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Ryan Benk

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Producer/reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition. Horror, punk, pop-punk or anything by Sturgill Simpson. Lift heavy things. Cats are rad. SAGAFTRA. DC is a real place. https://www.npr.org/people/942414025/ryan-benk

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 18d

I've been listening to MCS since I was an angsty teen, and as I've said before: what sets these guys apart from a lot of the music of their genre, is that their songs - new and old - grow WITH you. Take a listen to my interview with founders Justin Pierre and Josh Cain

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No software update needed for this band: Motion City Soundtrack grows into middle age

Ten years after their last new music release, Motion City Soundtrack is still as anxious as ever, but for different reasons.

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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 15h

We live in Pynchon’s world www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...

Thomas Pynchon Saw Where America Was Headed. What Does He See Now?

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 16h

Some people deserve to be bullied

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 17h

wtaf are you talking about

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

Bless the humble character actor, without whom none of the stories you dearly love would have been nearly as rich or cohesive.

Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 1d

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean.

He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t go around upsetting the KKK, can you

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an 'Assassin's Creed' game set after the Civil War

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Would fight the emerging Ku Klux Klan

• Leadership canceled it — concerned with US political climate & Yasuke backlash

(via Game File)

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 1d

tumblr post by barackinaroundthechristmastree which reads:
please. stop praying for my grandpa!!!! you are making him too strong. he broke out of the hosptial and the cops cant get him. he's too powerful

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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 2d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 1d

I've been working for the better part of a decade at my favorite national radio network because of people I met on social media (and a lot of hard work ofc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I eat like 75 percent vegan these days because the hubby went vegan and he likes to do most of the cooking. He finds some of the most delicious recipes and I always feel good after eating it! Eating out places though, I am likely to get something with some kind of fish or poultry.

The worst person you know @postingposter.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking only for myself, the most important selling point for vegan food in my life is that vegan food is delicious. It's interesting. It's often novel. It takes skill to prepare. I still eat meat, but delicious vegan and vegetarian meals abound and I like eating them because I like eating.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, i actually do eat a lot more vegan food nowadays because i have seen a bunch of recipes for vegan food online that look delicious

this is, IMO, a much more effective sales tactic for veganism

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

Please support independent and nonprofit media. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The 51st @51st.news · 2d

When people in the highest levels of our government are leaning on narratives about D.C. that we know aren’t true — but could influence our political future, our independent journalism is even more vital. Will you support it?

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 1d

with them* but you get it lol

Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 1d

I could agree with someone almost 99/100 times and yet if they approach every discussion like a battle to the death, I'm absolutely not going to want to continue engaging with you

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god I hate this so much.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really not sure how I feel about this

The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 2d

Michael Mann's Heat 2 has been acquired by Amazon MGM, with Leonardo DiCaprio rumored to take Val Kilmer's place in the prequel-sequel:
thefilmstage.com/michael-mann...

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

So many great cinema gems here; Suns being in the neighborhood is so great!

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

Getting seated for tonight's spooky: Hiroshi Teshigahara's PITFALL (1962)

Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

So pumped for tonight's big screen feature

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 2d

while surprisingly none of my books have been banned (that i know of) I MYSELF was banned from the texas library association conference. with that in mind maybe consider joining the TINGLEVERSE PATREON for banned book week. LETS TROT patreon.com/chucktingle?...

Get more from Chuck Tingle on Patreon

creating Short Stories

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that's just ridiculous. People need to rediscover shame. Even more than empathy. SHAME. Like to openly say this kind of shit is nuts.

Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

Oh we're gonna do this news so fucking good.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

But people are being asked to tip FOR EVERYTHING now. I can't blame the cashiers or baristas or the end service or retail worker. Still, I will NOT be subsidizing a biz owner underpaying their employees.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

That being said, tip fatigue is REAL. Like we are being asked to tip for EVERYTHING. I went to a smoke shop the other day and the cashier turned the screen around for me to pay and I had to click through a tip screen. I get it, people need money. And I'm willing to pay for service.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

I always tip and have also worked for tips. I also understand that even a "full min wage" is laughable considering inflation, wage stagnation etc. However, I think a lot of people who don't work tipped jobs are also feeling the pinch and taking it out on tipped workers.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

So pumped for tonight's big screen feature

Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think people understand just how much of a revolt they'll have if they shutdown the govt AND don't pay people back pay. Do you want to radicalize middle managers, paper pushers and mild-mannered scientists? Because this is how you do that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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