@thorbenson.bsky.social
Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, Zeteo and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science. Newsletter: madness.ghost.io
I am based on the Moon for the record
23.11.2025 08:55 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0I've long liked her, but I didn't know she had this skill. She should end her press conferences with some calming piano music
23.11.2025 05:35 — 👍 72 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0jesus christ what a flex
23.11.2025 05:32 — 👍 478 🔁 59 💬 11 📌 3
30 Rock "the thing that happened" song by Jenna
23.11.2025 05:27 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I don't think writing "for totally legal reasons" on it would help, either
23.11.2025 05:19 — 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Put up the "do not disturb" sign at this hotel because I do not want to be disturbed but it always makes me feel like I'm hiding crimes
23.11.2025 05:16 — 👍 44 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
23.11.2025 04:26 — 👍 2006 🔁 586 💬 46 📌 29Every time someone is like, "Wow! What the hell?" and I'm like, "I have no control over this!!"
23.11.2025 04:53 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Pope seemingly singing into a mic
🎶 I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
If one more fuckin' person comments on me having an intense sneeze I swear to god
23.11.2025 04:52 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0The crimes are happening everywhere, all the time. We’re going to learn about staggering amounts of corruption.
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
Chris is like, "Yesssss"
23.11.2025 04:49 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Source? The current president of the United States
23.11.2025 04:40 — 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0I know who killed JFK. It was Ted Cruz's dad
23.11.2025 04:40 — 👍 43 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0No
23.11.2025 04:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Telling soldiers they should disobey unlawful orders? Protected by the First Amendment and reasonable. Inciting an insurrection? Not so much
23.11.2025 04:31 — 👍 47 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0They didn't do anything remotely close to sedition, but I know someone who did
23.11.2025 04:29 — 👍 443 🔁 52 💬 15 📌 0Using the ballroom for slam poetry night
22.11.2025 21:19 — 👍 87 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.
22.11.2025 20:31 — 👍 5949 🔁 726 💬 257 📌 40Fox poll:
76% of voters view the economy negatively.
That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.
The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia’s Ruler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
I’ve gifted this because it’s an important piece and well worth reading
They'll fall asleep lol
22.11.2025 18:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'd rather go to a stoned family gathering than a drunk family gathering
22.11.2025 18:35 — 👍 75 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 0That just means there are fewer drunk people, which is probably a good thing
22.11.2025 18:34 — 👍 105 🔁 2 💬 8 📌 0A cat would like that title
22.11.2025 18:32 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0—Oedipus
22.11.2025 17:41 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0He's regular Frankenstein's monster, not Guillermo del Toro's version
22.11.2025 17:38 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0RFK: Rahhh! Rahhhh! Erghhhh. Rahh!
Olivia: I can't get enough of this
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
22.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 4125 🔁 625 💬 24 📌 12You poor man
22.11.2025 17:14 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
