Matthew Bennell
@matthewbennell.bsky.social
"No one does it alone, not even the madness." — Nicholas Ray
If it's possible, it may happen. If it's impossible, it might happen.
"Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames." — Log Lady
If it's possible, it may happen. If it's impossible, it might happen.
"Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames." — Log Lady
In addition to the shooter, Trump gets the blame for the Nat Guard shootings for a.) stupidly putting them in harm's way in the first place, and b.) forcing Bondi and K$h to pull FBI agents off counterintelligence/terrorism to round up immigrants/migrants.
Trump has made U.S. unsafe.
Trump has made U.S. unsafe.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In addition to the shooter, Trump gets the blame for the Nat Guard shootings for a.) stupidly putting them in harm's way in the first place, and b.) forcing Bondi and K$h to pull FBI agents off counterintelligence/terrorism to round up immigrants/migrants.
Trump has made U.S. unsafe.
Trump has made U.S. unsafe.
"The Vanquishing of Military.com"
Under new (Canadian ...) owner, less scrutiny of key issues: moldy barracks, child abuse at mil daycare centers, a policy that prohibited Air Force pilots from using an anti-HIV drug, and military suicides, former staffers said.
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
Under new (Canadian ...) owner, less scrutiny of key issues: moldy barracks, child abuse at mil daycare centers, a policy that prohibited Air Force pilots from using an anti-HIV drug, and military suicides, former staffers said.
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.
www.cjr.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The Vanquishing of Military.com"
Under new (Canadian ...) owner, less scrutiny of key issues: moldy barracks, child abuse at mil daycare centers, a policy that prohibited Air Force pilots from using an anti-HIV drug, and military suicides, former staffers said.
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
Under new (Canadian ...) owner, less scrutiny of key issues: moldy barracks, child abuse at mil daycare centers, a policy that prohibited Air Force pilots from using an anti-HIV drug, and military suicides, former staffers said.
www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
Food for thought for the holidays and beyond —
A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time.
"In some cases, reducing meat consumption would have more impact than replacing appliances."
nautil.us/whats-your-c...
A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time.
"In some cases, reducing meat consumption would have more impact than replacing appliances."
nautil.us/whats-your-c...
What’s Your City’s Hoofprint?
What’s Your City’s Hoofprint? A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time
nautil.us
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Food for thought for the holidays and beyond —
A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time.
"In some cases, reducing meat consumption would have more impact than replacing appliances."
nautil.us/whats-your-c...
A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time.
"In some cases, reducing meat consumption would have more impact than replacing appliances."
nautil.us/whats-your-c...
Thanksgiving reminder:
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thanksgiving reminder:
Reports of DOGE's death were greatly/slightly exaggerated.
Do pay attention to the men/women behind the curtain. They're still at work.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Do pay attention to the men/women behind the curtain. They're still at work.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
DOGE is no longer a 'centralized entity,' personnel chief says
But the renamed U.S. Digital Service continues its work, as do DOGE teams throughout government, Office of Personnel Management says.
www.defenseone.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reports of DOGE's death were greatly/slightly exaggerated.
Do pay attention to the men/women behind the curtain. They're still at work.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Do pay attention to the men/women behind the curtain. They're still at work.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
The world is a mess, the economy is shambling, AI slop abounds, and Trump sits in his gilded White House.
But as Thanksgiving nears, let us discuss a truly pressing, nationwide problem:
Why don’t people return their shopping carts?
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
But as Thanksgiving nears, let us discuss a truly pressing, nationwide problem:
Why don’t people return their shopping carts?
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation - by Hannah B. Waldfogel - Behavioral Scientist
For reasons I can’t fully explain, people’s failure to return their carts bothers me more than it probably should. But then I realized I can do something about it.
behavioralscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The world is a mess, the economy is shambling, AI slop abounds, and Trump sits in his gilded White House.
But as Thanksgiving nears, let us discuss a truly pressing, nationwide problem:
Why don’t people return their shopping carts?
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
But as Thanksgiving nears, let us discuss a truly pressing, nationwide problem:
Why don’t people return their shopping carts?
behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
Universal basic capital: "Address ‘Affordability’ By Spreading AI Wealth Around"
"The fairness Americans are looking for in today’s churning political economy is not only about constraining concentration of wealth at the top, but also about building it from below."
www.noemamag.com/address-affo...
"The fairness Americans are looking for in today’s churning political economy is not only about constraining concentration of wealth at the top, but also about building it from below."
www.noemamag.com/address-affo...
