Jenny Benny
@jennybenni.bsky.social
coffee drinker, lawyer, language learner. Formerly toastie twitter. Professionally boring. she/her.
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The description sounds silly, but "gray rock" is an absolute BANGER of a tool when you don't have a lot of choice about hanging out with manipulative, self-centered, shit-stirring relatives.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The description sounds silly, but "gray rock" is an absolute BANGER of a tool when you don't have a lot of choice about hanging out with manipulative, self-centered, shit-stirring relatives.
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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There are fuzzy lines here that I haven't fully considered, I'm sure.
Am I okay with using machine learning to remove powerlines and jet trails from video footage in period movies? Prrrobably!
Am I okay with using generative "A.i." to build entire scenes based on stolen footage? No!
Am I okay with using machine learning to remove powerlines and jet trails from video footage in period movies? Prrrobably!
Am I okay with using generative "A.i." to build entire scenes based on stolen footage? No!
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There are fuzzy lines here that I haven't fully considered, I'm sure.
Am I okay with using machine learning to remove powerlines and jet trails from video footage in period movies? Prrrobably!
Am I okay with using generative "A.i." to build entire scenes based on stolen footage? No!
Am I okay with using machine learning to remove powerlines and jet trails from video footage in period movies? Prrrobably!
Am I okay with using generative "A.i." to build entire scenes based on stolen footage? No!
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Every garbage can finds its lid, as they say.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Every garbage can finds its lid, as they say.
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If the many, many other scandals involving Nuzzi weren't enough to permanently disqualify her from calling herself a journalist — let alone being paid to be one — let this be the end of it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If the many, many other scandals involving Nuzzi weren't enough to permanently disqualify her from calling herself a journalist — let alone being paid to be one — let this be the end of it.
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Elon Musk should get free childcare. He should also get taxed into the ground. That's the way to keep an economy working. Or else you end up in a situation where a family earning $140k a year is on the edge of destitution.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Elon Musk should get free childcare. He should also get taxed into the ground. That's the way to keep an economy working. Or else you end up in a situation where a family earning $140k a year is on the edge of destitution.
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With a few quibbles, this neatly lays out what I've said about the us economy for a while - it is a high wage, high cost, high risk economy. There are people there earning 2x their European equivalents who are three missed paychecks away from absolute financial ruin.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
With a few quibbles, this neatly lays out what I've said about the us economy for a while - it is a high wage, high cost, high risk economy. There are people there earning 2x their European equivalents who are three missed paychecks away from absolute financial ruin.
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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Spite is hope's ugly twin
If you're losing hope, take a big swig of haterade to keep going
If you're losing hope, take a big swig of haterade to keep going
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Spite is hope's ugly twin
If you're losing hope, take a big swig of haterade to keep going
If you're losing hope, take a big swig of haterade to keep going
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Do some of you need a tutorial on how to use the mute button
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Do some of you need a tutorial on how to use the mute button
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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"but I want it, and you have it, so I can take it" is quite the philosophy, yes
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"but I want it, and you have it, so I can take it" is quite the philosophy, yes
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I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
There are people who decide they want and are entitled to something and then come up with a justification for why their entitlement is righteous. It is sadly not an uncommon
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There are people who decide they want and are entitled to something and then come up with a justification for why their entitlement is righteous. It is sadly not an uncommon
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i read this years ago and every time i've repeated it people look at me like i just confessed to the jfk assassination
he believes what now
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
i read this years ago and every time i've repeated it people look at me like i just confessed to the jfk assassination
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OK, we're leaving the asbestos *in* the stuff women put on their faces? And, the powder we put on kids' bums? Check!
Huh, some chick scientist says, “It only takes a single asbestos fiber lodged in the lungs to cause mesothelioma decades later.”
What me, worry?
Huh, some chick scientist says, “It only takes a single asbestos fiber lodged in the lungs to cause mesothelioma decades later.”
What me, worry?
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
OK, we're leaving the asbestos *in* the stuff women put on their faces? And, the powder we put on kids' bums? Check!
Huh, some chick scientist says, “It only takes a single asbestos fiber lodged in the lungs to cause mesothelioma decades later.”
What me, worry?
Huh, some chick scientist says, “It only takes a single asbestos fiber lodged in the lungs to cause mesothelioma decades later.”
What me, worry?
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Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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Our USDA Secretary who doesn't even know what the cattle cycle is
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
Brooke Rollins on spiking beef prices in November 2025: "There's a lot of reasons for that. The Biden-Harris administration had a war on cattle because they talked about climate change and cattle, um -- it was crazy."
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our USDA Secretary who doesn't even know what the cattle cycle is
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
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We're at the part of the cattle cycle where the number of cattle is down, so prices are up. That's… literally just how the cattle market works.
Throw on top of that a very consolidated, cartel-like beef packing industry, & screwworm (so we can't import much from Mexico), high prices are the result.
Throw on top of that a very consolidated, cartel-like beef packing industry, & screwworm (so we can't import much from Mexico), high prices are the result.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're at the part of the cattle cycle where the number of cattle is down, so prices are up. That's… literally just how the cattle market works.
Throw on top of that a very consolidated, cartel-like beef packing industry, & screwworm (so we can't import much from Mexico), high prices are the result.
Throw on top of that a very consolidated, cartel-like beef packing industry, & screwworm (so we can't import much from Mexico), high prices are the result.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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The FDA bypassed its typical process and overstated the science behind menopause hormone therapy, experts told me – with troubling implications for future drug decisions
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’
Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The FDA bypassed its typical process and overstated the science behind menopause hormone therapy, experts told me – with troubling implications for future drug decisions
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.