Ben Blythe
@visitingwriter.bsky.social
Jewish SciFi/Fantasy/Horror author. Developmental editor. University instructor. Chicago Manual of Style enthusiast.
I unironically yearn for an Archer/Yuta feud.
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I unironically yearn for an Archer/Yuta feud.
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pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
pepper spraying someone in the face from inches away while they are already restrained on the ground should get you fired and land you in jail, no exceptions
HEY LOOK IT'S THE CEO-IS-A-GENIUS-IDEA-GUY POSE
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
HEY LOOK IT'S THE CEO-IS-A-GENIUS-IDEA-GUY POSE
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CONTINUE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT AI IS THE STUPIDEST SHIT EVER
IT IS WORKING
CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF
CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU
THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT
AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN
IT IS WORKING
CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF
CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU
THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT
AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
CONTINUE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT AI IS THE STUPIDEST SHIT EVER
IT IS WORKING
CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF
CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU
THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT
AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN
IT IS WORKING
CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF
CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU
THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT
AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN
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After Sauer says Lisa Cook "was given an opportunity" to respond to the allegations, KBJ asks whether that due process was: "She supposed to post about it, and that was the opportunity to be heard?"
Yes, Sauer replies.
Yes, Sauer replies.
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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This should'a been us.
SOUTH KOREAN COURT SENTENCES EX-PRIME MINISTER HAN DUCK-SOO TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON IN CASE RELATED TO MARTIAL LAW
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This should'a been us.
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“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
One day I'm going to log on here and my feed will consist of nothing but gleeful reaction images with no text and I'll still know exactly what happened.
January 21, 2026 at 5:34 AM
One day I'm going to log on here and my feed will consist of nothing but gleeful reaction images with no text and I'll still know exactly what happened.
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🚨 BREAKING — Maryland’s Redistricting Advisory Commission has recommended a new 8-0 congressional map and sent it to Wes Moore.
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 PM
🚨 BREAKING — Maryland’s Redistricting Advisory Commission has recommended a new 8-0 congressional map and sent it to Wes Moore.
I don't often buy the whole "Big Name put Not-Big-Name over by beating them!" schtick, but MJF absolutely made Alec Price look like a million bucks here.
I didn't even know who Price was before this match and I can't wait to see more of him now.
I didn't even know who Price was before this match and I can't wait to see more of him now.
FULL MATCH: MJF vs. Alec Price for the AEW World Championship!
YouTube video by Limitless Wrestling
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often buy the whole "Big Name put Not-Big-Name over by beating them!" schtick, but MJF absolutely made Alec Price look like a million bucks here.
I didn't even know who Price was before this match and I can't wait to see more of him now.
I didn't even know who Price was before this match and I can't wait to see more of him now.
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Paul's back and he nails it here
January 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Paul's back and he nails it here
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I was rude to Newt Gingrich in person when I was 8 and I believe everyone should be chasing a high like that
not enough people are rude to blatant liars like Jennings to their face and in public.
Oh, I think libs should go on and burn their chance of future invites to take him on increasingly surreal ways. Yap like a small dog, do the Mamdani/Ms. Rachel wha wha wha, impersonate his fucking accent back to him.
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 AM
I was rude to Newt Gingrich in person when I was 8 and I believe everyone should be chasing a high like that
At least there's some good news today.
And with that, the two good friends - @SpanbergerForVA (born in Red Bank, NJ) and @MikieSherrill (born in Alexandria, VA) are both now governors of their states - VA and NJ, respectively.
bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide...
bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide...
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
At least there's some good news today.
Sat down for the first time in about a month and finally rewrote a scene that had been driving me insane.
Apparently the key to writing unnerving psychodrama is a French soundtrack.
Apparently the key to writing unnerving psychodrama is a French soundtrack.
Lumière
YouTube video by Lorien Testard - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Sat down for the first time in about a month and finally rewrote a scene that had been driving me insane.
Apparently the key to writing unnerving psychodrama is a French soundtrack.
Apparently the key to writing unnerving psychodrama is a French soundtrack.
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"Content Creator reacting to Political News of the Day w/ Commentary, Opinion, Memes & Sarcasm. I use sarcasm & snark for dramatic effect."
Man oh man, the speed with which I slammed the block button.
Man oh man, the speed with which I slammed the block button.
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"Content Creator reacting to Political News of the Day w/ Commentary, Opinion, Memes & Sarcasm. I use sarcasm & snark for dramatic effect."
Man oh man, the speed with which I slammed the block button.
Man oh man, the speed with which I slammed the block button.
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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Gonna see a WHOLE lot of quotes from I Have a Dream today. And fewer but still a lot of Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Spend some time with the rest of Dr. King's oeuvre. It's worth it
Spend some time with the rest of Dr. King's oeuvre. It's worth it
"Give Us the Ballot," Address Delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
kinginstitute.stanford.edu
January 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Gonna see a WHOLE lot of quotes from I Have a Dream today. And fewer but still a lot of Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Spend some time with the rest of Dr. King's oeuvre. It's worth it
Spend some time with the rest of Dr. King's oeuvre. It's worth it
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"Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism"
To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
"Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism"
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Book 34, in which Reacher walks into town and is accosted by ICE agents running a drug-and-child-abuse ring, after which Reacher tears apart 20-30 goons with his bare hands-the-size-of-rotisserie-chickens. It will be called "Frost Snap" and it will be ready by every Dad in America.
January 17, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Book 34, in which Reacher walks into town and is accosted by ICE agents running a drug-and-child-abuse ring, after which Reacher tears apart 20-30 goons with his bare hands-the-size-of-rotisserie-chickens. It will be called "Frost Snap" and it will be ready by every Dad in America.
I fucking love this woman. This is the exact divide I've been screaming about since last year, re: State Dems doing the work while Congressional Dems have been nearly worthless.
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I fucking love this woman. This is the exact divide I've been screaming about since last year, re: State Dems doing the work while Congressional Dems have been nearly worthless.
Today I finally sat down and watched Andrea Joshua Asnicar's There Is No Antimemetics Division.
It's probably the best low-budget horror I've seen this decade, if not longer. Highly recommend if you've got about an hour to kill and want some brain candy.
It's probably the best low-budget horror I've seen this decade, if not longer. Highly recommend if you've got about an hour to kill and want some brain candy.
There Is No Antimemetics Division - Ep 1 - SCP Horror Short Series
YouTube video by Andrea Joshua Asnicar
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Today I finally sat down and watched Andrea Joshua Asnicar's There Is No Antimemetics Division.
It's probably the best low-budget horror I've seen this decade, if not longer. Highly recommend if you've got about an hour to kill and want some brain candy.
It's probably the best low-budget horror I've seen this decade, if not longer. Highly recommend if you've got about an hour to kill and want some brain candy.
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Wow
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Wow
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
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JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
JUST IN: The Virginia Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
The Virginia House already did this on Wednesday.
It's official: there'll be a referendum later this year on the issue.
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to despair and embrace cynicism was to hand powerful weapons to the enemy
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
to despair and embrace cynicism was to hand powerful weapons to the enemy