Address ‘Affordability’ By Spreading AI Wealth Around | NOEMA
The emergent “coalition of the precariat” should embrace the idea of universal basic capital.
www.noemamag.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Universal basic capital: "Address ‘Affordability’ By Spreading AI Wealth Around"
"The fairness Americans are looking for in today’s churning political economy is not only about constraining concentration of wealth at the top, but also about building it from below."
www.noemamag.com/address-affo...
"The fairness Americans are looking for in today’s churning political economy is not only about constraining concentration of wealth at the top, but also about building it from below."
www.noemamag.com/address-affo...
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bill last numbered H.R. 9495 would empower the Treasury Secretary to designate any nonprofit the Secretary wishes to kill a “terrorist supporting organization” and revoke the tax-exempt status on which it depends for survival. Unconstitutional but lethal in the harm it would do while in force.
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
news.wttw.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
"How American Big Tech guards the profits it extracts around the world"
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
How American Big Tech guards the profits it extracts around the world – The Markup
A consortium of journalists is revealing how the industry influences governments in Latin America and globally.
themarkup.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"How American Big Tech guards the profits it extracts around the world"
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
themarkup.org/hello-world/...
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
Thic Jesus Skate Break Sunday! 🙌
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thic Jesus Skate Break Sunday! 🙌
If you're keeping score —
"Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions"
Major events in Trump’s campaign of lethal attacks on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
"Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions"
Major events in Trump’s campaign of lethal attacks on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
www.justsecurity.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're keeping score —
"Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions"
Major events in Trump’s campaign of lethal attacks on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
"Timeline of Vessel Strikes and Related Actions"
Major events in Trump’s campaign of lethal attacks on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
www.justsecurity.org/124002/timel...
Foxes guarding cyber-henhouse.
Brendan Carr, Trump's Minister of Telecommunications, and his Republican colleague on the FCC have scrapped rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/d...
Brendan Carr, Trump's Minister of Telecommunications, and his Republican colleague on the FCC have scrapped rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/d...
Despite Chinese hacks, Trump's FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies | TechCrunch
Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry's cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States "less safe" at a time wh...
techcrunch.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Foxes guarding cyber-henhouse.
Brendan Carr, Trump's Minister of Telecommunications, and his Republican colleague on the FCC have scrapped rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/d...
Brendan Carr, Trump's Minister of Telecommunications, and his Republican colleague on the FCC have scrapped rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/d...
Reposted by Matthew Bennell
Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
As part of an attempted coup d'état in Haiti, 2 young Texas men, one a 20-y-o in U.S. Air Force, have been indicted for plotting to invade a Haitian island, kill its men, and enslave women and children.
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As part of an attempted coup d'état in Haiti, 2 young Texas men, one a 20-y-o in U.S. Air Force, have been indicted for plotting to invade a Haitian island, kill its men, and enslave women and children.
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
J. Edgar Hoover would be proud —
FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists observing public hearings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists observing public hearings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
J. Edgar Hoover would be proud —
FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists observing public hearings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists observing public hearings.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Coast Guard quickly throws its embrace of swastikas and nooses overboard. Now, maybe someone walks the plank?
Wash Post (paywall): "In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols"
Wash Post (paywall): "In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols"
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Coast Guard quickly throws its embrace of swastikas and nooses overboard. Now, maybe someone walks the plank?
Wash Post (paywall): "In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols"
Wash Post (paywall): "In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols"
When is a Nazi hate symbol not a hate symbol? When the U.S. Coast Guard reclassifies it as just "potentially divisive," the Wash Post reports.
Guessing this also will be "potentially divisive" and may not last, defeated by millions of souls exterminated by the Nazis and those who fought fascism.
Guessing this also will be "potentially divisive" and may not last, defeated by millions of souls exterminated by the Nazis and those who fought fascism.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When is a Nazi hate symbol not a hate symbol? When the U.S. Coast Guard reclassifies it as just "potentially divisive," the Wash Post reports.
Guessing this also will be "potentially divisive" and may not last, defeated by millions of souls exterminated by the Nazis and those who fought fascism.
Guessing this also will be "potentially divisive" and may not last, defeated by millions of souls exterminated by the Nazis and those who fought fascism.
Guardrails for AI:
"We must prevent AI models from learning about human weaknesses by banning certain data from their training sets."
www.noemamag.com/the-case-for...
"We must prevent AI models from learning about human weaknesses by banning certain data from their training sets."
www.noemamag.com/the-case-for...
The Case For AI ‘Datarails’ | NOEMA
We must prevent AI models from learning about human weaknesses by banning certain data from their training sets.
www.noemamag.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Guardrails for AI:
"We must prevent AI models from learning about human weaknesses by banning certain data from their training sets."
www.noemamag.com/the-case-for...
"We must prevent AI models from learning about human weaknesses by banning certain data from their training sets."
www.noemamag.com/the-case-for...