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Ben Kesslen
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Ben Kesslen
@benkesslen
freelance reporter. working on a novel. they/them. [email protected]
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    Ben Kesslen
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    Mar 9
    had so much fun interviewing a bunch of people for this issue! check it out! especially if ur nosy 🤠
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    New York Magazine
    @NYMag
    Mar 9
    The last time we surveyed New Yorkers about their paychecks, the math was easy. Well, easier. In 2005, a blogger at Gawker made $30,000 and the CEO at Lehman Brothers more than $35 million. Back then, there was no “gig economy,” at least not as we know it today, and coffee shops
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    Ben Kesslen
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    Sep 10, 2024
    nothing like ur unemployed friend having their notifications silenced...like what could i possibly be disturbing
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Mar 5, 2025
    sorry to defend the indefensible man but i think its normal to have ptsd after u fired a prop gun that wasn't supposed to be loaded and accidentally killed your colleague
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    Pop Crave
    @PopCrave
    Mar 5, 2025
    Halyna Hutchins’ family slams Alec Baldwin’s new reality show ‘The Baldwins’ where he talks about fatal ‘Rust’ shooting: “Why is he claiming that he has PTSD? Is his reality show just a veiled attempt to create sympathy for himself with a future jury pool in our civil case? Is
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Aug 26, 2025
    this is insane
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    Joyce Carol Oates
    @JoyceCarolOates
    Aug 26, 2025
    A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. nytimes.com/2025/08/26/tec…
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Oct 7, 2025
    i learned what cultural appropriation was after reading a think piece about shake it off on buzzfeed
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    𝐚𝐧𝐡 was born again☁️
    @YOUAREIN10VE
    Oct 5, 2025
    If she dropped this song on showgirl y’all would’ve had her head on a pike…
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    acervo joaotaybillivie
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    acervo joaotaybillivie
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Sep 10, 2025
    Craziest editor’s note ever?
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    Jezebel
    @Jezebel
    Sep 8, 2025
    We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk jezebel.com/we-paid-some-e…
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    Ben Kesslen
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    Jun 6, 2023
    Every time I watch this I cry laughing
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    𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪
    @mystree_
    Jun 1, 2023
    what's the funniest tiktok video you've ever seen?
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    May 21, 2025
    congrats to university of maryland for finding the one commnecement speaker who wont be protested
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    NBC News
    @NBCNews
    May 21, 2025
    Kermit the Frog will delivery his first commencement address in nearly 30 years at the University of Maryland on Thursday. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Jun 18, 2024
    you either get a job by talking to one person on the phone for 10 minutes or doing 8 interviews with 14 people and two different edit tests.
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Jan 23, 2020
    losing my mind thinking about the person on halsey’s team who had to tell her she just called for the collapse of one world trade
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    Pop Crave
    @PopCrave
    Jan 23, 2020
    Halsey reacts to @pitchfork’s review of her third studio album, ‘Manic.’
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Jul 11, 2024
    who is poo omg……
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    Poo Crave
    @Poo_Crave
    Jul 11, 2024
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    Why don’t you just block instead of tweeting all the time… we know each other irl btw.
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Mar 5, 2025
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    the gun should've never had a live bullet in it b/c there shouldn't have been any live bullets on set. it does not fall on baldwin, even if he was a producer and even if conditions on set were bad. the person to blame is whoever modified the dummy bullet that wound up in the gun
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Apr 28, 2025
    having any reaction to this is a sign to look inward
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    Elizabeth🦒
    @oceana_roll
    Apr 28, 2025
    I just found out BJ Novak is dating that annoying tiktok actress
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    Ben Kesslen
    @benkesslen
    Aug 26, 2025
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    this is so sad jfc
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