Benjamin Waldrum
@happilybearded.bsky.social
writer, former journalist | he/him
It's an odd life. I follow NBA, wrestling and gaming news, fail at snark and try to blog.
https://framesandwhiskers.wordpress.com/
It's an odd life. I follow NBA, wrestling and gaming news, fail at snark and try to blog.
https://framesandwhiskers.wordpress.com/
Pinned
A found family
Can be more true and dear than
Those who share your blood
#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #ffxiv #koana #wuklamat
Can be more true and dear than
Those who share your blood
#haikufeels #haiku #prompt #micropoem #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #ffxiv #koana #wuklamat
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WE MADE IT, WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF 200 NEW SUBSCRIBERS!! Thank you, everyone <3
September 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM
WE MADE IT, WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF 200 NEW SUBSCRIBERS!! Thank you, everyone <3
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god I love getting into discussions that are just like...
September 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
god I love getting into discussions that are just like...
And AZ is Arizona and AB is Alberta, Canada. This is why I prefer the old AP style abbreviations: Ark., Ala., Ariz., etc. Alaska and Alberta stay as-is. Much easier to understand.
AR is the abbreviation for Arkansas
AK is the one for Alaska
AL is the one for Alabama
AK is the one for Alaska
AL is the one for Alabama
September 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
And AZ is Arizona and AB is Alberta, Canada. This is why I prefer the old AP style abbreviations: Ark., Ala., Ariz., etc. Alaska and Alberta stay as-is. Much easier to understand.
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For my newsletter, I wrote about Democrats coming out against "trans surgery for kids" (which do not happen) and how the myth took over our politics. www.burnsnotice.com/the-trans-ki...
The "Trans Kid Surgery" Myth
The big lie worked because it played on your protective instincts
www.burnsnotice.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about Democrats coming out against "trans surgery for kids" (which do not happen) and how the myth took over our politics. www.burnsnotice.com/the-trans-ki...
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When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
September 20, 2026 at 10:46 PM
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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it’s deeply stupid every time pols who are supposedly on trans people’s side throw them under the bus because right wing dipshits are making extra loud points. those points are hateful. you’re meant to reject them not play bipartisanship chess with people’s lives
September 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
it’s deeply stupid every time pols who are supposedly on trans people’s side throw them under the bus because right wing dipshits are making extra loud points. those points are hateful. you’re meant to reject them not play bipartisanship chess with people’s lives
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Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Sometimes you write a bizarre whale screed that everyone hates and then centuries later you’re still ruining lives with it
September 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Sometimes you write a bizarre whale screed that everyone hates and then centuries later you’re still ruining lives with it
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Reading Moby Dick is either 200 pages at a sprint OR I get stuck for months because Ishmael won’t stop measuring a whale. I’m miserable. I’m obsessed. I want to throw myself into the sea. I want to give Herman Melville a wedgie
September 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Reading Moby Dick is either 200 pages at a sprint OR I get stuck for months because Ishmael won’t stop measuring a whale. I’m miserable. I’m obsessed. I want to throw myself into the sea. I want to give Herman Melville a wedgie
The state of the Democratic party is this: the candidate is great, but they love to eat human flesh. Wow, that seems questionable! But hey, do you want to beat fascism? Well I guess you need to be happy with a cannibal.
September 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The state of the Democratic party is this: the candidate is great, but they love to eat human flesh. Wow, that seems questionable! But hey, do you want to beat fascism? Well I guess you need to be happy with a cannibal.
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recipe: use 1 clove of garlic
me: use the entire garlic
me: use the entire garlic
September 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
recipe: use 1 clove of garlic
me: use the entire garlic
me: use the entire garlic
I've been joking for the past decade about how retirement is going to be a niche concept for millennials and later generations, and every year it becomes less joke and more fact. I'm not planning for retirement because I'm convinced I won't be able to.
I'm tired of barely getting by financially. I read something the other day that 50 year olds should have $600,000 saved for retirement and dawg i have like 1% of that and i'm 46. i'm going to be blogging until i die.
September 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I've been joking for the past decade about how retirement is going to be a niche concept for millennials and later generations, and every year it becomes less joke and more fact. I'm not planning for retirement because I'm convinced I won't be able to.
When I say it's time to lock the fuck in, that means I'm shoving energy drink powder into my water bottle and turning on my noise-canceling headphones for a euphoric writing blitz because I despise any and all office sounds that aren't white noise.
September 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
When I say it's time to lock the fuck in, that means I'm shoving energy drink powder into my water bottle and turning on my noise-canceling headphones for a euphoric writing blitz because I despise any and all office sounds that aren't white noise.
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"Cinnabar Red", 24x17.6cm, Watercolor and Pencil
September 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"Cinnabar Red", 24x17.6cm, Watercolor and Pencil
The two Hathaway movies have been bangers so far. Combat is great and the sound editing is insane! Plus peak Sawano music and that trademark Gundam level of crazy people. Haven't been this genuinely excited by new Gundam media for a while (and I loved Witch from Mercury).
September 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The two Hathaway movies have been bangers so far. Combat is great and the sound editing is insane! Plus peak Sawano music and that trademark Gundam level of crazy people. Haven't been this genuinely excited by new Gundam media for a while (and I loved Witch from Mercury).
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take the MAFTY NAVUE ERIN CHALLENGE
- STOP taking your meds
- NO sex
- NO jerking off
- NO worldly desires
- RUIN your personal relationships
- NEVER move on
- NEVER forgive yourself
- STOP taking your meds
- NO sex
- NO jerking off
- NO worldly desires
- RUIN your personal relationships
- NEVER move on
- NEVER forgive yourself
September 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
take the MAFTY NAVUE ERIN CHALLENGE
- STOP taking your meds
- NO sex
- NO jerking off
- NO worldly desires
- RUIN your personal relationships
- NEVER move on
- NEVER forgive yourself
- STOP taking your meds
- NO sex
- NO jerking off
- NO worldly desires
- RUIN your personal relationships
- NEVER move on
- NEVER forgive yourself
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odysseus when there's a bunch of sexy gremlins singing on the wing of the plane
September 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
odysseus when there's a bunch of sexy gremlins singing on the wing of the plane
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Added a very needed amendment to my (much in need of updating) convention banner
September 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Added a very needed amendment to my (much in need of updating) convention banner
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Kamen Rider Fourze (2011)
Net Movies
Net Movies
September 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Kamen Rider Fourze (2011)
Net Movies
Net Movies
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Alas poor Yorick
September 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Alas poor Yorick
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I think the ZZ gang could defeat Char and it would involve some Looney Tunes ass gags and it would work. They'd put up a giant sign that says "AMURO 500 MILES ➡️" and Char would be like "AMURO RAY..." and fall for it
November 18, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I think the ZZ gang could defeat Char and it would involve some Looney Tunes ass gags and it would work. They'd put up a giant sign that says "AMURO 500 MILES ➡️" and Char would be like "AMURO RAY..." and fall for it
Hilariously, it seems like the only thing the NBA, Clippers and Kawhi all agree on right now is that Uncle Dennis is a transparently corrupt individual. That little nugget isn't in question at all.
September 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Hilariously, it seems like the only thing the NBA, Clippers and Kawhi all agree on right now is that Uncle Dennis is a transparently corrupt individual. That little nugget isn't in question at all.