Ben
@detben.bsky.social
Midwest princess 🍂
I have friends everywhere.
I have friends everywhere.
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the covid vaccine prevents many more cases of myocarditis than it potentially causes in kids and adults. this is a conclusive fact from dozens of massive rigorous studies.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
Internal memo at the FDA claims 10 deaths in children as a result of Covid vaccines — but does not include data
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
Explosive story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/h...
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
the covid vaccine prevents many more cases of myocarditis than it potentially causes in kids and adults. this is a conclusive fact from dozens of massive rigorous studies.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
vinay prasad is an expert in using statistics to lie, and he is credentialed — that makes this even more dangerous.
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Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
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November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
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When I hear arguments like "we're building the future, and isn't that the most effective altruism of them all?," I think of the billions spent on the Metaverse.
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When I hear arguments like "we're building the future, and isn't that the most effective altruism of them all?," I think of the billions spent on the Metaverse.
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People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
Facebook owner’s $1B data center project prompts Michigan town to enact 6-month pause
A controversial proposal for a hyperscale data center, reportedly backed by tech giant Meta, has faced pushback in an historically rural Michigan community.
www.mlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
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The US tech job market remains extremely weak—overall, employment only increased by 2k last month and is down 7k over the last year
That's not as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, but extremely bad compared to the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms
That's not as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, but extremely bad compared to the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The US tech job market remains extremely weak—overall, employment only increased by 2k last month and is down 7k over the last year
That's not as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, but extremely bad compared to the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms
That's not as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, but extremely bad compared to the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms
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Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dictionary day is finally here! The first new print M-W in more than 20 years
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Do these people have any other talking points than "Muslim=bad"?
They're doing the "transing the gay away" conspiracy theory with an Islamophobic twist.
They're doing the "transing the gay away" conspiracy theory with an Islamophobic twist.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Do these people have any other talking points than "Muslim=bad"?
They're doing the "transing the gay away" conspiracy theory with an Islamophobic twist.
They're doing the "transing the gay away" conspiracy theory with an Islamophobic twist.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
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NEW @motherjones.com: When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Megyn Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him.
Now, with Epstein, she’s claiming it’s not quite fair to call him a a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors. ⬇️
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, with Epstein, she’s claiming it’s not quite fair to call him a a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors. ⬇️
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Megyn Kelly suddenly finds pedophilia very hard to define
When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she's splitting hairs about men "into the barely legal type."
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NEW @motherjones.com: When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Megyn Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him.
Now, with Epstein, she’s claiming it’s not quite fair to call him a a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors. ⬇️
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, with Epstein, she’s claiming it’s not quite fair to call him a a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors. ⬇️
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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~"people thought cars were going to destroy the American family, lol, can't listen to tech doom and gloomers"
Ok.
But people also thought they were dangerous and smelled bad, and actually those things did turn out to be real problems that took coordinated activism to address when they scaled
Ok.
But people also thought they were dangerous and smelled bad, and actually those things did turn out to be real problems that took coordinated activism to address when they scaled
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
~"people thought cars were going to destroy the American family, lol, can't listen to tech doom and gloomers"
Ok.
But people also thought they were dangerous and smelled bad, and actually those things did turn out to be real problems that took coordinated activism to address when they scaled
Ok.
But people also thought they were dangerous and smelled bad, and actually those things did turn out to be real problems that took coordinated activism to address when they scaled
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The president of the united states is a pedophile rapist who was best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein and spent hours with an underage victim at Epstein's home. Now he's currently huddled in the situation room directing a cover up about it like it's a seal team 6 operation. Do I have that right?
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The president of the united states is a pedophile rapist who was best buddies with Jeffrey Epstein and spent hours with an underage victim at Epstein's home. Now he's currently huddled in the situation room directing a cover up about it like it's a seal team 6 operation. Do I have that right?
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every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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The president of the United States is on his way to an NFL game after a weekend spent partying at his country club and fighting to starve poor Americans.
And Senate Democrats want to surrender to him?!
Fuck that and fuck them.
And Senate Democrats want to surrender to him?!
Fuck that and fuck them.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The president of the United States is on his way to an NFL game after a weekend spent partying at his country club and fighting to starve poor Americans.
And Senate Democrats want to surrender to him?!
Fuck that and fuck them.
And Senate Democrats want to surrender to him?!
Fuck that and fuck them.
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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Cursed uniform combination
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cursed uniform combination
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John Calipari glowing over his first trip to MSU and mid-Michigan: "I can see why Tommy stayed here. And then this building? This is a great building." Says he's glad he brought Arkansas to MSU. "We learned."
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
John Calipari glowing over his first trip to MSU and mid-Michigan: "I can see why Tommy stayed here. And then this building? This is a great building." Says he's glad he brought Arkansas to MSU. "We learned."