Benjamin Wert
@benjaminwert.bsky.social
walker, reader, arts administrator.
he/they
bar tarot reader on Thursdays at Wasted Youth in Toronto
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he/they
bar tarot reader on Thursdays at Wasted Youth in Toronto
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Sign the petition in the thread. NIMBY groups are gathering again to defeat retail in neighbourhoods. Just saw a letter from “no more noise” objecting. It’s a city. Stop sterilizing it. Biz/cafes/even bars in neighbourhoods work in humane cities around the world.
I submitted this letter into the public record ealier today telling the committee we had over 2600 signatures on our petition. When I do my deputation tomorrow, I will gleefully be telling them we have over (at least ) 2700.
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sign the petition in the thread. NIMBY groups are gathering again to defeat retail in neighbourhoods. Just saw a letter from “no more noise” objecting. It’s a city. Stop sterilizing it. Biz/cafes/even bars in neighbourhoods work in humane cities around the world.
@briancgrubb.bsky.social I'm eating lunch in a food court, and the news chyron on a TV just flashed a whipped cream heist headline. I think it said $75 million worth? Somewhere in Ontario.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@briancgrubb.bsky.social I'm eating lunch in a food court, and the news chyron on a TV just flashed a whipped cream heist headline. I think it said $75 million worth? Somewhere in Ontario.
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The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy
October 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy
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I want to make @jamesgunn.bsky.social aware that DC Comics @dc.com has let a hate group bully them into canceling a comic book by trans creators because of posts.
People tried to do that to you before & so I thought you might want to know and offer a statement of support of Gretchen!
People tried to do that to you before & so I thought you might want to know and offer a statement of support of Gretchen!
Breaking: DC Comics has cancelled the Red Hood comic book series.
www.thepopverse.com/comics-red-h...
www.thepopverse.com/comics-red-h...
DC Comics cancels Red Hood comic book series
The first issue of the 17+-rated Batman spin-off comic book series went on sale September 10, but DC Comics has informed retailers that orders for all future issues have been cancelled.
www.thepopverse.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I want to make @jamesgunn.bsky.social aware that DC Comics @dc.com has let a hate group bully them into canceling a comic book by trans creators because of posts.
People tried to do that to you before & so I thought you might want to know and offer a statement of support of Gretchen!
People tried to do that to you before & so I thought you might want to know and offer a statement of support of Gretchen!
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you guys are being a real bummer about the collapse of a society
September 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
you guys are being a real bummer about the collapse of a society
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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No, wait. Be Luddites.
Luddities were largely industrial workers terrified that their bosses' avarice and the emerging technology would cost them their livelihood and endanger their families ability to survive.
We need Luddities to oppose AI and automation. Be Luddities, god damnit.
Luddities were largely industrial workers terrified that their bosses' avarice and the emerging technology would cost them their livelihood and endanger their families ability to survive.
We need Luddities to oppose AI and automation. Be Luddities, god damnit.
I've been thinking a lot about how I really hate the implication that AI skeptics are luddites because most of the AI skeptics I know are relatively tech savvy while the biggest AI champions I know can barely use email
Funny how when it comes to AI people are all "adapt or be left behind" but when it comes to remote work the same people insist that things must go back to how they were at all cost.
August 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
No, wait. Be Luddites.
Luddities were largely industrial workers terrified that their bosses' avarice and the emerging technology would cost them their livelihood and endanger their families ability to survive.
We need Luddities to oppose AI and automation. Be Luddities, god damnit.
Luddities were largely industrial workers terrified that their bosses' avarice and the emerging technology would cost them their livelihood and endanger their families ability to survive.
We need Luddities to oppose AI and automation. Be Luddities, god damnit.
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You don’t need to make an offline backup of Wikipedia because of the online safety act. You do need to make an offline backup of Wikipedia because it’s just a baller thing to have. Shove it on an e-reader and you have the purest example of an artefact Benedictine monks would switch to Satan for
August 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You don’t need to make an offline backup of Wikipedia because of the online safety act. You do need to make an offline backup of Wikipedia because it’s just a baller thing to have. Shove it on an e-reader and you have the purest example of an artefact Benedictine monks would switch to Satan for
Dawn of the Losers Forever or DLZ for short, no?
