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freelance journalist & culture critic (LA Times, Mashable, Vice, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Paste, Kill Screen) ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @benningtonwriting.bsky.social fiction writer working on a ghost love story ๐Ÿ‘ปโ™ฅ๏ธ

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me when I was right about AI being the latest overvalued, underperforming tech bolstered by the hell trifecta of bro CEOs, idiot VC money, and the sycophantic press

20.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

these guys have been dumb for so long

16.07.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

one of my pride and joys ๐Ÿ™๐ŸŽพ

16.07.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the incommunicable relationship between an autistic girl and her metro system

17.06.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

itโ€™s like they design pharmacy hold music to get mentally ill ppl to kill themselves

21.05.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeah like heโ€™s definitely a bad guy, but I genuinely thought he was characterized as a shit father figure too. extremely controlling, protective in a way that actually risked ellieโ€™s life because of a need to infantilize her, total inability to be there for her emotionally after the david trauma

20.05.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

like, *maybe* if youโ€™re a TV-watcher onlyโ€”but heโ€™s a real bastard to ellie throughout a LOT of the first game, right? and definitely implied to have been physically abusive toward tommyโ€ฆam I misremembering?

20.05.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

chat, ppl saying joel isnโ€™t an abusive father figure ??

20.05.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

was looking at sam seder and it finally hit me: itโ€™s the SAD EYEBROWS. iโ€™m horny for a โ€œ๐Ÿ˜ฉโ€ kinda lookin guy, you know what I mean?

16.05.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

how tf is RFK the only kennedy not getting assassinated

14.05.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“Œ

13.05.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you! the fantastic writer of that article (@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social ) is unsurprisingly one of the very best editors I ever got to work with too ๐Ÿ™

13.05.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

felt like I spent the entire game mourning her, not joel ๐Ÿ˜”

13.05.2025 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the whole thing is just the most emotionally convoluted experience imaginable! like why does the narrative have to twist this way and that just to ensure I dislike or misunderstand every single character? for what? nothing compelling to be gained from it. just forced brutality.

13.05.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh I couldnโ€™t sympathize with that impulse more! unfortunately, it was mostly the madness crowd that found this article back then, so iโ€™m very glad it can finally find the right readers ๐Ÿ™ not all TLOU2 haters are trash ๐Ÿ˜ญโœŠ there are dozens of us with legitimate critiques

13.05.2025 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh my gosh I blush THANK YOU ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿซถ

13.05.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you for reading ๐Ÿฅบ when I wrote it, only angry reddit gamers seemed to notice lmao

13.05.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when the show introduced the seraphites via ANOTHER daddy-daughter duo who die at the cost of violent revenge i lost it like does literally any other human relationship get to matter in this allegedly sprawling emotionally complex world orrrrrr ???

13.05.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

igenuinely want someone to give me a compelling argument for why TLOU2 isnโ€™t just your standard revenge violence-begets-violence story

13.05.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How 'The Last of Us Part II' fails its women protagonists Forget Joel. Ellie deserved better than this.

yes THANK YOU! like this is still a whole problem and no one ever seems to talk about it!! mashable.com/article/last...

13.05.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

iโ€™ve been using a mug to eat soup and, lemme tell you, youโ€™ve all been HAD by Big Bowl

20.03.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

nothing but respect for MY commissioner and chair of the fec ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿซก thank you for standing up for the people.

08.02.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you are so incredibly vital and I canโ€™t wait to keep watching you slay the greatest beasts of our time!! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿซก

05.02.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and who can they fucking turn to for help when this country is rounding up legal immigrants and citizens and sending them to concentration camps? how close do these disasters need to get to us before we all wake up and realize none of us are safe when our leadership considers life this disposable?

01.02.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that plane crashed in a heavily brazilian working class area of PA, nearly burning down the house of the incredible caregiver who was my dying motherโ€™s greatest companionship in her final hours. the terror and devastation this crash reigned down on her and her community is indescribable.

01.02.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

joan baez cameo omg ๐Ÿ˜ - your mom

31.01.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

biopics are just marvel movies for boomers

31.01.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

calling my reps this much feels like a daily exorcism of my repressed karen energy. you wonโ€™t see me having the capacity to ask for any managers over the next 4 years!

29.01.2025 02:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“Œ

22.01.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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got engaged twice, btw

08.01.2025 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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