Real Benisons
@realbenisons.bsky.social
reading the morning newspaper is a realistic benediction of the day--Hegel
Yes it is
Credit where due
And I think it's past time for outlets to withhold the benefit of doubt that "campaign against drug trafficking" gives
"Dissonance" yes, fine
But Trump is aiming for arbitrary prerogative power and all his "campaigns" are pretexts
Credit where due
And I think it's past time for outlets to withhold the benefit of doubt that "campaign against drug trafficking" gives
"Dissonance" yes, fine
But Trump is aiming for arbitrary prerogative power and all his "campaigns" are pretexts
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yes it is
Credit where due
And I think it's past time for outlets to withhold the benefit of doubt that "campaign against drug trafficking" gives
"Dissonance" yes, fine
But Trump is aiming for arbitrary prerogative power and all his "campaigns" are pretexts
Credit where due
And I think it's past time for outlets to withhold the benefit of doubt that "campaign against drug trafficking" gives
"Dissonance" yes, fine
But Trump is aiming for arbitrary prerogative power and all his "campaigns" are pretexts
Maybe so
Should NYT headlines/stories give Trump a presumption of regularity at this late date? He is aiming at arbitrary royal prerogative power
The campaign against drug trafficking is a pretext
Framing that pretends otherwise is either not paying attention or subservient to a wannabe tyrant
Should NYT headlines/stories give Trump a presumption of regularity at this late date? He is aiming at arbitrary royal prerogative power
The campaign against drug trafficking is a pretext
Framing that pretends otherwise is either not paying attention or subservient to a wannabe tyrant
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Maybe so
Should NYT headlines/stories give Trump a presumption of regularity at this late date? He is aiming at arbitrary royal prerogative power
The campaign against drug trafficking is a pretext
Framing that pretends otherwise is either not paying attention or subservient to a wannabe tyrant
Should NYT headlines/stories give Trump a presumption of regularity at this late date? He is aiming at arbitrary royal prerogative power
The campaign against drug trafficking is a pretext
Framing that pretends otherwise is either not paying attention or subservient to a wannabe tyrant
Glad to see revision of headline
RFK Jr does and doesn’t have authority imo
How to convey that has often tied NYT and other outlets in knots
And RFK doesn’t deserve positive connotations of the word skeptic
Didn’t like Post hed bc Prasad is playing fast and loose
Strict implies careful/cautious
RFK Jr does and doesn’t have authority imo
How to convey that has often tied NYT and other outlets in knots
And RFK doesn’t deserve positive connotations of the word skeptic
Didn’t like Post hed bc Prasad is playing fast and loose
Strict implies careful/cautious
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Glad to see revision of headline
RFK Jr does and doesn’t have authority imo
How to convey that has often tied NYT and other outlets in knots
And RFK doesn’t deserve positive connotations of the word skeptic
Didn’t like Post hed bc Prasad is playing fast and loose
Strict implies careful/cautious
RFK Jr does and doesn’t have authority imo
How to convey that has often tied NYT and other outlets in knots
And RFK doesn’t deserve positive connotations of the word skeptic
Didn’t like Post hed bc Prasad is playing fast and loose
Strict implies careful/cautious
I don’t read that NYT headline as treating FDA clams as fact
However I didn’t like the reference to RFK as a “skeptic“ bc he doesn’t merit the positive connotations of that word
Post headline missed mark imo
Because “strict” implies caution and care and Prasad is playing fast and loose
However I didn’t like the reference to RFK as a “skeptic“ bc he doesn’t merit the positive connotations of that word
Post headline missed mark imo
Because “strict” implies caution and care and Prasad is playing fast and loose
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I don’t read that NYT headline as treating FDA clams as fact
However I didn’t like the reference to RFK as a “skeptic“ bc he doesn’t merit the positive connotations of that word
Post headline missed mark imo
Because “strict” implies caution and care and Prasad is playing fast and loose
However I didn’t like the reference to RFK as a “skeptic“ bc he doesn’t merit the positive connotations of that word
Post headline missed mark imo
Because “strict” implies caution and care and Prasad is playing fast and loose
Glad to see revised top headline on app
And to see “without detailing the evidence“ added to first paragraph
And to see “without detailing the evidence“ added to first paragraph
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Glad to see revised top headline on app
And to see “without detailing the evidence“ added to first paragraph
And to see “without detailing the evidence“ added to first paragraph
Fine reporting from @washingtonpost.com writers
Meanwhile the Post editorial board seems oblivious to the news coverage
As if “symbolic gestures” are disconnected from “prelude to fascism“?
