Ryan Benk
Producer/reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition. Horror, punk, pop-punk or anything by Sturgill Simpson. Lift heavy things. Cats are rad. SAGAFTRA. DC is a real place.
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- Reposted by Ryan Benk(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
- I forgot to brag about last weekend but I saw Motion City Soundtrack and it healed something in me
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkWe at the @postguild.bsky.social are raising money for the hundreds of journalists the Post just laid off. This goes to the people who are hurting, not the Post. Or if you'd rather, go subscribe to an independent journalist. Support is hugely appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkIn addition to sports, the Washington Post is killing its book section, suspending its Post Reports podcast, restructuring its metro section, and shrinking its international footprint.
- Reposted by Ryan BenkIncredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
- Reposted by Ryan BenkWhatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
- Reposted by Ryan BenkJoin us Thursday for a rally to #SaveThePost!! The rally will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at 1301 K St. NW!! Bring friends! Bring gloves! Bring a love of journalism!
- Reposted by Ryan BenkThis sounds familiar... 🤔 But growing a newsroom from the ground up takes time and money — and frankly, we need way more resources than we have now to fill this massive gap. You can help us build the newsroom D.C. deserves: 51st.news/signup
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- Reposted by Ryan Benk"When in doubt, draw a distinction." Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that. This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one. I will post them one at a time. Ready?
- Logging on for my shift viewing the horrors
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkNEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
- Goddamnit
- FUCK MAN www.tmz.com/2026/01/31/g...
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkCatherine O'Hara changed the way I say "baby," I only say "bébé" these days, what a motherfucking icon
- I am straight up NOT having a good time right now
- And on the day I chose to wear my Second City t shirt no less
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkCatherine O’Hara gave us all so much. Her comedy inspired me. Her characters served as proxy mothers for many of us. All of our lives, and our culture more broadly, are better because of her life and work.
- Ugh Catherine O'Hara. If her death is confirmed, and we have no reason to think it won't be, what a shattering loss for everyone. But special tight hugs for fellow millennials who grew up with her. Also, lol thank you to her for being every gay man's personality while Schitt's Creek was running.
- Man RIP
- Reposted by Ryan BenkTonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
- Reposted by Ryan BenkMy rapping toddler asked to hear my rap. "My rap?" "The rap inside you." "I have a rap inside me?" "Yeah." "Does everyone?" "Yeah." "Where?" "Your belly." And like, eat your heart out Mel Robbins. This is the real life inspiration. LET YOUR RAP OUT OF YOUR BELLY.
- Would eat ngl. 14g of protein?!?
- "Oh okay even I'm getting bored with the Heated Rivalry stuff" *Hudson Williams new photoshoot* "Oh dear. What was I even thinking? No, no please do carry on"
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- See also "elevated horror" lol
- A thing that often makes me see red is execs saying "but we're doing an elevated version of [x]." What if you... just did x? When an exec says "elevated version of" you can be pretty sure they mean "I think this is trash so we're trying to not do the thing you want but make you think we're doing it"
- Reposted by Ryan BenkA lot of really good analysis here as to why TV historically hasn't made shows like #HeatedRivaly. For Reasons (most of them dumb! frustrating!), TV continues to leave money on the table (aside from Hallmark etc). Not ideal! I hope the success of HR changes this however +
- "The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place." The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
- Should be everyone's goal to act in such a way that your own brother doesn't describe you like this publicly
- NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social: “I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.” "In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
- These last few days have crystalized for me that as much as I have roots in upstate NY, I definitely grew up in Miami and was not built for this weather lol
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- Hey a lot of things are not good. But we're getting married and that's pretty awesome
- Mount Pleasant snow
- Reposted by Ryan Benk"Live: Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Good morn
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkNEW: Know that ICE memo about not needing a warrant signed by a judge to enter people's homes? A US judge in Minnesota ruled exactly the opposite just days ago. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/us-jud...
- Endorse
- With the DKM shirt too
- From my cold dead hands
- Reposted by Ryan BenkAs clergy pray, arrests begin
- Reposted by Ryan BenkPresident Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
- Reposted by Ryan BenkThe ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon." www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
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- I think it is actually a bad thing that pro-democracy citizens and activists in different countries are fighting each other on social media.
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- Me at the gym
- "appears" is quite a choice when you can literally see it. In the same post
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkThe Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkCondé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
- The most unhinged story I've read in a long long time. Jfc
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- I see I went to the gym during Tren cough hour
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- One of my favorite books and one of my favorite interviews to write and produce
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- Reposted by Ryan Benk"It’s a flimsy series of contrivances to get a shockingly realistic ape to rip the faces off of stupid human beings in increasingly creative ways. What more do you want, really?” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social about the lean, mean, and chimpanzee-n, PRIMATE.
- Not to sincere-post on here, but man, this kind of stuff fills me with such warmth. The exchange of cultures, the sincerity, the curiosity and the joy -- that's what this whole thing is supposed to be about.
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- Reposted by Ryan BenkAfter Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
- Smells like someone bathed in cigarette smoke on the green line this morning. Happy Friday!
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