Charles Benjamin
charlesbenjamin.bsky.social
Charles Benjamin
@charlesbenjamin.bsky.social
Loves: Montreal, Habs, safer streets
Hates: Cars, fascists, and nazi sympathizers
This app is great because we all generally agree upon statements like “Nazis are bad.” Wild stuff.
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"

Historians: "that's a nazi salute"

Average person: "that's a nazi salute"

The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“Baklava” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
This @SeattleKraken fan has PASSION 🦑
December 11, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
« À eux seuls, Le Journal de Montréal et Le Journal de Québec sont à l’origine de près de 70% du contenu traitant du wokisme. 45% de ces articles proviennent de 5 chroniqueurs qui produisent tous des textes d’opinion et non du contenu journalistique.»

— Le #woke de Schrödinger, Le Devoir, 14.O9.23
December 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
Bixi a dépassé les 13 millions de déplacements en 2024. Les mois de juillet et septembre ont pulvérisé les records précédents, avec plus 2 millions de déplacements chacun.

Cet hiver encore, Bixi sera disponible : 2 000 vélos seront adaptés pour vous déplacer durant la saison froide.

Merci, Bixi!
November 28, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Feels like the sky is falling in on Habs fans, but the Sens are supposed to be contending and are 2 points ahead of us, Detroit 3 points, and Buffalo 6 points. The point being, rebuild properly or we end up like those three teams.
November 27, 2024 at 2:50 PM
This sure is technically a hockey game!
November 27, 2024 at 2:17 AM
“The Montreal Canadiens are into year 3 of their rebuild and find themselves tied for last, the question is why and what’s next.” Why? It’s a rebuild. What’s next? More losing until we’re not in a rebuild. Why is this so hard to understand TSN
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Gotta cede the province to the car just in case Toronto decides to have a Santa Claus Parade every day of the year
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Look I don’t wanna get into the whole Michkov nonsense, we didn’t draft him so let’s move on. I will say that I don’t understand the people saying “we never would’ve drafted both Demidov and Michkov.” Why the hell not? If they’re both bpa, there’s no reason not to have both.
November 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Optimistic: Hage, Demidov, Hutson, Fowler, Beck

Pessimistic: Dach, Reinbacher (I know he hasn’t played I’m just concerned), Mailloux, Primeau, Newhook

No fucking clue: Slaf, Roy
November 24, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Really could’ve done without the Tesla cyber truck sponsorship at the Santa Claus parade but ok I guess. Guarantee you Elon is on the naughty list but I digress.
November 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Twitter now in a nutshell
Your purpose on earth is not to argue with people who intentionally want to misunderstand you
November 23, 2024 at 2:40 PM
You’ll never ever ever ever get me to care more about some minor destruction of property more than I care about our right to protest a fucking genocide. People have insurance, get over it. Kids are being slaughtered daily for fuck sake.
November 23, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Free Palestine
November 23, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Highlighting minor property damage in your title over literal genocide is certainly a choice but ok
Cars burned, windows smashed at pro-Palestinian, anti-NATO demonstration in Montreal
Three people were arrested after pro-Palestinian, anti-NATO protesters smashed windows, clashed with police officers, and set vehicles ablaze on Friday evening. The protest coincided with the arrival of approximately 300 delegates from NATO member states and partner countries attending a high-level summit, running from Nov. 22 to 25 in Montreal, focused on Ukraine, climate change, and the alliance’s future. The protest also came as the second day of the wave of student-wide pro-Palestinian protests across Montreal. An initial group of protesters gathered at Émilie-Gamelin Parc downtown at around 4:30 p.m. before marching toward the Quartier des Spectacles, according to Manuel Couture, a spokesperson for the Montreal police. By 5:30 p.m., another group had converged at Place des Arts, and the two demonstrations merged. The protesters then marched down St-Urbain St. At 6:10 p.m., tensions escalated as demonstrators set an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on fire in the middle of the crowd. As the march continued, objects — including small explosive devices and metal items — were hurled into the street, targeting police officers. By 6:40 p.m., protesters had smashed shop windows near St-Urbain and René-Lévesque Blvd., and set two vehicles ablaze. Couture said police deployed chemical irritants and conducted crowd-dispersal manoeuvres to regain control. Three protesters were arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers and obstructing police work. Couture said that the protesters had dispersed by 7 p.m. The protests come amid heightened tensions following Thursday’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Concordia University, where protesters flooded the Hall Building and clashed with pro-Israel counter-demonstrators outside. [email protected] Related Quebec condemns Nazi reference at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal Police probe alleged assault, vandalism after pro-Palestinian protest at Concordia
montrealgazette.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Red alert: JdeM is on here and that can only mean Durocher, Martineau and every other crony can’t be far behind 😭
November 23, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Is that awful dude from Bardown on this app yet? Sure as hell hope not
November 23, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
every time i see Twitter/BlueSky discourse it feels overcomplicated. most people left Twitter because it sucks now. people are going to BlueSky because they hope it will be like Twitter was when it didn't suck. the end
November 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
AVANT/APRÈS : avenue du Mont-Royal. Depuis 5 ans, on piétonnise cette artère commerciale chaque été sur une longueur de plus de 2 kilomètres. Soutenu par les commerçants et la ville, le projet a été un immense succès sur le plan économique et social, attirant un achalandage monstre tous les jours.
November 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
NHL news and injuries coming in this morning like
a woman in a blue shirt is making a funny face
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is making a funny face
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Don’t we all wish we had the unwarranted confidence of the “I blast music on my phone on the metro” guy. Loser? Yes. Living his best life with no fucks given? Also yes.
November 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I will truly never understand the idiots that don’t think this is a worthwhile investment.
Une autre perspective sur les Terrasses Roy 👍
November 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Reposted by Charles Benjamin
AVANT/APRÈS : les Terrasses Roy, première rue piétonnière dédiée à l’agriculture urbaine à Montréal, vue de l’angle des rues Roy et Coloniale.
November 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM