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thorbenson.bsky.social

Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.

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No one told me about the awkward waiting part of fascism where you're just trying to gauge how bad things are going to get

submitted 4 hours ago • 13 comments

Imagine you're tripping balls and Bernie gets on stage

submitted 6 hours ago • 12 comments

In ancient Egypt, the word for cat was "miu," like meow. These cats have been saying the same shit for years

submitted 7 hours ago • 13 comments

NEW: I confirmed w/ CBP that the email @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social receive telling her to self-deport is real, not a scam. It's also is very weird and likely causing fear and chaos. I spoke w/ Micheroni—a US citizen and immigration attorney—about her experience. www.wired.com/story/homela...

submitted 8 hours ago • 44 comments

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

submitted 10 hours ago • 52 comments

Dan Bongino, who wants everyone in the world to think he's super tough, has 24/7 body guards? www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

submitted 8 hours ago • 18 comments

Nearly a 1,000 student visas invoked by Sec. of State Rubio and counting.

submitted 12 hours ago • 20 comments

Trump is, unintentionally, a pretty good teacher. One day you're forced to study up on a random clause in the Constitution and the next you have to learn about international trade

submitted 9 hours ago • 14 comments

well if there is one thing whose awesome power republican presidents respect and are powerless in the face of it's a central american nation's national sovereignty

submitted 11 hours ago • 31 comments

El Salvador is a "proud and sovereign nation" but Canada is not.

submitted 11 hours ago • 70 comments

I saw some people at a little festival here in New Orleans doing the "Jesus is lord" or whatever thing, and I'm like, you're still doing this? Is anyone buying what you're selling?

submitted 10 hours ago • 7 comments

It's been reported that 90% of the immigrants sent to El Salvador have no criminal record

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Here are the steps that would be required for Trump to get this person back: 1. Trump picks up the phone

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

I won one of these races once

submitted 11 hours ago • 10 comments

I heard people do gym pics

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

🚨 WaPo exclusive — The Trump admin has set its sights on deporting 1 MILLION immigrants this year. How it went from a quiet ambition to a White House strategy. Scooping with @mariasacchetti.bsky.social.

submitted 15 hours ago • 45 comments

If we don't have enough children, then who's going to bully Elon's kids? Think about that

submitted 16 hours ago • 8 comments

Oh good there are new episodes of Black Mirror. Just what I needed

submitted 16 hours ago • 7 comments

I think we've lost sight of the fact that DOGE is a stupid name for a government agency

submitted 17 hours ago • 44 comments

We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

submitted 17 hours ago • 514 comments

Cars ruin cities in more ways than just running people over. Paris has reduced air pollution by 50-55% over the past 20 years through policies limiting traffic and banning polluting vehicles.

submitted 17 hours ago • 23 comments