics
Intro to Comparative Politics
Intro to IR
Etc.
The “cool” stuff I got was through non-stop extra-curricular clubs.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
February 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Oh lord, in which era? I’m a lifelong learner and my post-secondary education path has gone from pre-med to compSci to j-school to economics to law & management. Plus detours to Art School and Culinary School.
Oh lord, in which era? I’m a lifelong learner and my post-secondary education path has gone from pre-med to compSci to j-school to economics to law & management. Plus detours to Art School and Culinary School.
It took me a second, then I guffawed. Which might have been ill advised since I’m still wearing my CPAP, so I started whistling like a tea kettle.
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It took me a second, then I guffawed. Which might have been ill advised since I’m still wearing my CPAP, so I started whistling like a tea kettle.