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Benn Stancil
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    May 3, 2022
    ok honest question: what's point of the sacred privacy of supreme court deliberations? gorsuch and kavanaugh plainly lied to get the job. thomas rules on issues that implicate his wife. they're politicians (and corrupt ones at that). why are obligated to treat them otherwise?
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Jun 25, 2022
    So after I vote, and Democrats keep the presidency, and expand their House majority, and have 55 seats in the Senate ... what's the plan then? How does this get better? In this absurd, best case scenario, what exactly are Democrats going to do that they couldn't do now?
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    Benn Stancil
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    Aug 9, 2022
    So, a few clips of @SNYtv Mets’ broadcasts have been making the rounds. Baseball on TV can be a pretty stale affair, but these shots are different—they're dramatic, arresting, somehow more than a baseball game. They've also been 20 years in the making.
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    The Most Electric Thing in Sports Right Now Is Mets Closer Edwin Diaz Entering a Game
    From si.com
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    Benn Stancil
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    Sep 20, 2021
    i cannot, for the life of me, understand why this is legal
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    Ryan Grim
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    Sep 19, 2021
    Credit to the NYT for prominently noting that Joe Manchin makes half a million a year in income from the coal industry
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    Benn Stancil
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    May 3, 2022
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    they're people - often selfish, reprehensible ones - with opinions, no different than a member of Congress or an unhinged uncle on facebook. they just hide it behind a better vocabulary.
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    Tilt and tilted
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Jan 25, 2022
    is SQL more popular than python/r among today's data folks because it's better, or because people can use it without needing to set up dev environments, move data from one place to another, or do any of the other hard "time to google another cryptic terminal error" stuff?
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Apr 11, 2025
    You might not like it, but this is what peak web design looks like
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    Benn Stancil
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    Dec 12, 2022
    chatGPT screenshots have become the twitter equivalent of telling someone a five-minute story about a dream you had
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Aug 22, 2022
    why is there nytimes ethics loophole for jai alai nytimes.com/editorial-stan…
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    Benn Stancil
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    Jul 16, 2021
    I wanted to finish this two days ago, but didn't get it done until this morning. So... it's friday let's fight
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    Analytics is at a crossroads
    From benn.substack.com
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Nov 12, 2021
    it's friday, let's fight about our deepest, darkest fears: making hard decisions.
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    Does data make us cowards?
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Oct 13, 2021
    Conferences are always senior people preaching to junior people about the things they need to learn. I want an inverse conference, where all the speakers are junior people telling senior people the things they need to learn.
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    Apr 8, 2022
    it's friday, let's fight about whether or not $38 billion is a lot of money
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    The end of Big Data
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    Benn Stancil
    @bennstancil
    May 24, 2022
    one day i'm gonna write a book about the cult of pRoDuCtIvItY, and this masterpiece is gonna be the cover art
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