Ben Byron

Sandwichist, Sandwich-based resistance enthusiast, wine guy

[Ben Byron @BHByron]

Never Forget.

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

This is the exact same thing Republicans did when they cut a trillion dollars of health care cuts and then got upset when we said that would kill some people.

You can say you don’t support govt spending, and that’s a policy debate. But pretending it has no impact is absurd.

[Ben Byron @BHByron]

I think this is right and the maps example is spot-on, LLMs are and will be a utility app. I do wonder if ppl spend less time writing the quotidian functional stuff that work/life requires, does that mean more time to write thoughtful, creative prose or more time to vegetate?

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Unfortunately, I think that in the near future, not using LLMs to write for you will be like someone refusing to use Google Maps for directions in a new city. A bizarre idiosyncratic choice that's just completely incomprehensible to the vast majority of people.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Do you imbeciles even know how to *read charts*?

This shows FIFTEEN YEARS of increased incarceration rates having ZERO EFFECT on a SKYROCKETING murder rate, followed by FIVE YEARS of the murder rate PLUMMETING with NO CHANGE in incarceration policy.

How STUPID are you assholes?

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

The Trump administration has struggled to reconcile why four months ago they believed Iran warranted military confrontation, while today they believe the same regime—whose conduct and ambitions appear unchanged—warrants significant economic incentives. @ThisWeekABC with
@jonkarl

[Ben Golub @ben_golub]

A surprising amount of economic commentary on technological change is like this.

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

The price of losing the Iran war is either (1) the U.S. has to cut Israel loose or (2) the Strait of Hormuz stays closed.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

No community note. It’s true

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

It's once again time to tap the sign.

[Lavita Alize Jenkins @DJMissMilan]

Whoever did this ….. you deserve to retire from this alone 10/10

[Luke Miani @LukeMiani]

> save $15M a year by cutting a screwworm monitoring program

> screwworm outbreak almost immediately

> $1B to combat it

Government efficiency

[Ijeoma Umebinyuo @ijeomaumebinyuo]

This is what happens when you hire actual creative people.

[Editing TheGrayLady @nyt_diff]

Change in Headline

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Genuinely hilarious that the only game they ended up losing in 2 entire months was when that decrepit mango showed up

[Tim Ryan @TimRyan]

The Reading Room Comes to Washington, DC — June 9–12, 2026 https://t.co/MjxNhjNV8W

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy's Peabody Awards Acceptance Speech:

“We spent six years contemplating a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about what happens to ordinary beings when an authoritarian, insane, unchecked regime comes into the deal, and the show is really kind of what we learned"

“If you’re not willing to fight for the things that you love, your family, community, your culture, your planet, your truth, freedom, there’s an asshole ready to come in and take it away. We learned that bravery and sacrifice and resistance comes in all shapes and sizes, and we learned that courage is contagious"

“There’s so much is happening, it’s a fire hose of crap that you just can’t get through. And here we are. There isn’t a new cycle that goes by right now that doesn’t contain a variety of outrages that in any other time in our history in America wouldn’t be grounds for treason"

“Please do not stop. Please do not turn out the lights until we can kill this nightmare… and fuck the Empire!”

(via @Variety)

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

So damn proud of Abdul Carter.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”