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Ben Jones

@drbenjones.bsky.social

CS Prof at U of Utah. D line handler. D language evangelist

116 Followers  |  257 Following  |  37 Posts  |  Joined: 29.09.2023
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Families, pediatricians, and mental health professionals are being overruled by politicians. That isn't protecting kids. It's substituting ideology for compassion, and government control for parental judgment.

28.02.2026 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Utah House Dem Statement on the anti-Trans bills passing the legislature

06.02.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

while you're contacting your reps and senators, tell them to demand arrests and criminal charges for everyone involved in doing this to this little kid, and their bosses, and their bosses' bosses

22.01.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Yesterday, the U.S. House passed HR 3492 by just 5 votes. The bill would criminalize gender affirming care. In 2023, Utah passed a bill sponsored by now-U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy that banned the practice. The bill called for a study & for the policy to be revisited when the study was complete.

18.12.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Jaxon Fart

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Salt lake out in force today

18.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Played multiple times on Monday Night Football targeting cops in Salt Lake City a couple weeks ago

16.10.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computing

Come be my colleague! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/188... . Our school (we're bigger than a department) is an awesome place to work. Our faculty are excellent across the board. Pay and benefits are good. SLC is a nice place to live. Happy to answer any questions

14.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice for All - Truthdig To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

10.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 838    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21

Maybe it wasn't a good idea for the legislature to let anyone carry a gun on college campuses?

10.09.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Inside the email, their "best" commentator is Megyn Kelly

05.09.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Email from SiriusXM "Better rides start with better news commentary"

Email from SiriusXM "Better rides start with better news commentary"

Lol

05.09.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just recorded a pod on solar+storage and holy shit y'all, if you are not tracking this market on a daily basis, you have no idea how wild it is. The global average price of a battery pack fell 40% *from 2023 to 2024*. That dropped the LCOE of a solar+storage plant by 22%. In a year!

02.07.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2200    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 56
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act in an image.

❌Health care
❌Clean energy
❌Education
❌Food assistance
❌Natural resources

All slashed in order to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy.

30.06.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

Six GOP governors activated the National Guard ahead of #NoKings because they claimed the protesters may be violent. 5 million of us marched. And so far all actual violence seems to have come at the hands of counter-protesters, Christian nationalist terrorists and law enforcement.

15.06.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1123    πŸ” 334    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
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From me:

14.06.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

20.05.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 44326    πŸ” 12878    πŸ’¬ 4900    πŸ“Œ 5401
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The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.

They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.

09.05.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 30004    πŸ” 8022    πŸ’¬ 1017    πŸ“Œ 304

Here's my new hobby. Seeing how many people lose their health coverage if Republicans pass their $880 billion in Medicaid cuts. In David Valadao's district 67,000 constituents lose their coverage. 67,000!

30.04.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1313    πŸ” 421    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 26
Sopranos - He is Risen
YouTube video by Nick Spears Sopranos - He is Risen

youtu.be/CpWeRgbPW1Q?...

20.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Big crowd for AOC and Bernie at U of Utah

Big crowd for AOC and Bernie at U of Utah

Huntsman center full, already a big crowd outside for AOC and Bernie at the U of Utah

14.04.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

05.04.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 110596    πŸ” 23809    πŸ’¬ 2068    πŸ“Œ 1547

Horrifying

02.04.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is he running in the 13th district? Google "Karl Malone 13"

25.03.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.

This is really great www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...

21.03.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Moved from a house with the cheapest induction range you can get to one with a nice Bosch gas range. Gas is so much worse! It doesn't go nearly as low or as high as the induction range

19.03.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Disagree Different" huh?
"...Lee referred only to an earlier Tribune article about the bill.
β€œLearn to read a bill instead of pushing dishonest click bait [sic] headlines,” he wrote in a text message to a reporter. β€œGo pound sand you Communist piece of trash.”"

06.03.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trans flag that says don't tread on us on U of U campus

Trans flag that says don't tread on us on U of U campus

The kids are all right

04.03.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the measles virus for its victory in the US Senate today!

13.02.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
State health officials urge vigilance as additional measles cases are identified | Texas DSHS

Four measles cases in Texas over the last couple weeks - all among unvaccinated people, including two children. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

03.02.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0