Ben Wilson

@bassmanbrian I was there. Second year of kindergarten. Yes, I failed the first year. I used the wrong finger in finger painting on the final.

That's not that long ago; you'd only have to be north of 50..

When rainbows commit a crime, they are sent to prism. It's a light sentence.

John 8:58: "Before Abraham was, I AM." He took the divine name from Exodus 3:14 for himself. The crowd grabbed stones on the spot. They didn't hear "one with God." They heard God. Mark 14:62: At His trial, asked "Are you the Son of the Blessed?" Jesus answered "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, coming with the clouds of heaven." Direct Daniel 7 claim to be the divine figure who receives eternal worship. The high priest tore his robes and called it blasphemy. That claim got Him crucified. John 20:28-29: Thomas falls before Him: "My Lord and my God." Jesus doesn't correct him. He accepts it and blesses those who believe the same. A faithful Jew would have refused worship instantly (see Acts 14:14-15). Jesus took it.

@bassmanbrian You are very correct Brian. He claimed to be one with God….

Jesus never claimed to be God is just false. See how the Pharisees wanted to stone Him, seemingly for blasphemy, after some of the I Am statements?

You just conceded facts exist. Good. That kills your original argument that required the opposite: that competing religious claims cancel each other out into God's non-existence. But if facts exist, then "God exists" and "God doesn't" can't both be true. One is factually right. One is factually wrong. Disagreement doesn't pick the winner; evidence does. So which is it?

@JennMGreenberg Would your God approve of your intentional mishandling of what I said to advance your belief? Of course facts and truth exist. You have just chosen replacement facts and truths to support your belief in your preferred world.

Because they contradict each other and are fundamentally different. Different gods. Different morals. Different values. Different intentions. This is like asking, “Why can’t all colors be purple?” It doesn’t even make any sense.

@Tokamak31 @JennMGreenberg Self-refuting: "only your religion being true is a vain delusion" is itself an exclusive truth-claim. The argument commits the exact fallacy it condemns. Also a non sequitur. Humans disagreeing about God proves we're fallible, not that He's fictional.

@JennMGreenberg All religions are true in the minds of their believers. The vain delusion of believing only your religion is true is one of the foundational truths of Gods non-existence.

@JennMGreenberg But we can declare that all colors are shades of purple. Just like someone tried to declare ∏ equal to 3.

Walking to the kitchen is unconstitutional. The Founders sat down to sign the Declaration. Maslow put food at the base of the pyramid but didn't say who fetches it. If the pursuit of happiness is a right, and happiness lives at the bottom of a pad thai bag, then DoorDash is just the First Amendment with garlic sauce.

We are unironically moments away from people legitimately declaring DoorDash is a human right.

@strzibnyj There's a range of the US where from Canada to Mexico only 1 million people live. Gallup is in that area. It has a very high violent and non-violent crime rate, and a high alcohol-related mortality rate. But I hope you visit a lot of the US, not just the coasts.

@benwilsondev What's wrong with Gallup?:)

I had a super healthy and delicious smoothie in Santa Monica. I combined it with a hot dog for good measures.

New York repealed its law in 2024, but it's still technically criminal in about a dozen states (Oklahoma, Mississippi, Idaho, South Carolina, etc.), just not prosecuted. Lawrence v. Texas (2003) made enforcement essentially unconstitutional. Still matters in divorce and military law. California passed the first no-fault divorce law in 1969. The bulk of states followed through the 1970s. New York was the last holdout, adopting no-fault in 2010.

@usuallypregnant When did we stop making Adultry illegal? Like did I miss the memo?

To all the feminists who say women need our own income and we shouldn't depend on our husbands to provide because he could leave us one day: Do you support making no-fault divorce illegal so housewives don't have to worry about being blindsided by a divorce?

43% done with the fourth novel in my alt-history series. Can't commit to the main story line. Going to pivot.

@pressurethefilm Was "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" not good enough? That's the standard I'll measure this movie by.

The untold true story of D-Day. PRESSURE is in theaters May 29, from the producers of DARKEST HOUR.

@thesamparr I sort of like the attitude shown in Moneyball. "Ben, you're being cut from the team. I'm sorry it didn't work out. Here is the phone number for you to call to handle the details." Though after months of dating, I'll admit it stung a bit.

Firing people. It’s the worst. I hate those conversations, even if I strongly dislike the person or they’re clearly doing a bad job and costing me millions of dollars. I almost always avoid the conversation for far too long. The best way I’ve learned is to start by saying “look this conversation is going to be uncomfortable, but I’m letting you go today.” Most people let the conversation meander and only get to the point 10-20 minutes in. In my experience it’s better to just rip the bandaid off. This is true for most any breakup!

@AmandaMashburn I get most of my exercise by jumping to conclusions. Doesn't require special equipment or attire. Low incidence of sport-related injury.

Exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise. Until you have to sit and catch your breath.

Strike and kill someone with your car and you face negligent homicide, the legal term for that form of murder. So your last statement is off. Killing a human is one of the few categories that has a negligent variant. Assault, theft, arson, fraud all require at least knowing or reckless conduct. Negligent destruction of property usually isn't even criminal.

@JennMGreenberg Its not murder at best manslaughter Murder is defined as taking another person's life with intention to end it She took her own life Its like charing you with murder when the DP runs infornt of your car and dies

He should be charged with her murder.

Father/daughter rape is a felony in all 50 states. Under the felony murder rule, a killing committed during a felony is murder, regardless of intent. Most courts treat suicide as breaking the causal chain. That reasoning fails when the suicide is foreseeable, like repeated child sexual abuse by a parent. Foreseeable harm should not absolve the predator. The Supreme Court overreached by barring the death penalty for the rape of a child where the victim survives. The rape of a child by a parent is a crime grave enough to warrant execution on its own terms, suicide or no suicide.

@jasonfried Indie author said she wrote/published 200 novels last year with AI and published under 12 pen names. One pen name received death threats after AI use was discovered. In reality, she wrote zero books.

Bragging about how much software you’re shipping with AI is like holding down the shutter button and bragging about how many photos you took.

@LundukeJournal It's just a way for the big OS companies to silence the smaller ones.

Colorado "Age Attestation" Bill Sent to Governor for Signing Colorado SB 26-051 (which requires Operating Systems to implement "Age Attestation"), endorsed by Linux hardware maker System76, is about to become law.

Arkansas '76-78, I was a frequent flyer for the elementary school's paddle program. The first year, the teacher could swing the paddle, and Miss Spann had a nasty swing. The second year it was the principal only. And I got spanked at home for each offense. My crime was hyper. In '82 our band director could throw a baton like a dagger, and regularly did. I'm no boomer. My first paddle offense was disagreeing with the teacher (in 1st grade) by asserting Ford was still the president the day after the '76 election. She insisted it was Carter.

This meme was posted by the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture (not education, thank God). What struck me was the dozens of boomers in the replies sharing similar experiences. Their school teachers threw things at them, hit them with rulers or paddles, and one guy even described being whipped with a riding crop. Discipline is good and wise … but hitting or throwing objects at children for the purpose of injuring or scaring them is legally considered child abuse and assault. Just because something was common in “the good ol’ days” doesn’t make it right or even sane. If a teacher (or parent) chucked a “heavy wooden chalk eraser” at a child’s head today, and it was reported, they would be arrested for assaulting a student.

@pressurethefilm How is this different than the Tom Selleck version?

PRESSURE is "the first must see movie of the summer." The untold true story of D-Day. Only in theaters May 29.