Ben Rowe
@cineastbenrowe.bsky.social
Calgary Cinematheque Programming Co-ordinator, Scream Scene Podcast co-host, Dungeon Master, he/him.
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You just love more people than you hate, and I think that means you’re good. I think you’re good.
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
You just love more people than you hate, and I think that means you’re good. I think you’re good.
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
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Any novelist with those kind of credentials is gonna tell Elon to fuck himself.
I mean, in addition to everyone else telling him to go fuck himself.
I mean, in addition to everyone else telling him to go fuck himself.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Any novelist with those kind of credentials is gonna tell Elon to fuck himself.
I mean, in addition to everyone else telling him to go fuck himself.
I mean, in addition to everyone else telling him to go fuck himself.
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I know lots of people might know Catherine O’Hara predominantly from HOME ALONE but please don’t overlook she was a preeminent comedic genius for five decades and a double Emmy nominee for two different shows as recently as last year! Legend, goat, icon, queen
January 30, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I know lots of people might know Catherine O’Hara predominantly from HOME ALONE but please don’t overlook she was a preeminent comedic genius for five decades and a double Emmy nominee for two different shows as recently as last year! Legend, goat, icon, queen
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the greatest assemblage of comedic talent ever loses another icon cherish these people while they’re with us
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
the greatest assemblage of comedic talent ever loses another icon cherish these people while they’re with us
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For all of the hand wringing about what Jerry Springer's popularity was doing to society, the people he had on his show didn't convince anyone that vaccines are bad and weird supplements are a cure-all
Someday—probably after she’s gone—we’ll hopefully be able to have an honest reckoning of Oprah’s outsized, decades-long role in poisoning our culture by elevating and mainstreaming reactionary grifters and pseudoscientific woo woo wellness bullshit.
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
For all of the hand wringing about what Jerry Springer's popularity was doing to society, the people he had on his show didn't convince anyone that vaccines are bad and weird supplements are a cure-all
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One diagnosed and one I’m pretty sure is also on it in my house and I feel this so hard. They’re cynically leveraging the deep financial and emotional strain of constantly working for accommodations for your kids into a blame game that tears apart public health for no good reason.
My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
WSJ reports RFK Jr has instructed HHS to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiency.
January 31, 2026 at 12:13 AM
One diagnosed and one I’m pretty sure is also on it in my house and I feel this so hard. They’re cynically leveraging the deep financial and emotional strain of constantly working for accommodations for your kids into a blame game that tears apart public health for no good reason.
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"we need to be Vikings - wait no not like that"
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"we need to be Vikings - wait no not like that"
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Implicated in the Epstein files today:
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
There’s a reason why document dumps full of unsavory things implicating powerful men are released on Fridays
January 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Implicated in the Epstein files today:
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
- the President of the United States
- the Commerce Secretary
- the World’s Richest Person who is currently worth $777 Billion
- the new Federal Reserve Chair nominee
- a former World’s Richest person
- even the First Lady made it in there
among others
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When I was a kid if there was a machine that made child porn and talked unwell teens into suicide it would get the dungeons and dragons satanic panic news magazine treatment 24/7 for five years, Oprah would be on the floor of congress firing a gun in the air and NO “FAMILY VALUES” PEOPLE GIVE A SHIT
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
When I was a kid if there was a machine that made child porn and talked unwell teens into suicide it would get the dungeons and dragons satanic panic news magazine treatment 24/7 for five years, Oprah would be on the floor of congress firing a gun in the air and NO “FAMILY VALUES” PEOPLE GIVE A SHIT
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Did everyone forget that Oprah spent 30 years very directly helping put incredibly harmful people to positions of influence?
Some Democratic billionaires (I'm looking at you Oprah and Tyler Parry) who are interested in keeping the news real, to form a news channel just for us, not owned by the oligarchs supporting Trump. We feel like we're drifting in an ocean looking for land. Give us the news that's not being censored.
January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Did everyone forget that Oprah spent 30 years very directly helping put incredibly harmful people to positions of influence?
Paradox purring in my lap watching me struggle to play mahjong
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Paradox purring in my lap watching me struggle to play mahjong
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Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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Uhhhh this file magically disappeared from the dump after being up for a while apparently
January 30, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Uhhhh this file magically disappeared from the dump after being up for a while apparently
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NEW: Elon Musk has insisted that Jeffrey Epstein invited him to the notorious island and he declined. But new emails show the opposite -- Musk was practically begging to party with Epstein in the Caribbean, years after Epstein's sex convictions were public knowledge
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Begging to Visit His Notorious Island
Newly released documents show how Elon Musk extensively communicated with Jeffrey Epstein to plan parties and trips to his island.
futurism.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: Elon Musk has insisted that Jeffrey Epstein invited him to the notorious island and he declined. But new emails show the opposite -- Musk was practically begging to party with Epstein in the Caribbean, years after Epstein's sex convictions were public knowledge
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
I know a lot of folks know Catherine O'Hara rom her newer work like Schitt's Creek, or from popular movies from their childhood like Home Alone or Beetlejuice, but as a proud Canadian I wish more people remembered her work on SCTV, which is what established her as a comedienne of amazing talent.
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I know a lot of folks know Catherine O'Hara rom her newer work like Schitt's Creek, or from popular movies from their childhood like Home Alone or Beetlejuice, but as a proud Canadian I wish more people remembered her work on SCTV, which is what established her as a comedienne of amazing talent.
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We said goodbye to sweet Boberry Biscuit Sullivan-Sims this morning. She ate half a pound of deli turkey and some good cheese, then laid down in her bed and fell asleep in our arms. We miss her terribly.
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We said goodbye to sweet Boberry Biscuit Sullivan-Sims this morning. She ate half a pound of deli turkey and some good cheese, then laid down in her bed and fell asleep in our arms. We miss her terribly.
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Boberry Biscuit Sullivan-Sims was called home to be with the Lord today. In lieu of flowers or condolences, please hug your own pet extra tight and consider donating to your local animal shelter.
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Boberry Biscuit Sullivan-Sims was called home to be with the Lord today. In lieu of flowers or condolences, please hug your own pet extra tight and consider donating to your local animal shelter.
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Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
January 29, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
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HOW ABOUT FUCK NO
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 AM
HOW ABOUT FUCK NO
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
by the way ONE in FOUR people in this country is disabled now
and the rest of y'all are one (1) bad day away from it
so how about we make shit like this an "everybody raise hell" mission, eh?
The weirdest subgenre of shorts I see online is this trend of, like, showing movie clips but giving them titles like "She Stands Up to Her Boss" or "This Couple Worked Through Their Trauma" as if, they were, like, inspirational videos about real people?
January 30, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The weirdest subgenre of shorts I see online is this trend of, like, showing movie clips but giving them titles like "She Stands Up to Her Boss" or "This Couple Worked Through Their Trauma" as if, they were, like, inspirational videos about real people?