Orange Monday
Posts by Ben Halpern
Stock market chart showing global markets outperforming US stocks in 2025
Mini labradoodle rescue. He looks like more of a lab than a poodle.
Dog lying around
How Pippen feels about Mondays
In my head canon, Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is a direct response to “Baby Got Back”.
It’s not explicit but if you read between the lines, it’s this generation’s small butt anthem.
Two episodes left of Severance season 2
GDP forecasted to plummet? Just change GDP, problem solved!
The dumbest economic outcome of the USA's newfound isolationism is how much the USA currently benefits from reciprocal IP enforcement.
If the world stops respecting US copyrights and patents — which surely is the path we're on, that's like half the economy down the drain.
Great episode
"your outie" meme from severance
"your outie subscribes to small publications to support quality journalism"
😅
🇨🇦
The Tim Cook Severance promo is wild because I always felt like the show could be about Apple - a company with such a deep, crazy culture of secrecy that they’d be the first to opt for severed employees in the workforce.
also, my work there was always mysterious and important
T. Rex Evolution xkcd.com/3042
Ban golf handicaps
A huge shout-out to the @dev.to for making the year 2024 awesome! I'm honored to be a part of the amazing community, and personal thanks go to @bensky.bsky.social , and @jessleenyc.bsky.social for all the support and of course, for building this platform 🚀
#devto #developers #software #programming
Happy Toyotathon
Holiday cookie party with a bit of a European flair
“Breaking in” to tech is hard, but staying and growing in tech is harder. We never really talk about it, so I wrote a long blog post sharing why i think it’s hard and how to navigate tech.
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
Wicked was wicked
As a Canadian I've always found broad-stroke anti-"sportsball" perspectives from some American progressives odd and misplaced.
Canadians, while not a monolith, are obsessed with sports (and beer) *and* are way left of the USA politically. Same goes for Europe, generally. (Again, not monolith).
Friendsgiving
This floor is nauseating