Meanwhile the Post editorial board seems oblivious to the news coverage
As if “symbolic gestures” are disconnected from “prelude to fascism“?
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Fine reporting from @washingtonpost.com writers
Meanwhile the Post editorial board seems oblivious to the news coverage
As if “symbolic gestures” are disconnected from “prelude to fascism“?
Meanwhile the Post editorial board seems oblivious to the news coverage
As if “symbolic gestures” are disconnected from “prelude to fascism“?
as if symbolic gestures were not significant in the prelude to fascism 100 years ago?
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
as if symbolic gestures were not significant in the prelude to fascism 100 years ago?
The @postopinions.bsky.social editorial doesn’t include that kind of AI ”context”
There is an AI summary of comments
I guess the editorial board is elite enough that they’re not subjected to AI reductions
We readers otoh are savage
Surely not any kind of prelude to fascism
There is an AI summary of comments
I guess the editorial board is elite enough that they’re not subjected to AI reductions
We readers otoh are savage
Surely not any kind of prelude to fascism
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The @postopinions.bsky.social editorial doesn’t include that kind of AI ”context”
There is an AI summary of comments
I guess the editorial board is elite enough that they’re not subjected to AI reductions
We readers otoh are savage
Surely not any kind of prelude to fascism
There is an AI summary of comments
I guess the editorial board is elite enough that they’re not subjected to AI reductions
We readers otoh are savage
Surely not any kind of prelude to fascism
Trump chose to deploy National Guard to DC and is responsible for foreseeable consequences
@postopinions.bsky.social editorial board gives us a straw man
and is oblivious to the role symbolic gestures played in the “prelude to fascism“
@postopinions.bsky.social editorial board gives us a straw man
and is oblivious to the role symbolic gestures played in the “prelude to fascism“
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Trump chose to deploy National Guard to DC and is responsible for foreseeable consequences
@postopinions.bsky.social editorial board gives us a straw man
and is oblivious to the role symbolic gestures played in the “prelude to fascism“
@postopinions.bsky.social editorial board gives us a straw man
and is oblivious to the role symbolic gestures played in the “prelude to fascism“
I hope you are right
Unlearning deference is not always easy
But maybe reporters’ sense of incentives will shift
a lot of voters seem to be ahead of reporters re turning the page
Unlearning deference is not always easy
But maybe reporters’ sense of incentives will shift
a lot of voters seem to be ahead of reporters re turning the page
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I hope you are right
Unlearning deference is not always easy
But maybe reporters’ sense of incentives will shift
a lot of voters seem to be ahead of reporters re turning the page
Unlearning deference is not always easy
But maybe reporters’ sense of incentives will shift
a lot of voters seem to be ahead of reporters re turning the page
You’re right
And what is up with the unearned deference below?
conveys “Trump cracks down on Biden” to me
And what is up with the unearned deference below?
conveys “Trump cracks down on Biden” to me
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
You’re right
And what is up with the unearned deference below?
conveys “Trump cracks down on Biden” to me
And what is up with the unearned deference below?
conveys “Trump cracks down on Biden” to me
otoh Trump‘s attitude towards reporters today
otoh your unwarranted deference to Trump’s deflections and misinformation in today’s @nytimes.com reporting
too much symmetry
if you’re aspiring to be an outlet of record
bsky.app/profile/atru...
otoh your unwarranted deference to Trump’s deflections and misinformation in today’s @nytimes.com reporting
too much symmetry
if you’re aspiring to be an outlet of record
bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
otoh Trump‘s attitude towards reporters today
otoh your unwarranted deference to Trump’s deflections and misinformation in today’s @nytimes.com reporting
too much symmetry
if you’re aspiring to be an outlet of record
bsky.app/profile/atru...
otoh your unwarranted deference to Trump’s deflections and misinformation in today’s @nytimes.com reporting
too much symmetry
if you’re aspiring to be an outlet of record
bsky.app/profile/atru...
Probably no statues for the reporters who pretty much took Trump’s side of that exchange >>>
“Biden asylum cases” smh
“Biden asylum cases” smh
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Probably no statues for the reporters who pretty much took Trump’s side of that exchange >>>
“Biden asylum cases” smh
“Biden asylum cases” smh
NYT could be a whole lot clearer about the current administration’s responsibility here
conveying the impression that Trump is cracking down on Biden is garbage journalism
conveying the impression that Trump is cracking down on Biden is garbage journalism
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NYT could be a whole lot clearer about the current administration’s responsibility here
conveying the impression that Trump is cracking down on Biden is garbage journalism
conveying the impression that Trump is cracking down on Biden is garbage journalism
“Signaling a broad crackdown“?
