Ben Moser (he/him)
@benmoser.bsky.social
NC kid turned suburban Boston dad.
If you found me through my delightful political commentary, sorry about the hockey skeets. Go Canes.
If you found me from my delightful hockey skeets, I hate fascism and say so a lot.
Skeeting into the void since 2023.
If you found me through my delightful political commentary, sorry about the hockey skeets. Go Canes.
If you found me from my delightful hockey skeets, I hate fascism and say so a lot.
Skeeting into the void since 2023.
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Lord, I see what you've done for others......
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lord, I see what you've done for others......
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It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
I can see an entire generation that thinks turkey is gross and dry because their family let ChatGPT tell them what they're doing.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I can see an entire generation that thinks turkey is gross and dry because their family let ChatGPT tell them what they're doing.
If our entire economy is dependent on AI not collapsing, then it's just time to admit that our entire economy is dependent on rich nepo baby dumbshits tricking other rich nepo baby dumbshits into giving them money.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If our entire economy is dependent on AI not collapsing, then it's just time to admit that our entire economy is dependent on rich nepo baby dumbshits tricking other rich nepo baby dumbshits into giving them money.
I dunno gang, at some point we decided that if someone was filthy rich then it must mean they're super smart and capable.
Which is stupid, because what it actually means 99% of the time is that they were born rich and/or are excellent grifters.
Which is stupid, because what it actually means 99% of the time is that they were born rich and/or are excellent grifters.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I dunno gang, at some point we decided that if someone was filthy rich then it must mean they're super smart and capable.
Which is stupid, because what it actually means 99% of the time is that they were born rich and/or are excellent grifters.
Which is stupid, because what it actually means 99% of the time is that they were born rich and/or are excellent grifters.
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An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
An endless theme of my millennial life is perpetual bailouts for irresponsible and reckless corporations.
YES. It's not "we didn't have these ideas when I was growing up," it's "we didn't have the language to express these ideas when I was growing up so I got to ignore them."
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
YES. It's not "we didn't have these ideas when I was growing up," it's "we didn't have the language to express these ideas when I was growing up so I got to ignore them."
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The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
I can’t wait to find out that “Bernie Sanders” is just an alter ego a milquetoast centrist concocted to help him deal with the monotony of Vermont.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I can’t wait to find out that “Bernie Sanders” is just an alter ego a milquetoast centrist concocted to help him deal with the monotony of Vermont.
The Carolina Panthers are on pace to get 23 takeaways and still lose 7-0.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Carolina Panthers are on pace to get 23 takeaways and still lose 7-0.
I’m old enough to remember when you had to at least pretend it wasn’t about oil.
"WE'RE GOING TO LIBERATE THE OIL COMPANIES! And, uh, sure, I guess the people there too? Whatever."
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m old enough to remember when you had to at least pretend it wasn’t about oil.
My refusal to silo my BlueSky feed means I must always be prepared for the speed I go from two friends exchanging too-serious Star Wars opinions to “oh right, everything in the world is bad.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My refusal to silo my BlueSky feed means I must always be prepared for the speed I go from two friends exchanging too-serious Star Wars opinions to “oh right, everything in the world is bad.”
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Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
Anyone who thought there would be an actual plan delivered today is too gullible to exist.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Anyone who thought there would be an actual plan delivered today is too gullible to exist.
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Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
You want to harness economic populism? Then get off your ass and do the difficult work of building solidarity across and through difference. That’s what makes a coalition; just look at who’s winning.
Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
/9
Asking people to abstract their identity away into some aggregate is a failure mode.
Wake up.
/9
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Real good thread. There's no making good economic policy w/out solidarity against oppression/exploitation. Even if you look at it only from a voter recruitment angle, beneficial economic policies are unlikely to be recognized quickly by voters for a host of reasons, but solidarity will.
We are so back (derogatory).
Aaaannnnd 85-74 loss for the Wolfpack.
First ranked team to lose to an unranked opponent this season.
Ranked teams are now 96-1 against unranked opponents.
First ranked team to lose to an unranked opponent this season.
Ranked teams are now 96-1 against unranked opponents.
“If we don't play with a little bit more purpose than we did (against VCU), we'll be swimming in the ocean." Will Wade before the Maui Invitational
N.C. State down 16-6 vs. Seton Hall in the opening game
N.C. State down 16-6 vs. Seton Hall in the opening game
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We are so back (derogatory).
Let’s check in on NC State in Maui and…welp…the Reckoning has been postponed.
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Let’s check in on NC State in Maui and…welp…the Reckoning has been postponed.
Folks, it's time an adult sat down with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and has the talk with him about how no one in Mad Men is any kind of aspirational character.
Then have the Fight Club talk with him, just because I'll bet someone has to.
Then have the Fight Club talk with him, just because I'll bet someone has to.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Folks, it's time an adult sat down with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and has the talk with him about how no one in Mad Men is any kind of aspirational character.
Then have the Fight Club talk with him, just because I'll bet someone has to.
Then have the Fight Club talk with him, just because I'll bet someone has to.
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One time when I was newly working at staples, I had a man grab my shirt and yell in my face before pushing me to the floor because I didn’t realize the fax machine needed 9 to dial out and I hadn’t told him. He was wearing a suit.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One time when I was newly working at staples, I had a man grab my shirt and yell in my face before pushing me to the floor because I didn’t realize the fax machine needed 9 to dial out and I hadn’t told him. He was wearing a suit.
I cannot believe that someone in the Year of our Lord Twenty and Twenty-Five has made "dress up for air travel like it's a big deal" a hill to die on.
The airlines are lucky I don't dress in accordance with the way they treat their passengers.
The airlines are lucky I don't dress in accordance with the way they treat their passengers.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I cannot believe that someone in the Year of our Lord Twenty and Twenty-Five has made "dress up for air travel like it's a big deal" a hill to die on.
The airlines are lucky I don't dress in accordance with the way they treat their passengers.
The airlines are lucky I don't dress in accordance with the way they treat their passengers.
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
Fine. I'll bite.
1. Star Wars
2. The Last Jedi
3. Empire
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars Christmas Special
822. Rise of Skywalker
1,294. Attack of the Clones
1. Star Wars
2. The Last Jedi
3. Empire
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars Christmas Special
822. Rise of Skywalker
1,294. Attack of the Clones
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fine. I'll bite.
1. Star Wars
2. The Last Jedi
3. Empire
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars Christmas Special
822. Rise of Skywalker
1,294. Attack of the Clones
1. Star Wars
2. The Last Jedi
3. Empire
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Rogue One
6. The Force Awakens
7. Solo
8. Revenge of the Sith
9. The Phantom Menace
10. Star Wars Christmas Special
822. Rise of Skywalker
1,294. Attack of the Clones
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Possible that Bezos is in the files but remember that WaPo is run by an English guy now and the English are committed to the principle that there should be a class of rich people who simply cannot be held to account by their inferiors.
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Possible that Bezos is in the files but remember that WaPo is run by an English guy now and the English are committed to the principle that there should be a class of rich people who simply cannot be held to account by their inferiors.
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.