Jack Benjamin
@jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social
Senior reporter and podcast producer for The Media Leader, a trade publication focused on all things commercial media.
Writer, journalist, American in London.
Writer, journalist, American in London.
I’m trying to cook pasta not ward off Jackie Daytona
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m trying to cook pasta not ward off Jackie Daytona
Are we blaming Gen Z for everything we don’t like about culture now? I was still enjoying harping on millennials about all the industries they’ve killed.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Are we blaming Gen Z for everything we don’t like about culture now? I was still enjoying harping on millennials about all the industries they’ve killed.
Ben Johnson about to single handedly solve the crisis of American masculinity with his immaculate vibes.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ben Johnson about to single handedly solve the crisis of American masculinity with his immaculate vibes.
Ironically, publishers like Wired or NYT's Wirecutter are doing a really important service by testing and recommending products they believe to be of good consumer value.
In an era of endless advertising/influencer operations/SEO/GEO, that effort needs to be supported.
In an era of endless advertising/influencer operations/SEO/GEO, that effort needs to be supported.
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ironically, publishers like Wired or NYT's Wirecutter are doing a really important service by testing and recommending products they believe to be of good consumer value.
In an era of endless advertising/influencer operations/SEO/GEO, that effort needs to be supported.
In an era of endless advertising/influencer operations/SEO/GEO, that effort needs to be supported.
Reading fiction is another pernicious one. Among a certain type of man/boy, it’s somehow a feminine-coded activity.
Thinking this way is exhausting. Meanwhile all of the coolest people I know just enjoy the stuff they enjoy and don’t worry about what others might think of them.
Thinking this way is exhausting. Meanwhile all of the coolest people I know just enjoy the stuff they enjoy and don’t worry about what others might think of them.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reading fiction is another pernicious one. Among a certain type of man/boy, it’s somehow a feminine-coded activity.
Thinking this way is exhausting. Meanwhile all of the coolest people I know just enjoy the stuff they enjoy and don’t worry about what others might think of them.
Thinking this way is exhausting. Meanwhile all of the coolest people I know just enjoy the stuff they enjoy and don’t worry about what others might think of them.
Josh Rosen. Tough career.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Josh Rosen. Tough career.
Reeks of sunk cost fallacy. They made their 1st round bet on McCarthy and felt they could stick to their guns and save money at the QB position.
Especially brutal because Darnold and Jones are still just 28 and are now looking like franchise guys.
Makes you appreciate the 49ers moving off Lance.
Especially brutal because Darnold and Jones are still just 28 and are now looking like franchise guys.
Makes you appreciate the 49ers moving off Lance.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reeks of sunk cost fallacy. They made their 1st round bet on McCarthy and felt they could stick to their guns and save money at the QB position.
Especially brutal because Darnold and Jones are still just 28 and are now looking like franchise guys.
Makes you appreciate the 49ers moving off Lance.
Especially brutal because Darnold and Jones are still just 28 and are now looking like franchise guys.
Makes you appreciate the 49ers moving off Lance.
Yeah, sorry, did the reply guy thing. I don't even know what sort of value I was trying to add there. And I also hate unnecessary business jargon in press releases.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, sorry, did the reply guy thing. I don't even know what sort of value I was trying to add there. And I also hate unnecessary business jargon in press releases.
It's the same with any media. Artists typically need patronage from investors/business leaders.
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It's the same with any media. Artists typically need patronage from investors/business leaders.
I refuse to believe this isn't satire.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I refuse to believe this isn't satire.
I wonder how much of this could be a byproduct of the Americanization of post-war Europe, including through its work/hustle culture.
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I wonder how much of this could be a byproduct of the Americanization of post-war Europe, including through its work/hustle culture.
Powerful? Yes. Science? No.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Powerful? Yes. Science? No.
The counterpoint is there’s constantly “socialism” hysteria in the media regardless.
Foregoing popular policy positions because you’re worried about being called a socialist, when you’re already going to be called a socialist, strikes me as bad politics.
Foregoing popular policy positions because you’re worried about being called a socialist, when you’re already going to be called a socialist, strikes me as bad politics.
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The counterpoint is there’s constantly “socialism” hysteria in the media regardless.
Foregoing popular policy positions because you’re worried about being called a socialist, when you’re already going to be called a socialist, strikes me as bad politics.
Foregoing popular policy positions because you’re worried about being called a socialist, when you’re already going to be called a socialist, strikes me as bad politics.
25. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Wonderfully misanthropic. Beautiful, evocative prose (what a translation!). Enjoyable from start to crazy finish in all its oddity, wry wit, and detached horror.
Wonderfully misanthropic. Beautiful, evocative prose (what a translation!). Enjoyable from start to crazy finish in all its oddity, wry wit, and detached horror.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
25. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Wonderfully misanthropic. Beautiful, evocative prose (what a translation!). Enjoyable from start to crazy finish in all its oddity, wry wit, and detached horror.
Wonderfully misanthropic. Beautiful, evocative prose (what a translation!). Enjoyable from start to crazy finish in all its oddity, wry wit, and detached horror.