Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
🟪 MBMBaM Wizard Emeritus
🟦 they/he
🟩 ace trans Jew
🟨 Long COVIDer
🟧 wear ur fucking mask
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Ben Can't
@bencant.bsky.social
· Nov 16
(Re)intro post
Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
Hi I'm Ben. Once upon a time I was a niche internet microcelebrity for sending Yahoos into MBMBaM and earning the nickname "The Wizard"
I'm an ace trans Jew with a wonderful spouse and two precious cats
I post a lot about Baltimore and maybe one day I'll make art again and post it
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Zionists are in no place to talk about funding
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Zionists are in no place to talk about funding
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I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
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Right-wing chuds: "Riding the train is scary!!!"
Dogs on the train: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Dogs on the train: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
More Bryan Reisberg #TransitDog NYC subway!
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Right-wing chuds: "Riding the train is scary!!!"
Dogs on the train: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Dogs on the train: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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shout out to the following AGs on this:
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
shout out to the following AGs on this:
Going to NYC in a few weeks and I'm trying to figure out where to get a physical OMNY card. And the links on the website redirect to Wayback Machine links????? omny.info/retail-locat...
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Going to NYC in a few weeks and I'm trying to figure out where to get a physical OMNY card. And the links on the website redirect to Wayback Machine links????? omny.info/retail-locat...
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For a century people being endangered on our roads have been told they are the problem.
This from 1927.
This from 1927.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For a century people being endangered on our roads have been told they are the problem.
This from 1927.
This from 1927.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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I will literally give a reporter $1,000 bucks if they ask Elon Musk how it felt to be a DEI admit at UPENN
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I will literally give a reporter $1,000 bucks if they ask Elon Musk how it felt to be a DEI admit at UPENN
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Good morning www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Chrome Or Google App
Apple says a billion users should stop using these apps on their iPhone — here's why.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Good morning www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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Another reminder to WASH YOUR HANDS.
Make it easy for employees to wash their hands.
Give them PTO to stay home when they are sick.
Make it easy for employees to wash their hands.
Give them PTO to stay home when they are sick.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Another reminder to WASH YOUR HANDS.
Make it easy for employees to wash their hands.
Give them PTO to stay home when they are sick.
Make it easy for employees to wash their hands.
Give them PTO to stay home when they are sick.
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A bunch of little kids were on the bus earlier today and it got me thinking about how most American kids are forced every day into being in positions subordinate to their parents (being in the back car seat and also in booster seats) whereas on the bus they get to sit with their parents as equals
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A bunch of little kids were on the bus earlier today and it got me thinking about how most American kids are forced every day into being in positions subordinate to their parents (being in the back car seat and also in booster seats) whereas on the bus they get to sit with their parents as equals
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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struggling not to repost every single skeet in this thread
In what they describe as a “watershed moment” for road safety in LA, the city caved to backlash and pressure from groups like the anti-Vision Zero group (yes that’s apparently a real thing, and they’ve trained others) called KLAM or "Keep LA Moving.”
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
struggling not to repost every single skeet in this thread
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
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"Dr. Eidel" made me genuinely guffaw out loud 😂🙏🏾💜
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"Dr. Eidel" made me genuinely guffaw out loud 😂🙏🏾💜
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In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”
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The Democrats are the culturally normal party it's the Republicans that are declaring fatwas on truck stop restaurants
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Democrats are the culturally normal party it's the Republicans that are declaring fatwas on truck stop restaurants
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The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
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ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm so tired man.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.
I need you cis people to understand this. Rachel Levine did everything right. Legal name change. Legal sex update. So professional and accomplished she got SENATE APPROVAL as an open trans woman.
There's nothing we can do that they won't ignore to hurt us. So don't let them.