Ben Ellman
@heybellman.bsky.social
Radio Producer / Reporter for the likes of Engadget, NPR, Digiday, and maybe you!
Probably sent you an invite to NYC Radio Club.
I treat this site like a sassy LinkedIn™ for media people
Probably sent you an invite to NYC Radio Club.
I treat this site like a sassy LinkedIn™ for media people
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That's about $131,868,131.86 lost per day for 91 days.
What is business?
What is business?
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That's about $131,868,131.86 lost per day for 91 days.
What is business?
What is business?
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November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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"Sandwich guy" beats the Feds, and they came for him hard. Via NBC
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Sandwich guy" beats the Feds, and they came for him hard. Via NBC
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motivational image.
What are you learning next?
What are you learning next?
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
motivational image.
What are you learning next?
What are you learning next?
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i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute
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terrifying aura coming off this image
A glimpse from the Andrew Cuomo official watch party at Ziegfeld Ballroom, via NYPost's Matthew Fischetti
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
terrifying aura coming off this image
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Why do we as Americans always schedule Election Day for the same week in the year that the night-wolf Skoll devours the Sun
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Why do we as Americans always schedule Election Day for the same week in the year that the night-wolf Skoll devours the Sun
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you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
A couple of weeks ago I asked an Engadget podcast guest how the Trump poop payload AI video was different from a Bush-era JibJab cartoon.
How are these lazy Ticketmaster ads any different from the "It's a [your surname here] thing, you wouldn't understand" Facebook t-shirt slop of 10 years ago?
How are these lazy Ticketmaster ads any different from the "It's a [your surname here] thing, you wouldn't understand" Facebook t-shirt slop of 10 years ago?
New from 404 Media: the future of advertising is AI generated ads that are directly personalized to you. We're already basically seeing this with the same AI Ticketmaster ads being tweaked to different sports teams etc. Meta is pushing for this AI personalization
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A couple of weeks ago I asked an Engadget podcast guest how the Trump poop payload AI video was different from a Bush-era JibJab cartoon.
How are these lazy Ticketmaster ads any different from the "It's a [your surname here] thing, you wouldn't understand" Facebook t-shirt slop of 10 years ago?
How are these lazy Ticketmaster ads any different from the "It's a [your surname here] thing, you wouldn't understand" Facebook t-shirt slop of 10 years ago?
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Character.AI has resources for kids who are about to lose access to their chatbots. One is essentially “consider reading a book.”
support.character.ai/hc/en-us/art...
support.character.ai/hc/en-us/art...
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Character.AI has resources for kids who are about to lose access to their chatbots. One is essentially “consider reading a book.”
support.character.ai/hc/en-us/art...
support.character.ai/hc/en-us/art...
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Homey literally said "touch mass"
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Homey literally said "touch mass"
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
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[Sniffs wine glass]
First on the nose is High on Fire, notes of Sleep, Black Sabbath...maybe even some Gel on the back end
First on the nose is High on Fire, notes of Sleep, Black Sabbath...maybe even some Gel on the back end
Die Spitz - "Throw Yourself to the Sword" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Die Spitz
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
[Sniffs wine glass]
First on the nose is High on Fire, notes of Sleep, Black Sabbath...maybe even some Gel on the back end
First on the nose is High on Fire, notes of Sleep, Black Sabbath...maybe even some Gel on the back end
Neil Patrick Harris in Starship Troopers (1997)
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Neil Patrick Harris in Starship Troopers (1997)
Ocasio-Cortez should challenge Trump to an analog-clock drawing contest on live TV
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ocasio-Cortez should challenge Trump to an analog-clock drawing contest on live TV
You could buy this PS5 controller for the price of like 2.5 regular controllers...or do it yourself with an aftermarket shell for like $25
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You could buy this PS5 controller for the price of like 2.5 regular controllers...or do it yourself with an aftermarket shell for like $25
Today's a self promo day, why not!
The over-50 lifestyle newsletter I work on interviewed food writer / former EIC of Gourmet Magazine Ruth Reichl.
Hearing how she put her life back together after Gourmet shut down was inspiring. I wish I could include a pullquote video!
The over-50 lifestyle newsletter I work on interviewed food writer / former EIC of Gourmet Magazine Ruth Reichl.
Hearing how she put her life back together after Gourmet shut down was inspiring. I wish I could include a pullquote video!
Ruth Reichl on How to Make Life Delicious
I’ve always thought that eating is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
thehappygrownup.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Today's a self promo day, why not!
The over-50 lifestyle newsletter I work on interviewed food writer / former EIC of Gourmet Magazine Ruth Reichl.
Hearing how she put her life back together after Gourmet shut down was inspiring. I wish I could include a pullquote video!
The over-50 lifestyle newsletter I work on interviewed food writer / former EIC of Gourmet Magazine Ruth Reichl.
Hearing how she put her life back together after Gourmet shut down was inspiring. I wish I could include a pullquote video!
Once more for the Monday crowd:
Video generation models are definitely the biggest AI story this year.
@devindra.bsky.social and I talked to @drewharwell.com and Jeremy Carrasco (@showtoolsAI) about the society-breaking potential of making convincing video with just a prompt
Video generation models are definitely the biggest AI story this year.
@devindra.bsky.social and I talked to @drewharwell.com and Jeremy Carrasco (@showtoolsAI) about the society-breaking potential of making convincing video with just a prompt
Engadget Podcast: How to survive our AI video hellscape
The era of AI video is upon us, and honestly it's kind of terrifying.
www.engadget.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Once more for the Monday crowd:
Video generation models are definitely the biggest AI story this year.
@devindra.bsky.social and I talked to @drewharwell.com and Jeremy Carrasco (@showtoolsAI) about the society-breaking potential of making convincing video with just a prompt
Video generation models are definitely the biggest AI story this year.
@devindra.bsky.social and I talked to @drewharwell.com and Jeremy Carrasco (@showtoolsAI) about the society-breaking potential of making convincing video with just a prompt
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All these directors over 60 publicly proclaiming that they're AI curious makes me think about all the greying World War II veterans in the 1970s who started wearing gold chains, loud-patterned, wide-lapel shirts, and flared polyester pants hoping it made them look young.
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
All these directors over 60 publicly proclaiming that they're AI curious makes me think about all the greying World War II veterans in the 1970s who started wearing gold chains, loud-patterned, wide-lapel shirts, and flared polyester pants hoping it made them look young.
[Baseball chant]
EP-STEIN BALL-ROOM
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
EP-STEIN BALL-ROOM
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
[Baseball chant]
EP-STEIN BALL-ROOM
👏🏼👏🏼
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
EP-STEIN BALL-ROOM
👏🏼👏🏼
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
If Letterkenny was still in production this would be the soundtrack to a slow-mo fight scene
Militarie Gun - B A D I D E A (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by MilitarieGunVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If Letterkenny was still in production this would be the soundtrack to a slow-mo fight scene
I'm sorry, what?
DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay
White House and military officials will not say who the donor is or whether the gift has been properly vetted.
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm sorry, what?
I’ve been thinking a lot about AI video and found some great people for this segment.
I’m really proud of this one!
I’m really proud of this one!
@heybellman.bsky.social and I had a great chat about the state of AI video with @drewharwell.com and Jeremy Carrasco (AKA ShowtoolsAI), take a listen!
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about AI video and found some great people for this segment.
I’m really proud of this one!
I’m really proud of this one!
"You'll join us someday"
October 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"You'll join us someday"