Ben Finkel
@finkel.bsky.social
Tea drinker, father, entrepreneur.
CEO at Sesh, previously Jelly, Pinterest, Twitter, Fluther.
CEO at Sesh, previously Jelly, Pinterest, Twitter, Fluther.
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
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Congrats to Big Balls, Skeeter and the rest of the Musk Minions for making this happen.
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Congrats to Big Balls, Skeeter and the rest of the Musk Minions for making this happen.
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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
100% of his salary is paid by WA state.
Elon fired him. Share his story.
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Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
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Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
February 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
February 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
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Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/
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The Trump administration defunded medical research today. Friends in the media it’s not anymore complicated than this. Report it as such
January 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Trump administration defunded medical research today. Friends in the media it’s not anymore complicated than this. Report it as such
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
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Bollards > Trucks.
There are enough angry, violent men in the world that it makes sense to always have bollards around places that large numbers of pedestrians will gather.
So if you're going to upgrade your bollards, please don't remove the old bollards weeks before you install the new ones.
There are enough angry, violent men in the world that it makes sense to always have bollards around places that large numbers of pedestrians will gather.
So if you're going to upgrade your bollards, please don't remove the old bollards weeks before you install the new ones.
Bollards…completely unstoppable.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
January 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Bollards > Trucks.
There are enough angry, violent men in the world that it makes sense to always have bollards around places that large numbers of pedestrians will gather.
So if you're going to upgrade your bollards, please don't remove the old bollards weeks before you install the new ones.
There are enough angry, violent men in the world that it makes sense to always have bollards around places that large numbers of pedestrians will gather.
So if you're going to upgrade your bollards, please don't remove the old bollards weeks before you install the new ones.
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If you have a few bucks to burn, you might consider tossing some at @polls.pizza today. That's a nonprofit that sends pizzas to people who are waiting in long lines to vote, which sounds like a funny bit but which is actually a big deal during our age of voter suppression! polls.pizza
Pizza to the Polls 🍕🇺🇸
Pizza to the Polls is making democracy delicious by delivering free food for all to polling places with long lines. Send us reports of long lines and we'll send in the delicious reinforcements.
polls.pizza
November 5, 2024 at 1:26 PM
If you have a few bucks to burn, you might consider tossing some at @polls.pizza today. That's a nonprofit that sends pizzas to people who are waiting in long lines to vote, which sounds like a funny bit but which is actually a big deal during our age of voter suppression! polls.pizza
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You can obsessively watch cable news not telling you anything all day, or you can work to make the results you want happen.
Here's the big Harris-Walz ballot cure phone bank. Ballot curing means you're calling voters who ALREADY VOTED but have something wrong with their ballot. A fantastic, high impact phone bank that helps make every vote count. Slots all day! DO IT!
Harris-Walz Voter Protection Phone Bank · The Democratic National Committee
Call likely Democratic voters in battleground states with potential issues with their registration or ballots to ensure their votes are fairly counted! Every day, we strategize directly with state vot...
events.democrats.org
November 5, 2024 at 1:05 PM
You can obsessively watch cable news not telling you anything all day, or you can work to make the results you want happen.
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My lone election post is this:
To beg, beg, BEG journos to remember that as soon as a state’s polls close, it has MADE its choice.
There is no “closing the gap,” or “gaining ground.”
That sort of horserace framing plays DIRECTLY into Trump’s conspiracy-addled hands.
Do.
Not.
Do.
That!
To beg, beg, BEG journos to remember that as soon as a state’s polls close, it has MADE its choice.
There is no “closing the gap,” or “gaining ground.”
That sort of horserace framing plays DIRECTLY into Trump’s conspiracy-addled hands.
Do.
Not.
Do.
That!
November 4, 2024 at 12:40 PM
My lone election post is this:
To beg, beg, BEG journos to remember that as soon as a state’s polls close, it has MADE its choice.
There is no “closing the gap,” or “gaining ground.”
That sort of horserace framing plays DIRECTLY into Trump’s conspiracy-addled hands.
Do.
Not.
Do.
That!
To beg, beg, BEG journos to remember that as soon as a state’s polls close, it has MADE its choice.
There is no “closing the gap,” or “gaining ground.”
