Benjamin Detenber
@detenber.bsky.social
University professor in Singapore studying media and public opinion.
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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
May 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
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The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
And using a cane. Time marches on.
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And using a cane. Time marches on.
"There's no more ni hao. Only ni HOWDY!!"
This is funny AF.
This is funny AF.
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"There's no more ni hao. Only ni HOWDY!!"
This is funny AF.
This is funny AF.
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They aren't "patriots" they're a racist militia.
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
They aren't "patriots" they're a racist militia.
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
We have already seen vigilantes on the beaches of Dover, now we see them "hunting" people in towns. These are the people Starmer talks about "understanding the concerns of". Jfc, this is worrying on so many levels.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2143...
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Drinks with friends at sunset on Phuket is hard to beat.
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Drinks with friends at sunset on Phuket is hard to beat.
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December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
December 5, 2025
I listen to a lot music.
My Minutes Listened in 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I listen to a lot music.
😟
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Why? Because that's how it is built. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Why? Because that's how it is built. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
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“I’m a grok guy” — Vance futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Elon Musk
Faced with an incredibly lopsided ethical dilemma, Grok prioritizes saving Elon Musk at the expensive of millions of Jews.
futurism.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“I’m a grok guy” — Vance futurism.com/future-socie...
Act Up speaks up when it is most needed.
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Act Up speaks up when it is most needed.
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in this specific respect AfD is to the left of the GOP, which probably says something about multiparty parliamentary politics and political discipline
Far-right Alternative for Germany co-leader Tino Chrupalla said his party will expel a member accused of delivering a speech in an Adolf Hitler-like manner at a party meeting last weekend.
🔗 politi.co/4oF83Rm
🔗 politi.co/4oF83Rm
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
in this specific respect AfD is to the left of the GOP, which probably says something about multiparty parliamentary politics and political discipline
On this day, 27 years ago, we relocated from the US to Singapore. We thought it would be a fun and relatively brief adventure (I was given a three-year contract), but it turned out to be so much more than that. Thanksgiving may have passed, but I am still grateful for the opportunity of a lifetime.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
On this day, 27 years ago, we relocated from the US to Singapore. We thought it would be a fun and relatively brief adventure (I was given a three-year contract), but it turned out to be so much more than that. Thanksgiving may have passed, but I am still grateful for the opportunity of a lifetime.
An excellent piece by @lollardfish.bsky.social
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
An excellent piece by @lollardfish.bsky.social
The fossil fuel conglomerates knew the impact their products would have just like big tobacco. Take these people to account.
#OtD 28 Nov 1985 a Shell report showed they knew that global heating was real, caused by fossil fuels, and that global temp and sea levels were rising and would rise further. Shell covered it up and began sponsoring fake studies to deny climate change stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The fossil fuel conglomerates knew the impact their products would have just like big tobacco. Take these people to account.
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
This is a tragedy of epic proportions. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Rescue efforts end at Hong Kong tower block fire as death toll reaches 128
Firefighters comb through high-rises with as many as 200 people still missing, according to officials
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a tragedy of epic proportions. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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It's Thanksgiving! Are you getting your eels ready? It's tradition!
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's Thanksgiving! Are you getting your eels ready? It's tradition!
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
The 1st Thanksgiving included a big table full of eels. And it's fitting. Tisquantum brought eels to the starving pilgrims that spring to celebrate their new treaty w/ the local Wampanoag tribe. 1/5
🗃️🧪
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
Happy Thanksgiving from The Ad Council!
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from The Ad Council!
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Aside from the high seas murder spree, an order to court martial a sitting senator for 100% legal political speech, and to do so under blatant unlawful command influence, would probably be the clearest case yet of an order so manifestly unlawful there is a duty for anybody in uniform to refuse it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Aside from the high seas murder spree, an order to court martial a sitting senator for 100% legal political speech, and to do so under blatant unlawful command influence, would probably be the clearest case yet of an order so manifestly unlawful there is a duty for anybody in uniform to refuse it.
May your Thanksgiving be not like this.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
May your Thanksgiving be not like this.