Benjamin Nason
@benjaminnason.bsky.social
Movies, books, techno, cats. Not necessarily in that order, especially according to cat.
I named my fists Anita and Ward because you can ring my bell when the round is over.
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I named my fists Anita and Ward because you can ring my bell when the round is over.
PLURIBUS is so good. If you’re not watching it, get on that. The kind of sci-fi that recalls reading stuff like the best PKD novels, plus SO much more. And of course the filmmaking is thoughtful and inventive, with Rhea Seehorn just killing it.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
PLURIBUS is so good. If you’re not watching it, get on that. The kind of sci-fi that recalls reading stuff like the best PKD novels, plus SO much more. And of course the filmmaking is thoughtful and inventive, with Rhea Seehorn just killing it.
I spent time browsing in a bookstore today and kept getting asked if there was something specific I was looking for. When I said I’m just trying to looki at your books, the bookseller said, oh you don’t mind if I work then and proceeded to place a ladder in front of the shelf, blocking me.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I spent time browsing in a bookstore today and kept getting asked if there was something specific I was looking for. When I said I’m just trying to looki at your books, the bookseller said, oh you don’t mind if I work then and proceeded to place a ladder in front of the shelf, blocking me.
This makes perfect sense. The only mandate capitalism has is to make money, and making the most money means ignoring anything resembling humanity.
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This makes perfect sense. The only mandate capitalism has is to make money, and making the most money means ignoring anything resembling humanity.
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Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
Happy Holidays! 40% OFF ALL Haymarket Books
Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
For one-stop shopping, check out our eleven curated gift bundles: each includes 5 books for $5...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
It's a motherfucker
Don't you know
They talkin' about
Nuclear war (yeah)
They talkin' about (they talkin' about, yeah)
Nuclear war (yeah)
It's a motherfucker, don't you know
(If they push that button, your ass gotta go)
Don't you know
They talkin' about
Nuclear war (yeah)
They talkin' about (they talkin' about, yeah)
Nuclear war (yeah)
It's a motherfucker, don't you know
(If they push that button, your ass gotta go)
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's a motherfucker
Don't you know
They talkin' about
Nuclear war (yeah)
They talkin' about (they talkin' about, yeah)
Nuclear war (yeah)
It's a motherfucker, don't you know
(If they push that button, your ass gotta go)
Don't you know
They talkin' about
Nuclear war (yeah)
They talkin' about (they talkin' about, yeah)
Nuclear war (yeah)
It's a motherfucker, don't you know
(If they push that button, your ass gotta go)
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CROCODILE DUNDEE: REBORN
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
CROCODILE DUNDEE: REBORN
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NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
I am an FBI agent, Charlie Brown!
Find hungry samurai, Charlie Brown
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am an FBI agent, Charlie Brown!
The job I strive for
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The job I strive for
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
Imagine still posting on X for the likes.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Imagine still posting on X for the likes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sometimes you just want to read Don DeLillo sentences.
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sometimes you just want to read Don DeLillo sentences.
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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I spent almost six years working at Barnes & Noble when I was younger. Plus more years at other bookstores. Now, needing work, I applied for temp holiday position at B&N. Today I received an email saying I’m not qualified enough. Again, nothing has meaning in this job market.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I spent almost six years working at Barnes & Noble when I was younger. Plus more years at other bookstores. Now, needing work, I applied for temp holiday position at B&N. Today I received an email saying I’m not qualified enough. Again, nothing has meaning in this job market.
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DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains
So for a moment let’s take him at his word which means he has no idea what was analyzed but whatever it is they analyzed it so well it’s now the best whatever it is that ever was.
“Was it your brain?” should be the follow up question to every Trump statement.
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So for a moment let’s take him at his word which means he has no idea what was analyzed but whatever it is they analyzed it so well it’s now the best whatever it is that ever was.
LE CERCLE ROUGE is perfect for a rainy, fall day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
LE CERCLE ROUGE is perfect for a rainy, fall day.
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
I hear Isabella Rossellini in my head saying “minuscule.”
In a time of too many small men in America, no man has been smaller than Mike Johnson.
REPORTER: Why'd it take so long to get sworn in?
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I hear Isabella Rossellini in my head saying “minuscule.”