Ben Klaus
@looserooster.bsky.social
Americans are so strange...
"Its website says when it opens in 2027, it will feature a cowering space, golf simulators, a coffee bar—even a conversation lounge. What it will not feature is women." - OR TAXES!! Funny coincidence!
www.outsideonline.com/health/train...
"Its website says when it opens in 2027, it will feature a cowering space, golf simulators, a coffee bar—even a conversation lounge. What it will not feature is women." - OR TAXES!! Funny coincidence!
www.outsideonline.com/health/train...
No Women Are Allowed at This "Lust-Free" Gym. Why? Their Presence Is Too Tempting for Men.
Jeff Hambrecht founded Proverbs 27:17 Fitness with one major goal in mind: to build a community where women are absent, thus making the temptation to cheat on your wife supposedly off the table—aka a ...
www.outsideonline.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Americans are so strange...
"Its website says when it opens in 2027, it will feature a cowering space, golf simulators, a coffee bar—even a conversation lounge. What it will not feature is women." - OR TAXES!! Funny coincidence!
www.outsideonline.com/health/train...
"Its website says when it opens in 2027, it will feature a cowering space, golf simulators, a coffee bar—even a conversation lounge. What it will not feature is women." - OR TAXES!! Funny coincidence!
www.outsideonline.com/health/train...
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Travis is me when I talk with my friends who actually know movies
September 18, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Travis is me when I talk with my friends who actually know movies
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Finally someone speaking out against the media conspiracy to cover up for these tree rats. All that glitters is not gold, and all that is furry is not fren.
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
September 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Finally someone speaking out against the media conspiracy to cover up for these tree rats. All that glitters is not gold, and all that is furry is not fren.
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This is the greatest news report I have ever seen.
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
September 18, 2026 at 4:05 AM
This is the greatest news report I have ever seen.
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The best way to parody the MAGA right is to point a camera at them and let them talk.
The Good Liars at the RNC
YouTube video by The Good Liars
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September 18, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The best way to parody the MAGA right is to point a camera at them and let them talk.
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GEFILTE PHISHING
Just got a phishing email from someone posing as my Rabbi, so that's a fun escalation.
September 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
GEFILTE PHISHING
Promise made, promise kept?! 🥴
Kennedy Center fenced off. www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it
Fencing went up Wednesday around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. That vote came after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building. The Republican president had said in a social media post that the closure was…
www.nbcwashington.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Promise made, promise kept?! 🥴
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A big part of the problem is that even if we got “the right leadership” the American electorate has demonstrated it will readily install a maniac ganster to replace them if the economy ever stumbles. You can’t really plan long-term alliances with that sort of partner.
The amount of damage being done is incalculable. It’s going to take years and years for America to recover - if we have the right leadership.
E.U. Talks of Making Canada First ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
E.U. Talks of Making Canada First ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
E.U. Talks of Making Canada First ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken
Canada and the European Union have been confronting an increasingly challenging relationship with the United States under President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A big part of the problem is that even if we got “the right leadership” the American electorate has demonstrated it will readily install a maniac ganster to replace them if the economy ever stumbles. You can’t really plan long-term alliances with that sort of partner.
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government efficiency www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:55 AM
government efficiency www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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More details in Popular Information:
The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
popular.info
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
More details in Popular Information:
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🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
September 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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gonna say it one more time: snag a cheap used EV while you can!
Diesel new highs, China crude making new record premiums vs Brent, backwardation accelerating, tanker rates exploding. All of this suggests the crude market is tightening rapidly because China has stopped relying on strategic draws. Much more impt than the US SPR if it sustains.
September 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
gonna say it one more time: snag a cheap used EV while you can!
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www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
Don't have time to fully comment on this article, but I would love to see a parallel article about the much more plausible assertion that the Republican party, from the President and the VP on down, has been captured by right-wing extremists.
Don't have time to fully comment on this article, but I would love to see a parallel article about the much more plausible assertion that the Republican party, from the President and the VP on down, has been captured by right-wing extremists.
Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
Don't have time to fully comment on this article, but I would love to see a parallel article about the much more plausible assertion that the Republican party, from the President and the VP on down, has been captured by right-wing extremists.
