Benjamin Hoffman
Senior Editor at The New York Times. Junior Parent in Connecticut. Oldest looking (but chronologically youngest) sibling from California.
- Twenty one years ago I posted a questionable Seth Cohen take on the internet and it led directly to me meeting the girl of my dreams, getting married and having kids. The lesson here: Never stop posting your takes, no matter how bad they are. The girl who calls you an a-hole might be the one.
- Wrote this before the vote where he got 7.3 percent. Felt just as good about it then as I do now that he’s a HOFer www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/s...
- I usually say my commute doesn’t feel long even if it takes a while. It turns out that doesn’t apply when Verizon is entirely out of service and I didn’t bring a book with me.
- Season 2 of The Pitt opens with Dr Robby, an ER doc who has probably seen a thousand head injuries, riding a motorcycle with no helmet (but carrying a helmet) and wearing a fairly thick jacket on July 4 in Pittsburgh. What in the world?
- Some personal news! This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics. The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”
- Found out today that McDonald’s in Italy has Celiac-safe gluten-free cheeseburgers that come in a cross-contamination proof bag. Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe. In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.
- Same in CT. Chance of snow is 0. Precipitation is 0. Yet I have what looks like an hour of shoveling ahead of me if we want access to both cars tomorrow. I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …
- Not sure what this is going on about, she was in Mallrats and after you’ve hit that peak it’s kinda downhill no matter what
- Not going to Macy’s to see Santa for the first time since Obama’s first term was one thing, but I got a reality check on life with kids well into tween-teen hood when they told me what time I should make sure they’re awake by on Christmas. So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?
- In all the time it took to set up that promo on the Sphere why didn’t Timmy think of something better to say?
- It kinda looks like Iggy has drained the life force out of Jack White to power himself for another 20 years
- Post you from a different era
- I think Hamilton is the ultimate proof that social media is not real life. Everyone hates it. It’s cringe. So much backlash. Can’t say good things about it or else. Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.
- Not saying Yamamoto isn’t in the conversation but putting that stat line out as evidence is hilarious since Madison Bumgarner was better in each of those categories in the 2014 postseason. 7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP
- More day games, cheaper beer
- Lady at high school football game’s merch stand: “Who’s your player?!” My wife: “… the pep band?”
- I finally watched the new Superman (I am very busy, ok?) and … I was not expecting it to be a two-hour explainer on E Unibus Pluram that’s perfectly digestible for kids and adults alike. James Gunn really is a treasure.
- You can almost picture Trent Reznor and Rick Rubin sitting there like “You know who would do a devastating cover of ‘Hurt’? This deeply uncool dork.”
- Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.
- The happiness I got from spending three years telling people, with a straight face, that there was absolutely nothing unusual or bad about KD joining the Warriors is something @thefarmerjones.bsky.social can never take away from me
- I'm not saying Metallica and some others didn't come off very poorly in the Napster era, but the internet has always believed everything should be free (music, movies, news, books) and has never had anything resembling a plan for how the people who create that stuff will get money for food or rent.
- Saw this as a subject line in an email from SFGate and immediately knew they were talking about @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social.
- Sad to see that Marilyn Hagerty, the woman who wrote a review of her local Olive Garden, died. It still baffles me that anyone had an issue with that column, which was earnest, accurate and made no attempt to be anything it wasn't. Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...
