Ben Dowsett
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Ben Dowsett
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· Oct 24
Meet the Palestinian Teens Trying to Win Robotics Gold
Next week, five teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions. The goal? To win—and then teach STEM to their peers displaced by the Isra...
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Next week, 5 teens from Palestine will head to Panama to compete in one of the world’s largest youth robotics competitions.
The goal? To win—and teach STEM to their peers displaced by Israel's war and occupation of Palestine.
A special oral history for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/meet-t...
The goal? To win—and teach STEM to their peers displaced by Israel's war and occupation of Palestine.
A special oral history for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/meet-t...
Every day they're still doing this shit. Massacring children at their fucking schools.
The world doesn't care at all. It has moved on. This is just acceptable, apparently.
The world doesn't care at all. It has moved on. This is just acceptable, apparently.
2 Palestinian children were killed on Sat. after an Israeli drone struck a group of civilians in Bani Suheila, Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reports citing medics and witnesses.
Witnesses told Al Jazeera the drone dropped a bomb near al-Farabi School, killing brothers Juma & Fadi Tamer Abu Assi. Both...
Witnesses told Al Jazeera the drone dropped a bomb near al-Farabi School, killing brothers Juma & Fadi Tamer Abu Assi. Both...
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Every day they're still doing this shit. Massacring children at their fucking schools.
The world doesn't care at all. It has moved on. This is just acceptable, apparently.
The world doesn't care at all. It has moved on. This is just acceptable, apparently.
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Thank you to everybody organizing, posting, marching or protesting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Remember this:
Remember this:
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to everybody organizing, posting, marching or protesting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Remember this:
Remember this:
We're ~8 months and another (highly likely) title run away from starting to talk about where this Thunder iteration ranks for all-time sports teambuilding triumphs, honestly.
okay Sam Presti, you won NBA2K, please up the difficulty setting and restart franchise mode
Quick summary of OKC:
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
- 18-1, won 10 straight, will get Jalen Williams back tonight for the first time this season.
- 102.9 def. rating, 7.3 points better than the 2nd-best defence (MIA).
- SGA has only played in 8 fourth quarters
- Could have THREE lottery picks in June
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We're ~8 months and another (highly likely) title run away from starting to talk about where this Thunder iteration ranks for all-time sports teambuilding triumphs, honestly.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
I hope they can make it for the players' sake, but this Utah football team doesn't actually deserve to be in the CFP. Extremely mid.
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I hope they can make it for the players' sake, but this Utah football team doesn't actually deserve to be in the CFP. Extremely mid.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
-Dave Matthews Band
-Dave Matthews Band a different time
-Dave Matthews Bad somewhere else
-Dave Matthews Band again
-Tool
-Dave Matthews Band
-Dave Matthews Band a different time
-Dave Matthews Bad somewhere else
-Dave Matthews Band again
-Tool
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
• Rolling Stones/Stone Temple Pilots
• Muse/Flaming Lips
• Bad Religion/NOFX
• The National
• Alex G
• Rolling Stones/Stone Temple Pilots
• Muse/Flaming Lips
• Bad Religion/NOFX
• The National
• Alex G
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
nick cave
manchester orchestra
neil young
the clash
jeff rosenstock
nick cave
manchester orchestra
neil young
the clash
jeff rosenstock
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
-Dave Matthews Band
-Dave Matthews Band a different time
-Dave Matthews Bad somewhere else
-Dave Matthews Band again
-Tool
-Dave Matthews Band
-Dave Matthews Band a different time
-Dave Matthews Bad somewhere else
-Dave Matthews Band again
-Tool
Went to the gym this morning just so I could properly over-eat at the in-laws today
a man with his eyes closed and the words " i was born to do this " behind him
Alt: a man with his eyes closed and the words " i was born to do this " behind him
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Went to the gym this morning just so I could properly over-eat at the in-laws today
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
Logan Cooley is the best player on the Mammoth and should be deployed accordingly.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Logan Cooley is the best player on the Mammoth and should be deployed accordingly.
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In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
A whole country addicted to instant rage responses after every preventable mass death event. What a place to live.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A whole country addicted to instant rage responses after every preventable mass death event. What a place to live.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The IDF is murdering people every day. That’s not a ceasefire.
Shame on the entire world’s media infrastructure for helping Israel launder its evil. Every day they fail to call this what it is (a broken ceasefire), they’re complicit.