What's the greek term for rule by dork-ass losers
August 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Dawn of the Losers Forever or DLZ for short, no?
I'll always have a soft spot for "something about Mary's" froggin' ash pole.
And on movies, they may never know that weird censored for TV voice. You know the one..
"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal"
weird voice: "IN HIS FIST"
"in two weeks you'd have a diamond."
"Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal"
weird voice: "IN HIS FIST"
"in two weeks you'd have a diamond."
August 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I'll always have a soft spot for "something about Mary's" froggin' ash pole.
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At the newsletter: Ari Aster made a movie about how Both Sides are being led astray by Internet Extremism. I watched it in a heavily Trumpy small-town movie theater and had a panic attack. No paywall: jude-doyle.ghost.io/on-see/
On Seeing "Eddington" In Trump Country
Jude Is Afraid.
jude-doyle.ghost.io
August 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
At the newsletter: Ari Aster made a movie about how Both Sides are being led astray by Internet Extremism. I watched it in a heavily Trumpy small-town movie theater and had a panic attack. No paywall: jude-doyle.ghost.io/on-see/
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Holy shit. They did it.
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Holy shit. They did it.
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You can calmly debate the fascist. Carefully take apart every argument of his and provide evidence for each claim you’re making.
He will still turn around and order your execution. Fascism isn’t a rational force, it’s a tool of class warfare. You don’t argue with the knife.
He will still turn around and order your execution. Fascism isn’t a rational force, it’s a tool of class warfare. You don’t argue with the knife.
July 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You can calmly debate the fascist. Carefully take apart every argument of his and provide evidence for each claim you’re making.
He will still turn around and order your execution. Fascism isn’t a rational force, it’s a tool of class warfare. You don’t argue with the knife.
He will still turn around and order your execution. Fascism isn’t a rational force, it’s a tool of class warfare. You don’t argue with the knife.
ME AT MY FIRST MAPLE LEAFS GAME: That was alright, glad I did it, don't need to go again.
ME AT MY FIRST TORONTO SCEPTRES GAME: Screaming, dancing, laughing, singing, jumping, immediately figuring out when we can go again.
ME AT MY FIRST TORONTO SCEPTRES GAME: Screaming, dancing, laughing, singing, jumping, immediately figuring out when we can go again.
ME, A FEW DAYS AGO: I wish I liked sports but I do not.
ME AFTER WATCHING WOMEN PLAYING IN THE EUROS: DID YOU SEE BRONZE STRAPPING HER OWN LEG YOU CALL THAT A YELLOW CARD COME ON ENGLAND
ME AFTER WATCHING WOMEN PLAYING IN THE EUROS: DID YOU SEE BRONZE STRAPPING HER OWN LEG YOU CALL THAT A YELLOW CARD COME ON ENGLAND
July 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
ME AT MY FIRST MAPLE LEAFS GAME: That was alright, glad I did it, don't need to go again.
ME AT MY FIRST TORONTO SCEPTRES GAME: Screaming, dancing, laughing, singing, jumping, immediately figuring out when we can go again.
ME AT MY FIRST TORONTO SCEPTRES GAME: Screaming, dancing, laughing, singing, jumping, immediately figuring out when we can go again.
Damn good article.
The Texas Death Match between Jon Moxley & Hangman Adam Page was a big, bad motherfucker of a match, a transcendent AEW moment whose legend will only grow from Saturday, a redemption story so strong it healed some wounds that stretched back to 1997.
For @vgbees.com:
vgbees.com/texas-death-...
For @vgbees.com:
vgbees.com/texas-death-...
Texas Death Breathes New Life Into Professional Wrestling - VGBees
Editor’s note: this piece contains images and descriptions of violent wrestling matches and moments featuring blood, simulated strangling/asphyxiation, and more. These images have not been...
vgbees.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Damn good article.
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Toxic Masculinity is OUT!
Ghost of Christmas Present Masculinity is IN!
- Loud laughs
- Roasted meats and spiced drinks
- Hospitality to strangers
- Living in the moment
- Singing in public
- Body positivity
- Emotional generosity
- Sick robes
Ghost of Christmas Present Masculinity is IN!
