Friends w/ Benny

@benny

lover of science and democracy. career in data analytics. not neurotypical. polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist. obv anti-fascist. I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text. formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social pronouns: he or they.

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Friends w/ Benny@benny· 15d

this. don't let nazis tell you what to call stuff. it's Twitter. and the Gulf of Mexico.

screenshot of post on blacksky.community

Łink (@spacelawshitpost.me):
I definitely think less of people who refer to it X instead of Twitter.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· 19d

do it! follow @linkjoyconsulting.com (www.linkjoyconsulting.com) and get your sweet cheeks over to blacksky.community while you're at it.

screenshot of a post by @spacelawshitpost.me on blacksky.community.

it's a link to www.linkjoyconsulting.com, showing a snippet of their website's artwork, with the company name in blocky cartoon letters, pale green, light purple, and white, on black background.

the text of the post:
A reminder that you should be following @linkjoyconsulting.com on all the platforms. Tell your friends too.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· 19d

this 👇

Link (@spacelawshitpost.me) replying to my post about the "Space Privateers" article:

"It is cost prohibitive at the moment to be a roving space pirate. Better return to be a digital space pirate commandeering control of satellites and other infrastructure."

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jul 13

oh thank God. for a second I was worried people were actually allowed to live in those tents. false alarm, people. everything is fine. Sudden appearance of sprawling San Francisco homeless encampment turns out to be a movie set - CBS San Francisco www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

screenshot of a CBS News headline, a photo of several tents on city sidewalk.
caption:
Sudden appearance of sprawling San Francisco homeless encampment turns out to be a movie set.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jul 10

Bay Area peeps (and beyond) please keep your eyes peeled. Family and friends looking for missing San Francisco man – NBC Bay Area www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/m...

two photos of Gabriel Angelo Carreon, missing since 2025-07-07.
he's described as about 5'7" 170lbs with (short) currently-pink hair.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jul 9

it's bonkers that systemic Republican child abuse doesn't get more press. from 2023. wvpublic.org/story/govern... "The motion ... failed with Sens. Mike Azinger, Laura Chapman, Mark Hunt, Patrick Martin, Mark Maynard, Patricia Rucker, David Stover, Mike Stuart and Jay Taylor voting against it."

mobile screenshot of a Google search and it's AI (Gemini) answer.

[Query]:
what party are each of these senators in? Sens. Mike Azinger, Laura Chapman, Mark Hunt, Patrick Martin, Mark Maynard, Patricia Rucker, David Stover, Mike Stuart and Jay Taylor

[Google Gemini AI Response]:
All of the listed senators are members of the Republican Party.

Here is the party affiliation and status for each:

Mike Azinger: Republican

Laura Chapman: Republican

Mark Hunt: Republican (Currently the West Virginia State Auditor; previously a state senator)

Patrick Martin: Republican (Serves as Majority Leader)

Mark Maynard: Republican

Patricia Rucker: Republican

David Stover: Republican (Former state senator)

Mike Stuart: Republican (Former state senator; confirmed as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Jay Taylor: Republican

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jul 7

alt text added

tweet by @LauraLoomer

NEW:

High level source close to the White House tells me "Mitch McConnell is officially brain dead. He's not coming back."

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jul 2

metaslop @forbes.com making slop about making slop How To Write LinkedIn Posts With AI (That Sound Human) www.forbes.com/sites/jodiec...

screenshot of a headline from Forbes.
it's a photo of a three post it notes arranged horizontally, blue, yellow, and pink, saying "share, your, story"

the headline reads "How To Write LinkedIn Posta With AI (That Sound Human)"

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jun 24

screenshot of a text-message from my friend:

"At this point I have to assume he's in multi organ failure being kept alive by a holistic mix of modern medicine and necromancy"

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jun 14

alt text added

photo of the text on the front wall of the Kennedy Center.
the top now says in larger gold letters (replacing where trump defiled it by adding his name): "RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES"
the bottom is as it has always been: "JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS"

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Jun 11

alt text added

screenshot of a post by "tony_camilli", white text on black background:

"So let me get this straight. Democrats have invented an untraceable, undetectable method for rigging elections, and rather than using it to win the presidency, they used it to win a mayoral race in a famously blue city in a famously blue state that pitted a seasoned politician against a widely disliked reality TV personality with no discernible skills or redeeming qualities. Diabolical is right."

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 23

I'm a few days late to this, but Łink has a question for us. reminder: Łink can see your replies here, even if you post them on the BlueSky app where you can't see him.

screenshot of a post by "Łink. @spacelawshitpost.me"
presumably reposted on 2026-05-19, the post and quote-post are from 2024-05-19.

