Adam Bender

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I'm an award-winning journalist and author from Philly. I report on telecom and internet regulation for Communications Daily. My speculative fiction explores modern-day societal fears. My latest novel is Utopia PR, a dystopian satire. adambenderwrites.com

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#Breaking news! My question -- do they know how many times this has happened before?

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I think it's funny that there have been all these close reads of the DNC rules about their candidates as if they are somehow set in stone. It's the party's rules! They can just change them completely! It's not the law!

This is the second time I've been locked out of Facebook for logging in on a different device (my phone's browser this time), even after I logged in with 2 factor authentication. Not sure I even feel like unlocking it now.

Now is your best chance to find my entire ebook collection for a promotional price at Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my books and many more at www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos all month! #SWSale2024 #Smashwords My books are here: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

Adam Benderwww.smashwords.com Adam Bender is an award-winning journalist and author of speculative fiction that explores modern-day societal fears with a mix of action, romance and humor. Bender's latest novel is Utopia PR, a spe...

It's funny, today all the other newspaper editorial boards seem to feel obligated to do their own slightly different spins on the debate after the NYT did it. My hometown paper the Philadelphia Inquirer said it's Trump who should drop out.

Since there are now questions about this, here's a good explainer from the Washington Post.

In February, I wrote about what happens if a candidate is suddenly no longer the candidate. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Analysis | What if November’s likely Biden-Trump rematch suddenly isn’t?www.washingtonpost.com Evaluating what happens if the major-party match-up is suddenly upended.

Ready for this #debate

Why are there only two photographs of Judge Aileen Cannon?

Ok this is one take, but the Phillies are routinely snubbed from the All Star Game. I remember many seasons we were lucky to get one guy voted in, and maybe a pitcher selected by the manager. fansided.com/posts/philli...

Phillies fans are ruining the All-Star voting experience for everyonefansided.com Philadelphia Phillies fans are known for being among the most passionate fans in MLB. There's a reason that whenever the Phillies are competitive, Citizens Bank

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This is an excellent PSA image

California Dept of Boating and Waterways FTW 😹

Yesterday, the state privacy bill that consumer groups called strong was vetoed in VT. The bill they said was too weak passed the RI legislature.

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Judge Alsup does not take kindly to any suggestion that Quinn Emanuel traveled back in time 363 days... and the sloppiness that the associated statement suggests.

Now this is #dystopian ... www.theverge.com/2024/6/13/24...

This LED mask hides your face behind a creepy pixelated smilewww.theverge.com Hide your face while still expressing your emotions.

Some #stinkynews from my hometown: www.inquirer.com/food/italian...

Weeks after the Italian Market Festival, no one has taken down the cheese and meat from the greased polewww.inquirer.com Organizers realized their mistake a day later. But life intervened in the Italian Market.

Cool band, good interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Hinds Will Never Give Upwww.rollingstone.com After losing half the band and splitting with their management, the only thing Hinds' Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote had was each other.

Often when I ask Google to play Raffi for my kid, it tries to play "Rap Viral" instead.

Looking forward to seeing my Phillies take on the Mets in London this weekend! I studied abroad there back in my university days.

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Hard to tell from this angle what Lord Nelson thinks about the baseball fair that’s engulfed him

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Bryce’s legend also grows. He’ll be using a Phanatic-dressed-as-King’s-guard bat this weekend.

Love it when I have no choice but to reset Windows.

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Getting kinda sick of generative AI tools sliding into my DMs.

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The front page of The Washington Post for May 31, 2024.

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reporter inboxes groaning under the weight of unsolicited statements

This is very cool. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...

Negro League stats are now MLB stats. Here’s how the record books changed.www.washingtonpost.com Josh Gibson could mash, Satchel Paige dominated 1944, and other takeaways from a groundbreaking day for baseball stats.

The new Surface Pro looks like it could be a good buy for $999 except you have to pay $450 extra for the keyboard now?!

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I blogged about feeling bad on social media and my first impressions of Maven, a new social platform that aims to fix that by eliminating likes and follows. www.adambenderwrites.com/2024/05/17/s...

Social media that doesn't make you feel bad? » Adam Benderwww.adambenderwrites.com Sometimes it feels like we’re living in a dystopian world–and social media doesn’t help. Like any communications channel, it can be used to spread good…

I #TrustTheProcess but the 76ers are going to need some good luck (and health) tonight, too. Go Sixers!

New self-titled by Hovvdy is a beautiful album. Highly recommend!