- Loud laughs
- Roasted meats and spiced drinks
- Hospitality to strangers
- Living in the moment
- Singing in public
- Body positivity
- Emotional generosity
- Sick robes
July 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Toxic Masculinity is OUT!
Ghost of Christmas Present Masculinity is IN!
- Loud laughs
- Roasted meats and spiced drinks
- Hospitality to strangers
- Living in the moment
- Singing in public
- Body positivity
- Emotional generosity
- Sick robes
Ghost of Christmas Present Masculinity is IN!
- Loud laughs
- Roasted meats and spiced drinks
- Hospitality to strangers
- Living in the moment
- Singing in public
- Body positivity
- Emotional generosity
- Sick robes
My partner sent me what just became one of my favourite pictures of me.
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My partner sent me what just became one of my favourite pictures of me.
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We reeaallly wish we got more traction here so we could stop having to the use the other place so much.
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
June 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We reeaallly wish we got more traction here so we could stop having to the use the other place so much.
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
Please do us a solid and spread the word to your followers.
EVE is one of the longest running all-women's promotions in the world, 15 years strong, and produced by Will Ospreay
Next show...
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If, SOMEHOW, the chief creative executive of the company being the son-in-law of the current nightmare Secretary of State wasn't a breaking point for you, here are WWE wrestlers literally being trotted out for propaganda at a horrifying Trump military rally
STOP WATCHING
STOP WATCHING
“As the crowd waited for Trump’s arrival, World Wrestling Entertainment's Angelo-Dawkins, Montez Ford, Cody Rhodes and Tiffany Stranton took the stage to sing “Happy Birthday” to the Army.”
Seriously, WTF
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/m...
Seriously, WTF
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/m...
Trump says flag burning should be crime; vows to restore Confederate names on 7 Army posts
Trump spoke for more than 50 minutes June 10 on Fort Bragg’s Pike Field. From Army history to the LA protests, here's what he talked about.
eu.usatoday.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If, SOMEHOW, the chief creative executive of the company being the son-in-law of the current nightmare Secretary of State wasn't a breaking point for you, here are WWE wrestlers literally being trotted out for propaganda at a horrifying Trump military rally
STOP WATCHING
STOP WATCHING
I liked the between times when Google maps existed, but I didn't have a smart phone. I knew my dad would be using Bible translation comparing software on the computer most of the time, so if I got lost in a new city I'd call him from across the continent and get him to look up where I was.
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I liked the between times when Google maps existed, but I didn't have a smart phone. I knew my dad would be using Bible translation comparing software on the computer most of the time, so if I got lost in a new city I'd call him from across the continent and get him to look up where I was.
Related, from the Chicago Sun-Times wikipedia article:
![In March 2025, 35 employees, including 23 journalists at the Sun-Times and five business employees at WBEZ, took voluntary buyouts. This amounted to a loss of 20% of total staff at Chicago Public Media.[115] That same month, the paper announced it will no longer publish editorials.[116]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6gly5igleutgvvnttrrsii45/bafkreibzv4ovcz25ggkvh6lipqyoyatw5niszgvr42h3olnzhnlnvmsagu@jpeg)
May 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Related, from the Chicago Sun-Times wikipedia article:
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We can rethink our assumptions: “The ‘everyone’s a bit autistic’ myth can be actively harmful. It’s often used to dismiss the challenges we face or to argue that autistic people don’t really need support.” By @draimeegrant.bsky.social:
theconversation.com/everyone-isn... #neurodiversity #autism
theconversation.com/everyone-isn... #neurodiversity #autism
Everyone isn’t ‘a little bit autistic’ – here’s why this notion is harmful
This casual phrase might seem harmless but it misunderstands what autism really is and can do real harm to autistic people.
theconversation.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We can rethink our assumptions: “The ‘everyone’s a bit autistic’ myth can be actively harmful. It’s often used to dismiss the challenges we face or to argue that autistic people don’t really need support.” By @draimeegrant.bsky.social:
theconversation.com/everyone-isn... #neurodiversity #autism
theconversation.com/everyone-isn... #neurodiversity #autism