Don't have time to fully comment on this article, but I would love to see a parallel article about the much more plausible assertion that the Republican party, from the President and the VP on down, has been captured by right-wing extremists.
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It's telling that nobody involved is even pretending to defend this on policy grounds. There's not even a facade, a patina, of policy rationale. Just brute power politics.
EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It's telling that nobody involved is even pretending to defend this on policy grounds. There's not even a facade, a patina, of policy rationale. Just brute power politics.
I really hope anybody and everybody involved in Democratic politics is reading @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social’s book! Very straightforward assessment of how we got here and how we hopefully get out! I’m only halfway through but it’s an enjoyable read and so informative!
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How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time
The playbook for consigning MAGA-style politics to the ash heap of history (where it belongs). Featuring a foreword by Jonathan V. Last.After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, Sarah Longwell did wha...
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September 14, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I really hope anybody and everybody involved in Democratic politics is reading @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social’s book! Very straightforward assessment of how we got here and how we hopefully get out! I’m only halfway through but it’s an enjoyable read and so informative!
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
Does everybody know you can explicitly tell Claude not to hallucinate? I learned this and gave it these rules months ago, and it’s remarkable how different the results are!
September 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Does everybody know you can explicitly tell Claude not to hallucinate? I learned this and gave it these rules months ago, and it’s remarkable how different the results are!
I started this podcast thinking it would be mildly interesting only to find it one of most interesting of year! From an 80s start in mining with fellow hippy Steve Jobs(!?) to the real issues facing the US from China's lock on precious minerals for tech & climate.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Robert Friedland on the World's Monumental Shortage of Copper
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · September 12 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I started this podcast thinking it would be mildly interesting only to find it one of most interesting of year! From an 80s start in mining with fellow hippy Steve Jobs(!?) to the real issues facing the US from China's lock on precious minerals for tech & climate.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity.
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
prospect.org
September 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity.
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So I was in NYC on 9/11 and my then future husband was in Chicago sleeping through it because 9/11 is his birthday and he’d had an epic bday night out the night before
September 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM
So I was in NYC on 9/11 and my then future husband was in Chicago sleeping through it because 9/11 is his birthday and he’d had an epic bday night out the night before
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@brianbeutler.bsky.social in today’s mailbag: “If Chuck Schumer had quoted any one of Elon Musk’s recent antisemitic comments and demanded Republicans renounce him and reject his spending on their campaigns, it would have made news.”
Why aren’t Dem leaders doing this nonstop?!
Why aren’t Dem leaders doing this nonstop?!
September 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
@brianbeutler.bsky.social in today’s mailbag: “If Chuck Schumer had quoted any one of Elon Musk’s recent antisemitic comments and demanded Republicans renounce him and reject his spending on their campaigns, it would have made news.”
Why aren’t Dem leaders doing this nonstop?!
Why aren’t Dem leaders doing this nonstop?!
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This is like me steadfastly refusing to play for the NFL.
sorry for screenshotting some twitter rando but you guys need to see this
September 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This is like me steadfastly refusing to play for the NFL.
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This was Colorado's hottest summer on record, and it wasn't even close. Average statewide temp of 69.4° beat the old record (2012) by 0.7°, a wide margin.
It was also Colorado's hottest August on record, and it's our hottest start to a calendar year on record as well.
#COwx
It was also Colorado's hottest August on record, and it's our hottest start to a calendar year on record as well.
#COwx
September 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This was Colorado's hottest summer on record, and it wasn't even close. Average statewide temp of 69.4° beat the old record (2012) by 0.7°, a wide margin.
It was also Colorado's hottest August on record, and it's our hottest start to a calendar year on record as well.
#COwx
It was also Colorado's hottest August on record, and it's our hottest start to a calendar year on record as well.
#COwx
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(Yes I know this is a parody and I'm not super comfortable with Amish people being the butt of this joke but I'll admit it did get me for a second)
September 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
(Yes I know this is a parody and I'm not super comfortable with Amish people being the butt of this joke but I'll admit it did get me for a second)