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Benjamin Gaines

@benjamingaines.bsky.social

Proud to be named a 2022 Meetings Magazine™ 50 Under 50 Utah Big Tech Company Product Management Leader, in the “Mostly Posts About Sports & Food” subcategory.

643 Followers  |  195 Following  |  968 Posts  |  Joined: 28.04.2023  |  1.818

Latest posts by benjamingaines.bsky.social on Bluesky

It takes a lot to stir emotion in me but dammit if I didn’t feel things watching that

15.08.2025 21:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

MO SALAH 👑

15.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Whoa. That was cool. Anfield magic

15.08.2025 20:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Please witness, @usujason.hippieceo.com

15.08.2025 20:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

GOT EM

14.08.2025 17:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My personal favorite @thatboysgood.bsky.social bit was not the famous Marc Summers one (tho that was incredible too), but rather the time he riled up a bunch of confederate flag supporters on Twitter in 2015 by telling them that the south actually seceded over gay rights and atheism, lmao

14.08.2025 02:38 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Being thrown through the windshield in a car wreck to own the libs

14.08.2025 01:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joe was awesome in so many ways and I can't believe he's gone. If you knew him and you're able, let's help his loved ones

14.08.2025 00:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I have no idea how to do this but here goes. Joe Kelly ( @thatboysgood.bsky.social ) has passed away after an illness. He was wonderful and he was infuriating and he was my friend.

info on arrangements and a GoFundMe will follow

13.08.2025 17:58 — 👍 372    🔁 30    💬 189    📌 55

I have just learned that @thatboysgood.bsky.social has passed away from an illness.

I am stunned and heartbroken. I've interacted with Joe for years on this app and Twitter and had him on as a podcast guest. He was such an amazing fucking dude.

I simply cannot believe this.

13.08.2025 20:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

There definitely was a lack of urgency for sure, and that is something that should be consistent even while they’re acclimating

10.08.2025 17:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I am trying to convince myself that the start of this season is about the guys learning to play together and that I shouldn’t overreact when that takes some time

10.08.2025 16:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They did say they were going to keep doing it… 🙄

08.08.2025 04:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ph.Ds are not necessarily great spellers, to be fair

08.08.2025 03:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sam Altman: "GPT-5 is like having a bunch of Ph.D-level experts in your pocket."

GPT-5:

08.08.2025 03:13 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

I forgot about your Grizzlies dalliance

08.08.2025 02:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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When Expertise Loses to Virality What i've Learned from Analyzing Attention for a Living

Avi Loeb, a once respected Harvard theoretical physicist, now pedals conspiracy theories because that's what the algorithms demand.

usujason.substack.com/p/when-exper...

03.08.2025 16:39 — 👍 21    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

This is, like, such a central thing to me that drives so much anxiety for me. Being grouped. Thank you for saying this

29.07.2025 04:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Might log back on to Twitter just to reply “sir this is a Wendy’s”

29.07.2025 03:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm embarrassed that I ever liked that guy, but I am grateful that I caught on to his crazy/stupid many years ago. At least during COVID if not before

28.07.2025 22:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also:

- Ted Lasso only had one season
- Arrested Development never got revived 15 years later
- Deadpool & Wolverine doesn’t exist

28.07.2025 03:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Right. And it's just soooo much talent. The expectations are rightly sky high. But I agree with your assessment, we should view it as more of a transition year than a cakewalk championship but we won't be allowed to

27.07.2025 23:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a staggering amount of roster change for LFC. I'll happily eat my words if I'm wrong, but with this much turnover we shouldn't expect everything to magically click into place on day one. Reminding myself not to overreact if (when?) the most talented team on paper struggles out of the gate.

27.07.2025 22:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Bro

27.07.2025 13:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Right?! “This sets a new standard for what is investable” isn’t the flex the author thinks it is

25.07.2025 05:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Folks "$2b without a product" seems completely normal and not at all suggestive of an AI investment bubble. Totally reasonable and sustainable VC behavior here

24.07.2025 23:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fun fact: my mother lived next door to Eliza Dushku while she was dating Rick Fox. I have no fun anecdotes to share beyond that fact

24.07.2025 23:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Or at the very least he needs to be ready to go when the next celeb dies

24.07.2025 16:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for recognizing that the ideal home size is a function of the number of people living there, which I believe to be: [number of residents] x 800 square feet

24.07.2025 02:37 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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