Ben
@burriscommaben.bsky.social
Improv guy
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Person with a real job, family, set of feelings
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Avid podcast consumer, famously lactose intolerant
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Person with a real job, family, set of feelings
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Avid podcast consumer, famously lactose intolerant
The content slit has come for audio, this episode is 16 minutes long and eight of those are ads
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September 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The content slit has come for audio, this episode is 16 minutes long and eight of those are ads
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is this anything? i can no longer tell if this is anything
September 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
is this anything? i can no longer tell if this is anything
I wish Mike Johnson an unhappy retirement
September 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I wish Mike Johnson an unhappy retirement
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this--THIS--is the truest recession indicator
September 17, 2026 at 3:35 AM
this--THIS--is the truest recession indicator
What kind of loser does this work on?
September 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
What kind of loser does this work on?
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O Brother is a movie I thought about constantly while watching Sinners. Those two movies use music in very similar ways. Both movies find a way to make old time music feel alive and vital and of this moment
The other week I went to the theater & saw Oh Brother, Where Art Thou because I thought it’d be cute after seeing The Odyssey & what I came away feeling was an indescribable emotion I haven’t felt since watching Sinners, of being fully immersed, enthralled & entertained by every element of a film.
September 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
O Brother is a movie I thought about constantly while watching Sinners. Those two movies use music in very similar ways. Both movies find a way to make old time music feel alive and vital and of this moment
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Lil Dicky swapped into Ed Sheeran's body has now withdrawn from the Ed Sheeran tour
September 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Lil Dicky swapped into Ed Sheeran's body has now withdrawn from the Ed Sheeran tour
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True story.
BREAKING: Wyld Stallyns will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
True story.
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BREAKING: Remmick will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
September 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
BREAKING: Remmick will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
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Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
September 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
Fool me one time
*sax blast*
Fool me twi-ice
*sax blast*
Fool me twi-ice
September 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Fool me one time
*sax blast*
Fool me twi-ice
*sax blast*
Fool me twi-ice
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And of course OpenAI and Anthropic are running with it too. Rogue AI narratives easily let them off the hook for their sloppy (and embarrassing) development decisions.
While also making it look to their eager investors like they're inventing god...
While also making it look to their eager investors like they're inventing god...
September 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
And of course OpenAI and Anthropic are running with it too. Rogue AI narratives easily let them off the hook for their sloppy (and embarrassing) development decisions.
While also making it look to their eager investors like they're inventing god...
While also making it look to their eager investors like they're inventing god...
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One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy.
This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.
This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.
Q: What do you make of the Gulf nations meeting with Iran?
TRUMP: I don't care. That's up to them. We'll ultimately get out. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil! Like Venezuela
TRUMP: I don't care. That's up to them. We'll ultimately get out. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil! Like Venezuela
September 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
One time, and I promise this is true, Bush gave a flip remark about violence while playing golf and it became a defining moment for his legacy.
This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.
This president shrugging about a war he started while overseas at a golf tournament that is lining his own pockets won’t be remembered in two weeks.
Getting strong Boomps vibes
-guy who's only seen Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland
-guy who's only seen Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland
September 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Getting strong Boomps vibes
-guy who's only seen Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland
-guy who's only seen Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland
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Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
September 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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9/11 is a great day to reread my viral Seinfeld spec and to remember I’m one of the most talented TV writers available to write for your show. I have $225k in student loans and my family is about to pay OOP for my dad’s post-stroke rehab, so you’d better believe I’m gonna give you my best!
Read This: A darkly comedic Seinfeld spec script set days after 9/11
Read This: A darkly comedic Seinfeld spec script set days after 9/11
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September 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
9/11 is a great day to reread my viral Seinfeld spec and to remember I’m one of the most talented TV writers available to write for your show. I have $225k in student loans and my family is about to pay OOP for my dad’s post-stroke rehab, so you’d better believe I’m gonna give you my best!
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we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush
and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked
and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
September 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush
and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked
and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked
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You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
September 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
"Motherfucker you are an obligated carnivore!!!" I yell to my stupid orange cat as she eyes another fallen cheerio
September 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
"Motherfucker you are an obligated carnivore!!!" I yell to my stupid orange cat as she eyes another fallen cheerio
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never forget except for donald trump, he can forget
"September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago
September 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
never forget except for donald trump, he can forget
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One of the reasons people are viscerally mad about AI is that it is constantly publicly being used to violate millennia-old but today-largely-unspoken social taboos.
September 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
One of the reasons people are viscerally mad about AI is that it is constantly publicly being used to violate millennia-old but today-largely-unspoken social taboos.
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President Trump has an amazing ability to divert attention from an impeachable offense by doing something which raises calls for invoking the 25th Amendment.
September 9, 2026 at 7:37 AM
President Trump has an amazing ability to divert attention from an impeachable offense by doing something which raises calls for invoking the 25th Amendment.