Ben Brock Johnson

he/him. EP @wbur podcasts. Copilot, @endless_thread. Past: @MarketplaceTech, @YouTube, @Slate. Forever and ever amen: 📻🎧🕶️

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

Every night before you go to bed say this simple sinners prayer:

"If the service is free YOU ARE THE PRODUCT."

[Transom.org (also: @transom.bsky.social) @Transom_org]

We just wrapped up another Transom Traveling Workshop over in Amherst, MA. It was taught by David Weinberg and Isabel Hibbard, and @TheBrockJohnson helped organize it. Special appearance from Julie Shapiro, too! What fun to collaborate and learn from each other.

[Hark Audio @HarkAudio]

😲 This kayaker was swallowed by a whale & wanted to keep going! This incredible moment from @Endless_Thread with @thebrockjohnson & @amorymusic explores the story of Adrían Simancas, who escaped from the mouth of a whale unscathed. Listen on Hark Daily: https://t.co/QLQ1RsTejc

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

@Ian_Fisch @JoshConstine I'm very pessimistic about technology and yet I still agree with Josh. Successful communication is a powerful motivator; LLMs are effectively already translating; speaker/earbud technology is cheap. It's always slower to arrive than we claim but it usually arrives.

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

@owenp Is this duniverse related?

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

can we get a professional lip reader on Obama real quick here

[mocha @tsismis2025]

@bennyjohnson 👀

[danny @dabbs346]

You simply can’t make this up.

When asked about the Wharton analysis of Trump’s economic plans, Dave McCormick tells UPenn students to “be skeptical of the experts” because they got us into the Iraq War. #pasen

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

Local man who should know how newspapers work is confused about the difference between reporting and editorial sections.

[Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong @DrPatrick]

So many comments about the @latimes Editorial Board not providing a Presidential endorsement this year. Let me clarify how this decision came about.

The Editorial Board was provided the opportunity to draft a factual analysis of all the POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE policies by EACH candidate during their tenures at the White House, and how these policies affected the nation. In addition, the Board was asked to provide their understanding of the policies and plans enunciated by the candidates during this campaign and its potential effect on the nation in the next four years. In this way, with this clear and non-partisan information side-by-side, our readers could decide who would be worthy of being President for the next four years.

Instead of adopting this path as suggested, the Editorial Board chose to remain silent and I accepted their decision. Please #vote.

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

Just catching up on a lot of this. But "Timhouthi Chalamet" story, whichever part is true, is pretty wild.

[Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

The most grim plankton compilation video I've made. This should only be a beautiful world of microlife. Instead it's a microplastic-polluted, horror movie. Beauty and the beast. @zeiss_micro

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

A very small number of people ruin it for everyone else: the problem with unmoderated social media sites in a nutshell. https://t.co/olOIOJYnRj

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

This is the way

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

Women being able to cut the mics of men is... chef's kiss

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

illegal transgender alien

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

Do I have to though

[Sarah Sherman-Stokes (she/her) @sshermanstokes]

Thank you @deanwrussell, @Endless_Thread, @amorymusic, @TheBrockJohnson & @WBUR for telling Hashim's story so powerfully, for reading my law review article about Digital Cages & reporting on the horror and violence of immigration detention & surveillance.
https://t.co/1lBXFT615X

[Kingmakers Game @Ian_Fisch]

Recently a video claimed that modern pixel artists are misguided - mimicking sprites as they appear on modern screens, instead of how pixel artists from the 80s and 90s “intended” them to look on hazy CRT televisions.
Not exactly. Let’s discuss.
A thread
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[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump among others)

A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods.
And I explain what I loved.
🧵

[Amory Sivertson @amorymusic]

Sometimes you have to see it yourself to believe it. Thank you @amazonmusic & @PlayMorePods for featuring Beyond All Repair! Listen here if you haven’t already: https://t.co/ti09cWICl8

[Ben Brock Johnson @TheBrockJohnson]

@subaru_sapphic3 @Annie_Wu_22 @Endless_Thread OH MAN https://t.co/rqzEEcuugg

[Amory Sivertson @amorymusic]

I hope you already know what a DELIGHT @jamieloftusHELP is, but jusssssst in case, here’s the latest @Endless_Thread, in which she talks to @TheBrockJohnson and me about her new podcast, “Sixteenth Minute of Fame,” 🌭, 💻, and other stuff! https://t.co/ZLeWN6gYVS