Benjamin Johns

@Theoreticalb
70 Followers
275 Following
833 Posts
Was theoreticalb@ on Twitter. Mostly active at @theoreticalb Still making progress towards World's Oldest Man.
Benjamin JohnsMar 8, 2024
Martha HowellMar 8, 2024
@StillIRise1963
Like LBJ or not (the Civil Rights Act/the Vietnam War), the man took his experience in the Senate and wrung as much out of Congress as a human could, and Joey B is following in his footsteps. I know it's popular to pan long terms, but it's clear that knowing how to work the system from within provides a lot of value. Biden got far more out of our crippled Congress than anyone expected.
Benjamin JohnsJun 20, 2023
KicouAug 20, 2022
Benjamin JohnsJun 2, 2023
Robert YangMay 29, 2023
I must emphasize: this game is very very good (via @draknek) https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/slide/
Benjamin JohnsJun 1, 2023
Graham Sutherland / PolynomialJun 1, 2023
Benjamin JohnsMay 31, 2023
Bret MogilefskyMay 31, 2023

Two years ago I was diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance. MGUS is to multiple myeloma as "pre-diabetes" is to diabetes: There's a ~1% chance that MGUS will develop into multiple myeloma each year. The life expectancy for someone with multiple myeloma is about 2 years.

Normally people show MGUS in their 70s. By the time it develops into MM, they're likely to die of something else.

My MGUS showed up at 48. So it's likely I will develop multiple myeloma in my lifetime.

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Benjamin JohnsMay 26, 2023
Look at my new LinkedIn friend! She's a totally real person who is real and exists and did not at ALL come out of Stable Diffusion 47 hours ago.
Benjamin JohnsMay 25, 2023
Show threadKen WhiteMay 24, 2023
In the meantime, if you would like to know what a DeSantis-Musk conversation is like, imagine the alien wearing Vincent D'Onofrio's skin attempting to banter with the "wish him away into the cornfield" child from Twilight Zone
Benjamin JohnsMay 25, 2023
Ken WhiteMay 24, 2023
We regret that Twitter Spaces’ algorithm misidentified Ron DeSantis as a toddler and ran him over
Benjamin JohnsMay 24, 2023
Philip BumpMay 24, 2023
What do Kari Lake and a Flat Earther have in common? A suspicion that objective reality cannot be taken at face value. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/23/arizona-kari-lake-governor-false-claims/?itid=ap_philipbump
Reality is an endlessly useful political opponent

Kari Lake lost in Arizona, again. But that reality is simply more grist for a lucrative mill.

The Washington Post
Benjamin JohnsMay 23, 2023
MC FrontalotMay 23, 2023
You were reminded today that you plan to cancel your (neé) HBO on Sunday, after you watch the last Succession. Here are the 12 best things HBO ever made (other than Succession), in case you want to watch tv 24 hours a day between then and now: