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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 2d

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
PRICES ARE DOWN

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 4d

is "spent a couple of weeks" new slang for "I used Chat GPT" ?

Constance Grady @constancegrady.bsky.social · 22d

I spent a couple weeks researching the cold war CIA and came away ready to believe that absolutely anything can be a CIA front www.vox.com/culture/4612...

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

The CIA spent decades selling American art to European intellectuals.

www.vox.com

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 8d

I think its time to hang up the word "unprecedented" not sure it has any meaning to anyone under the age of 40 (give or take)

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 9d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLJp...
You know sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Bob Dylan - Man of Peace (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

www.youtube.com

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 9d

It's like they are filming a reboot of Blues Brothers in Chicago!

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 10d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 10d

This incredible essay is the best entry point to understanding what IMPUNITY means at this moment.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, I know. "Print is dead," etc etc. For me, it's still a thrill.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 10d

perhaps he saw the paper and said "they got me, I'm out"

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 10d

Ezra Klein voice: Are you saying the tent is not big enough for the hundreds of New Yorkers who happily wait hours in line every day now for things like bagels, scones, cinnamon rolls and trendy bars with names like Shmuck?

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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 10d

In North Carolina, a gunman opened fire at a waterfront restaurant, killing three people. In Texas, a shooting at a casino killed 2 people. In Michigan, at least one worshiper died after a shooting at a Mormon church.

All in the last 24 hours.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 10d

non zero chance we end up in an Heil Hydra like situation!

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 10d

Eventually these video podcasts are going to have to pivot to cage fighting.

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 11d

a harrowing could not put down read. I have no words other than thank you for writing it.

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 12d

phew www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/m...

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 12d

bonfire....

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12d

Well, here's something we're trying. Thanks to @natedimeo.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social for helping spearhead, and to all the great scholars and storytellers who've already signed up.

More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 12d

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th.

We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums.

Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us.

See you in DC!

A poster announcing a teach-in in washington DC.

Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown
Washington, DC - The National Mall
“AMERICA’S FRONT YARD”

FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 12d

Positive News! new Cate Le Bon record <3 open.spotify.com/album/1Ce9FP...

Michelangelo Dying

open.spotify.com

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 12d

both of these look great! @20thccommunism.bsky.social journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025... journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2025...

Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 28 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart

Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 28 (2025)

journals.lwbooks.co.uk

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 14d

seeing this while reading Fort Bragg Cartel.. jesus

John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 14d

Bannon guest on Antifa terrorist designation: "Unleash the Joint Terrorism Task Forces that are already there. The framework is already there [...] It was built for Al Qaeda and foreign terrorists -- just turn it inwards on these guys, on Antifa [...] Take down the colleges, the college professors"

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 14d

building a list of books that can help us understand IMPUNITY. This one is a must read www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730414...

The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp: 9780593655085 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Propulsive.” —The Washington Post “Engrossing. . . . Truly shocking.” —The New Republic “The Fort Bragg Cartel opens...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Barry Lam @hiphination.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join me and friends at NYU for an afternoon about podcasting as scholarship. Everyone welcome but must RSVP w/

Fanny Gribinski, Mara Mills, Benjamen Walker, @chenjerai.bsky.social Barry Lam, @bartona104.bsky.social, Joy Connolly, Robert Boynton. 10/10/25.

www.paperlesspost.com/go/BBrDGDgfL...

You're invited to "Producing original scholarship in audio." Tap here to RSVP - Paperless Post Flyer

SCHEDULE 1-2 pm - Lunch and Listening Session 2:-3 pm - NYU’s Podcast Intellectuals. Fanny Gribinski and Mara Mills, Benjamen Walker 3-4 pm - How Do Scholar…

www.paperlesspost.com

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15d

The only way America is pulling out of this is a federally funded mandatory class for everyone in the country on BAD FAITH.

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15d

you can't fight bad faith with bad faith jokes

benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15d

this speech is going to fix our Tourism problem for sure!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

TRUMP: Our message is very simple. If you come illegally into the US, you're going to jail or you're going back to where you came from or perhaps even further than that. You know what that means.

UN: *uncomfortable murmuring*

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15d

holy fuck indeed... hes still talking about the FLOORS

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benjamenwalker.bsky.social @benjamenwalker.bsky.social · 15d

Only a guy who works for an Oligarch could write this