Shame on the entire world’s media infrastructure for helping Israel launder its evil. Every day they fail to call this what it is (a broken ceasefire), they’re complicit.
Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end www.courthousenews.com/israel-retur...
Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as first phase of ceasefire nears end
According to the ceasefire, Israel has agreed to return 15 Palestinian bodies for each hostage recovered.
www.courthousenews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There is no ceasefire in Gaza. The IDF is murdering people every day. That’s not a ceasefire.
Shame on the entire world’s media infrastructure for helping Israel launder its evil. Every day they fail to call this what it is (a broken ceasefire), they’re complicit.
Shame on the entire world’s media infrastructure for helping Israel launder its evil. Every day they fail to call this what it is (a broken ceasefire), they’re complicit.
Little man is in full Blue Steel mode today. Another @benstiller.redhour.com protege
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Little man is in full Blue Steel mode today. Another @benstiller.redhour.com protege
Last few weeks on Bsky are the most it’s felt like Old Twitter. Arguing about Star Wars movies and pies, things of that nature.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last few weeks on Bsky are the most it’s felt like Old Twitter. Arguing about Star Wars movies and pies, things of that nature.
"They don't have enough secret police, so now they're outsourcing the secret police to private vendors" is some chilling shit
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"They don't have enough secret police, so now they're outsourcing the secret police to private vendors" is some chilling shit
Remove "Lubavitch" and every word of this also applies to me. And yeah, damn straight. Well said.
I'm Jewish. I grew up in an observant home. My bar mitzvah was at a Lubavitch shul. My parents were ardent Zionists who donated to the Jewish National Fund and AIPAC as birthday presents.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remove "Lubavitch" and every word of this also applies to me. And yeah, damn straight. Well said.
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I'm Jewish. I grew up in an observant home. My bar mitzvah was at a Lubavitch shul. My parents were ardent Zionists who donated to the Jewish National Fund and AIPAC as birthday presents.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm Jewish. I grew up in an observant home. My bar mitzvah was at a Lubavitch shul. My parents were ardent Zionists who donated to the Jewish National Fund and AIPAC as birthday presents.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
If *I* can recognize Israel is a genocidal apartheid state and become antizionist, so can you.
The most moral army in the world has intervened to shut down a children's musical show
"On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled 'Dreams Under the Olive Trees.'
lithub.com/israeli-forc...
lithub.com/israeli-forc...
Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, shutting down a children’s show.
On Sunday night, Israeli forces stormed the Palestinian National Theater, El-Hakawati, in occupied East Jerusalem, shutting down a children’s musical show titled “Dreams Under the Olive…
lithub.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The most moral army in the world has intervened to shut down a children's musical show
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In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
He left Gaza and fled to Europe on a jet ski. Now he hopes to bring his family
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
Hell yeah, this is awesome. Happy for Andy and all the other great folks at the Trib.
I am so, so, so happy to announce that the Salt Lake News Guild and The Salt Lake Tribune have ratified the first union contract in the paper's history today.
This was the major project of my 2025. It's been an incredible experience.
saltlakenewsguild.org/salt-lake-tr...
This was the major project of my 2025. It's been an incredible experience.
saltlakenewsguild.org/salt-lake-tr...
Salt Lake Tribune newsroom ratifies first labor contract in unanimous vote
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. For immediate release Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 Salt Lake Tribune newsroom ratifies first labor contract in unanimous vote SALT LAKE CITY —&nb…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hell yeah, this is awesome. Happy for Andy and all the other great folks at the Trib.
A completely rotted society, top to bottom.
53.8% of Israelis surveyed agree that Palestinian citizens should be used as human shields by the IDF.
So there's that.
So there's that.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A completely rotted society, top to bottom.
Every line James Downey has on The Chair Company absolutely flattens me
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Every line James Downey has on The Chair Company absolutely flattens me
Nick Fuentes is mainstream now. MTG has been yelling about Jewish Space Lasers for years.
But neither of them constantly answer questions like these every interview. Qwhite interesting.
But neither of them constantly answer questions like these every interview. Qwhite interesting.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nick Fuentes is mainstream now. MTG has been yelling about Jewish Space Lasers for years.
But neither of them constantly answer questions like these every interview. Qwhite interesting.
But neither of them constantly answer questions like these every interview. Qwhite interesting.