[Post]:
Malcolm X changed my life. His words moved my soul. What's one of your favorite Malcolm X quotes.

[Quoted Post with Image]:
Happy birthday to Malik el-Shabazz. Born on May 19, 1925.
[Alt Text]:
Black and white photograph of Malik el-Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, sitting on a couch and smiling.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 14

screenshot of twitter post by @em_Lazzy:
If the Epstein files was full of black people they would have released them in theaters

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 5

because windshields are stupid. (this was an April Fools' article, but I thought it captured AI beautifully)

screenshot of the headline for an article from GM Authority: 2028 Chevy Silverado Super Heavy Ultra Duty Makes Surprise Debut

it's an AI slop picture of a yellow pickup truck on road which is blurred to indicate motion. the front of the truck is massive, the grill looks cartoonish, and you can see that it goes so high that the windshield is reduced to a tiny slit the driver could not see out of.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 4

alt text added

a cartoon drawing, signed "Dario" (Dario Castillejos) at bottom right.
a person sitting on the sidewalk up against a brick building, in torn, ragged clothes. a hat sits upside-down in front of them, and their hand is stretched out, asking for a donation.
they are holding a mirror in front of their face, so you see the person who walked up to them reflected in the mirror. that person sees their own face, in a sportcoat and tie, and is therefore reaching into their pocket to give a donation.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 4

sending tots and pears

white background with stylized caption in green: "Sending..."
below is a photo of tater-tots and pears

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 1

*on BlackSky* the "posts" tab is the same 1 post, but at least here the "replies" tab does seem to register all the spam-replies. blacksky.community/profile/dail...

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 1

check dailyshuten's profile *on bluesky*: bsky.app/profile/dail... their latest post is a repost 4 months ago, and their latest reply is 5 months ago. it's worth noting that *on bluesky* they've got a banner and a profile pic, and that they have more entries after that first one on the "posts" tab.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 1

It's quoting this post, which has 1.1K quotes: blacksky.community/profile/mo-g... check the quotes and like 20 of them are by this "dailyshuten" at 2026-04-30 0931 Pacific, all of them replies, all of them with no chain above, like mine.

screenshot of blacksky.community, the original post i mention earlier in my thread. it's by @mo-gzaz.bsky.social, and urgently requests donations, with a video (censored in my screenshot) of an ill child.
i've emphazized that it shows 1.1K quotes

screenshot of blacksky.community listing of the quotes for the post in the previous image. i've emphasized 3 of them, by @dailyshuten.bsky.social, each identical.
i've emphasized each of these 3 is replying to a different person.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· May 1

I get a notification for this post which "replied to me": blacksky.community/profile/dail... when I click it, there's nothing in the chain above it.

screenshot of blacksky.community, my notifications.
@dailyshuten.bsky.social "Replied to you" 10 hours ago.
it relays a heartbreaking story, and quotes a post by @mo-gzaz.bsky.social which indicates urgent need for donation, including a video (cropped in the screenshot)

screenshot of blacksky.community, the post i'm talking about.
i've emphasized that my scroll-bar is at the top, yet the post shows that little grey-line above it indicating it's a reply, yet there is no message above it in the chain.

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Apr 28

tapping the sign

Luci from the Disenchantment cartoon, a black silhouette on gradient red background.
captioned in white overlay: "Do it, do it, do it."

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Apr 22

alt text improved

Heard around town
By Annie McDonough

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani isn't quite done filling out his administration. Mamdani is announcing a new director of the Mayor's Office of Operations today: Annie Levers, who most recently led public policy development in the comptroller's office under Brad Lander.

Levers will report to Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson and be responsible for coordinating interagency initiatives like Vision Zero, as well as publishing the Mayor's Management Report. Levers takes over for Dan Steinberg, who led the office during the Adams administration. Steinberg's last day is Friday.

In a press release shared with City & State, Levers said she aimed to work with agencies to "strengthen performance, improve accountability and transparency and use data to drive better outcomes so New Yorkers continue to see and feel tangible improvements in their daily lives."

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Apr 17

ok I spoke too soon, when I click the "Add your birthdate" button I get yet another error message.

screenshot identical to the one in the post I'm replying to here ("Age Assurance" blurb and button to add birthdate to continue, see previous alt-text),
only now there's a pop-up at the bottom, as follows.

Title: "My Birthdate"
Caption: "This information is private and not shared with other users."
Red Error Banner: "Error: Method Not Implemented"

Friends w/ Benny@benny· Apr 17

then I restarted the app from scratch, and it's asking for my birthday to verify my age. I'm 99% sure I already provided it my birthday when I first signed up, or maybe more recently but at least months ago.