Ben Rosenstock
@brosenstock.bsky.social
tv show enjoyer in Brooklyn with bylines at Vulture, TV Guide, TIME, Episodic Medium, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Paste, etc | TCA member
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Goddamn, these people are beautiful. What beautiful people. It makes me cry.
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Goddamn, these people are beautiful. What beautiful people. It makes me cry.
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NYC residents, please help us to demand that the City Council increase and stabilize public library funding. It takes 30 seconds to send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city... - we also need people to follow up with a phone call to your member.
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NYC residents, please help us to demand that the City Council increase and stabilize public library funding. It takes 30 seconds to send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/city... - we also need people to follow up with a phone call to your member.
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I spent this week rewatching a lot of All in the Family for work. It's not Rob Reiner's primary legacy, but it was one of the greatest quartets in TV history, and he was essential in the least rewarding role. He has a scene with Jean Stapleton in S8 that moved me to tears. Where I'll be for a while.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I spent this week rewatching a lot of All in the Family for work. It's not Rob Reiner's primary legacy, but it was one of the greatest quartets in TV history, and he was essential in the least rewarding role. He has a scene with Jean Stapleton in S8 that moved me to tears. Where I'll be for a while.
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
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I generally avoid posting AI slop, but I saw this and... I just need to share it
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I generally avoid posting AI slop, but I saw this and... I just need to share it
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I'm still thinking about the absolutely wild intro to this LeBron fancam I found last night
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm still thinking about the absolutely wild intro to this LeBron fancam I found last night
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i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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Quite the day for Trump: The defeat below, the defeat in Indiana, the defeat on the latest Letitia James case, the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, really bad poll numbers (his handling of the economy numbers threatening to fall into the 20s) He's losing it politically as fast as he is mentally.
Say it again for the folks in the back: "The first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term." 🙌
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Quite the day for Trump: The defeat below, the defeat in Indiana, the defeat on the latest Letitia James case, the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, really bad poll numbers (his handling of the economy numbers threatening to fall into the 20s) He's losing it politically as fast as he is mentally.
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I think if they really dump AI content onto Disney+ they'll find out real quick that NOBODY wants to see that shit. But it's so symbolic of the state of things that the name that once meant the very peak of hand drawn animation is now in league with the stock market scam anti-human garbage machine.
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think if they really dump AI content onto Disney+ they'll find out real quick that NOBODY wants to see that shit. But it's so symbolic of the state of things that the name that once meant the very peak of hand drawn animation is now in league with the stock market scam anti-human garbage machine.
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Congrats to re-elected Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (D).
This is the first, but it may not be the only electoral victory for someone who has appeared on PLURIBUS.
This is the first, but it may not be the only electoral victory for someone who has appeared on PLURIBUS.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Congrats to re-elected Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (D).
This is the first, but it may not be the only electoral victory for someone who has appeared on PLURIBUS.
This is the first, but it may not be the only electoral victory for someone who has appeared on PLURIBUS.
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Instant all-timer here:
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Instant all-timer here:
my heart stopped
Creator Bryan Fuller says he’s trying to pitch a season three revival of ‘Pushing Daisies’ and the cast wants to come back to the pie shop.
Pushing Daisies Pushes for a Season Three
Creator Bryan Fuller says he’s trying to pitch a season three revival of ‘Pushing Daisies’ and the cast wants to come back to the pie shop.
www.vulture.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
my heart stopped
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Yep it totally sounds like this show has been "desexed"
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yep it totally sounds like this show has been "desexed"
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
how did i not know the creator of Selfie and the creator of Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (/showrunner of American Vandal) were married? now that’s a power couple
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
how did i not know the creator of Selfie and the creator of Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (/showrunner of American Vandal) were married? now that’s a power couple
after almost every Ziwe interview these days, people are like “she finally met her match!!” maybe if she’s meeting her match every week then she isn’t actually very good at this!
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
after almost every Ziwe interview these days, people are like “she finally met her match!!” maybe if she’s meeting her match every week then she isn’t actually very good at this!
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If I was Jimmy Fallon, I'd probably have to drink myself into oblivion to try to keep the shame from killing me every night, too.
Fucking embarrassing.
Fucking embarrassing.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If I was Jimmy Fallon, I'd probably have to drink myself into oblivion to try to keep the shame from killing me every night, too.
Fucking embarrassing.
Fucking embarrassing.
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
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Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
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Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
Heated Rivalry taking off, Traitors Canada having its best season, Justin Trudeau dating Katy Perry…everything’s coming up Canada eh
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Heated Rivalry taking off, Traitors Canada having its best season, Justin Trudeau dating Katy Perry…everything’s coming up Canada eh
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David Lynch's DP Ron García on Sheryl Lee's miraculous performance in FIRE WALK WITH ME.
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
David Lynch's DP Ron García on Sheryl Lee's miraculous performance in FIRE WALK WITH ME.