Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
· Nov 27
Greetings, new people here at House of Copyediting. Besides first-rate, IISSM, prose advice, you'll get:
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
Lev Parnas is what Elves eat, right?
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Lev Parnas is what Elves eat, right?
A little wandering scrolling just now led me to the notorious Fanny Cradock–vs.–Gwen Troake clip, and JESUSGOD.
(I've seen it innumerable times, but it never ceases to be viscerally horrific.)
(I've seen it innumerable times, but it never ceases to be viscerally horrific.)
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A little wandering scrolling just now led me to the notorious Fanny Cradock–vs.–Gwen Troake clip, and JESUSGOD.
(I've seen it innumerable times, but it never ceases to be viscerally horrific.)
(I've seen it innumerable times, but it never ceases to be viscerally horrific.)
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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I think that some (not all!) writers wildly overestimate how interested other people might be in their F E E L I N G S about the P R O C E S S of writing and the S T R U G G L E S, oh, the S T R U G G L E S.
Like, get on with it.
Like, get on with it.
February 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I think that some (not all!) writers wildly overestimate how interested other people might be in their F E E L I N G S about the P R O C E S S of writing and the S T R U G G L E S, oh, the S T R U G G L E S.
Like, get on with it.
Like, get on with it.
Oh hey, just stumbled upon "'talent' is a gatekeeping mechanism," and (a) well, duh, and (b) I can't stop laughing.
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Oh hey, just stumbled upon "'talent' is a gatekeeping mechanism," and (a) well, duh, and (b) I can't stop laughing.
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A government of the assholes, by the assholes, for the assholes.
Per @pabloreports.bsky.social: Bondi has a “burn book” organized by the names of Democratic lawmakers so she can attack them when they ask her questions.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A government of the assholes, by the assholes, for the assholes.
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Cohen to Bondi: "You tried to investigate Ms. Good's widow and you tried to investigate Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog."
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Cohen to Bondi: "You tried to investigate Ms. Good's widow and you tried to investigate Mr. Pretti. They were executed like Kristi Noem executed her dog."
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I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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The contemptuous Pam Bondi has made it exceedingly, disgustingly clear it’s far more important to praise Donald Trump and his greatness than to investigate his criminal participation in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex rings. The fact that a person like this heads the Justice Department turns my stomach.
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The contemptuous Pam Bondi has made it exceedingly, disgustingly clear it’s far more important to praise Donald Trump and his greatness than to investigate his criminal participation in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex rings. The fact that a person like this heads the Justice Department turns my stomach.
"Thar ain't no reason fer war, unless us poor folks fight the rich uns for the way they air bleedin' us to death with the prices for meat and bread."
—Lula Vollmer, Sun-Up (1923)
—Lula Vollmer, Sun-Up (1923)
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Thar ain't no reason fer war, unless us poor folks fight the rich uns for the way they air bleedin' us to death with the prices for meat and bread."
—Lula Vollmer, Sun-Up (1923)
—Lula Vollmer, Sun-Up (1923)
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Impeach Kash Patel
Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Impeach Kash Patel
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it is so embarrassing that we can’t get trump on the epstein stuff. After access Hollywood and Miss teen USA and the E Jean Carroll verdict, it’s like we let Jeffrey Dahmer go three times and then found him with a hundred human heads and we‘re standing there like are you SURE these aren’t yours
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
it is so embarrassing that we can’t get trump on the epstein stuff. After access Hollywood and Miss teen USA and the E Jean Carroll verdict, it’s like we let Jeffrey Dahmer go three times and then found him with a hundred human heads and we‘re standing there like are you SURE these aren’t yours
"Raskin"
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Raskin"
[endless screaming]
Tranche @bcdreyer.social
In the latest tranche of Epstein records and emails, themes of genes, genetics, and IQ—alongside more explicit threads of white supremacy—keep cropping up, often adjacent to Epstein’s fascination with steering research in the biological sciences.
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
[endless screaming]
BTW if you're looking to block that very special subset of left-wing Bluesky anti-Semites, the replies here are the place to find them.
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I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
BTW if you're looking to block that very special subset of left-wing Bluesky anti-Semites, the replies here are the place to find them.
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Absolute fucking trash, that one.
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Absolute fucking trash, that one.
My Bluesky Rules (For Me) (I Don't Give Advice) (Except About Punctuation and Stuff)
• If people are being weird in my replies, I lock down the post.
• If you quoteskeet me to demonstrate, in the immortal words of Alice Playten, your superior mental I.Q., expect a detach and block.
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• If people are being weird in my replies, I lock down the post.
• If you quoteskeet me to demonstrate, in the immortal words of Alice Playten, your superior mental I.Q., expect a detach and block.
1/
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
My Bluesky Rules (For Me) (I Don't Give Advice) (Except About Punctuation and Stuff)
• If people are being weird in my replies, I lock down the post.
• If you quoteskeet me to demonstrate, in the immortal words of Alice Playten, your superior mental I.Q., expect a detach and block.
1/
• If people are being weird in my replies, I lock down the post.
• If you quoteskeet me to demonstrate, in the immortal words of Alice Playten, your superior mental I.Q., expect a detach and block.
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asking jurors in a city occupied for months by the national guard to indict members of congress for telling servicemembers they don't need to obey unlawful orders, under a statute likely unconstitutional under the first amendment. masterful gambit sir
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
asking jurors in a city occupied for months by the national guard to indict members of congress for telling servicemembers they don't need to obey unlawful orders, under a statute likely unconstitutional under the first amendment. masterful gambit sir
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, #BornOnThisDay in 1909, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, #BornOnThisDay in 1909, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Green Acres did more for my understanding of surrealism than Man Ray, André Breton, and Eugène Ionesco, put tagither.
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Green Acres did more for my understanding of surrealism than Man Ray, André Breton, and Eugène Ionesco, put tagither.
apparently I slept through the entire El Paso thing...?
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
apparently I slept through the entire El Paso thing...?
The Madman’s Stenographer is a good title for a novel, I’m thinking.
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Madman’s Stenographer is a good title for a novel, I’m thinking.