Ben Garmoe
@bengarmoe.bsky.social
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Investing in community-based solutions works!!!
Brandon Scott and his team, especially MONSE, Safe Streets, and other non-profit community groups have done *incredible* work.
Brandon Scott and his team, especially MONSE, Safe Streets, and other non-profit community groups have done *incredible* work.
NEW:
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Baltimore is on track to finish 2025 with its fewest homicides in about 50 years. Before Two-thirds of city residents were even born.
Baltimore homicides have further and faster than anywhere in the nation since 2018.
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Analysis: Baltimore homicides declined furthest, fastest in the country, could reach a 48-year low
Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.
www.thebanner.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Investing in community-based solutions works!!!
Brandon Scott and his team, especially MONSE, Safe Streets, and other non-profit community groups have done *incredible* work.
Brandon Scott and his team, especially MONSE, Safe Streets, and other non-profit community groups have done *incredible* work.
as I have said before, the venn diagram of Congressional props and college mock trial demonstratives is a circle
Dems are doing an exceptional job in Noem oversight hearing, using a lot of clips. @delia.bsky.social included a video FROM THIS HEARING of Noem lying.
But this picture is pretty funny.
But this picture is pretty funny.
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
as I have said before, the venn diagram of Congressional props and college mock trial demonstratives is a circle
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BlueSky is a club for 42-year-olds with a stomach ache and no serotonin. I thought we all knew this.
bluesky in november is like if all of a website had seasonal affective disorder
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
BlueSky is a club for 42-year-olds with a stomach ache and no serotonin. I thought we all knew this.
World Series Game Seven. Nothing like it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
World Series Game Seven. Nothing like it.
Jerry sells the White Sox.
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Jerry sells the White Sox.
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
On Jim Lovell’s passing, go listen to Season 2 of 13 Minutes to the Moon if you haven’t already. I think it’s the best season of a podcast ever made, and I don’t say that lightly.
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
On Jim Lovell’s passing, go listen to Season 2 of 13 Minutes to the Moon if you haven’t already. I think it’s the best season of a podcast ever made, and I don’t say that lightly.
I bought a bag. I like the bag, don't like the color. The color I like better is back in stock, so I am exchanging the bag for that color. I need help doing that at the original price I paid. So far, I've gotten three levels of AI responses to my customer service requests.
I'm returning the bag.
I'm returning the bag.
August 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I bought a bag. I like the bag, don't like the color. The color I like better is back in stock, so I am exchanging the bag for that color. I need help doing that at the original price I paid. So far, I've gotten three levels of AI responses to my customer service requests.
I'm returning the bag.
I'm returning the bag.
I could die happy if I never have to hear Dan Plesac say “Louie Robert” again.
Man, the John Schriffen / Dan Plesac booth is almost unimaginably bad.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
August 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I could die happy if I never have to hear Dan Plesac say “Louie Robert” again.
Man, the John Schriffen / Dan Plesac booth is almost unimaginably bad.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
July 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Man, the John Schriffen / Dan Plesac booth is almost unimaginably bad.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
My kingdom for Jason Benetti.
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When you omit "A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol," you completely alter what Scully was describing as "marvelous." Scully was NOT just broadly marveling. He was marveling at a very specific, very important thing.
July 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When you omit "A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol," you completely alter what Scully was describing as "marvelous." Scully was NOT just broadly marveling. He was marveling at a very specific, very important thing.
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This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
Absolutely criminal that no one from Andor is here.
#EMMY nominations — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
July 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Absolutely criminal that no one from Andor is here.
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Some great ones but Denise Gough (Dedra in Andor) clears em all
#EMMY nominations — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some great ones but Denise Gough (Dedra in Andor) clears em all
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hopefully his departure will make a small difference or maybe even a vas deferens
Ladies and gentlemen, Big Balls has left the building. from @jakelahut.writes.news, @makenakelly.bsky.social, @telliotter.bsky.social, and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/big-ba...
‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government
The technologist Edward Coristine, a key operative in Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
hopefully his departure will make a small difference or maybe even a vas deferens
Brandon Scott has beaten back so many of Baltimore's worst people (Dixon, Vignarajah, the Mosbys, et al) while doing so much good for the city, but because he isn't white and doesn't play in a terrible cover band, no one talks about him for state office. But they should.
For instance: If murders in Baltimore were UP 40%, then Mayor Brandon Scott would be a national figure. Instead it's gone down that amount so no one knows who he is.
June 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Brandon Scott has beaten back so many of Baltimore's worst people (Dixon, Vignarajah, the Mosbys, et al) while doing so much good for the city, but because he isn't white and doesn't play in a terrible cover band, no one talks about him for state office. But they should.
I grew up reading Star Wars books. They made me feel alive, immersed in a galaxy of richness that I still treasure to this day.
Andor made me feel that way again. It was a masterpiece from start to finish, and every piece of it fits so beautifully into the Star Wars universe.
Andor made me feel that way again. It was a masterpiece from start to finish, and every piece of it fits so beautifully into the Star Wars universe.
May 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I grew up reading Star Wars books. They made me feel alive, immersed in a galaxy of richness that I still treasure to this day.
Andor made me feel that way again. It was a masterpiece from start to finish, and every piece of it fits so beautifully into the Star Wars universe.
Andor made me feel that way again. It was a masterpiece from start to finish, and every piece of it fits so beautifully into the Star Wars universe.
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Happy birthday to my exceptional friend, Sarah. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Birthdays Are Important
Twice a day for two years, Sarah Langs drank a bitter, brown sludge-like concoction that she called “her potion” in the hopes that it would extend her life by at least a few weeks.
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy birthday to my exceptional friend, Sarah. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
what Maryland should have done to Kevin Willard in San Francisco tbh
CNN has footage of Mike Waltz traveling with Trump on the Marine One helicopter on Tuesday, but then not boarding Air Force One to travel with Trump to Michigan. Savage!
May 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
what Maryland should have done to Kevin Willard in San Francisco tbh
no, Derik Queen did not travel
Yes, Baltimore is the greatest city in America
I will not be taking questions at this time
Yes, Baltimore is the greatest city in America
I will not be taking questions at this time
March 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
no, Derik Queen did not travel
Yes, Baltimore is the greatest city in America
I will not be taking questions at this time
Yes, Baltimore is the greatest city in America
I will not be taking questions at this time
*gestures* all of it
(I travel a fair amount, I've driven in a lot of cities. Baltimore drivers appear to believe they are actively racing at all times.)
(I travel a fair amount, I've driven in a lot of cities. Baltimore drivers appear to believe they are actively racing at all times.)
Almost been hit by a car in Baltimore? Transportation officials want to know where.
Almost been hit by a car in Baltimore? Officials want to know where
Baltimore’s transportation department has created an interactive map of the city for residents to report near misses.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
*gestures* all of it
(I travel a fair amount, I've driven in a lot of cities. Baltimore drivers appear to believe they are actively racing at all times.)
(I travel a fair amount, I've driven in a lot of cities. Baltimore drivers appear to believe they are actively racing at all times.)
Absolutely. My 1L grades were tough, but I worked hard as a 2L to bring them up and landed a state court clerkship with a wonderful judge because I was able to show I was improving.
This is 100% true. And as you apply for jobs or clerkships down the road, an upward trajectory can be a lot more compelling than the average. Keep at it. You will never take tests again after school and the bar exam and we know that.
1Ls at most law schools recently received their grades. If you're one of them, and you're disappointed in how it went, please know it's absolutely possible to raise your grades—sometimes substantially—in future semesters. Fall 1L grades are not destiny.
January 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Absolutely. My 1L grades were tough, but I worked hard as a 2L to bring them up and landed a state court clerkship with a wonderful judge because I was able to show I was improving.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.