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Isaia Ben-Ami (He/Him/His)

@amiben.bsky.social

“We are plagued by dead language and dead stories that serve people whose only aim is a dead world” -Ta-Nehisi Coates

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no offense to Jeff but if you are alleging the head editor of the Atlantic was cunning enough to circumvent all your security safeguards that kinda makes you sound even worse

26.03.2025 00:33 — 👍 14096    🔁 2082    💬 277    📌 58
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There’s that airtight logic we’ve come to rely on from Don Jr

25.03.2025 21:48 — 👍 48716    🔁 8009    💬 2077    📌 462
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And you know who you have to blame for this, Nikki?

20.02.2025 03:45 — 👍 19420    🔁 2960    💬 733    📌 141

Yes. But they are missing that much of this has to be performative. That’s what Trump is great at and Dems are awful at.

You can’t just tell voters , you have to know how to sell voters.

Trump gives sales pitches, Dems show charts. One goes viral. The other is ignored and forgotten

14.02.2025 14:20 — 👍 28339    🔁 5068    💬 3143    📌 559

It’s good to know this App also has a reading comprehension problem

02.02.2025 17:06 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pretty sure this is how Mavs fans feel right now lol

02.02.2025 15:17 — 👍 1498    🔁 34    💬 61    📌 4

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

29.01.2025 16:32 — 👍 64356    🔁 15226    💬 963    📌 279

We underestimate how good refs are at their job and how good ESPN is at only calling out egregious decisions.

This KC v HOU game though was historically bad.

19.01.2025 16:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It doesn’t matter if it’s “wrong”. What matters is what it looks like. And it looks like Trump is going to bring back tik tok and reap the political reward for it

19.01.2025 12:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It doesn't matter. All that matters is optics in this, and the Democrats are losing the optics battle against the party of outspoken rapists. How could you all fuck this up so badly

19.01.2025 10:53 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

We are so - and I use this word advisely - fucked.

13.12.2024 15:40 — 👍 3870    🔁 734    💬 330    📌 97

Chat are we cooked

12.12.2024 17:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Was going to use last week's dough to make round NY pizzas outside, but I'm pretty sure the propane regulator froze, so I stretched them into pans and made a few pan pies.

Lower hydration than I usually do for pans, but they turned out kinda great?

10.12.2024 16:20 — 👍 155    🔁 4    💬 9    📌 1

The median voter yearns for economic populism

10.12.2024 15:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Alabama does not belong in the College Football Playoffs with their 9 win season. Especially with one of their three losses was to Vanderbilt.

08.12.2024 17:10 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

I imagine Tulsi Gabbard did not expect this part of the movie.

08.12.2024 04:25 — 👍 15651    🔁 1248    💬 288    📌 37

Ashton “General Grant” Jeanty

08.12.2024 02:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
NBC news screenshot of interview with Texas representative Greg Casar
"The progressive movement needs to change. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up," Casar said. "So when we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn't deny your health insurance claim, a big corporation did - with Republican help. We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these culture war issues is driven by Republicans' desire to distract voters and have them look away while Republicans pick their pocket."

NBC news screenshot of interview with Texas representative Greg Casar "The progressive movement needs to change. We need to re-emphasize core economic issues every time some of these cultural war issues are brought up," Casar said. "So when we hear Republicans attacking queer Americans again, I think the progressive response needs to be that a trans person didn't deny your health insurance claim, a big corporation did - with Republican help. We need to connect the dots for people that the Republican Party obsession with these culture war issues is driven by Republicans' desire to distract voters and have them look away while Republicans pick their pocket."

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

07.12.2024 02:55 — 👍 7292    🔁 1867    💬 30    📌 216

That interception is a policy failure

08.12.2024 00:25 — 👍 98    🔁 3    💬 6    📌 0

Me: Hey can you do your dishes
My roommate The Buddha: Perhaps your problem is not my dishes but your attachment to a clean sink
Me: Alright man

06.12.2024 02:40 — 👍 21683    🔁 2043    💬 338    📌 99

the 49ers fans contingent wanting Kyle Shanahan gone is the most unhinged fan behavior going on right now

05.12.2024 21:59 — 👍 591    🔁 27    💬 86    📌 16
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Luis Severino on signing with the A's

05.12.2024 19:47 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The fact this is the largest contract the As have given is crazy. But good for Sevvy!

Guess I found the A’s jersey I’ll be adding to the collection!

05.12.2024 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wasn’t Biden also against this deal?

04.12.2024 15:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you for everything, Jon.

Hello, Jon. This is Spotify headquarters. Although this presentation is typically automatically generated, we find these circumstances so extraordinary that we felt the need to reach out to you with a personal message. We have found that while you did listen to rap music this year, you listened to country music as well. This is a music listening pattern of such rare precedent that we were compelled to disconnect our servers, lest our algorithm crash them entirely upon attempting to categorize your tastes. You are the most interesting person we have ever encountered, and we wish the incurious blockheads who make up the remainder of our subscriber base shared not only your adventurous spirit, but fearless authenticity. We have your banking information on file. As a token of our appreciation, $5,000,000 USD will be deposited into your account immediately. Thank you for everything, Jon.

oh wow

04.12.2024 14:38 — 👍 20068    🔁 2046    💬 296    📌 67

There is a non-zero chance Trump ends up starting an annexation movement in Canada.

I don’t think it’ll actually work, but some Canadians may try!

03.12.2024 22:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The "Golden At-Bat" rule that MLB is considering might be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. Things can be dumb. Things can be unnecessary. When they are dumb and unnecessary, they should not happen.

03.12.2024 13:25 — 👍 54    🔁 5    💬 11    📌 2

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