Ben Stephens
@stephens_ben
Writer/editor. US/UK. He/him. Born at 331ppm of CO2. Still hanging in there with Twitter, but definitely keeping a clear eye on the exits at all times.
We live in this vital, and narrowing, window of time where (a) we clearly understand the full scope of what we are doing to the planet and see what its consequences will be, and (b) there is still time to do something about it. Get to work. #ExtinctionRebellion
Ah yes, let’s absolutely not have A.I. that understands unconscious bias. Make that bias CONSCIOUS, bay-bee!
We need more grammar instructors and fewer MAGA dipshits.
We need more electricians and less sociology majors.
I haven’t heard fish mention water lately.
I haven’t heard the left mention Project 2025 lately.. 🤷🏻♀️
In my dream last night I invented a pair of shoes that had LED flashlights in the toes, aimed forward to illuminate where the wearer is going so they don't trip in the dark. IN THE DREAM, I called the product 'Light In The Loafers.' Guys, I can't turn it off.
Alpacas at twilight on a farm in the hills overlooking the ocean on New Zealand's South Island. [📹 shamarra_alpacas]
Profiles in courage
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
This sundowning degenerate – his brain just endlessly on shuffle, spiraling ever downwards like HAL-9000 being unplugged.
BREAKING: Trump's mental state. “they have him stone cold, it was President Obama. It wasn't lots of people all over the place… the leader of the gang was President Obama. Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him?” This is objectively insane talk.
The man you voted for the third time is the exact same asshole you voted for the first two times.
@realDonaldTrump I voted for you 3 years in a row, lost friends and coworkers because of it. I now officially regret my 3rd vote because of your joking manner around the Epstein stuff. Children were raped, tortured, and probably beaten as well. But go ahead and JOKE about it.
Rewatching DOWNFALL because I want to watch Nazis eat absolute shit for two hours.
Is that really so, Bella? 🤦🏻♂️
Central London yesterday was a no go area for Jews. What kind of country have we become? Weak leadership, mass immigration and appeasement have brought us here - we should be ashamed
To be clear Kirstie’s opposition to working from home has nothing to do with the fact that she’s married to property tycoon Ben Anderson, and that working from home negatively impacts commercial property values. So, no conflict of interest in articles she writes on the subject.
This working from home SHIT has to stop, it’s destroying mental health for millions of young people, and forcing many others to spend far more on housing just for the extra office space. It may suit middle class, middle aged, middle management, it does not suit most young people.
What would a customer behaviour tracking database sing, if it could sing a hymn to the people it is surveilling? How about this — one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I have heard in recent years. 'Hymn to Axciom' by Vienna Teng (live, with intro.) youtube.com/watch?v=tJyheS…
This reminds me of another man who stood with kindness and earnest, almost childlike love and empathy, in countercultural defiance of a world that thrived on cynicism and darkness. That world? The NYC punk scene of the late 70s. That man? Jonathan Richman.
Punk rock is all about non-comformists raging against the machine. In a world that currently leads with cynicism, hate, and distrust, Superman advocating for kindness, love, and empathy totally makes him punk rock.
MAGAs and their proxies are all like “Ahhh but what about your precious Bill Clinton?” and meanwhile everyone on the left is like yeah get his ass too lol.
Losing the crowd, playing the hits.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
TFW you’ve only read one book.
The first woman was created by God from Adam’s rib, not evolved from an ape-woman.
It’s weird when you remember that there was a high profile movie last year — nominated for several Oscars! — that includes a scene in which Donald Trump brutally rapes his wife Ivana, and the notoriously litigious and thin-skinned president didn’t sue the filmmakers.
The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers and coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules. Say it with me now: REGULATIONS ARE GOOD
