Benjamin Recchie
@brecchie.bsky.social
Chicagoan, dad, intermittent essayist (medium.com/@brecchie).
Another fascinating college admissions story: High Point University, the college that's explicitly courting Wall Street kids with Wall Street tastes.
How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students
Schools are trying to attract a limited pool of higher-end families. High Point University is a blueprint.
www.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Another fascinating college admissions story: High Point University, the college that's explicitly courting Wall Street kids with Wall Street tastes.
Reposted by Benjamin Recchie
What is your Star Trek project that only you would love?
All of the TOS episodes rewritten in the Mirror Universe. 79 episodes of pure uncut goateed chaos.
All of the TOS episodes rewritten in the Mirror Universe. 79 episodes of pure uncut goateed chaos.
a man with a beard is standing with his arms crossed in a room .
ALT: a man with a beard is standing with his arms crossed in a room .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
What is your Star Trek project that only you would love?
All of the TOS episodes rewritten in the Mirror Universe. 79 episodes of pure uncut goateed chaos.
All of the TOS episodes rewritten in the Mirror Universe. 79 episodes of pure uncut goateed chaos.
I've been geeking out about college admissions lately, altho my daughter is more than a decade away from applying. It's interesting--and refreshing--to see today's students have an easier time of getting into college, even if the fancy schools like my alma mater have gotten more selective.
This College News Is Totally Changing the Game for High School Students
These perks would have been unheard of a few years ago.
slate.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I've been geeking out about college admissions lately, altho my daughter is more than a decade away from applying. It's interesting--and refreshing--to see today's students have an easier time of getting into college, even if the fancy schools like my alma mater have gotten more selective.
Q: "What are the odds we'll fulfill Sean Duffy's prediction that we'll land boots on the moon by 2027?"
A: "Not high, unless those boots are attached to some other wreckage." #SciWri2025
A: "Not high, unless those boots are attached to some other wreckage." #SciWri2025
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Q: "What are the odds we'll fulfill Sean Duffy's prediction that we'll land boots on the moon by 2027?"
A: "Not high, unless those boots are attached to some other wreckage." #SciWri2025
A: "Not high, unless those boots are attached to some other wreckage." #SciWri2025
Good question. Hey, @chicago.suntimes.com, how is this a "bailout" but regular road bills aren't?
CTA planning 24-he service on the Orange Line!
Exciting news. Also, lame to see Fran characterizing transit funding as a “bailout”. You’ll NEVER hear that terminology used for roads and highways.
chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielma...
Exciting news. Also, lame to see Fran characterizing transit funding as a “bailout”. You’ll NEVER hear that terminology used for roads and highways.
chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielma...
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Good question. Hey, @chicago.suntimes.com, how is this a "bailout" but regular road bills aren't?
Challenge to Chicago's independent filmmakers: create counter-propaganda that depicts these thugs as the fascists that they are.
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cul...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Challenge to Chicago's independent filmmakers: create counter-propaganda that depicts these thugs as the fascists that they are.
I wrote this!
Fifty-five students participated in the pilot of the College’s Summer research residency program, living in Campus North while they conduct research and prepare for their future careers. https://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/growth-mindset
Growth mindset
Over the summer a cohort of students lived together in Campus North, conducted research, and laid the groundwork for their future careers.
mag.uchicago.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I wrote this!
Check and mate, transphobes.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Enormous
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/enormous
Ironically, I had to censor this due to running ads, but... one day...
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/enormous
Ironically, I had to censor this due to running ads, but... one day...
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Check and mate, transphobes.
Boycotts aren't going to solve everything, but they can get corporations to reconsider allying themselves with the political right.
Americans have a secret weapon against Trump
A new strategy to stop business elites from bending the knee.
www.vox.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Boycotts aren't going to solve everything, but they can get corporations to reconsider allying themselves with the political right.
Reposted by Benjamin Recchie
Cybertrucks owners aren't all what you might suspect at first. Although the guy quoted below 110% is.
"I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle," says Roger Davis, a Cybertruck owner.
Davis also uses the Grok feature in the car: "Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist."
www.wired.com/story/owning...
Davis also uses the Grok feature in the car: "Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist."
www.wired.com/story/owning...
October 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cybertrucks owners aren't all what you might suspect at first. Although the guy quoted below 110% is.
I like this pope's priorities.
Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I like this pope's priorities.
A companion to the article I shared some time ago about the rise of Florida's universities: their potential downfall.
Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida
Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.
www.insidehighered.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A companion to the article I shared some time ago about the rise of Florida's universities: their potential downfall.
Reposted by Benjamin Recchie
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
Reposted by Benjamin Recchie
“Cracker Barrell Outrage Almost Certainly Driven By Bots.”
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?
gizmodo.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“Cracker Barrell Outrage Almost Certainly Driven By Bots.”
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
“…the boycott was unlikely to be an organic grassroots response but a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme/activist accounts.”
Via @gizmodo.com
In other words, we’re being manipulated.
Aggressively, constantly manipulated.
Reposted by Benjamin Recchie
The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.
I kind of want to start a pro-immigration, pro-naturalization group called "Americans for More Americans." If someone else wnats to take it on, you're welcome to the name, but you have to credit me.
Someone desperately needs to start building a cross-party platform on the argument that people wanting to come to our country and live here is good, actually.
September 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I kind of want to start a pro-immigration, pro-naturalization group called "Americans for More Americans." If someone else wnats to take it on, you're welcome to the name, but you have to credit me.
As a Jeopardy! alum, this made me LOL: “'After the whole thing was over, Ken and I went back to the greenroom and I was like, "Well, I guess that’s what it’s like to play against us,”' [Brad] Rutter said."
Jeopardy!’s Most Infamous Moment Haunted the Show’s Fans, Its Stars, and Even Alex Trebek. It’s Clear Why Now.
What was Watson?
slate.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As a Jeopardy! alum, this made me LOL: “'After the whole thing was over, Ken and I went back to the greenroom and I was like, "Well, I guess that’s what it’s like to play against us,”' [Brad] Rutter said."
How Florida Universities Became World-Class washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/24/f...
How Florida Universities Became World-Class
Florida's universities are in the top tier of the Washington Monthly’s rankings thanks to strong public governance.
washingtonmonthly.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How Florida Universities Became World-Class washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/24/f...
There's been a lot of interest in universal basic income and cash transfers in the last decade, but some experiments are showing disappointing results. Still, these negative results are worth learning from.
This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here’s the catch.
Cash transfers can save lives. Just not very cost-effectively.
www.vox.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There's been a lot of interest in universal basic income and cash transfers in the last decade, but some experiments are showing disappointing results. Still, these negative results are worth learning from.
Finally found a good use for AI at work: creating examples of bad proposal writing.
August 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Finally found a good use for AI at work: creating examples of bad proposal writing.
Any time I need a metasyntactic person's name, I reach back to this comic by @davidmalki.com:
-Jeredith
-Trindy
-Blindora
-Grichelle
-Blazinda
-Plabecca
-Spachel
-Frablinda
-Jeredith
-Trindy
-Blindora
-Grichelle
-Blazinda
-Plabecca
-Spachel
-Frablinda
#1073; In which it’s Hard to Judge
More comics about (and kind of about) Halloween! • #567; O Selfless Saviors • #767; The Old Farmer's Lament • #774; In which Candy is Lacked • #838; The Lament of the Auteur • #593; In which Mike is C...
wondermark.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Any time I need a metasyntactic person's name, I reach back to this comic by @davidmalki.com:
-Jeredith
-Trindy
-Blindora
-Grichelle
-Blazinda
-Plabecca
-Spachel
-Frablinda
-Jeredith
-Trindy
-Blindora
-Grichelle
-Blazinda
-Plabecca
-Spachel
-Frablinda
How Chipotle lost its groove.
How Chipotle became a Wall Street darling — and a 'Wall of Shame' employer
Chipotle's fortunes soared under a fast-food CEO. Employees say they paid the price.
share.google
August 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
How Chipotle lost its groove.
(1/2) Many people are drawing the conclusion that, between declining to run for California givernor in '26 and the announcment of a new book, Harris is laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign.
But that might be backwards--
But that might be backwards--
Kamala Harris announces a new memoir about her presidential campaign
The book, "107 Days," will present a candid "behind-the-scenes account," Harris said. It's set for publication in September.
www.nbcnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
(1/2) Many people are drawing the conclusion that, between declining to run for California givernor in '26 and the announcment of a new book, Harris is laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign.
But that might be backwards--
But that might be backwards--