That sort of horserace framing plays DIRECTLY into Trump’s conspiracy-addled hands.
Do.
Not.
Do.
That!
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🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud.
⛔️These people are wrong⛔️
I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/
⛔️These people are wrong⛔️
I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/
November 2, 2024 at 11:25 PM
🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud.
⛔️These people are wrong⛔️
I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/
⛔️These people are wrong⛔️
I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/
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New: Nevaeh Crain should be celebrating her birthday today.
At 6 months pregnant, the Texas teen went to two ERs in 12 hours, returning home worse each time.
On her third trip, a doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to the ICU.
Hours later, Nevaeh died.
At 6 months pregnant, the Texas teen went to two ERs in 12 hours, returning home worse each time.
On her third trip, a doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to the ICU.
Hours later, Nevaeh died.
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms
It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened. Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.” She’s one of at least two Te...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
New: Nevaeh Crain should be celebrating her birthday today.
At 6 months pregnant, the Texas teen went to two ERs in 12 hours, returning home worse each time.
On her third trip, a doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to the ICU.
Hours later, Nevaeh died.
At 6 months pregnant, the Texas teen went to two ERs in 12 hours, returning home worse each time.
On her third trip, a doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to the ICU.
Hours later, Nevaeh died.
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Forget op-ed endorsements, what are journalists doing to get ready for when their pro-fascist owners refuse to acknowledge a winning vote for Harris on election night?
October 30, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Forget op-ed endorsements, what are journalists doing to get ready for when their pro-fascist owners refuse to acknowledge a winning vote for Harris on election night?
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Miscarriage shouldn't be a death sentence.
www.propublica.org/article/joss...
www.propublica.org/article/joss...
A Texas Woman Died After Waiting 40 Hours for Miscarriage Care
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the fetal heartbeat s...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Miscarriage shouldn't be a death sentence.
www.propublica.org/article/joss...
www.propublica.org/article/joss...
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I was not aware of this. "ballot curing was the difference in the 2020 presidential election in both Georgia and Wisconsin. It can also make the difference in congressional races, state legislative races, and especially in local races".
It's done by volunteers, on the phone; see the link for orgs
It's done by volunteers, on the phone; see the link for orgs
October 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I was not aware of this. "ballot curing was the difference in the 2020 presidential election in both Georgia and Wisconsin. It can also make the difference in congressional races, state legislative races, and especially in local races".
It's done by volunteers, on the phone; see the link for orgs
It's done by volunteers, on the phone; see the link for orgs
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I’m just saying, you could be watching the shitshow at MSG or you could be writing get out the vote letters. (Like me.)
October 27, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I’m just saying, you could be watching the shitshow at MSG or you could be writing get out the vote letters. (Like me.)
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Trump has hacked the media by lying so relentlessly and egregiously that whoppers that could be career-ending for other politicians don’t even rouse our fact-checkers. He claims American towns are occupied by migrants in every one of his speeches and it elicits yawns. We need to wake the fuck up.
October 25, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Trump has hacked the media by lying so relentlessly and egregiously that whoppers that could be career-ending for other politicians don’t even rouse our fact-checkers. He claims American towns are occupied by migrants in every one of his speeches and it elicits yawns. We need to wake the fuck up.
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Breaking news! The biggest known prime number just got bigger.
It has just been confirmed that 2^136,279,841 - 1 is prime.
www.mersenne.org/primes/?pres...
It has just been confirmed that 2^136,279,841 - 1 is prime.
www.mersenne.org/primes/?pres...
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - PrimeNet
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search - Finding world record primes since 1996. GIMPS is an organized search for Mersenne prime numbers using provided free software.
www.mersenne.org
October 21, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Breaking news! The biggest known prime number just got bigger.
It has just been confirmed that 2^136,279,841 - 1 is prime.
www.mersenne.org/primes/?pres...
It has just been confirmed that 2^136,279,841 - 1 is prime.
www.mersenne.org/primes/?pres...
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How the NY Post covers a cyclist killed in their own backyard vs how the post covers a fender bender 600 miles away when it allows them to play into this week’s racist panic.
September 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM
How the NY Post covers a cyclist killed in their own backyard vs how the post covers a fender bender 600 miles away when it allows them to play into this week’s racist panic.