Benjamin Linder

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Apple Music is homophobic

The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.

#OtD 14 May 1913 suffragettes set St Catherine's church in Hatcham, UK, ablaze in one of a series of arson attacks in their campaign to achieve voting rights for women. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11314/st-catherine's-...

I think about this guard at an art museum in Prague studying his boot probably once a day

"Merit" for me, but not for thee

Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.

Was thinking about how naturally villainous this guy looks and then realized he bears a striking resemblance to a diamond-mine-heir/Nazi/spineless sonofabitch.

Sadly, no. I wish I wrote this!

I genuinely feel like it’s easier if I just do it myself. Proofreading is the hardest part anyway.

OK hear me out. Bluesky has been like Brussel sprouts for a while. It’s kinda good but mainly it’s better for you. Until I found the feature that BSky opens the app when you click a link. Cause goddamn if that don’t make it shiitake mushrooms. Good and good for you.

Might be just a bitter day but I’ve always loathed the way the subway voice pronounces the word “rear” like “rare.”

Why does it feel like everyone who works for a Condé Nast subsidiary learned the word “frisson” last week??? I’ve seen it upwards of five times.

I really think the quality of the cow drawing is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the Facebook post.

If you’re wondering what I’m thinking about, it’s the way this guy pronounces the word “work”

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