But not on misleading headlines or articles
@haleaziz.bsky.social @nytimes.com you could be a whole lot clearer here about the Trump administration’s imputability
But not on misleading headlines or articles
@haleaziz.bsky.social @nytimes.com you could be a whole lot clearer here about the Trump administration’s imputability
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Signaling a broad crackdown“?
But not on misleading headlines or articles
@haleaziz.bsky.social @nytimes.com you could be a whole lot clearer here about the Trump administration’s imputability
But not on misleading headlines or articles
@haleaziz.bsky.social @nytimes.com you could be a whole lot clearer here about the Trump administration’s imputability
”signaling a broad crackdown“
but not on misleading headlines or willfully obtuse articles
but not on misleading headlines or willfully obtuse articles
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
”signaling a broad crackdown“
but not on misleading headlines or willfully obtuse articles
but not on misleading headlines or willfully obtuse articles
meanwhile the Post editorial board is imagining someone to be mad at
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
meanwhile the Post editorial board is imagining someone to be mad at
November 22 farmers market Portland>>>
Not burning afaict
Not burning afaict
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
November 22 farmers market Portland>>>
Not burning afaict
Not burning afaict
“The accusation of Hellenization should be directed at the false doctrine of Arius and his followers, not the Fathers of Nicea“ doesn’t say Woke to me
“The Council’s intention was not to replace biblical statements with Greek philosophy“ oh really?
“The Council’s intention was not to replace biblical statements with Greek philosophy“ oh really?
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The accusation of Hellenization should be directed at the false doctrine of Arius and his followers, not the Fathers of Nicea“ doesn’t say Woke to me
“The Council’s intention was not to replace biblical statements with Greek philosophy“ oh really?
“The Council’s intention was not to replace biblical statements with Greek philosophy“ oh really?
And, straight reporting doesn’t claim the prosecutor “shredded” the case against Trump
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And, straight reporting doesn’t claim the prosecutor “shredded” the case against Trump
shameful and gratuitous editorial commentary in supposedly straight reporting by nyt
“Shredded” the case?
Qualifications 16 paragraphs in don’t redeem that twaddle
“Shredded” the case?
Qualifications 16 paragraphs in don’t redeem that twaddle
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
shameful and gratuitous editorial commentary in supposedly straight reporting by nyt
“Shredded” the case?
Qualifications 16 paragraphs in don’t redeem that twaddle
“Shredded” the case?
Qualifications 16 paragraphs in don’t redeem that twaddle
Supposedly straight reporting from nytimes
Prosecutor “shredded” the case
smh gratuitous twaddle alert
Prosecutor “shredded” the case
smh gratuitous twaddle alert
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Supposedly straight reporting from nytimes
Prosecutor “shredded” the case
smh gratuitous twaddle alert
Prosecutor “shredded” the case
smh gratuitous twaddle alert
coverage without the twaddle >
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
coverage without the twaddle >
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/26/n...
Since when does straight reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded” the case?
Seems to me like gratuitous editorial commentary
taking it apart charge by charge?
Of course Skandalaskis had authority to do what he did but Fausset and Hakim are inserting a hot take there
Seems to me like gratuitous editorial commentary
taking it apart charge by charge?
Of course Skandalaskis had authority to do what he did but Fausset and Hakim are inserting a hot take there
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Since when does straight reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded” the case?
Seems to me like gratuitous editorial commentary
taking it apart charge by charge?
Of course Skandalaskis had authority to do what he did but Fausset and Hakim are inserting a hot take there
Seems to me like gratuitous editorial commentary
taking it apart charge by charge?
Of course Skandalaskis had authority to do what he did but Fausset and Hakim are inserting a hot take there
Yes the judge dismissed the charges
But why would supposedly straight @nytimes.com reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded“ the case?
That’s gratuitous editorial twaddle
But why would supposedly straight @nytimes.com reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded“ the case?
That’s gratuitous editorial twaddle
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yes the judge dismissed the charges
But why would supposedly straight @nytimes.com reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded“ the case?
That’s gratuitous editorial twaddle
But why would supposedly straight @nytimes.com reporting claim that the prosecutor “shredded“ the case?
That’s gratuitous editorial twaddle