Ben Adlin

this is a sincere question

same but social media writ large

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

(Published Oct. 2025)

if i’m buying a new bed and will be single for the foreseeable future, do i ditch the queen size and get a full? saves a few bucks

i do not prefer figure skates

ok ice skating is hard when you’re old

maybe? with like 30 seconds left?

literally nothing makes me rage like an automated customer service line

using a linking verb, for example, does not the passive voice make

kinda wild how many people who claim to eschew the passive voice in writing can’t actually identify it 🫠

cyclist here. nice knowing you all

as someone who studied philosophy and sociology, lol

the leastside

newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.

Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!

this is ai

actually, idc. blocking!

is this drivel supposed to mean something?

Cybertruck stuck nearly vertically on a utility pole's support wire

nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck

A Harpers Weekly engraving from 1869 depicting Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner as described in the main text of this skeet. There are also images of Lincoln, Washington, and Grant on the wall.

How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.

wait then how many sexes do blind mole rats have?

Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

the first bottle of alcohol i had someone buy for me in college was malibu pineapple 😂

Discounts to Visit Seattle Art Museum To ensure that everyone has the opportunity to experience art, SAM offers monthly free days and various discounts for visiting our locations.

Today and every Wednesday through Dec. 17, get free admission to the Seattle Art Museum with a donation of at least two non-perishable canned food items, supporting the Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank. Details below:

amazing how ai makes creation look like consumption

everything i type about alice seems trite. she was a voice who taught a lot of us, myself included, about the value of yielding thoroughly to and learning from people who know what the fuck they’re talking about, and who earn that deference from lived experience and evident humanity. i’ll miss her.

i’m clearly doing something wrong in my career

really sad to hear of alice wong’s death. she taught us a lot, and she tried to teach us even more.

i use the same approach to cord management as she does

just the anticipation of moving later this month makes me want to instead live my life on milk crates and sleep in a hammock and drink my morning coffee out of my only cup

why is everyone in these emails so drunk?