Ben Ulansey

1 week ago | walterrhein.substack.com | Walter Rhein |Ben Ulansey |Peter Murphy

Hello Friends,It was nice to have join us again. I’m getting a kick out of his chaotic Monday podcast. He’s been pulling out all the stops and he’s the first Substack user I’ve seen to openly parody the idea of a livestream. I guess Ben is their next guest, so I’ll be sure to tune in to that. We can’t take ourselves too seriously… lord knows there are enough jerks out there who take themselves too seriously.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Abby Paradis |Ben Ulansey

When meaning’s not on the menuCurated content, algorithmic affirmation, and frictionless interface design have made it easy to appear connected, fulfilled, even inspired, without ever anchoring those moments to real meaning. Now, we skim the surfaces of our lives, digitally and otherwise, increasingly becoming fluent in gestures of feeling that may never actually touch the soul. I noticed something simmering, an ache beneath the dopamine hits, but it was easy to confuse activity with vitality.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Mitch Trachtenberg |Ben Ulansey

Does it seem to you that we no longer base opinions on a set of shared facts but instead on our choice of team? The headline above is a composite of the titles of various YouTube videos that are in my stream this morning. It’s more World Wrestling than Oxford debate. Hell, even Oxford debates are now more World Wrestling than Oxford debate. It seems shouting is the way to draw a crowd in today’s world.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Calvin London |Ben Ulansey

Do they need to, or is it just a macho thing? All warm-blooded males out there, here is the question: Do you sit or stand to have a wee? As I get older, the prostate is not doing as well as it could. That means, despite two operations, public toilets have become my best friends. When I go for my run now, my route is planned with a pit stop roughly halfway. The other day, I took my life into my own hands. Usually, quite clean, on this day, it was disgusting.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Len Varley |Ben Ulansey

“Hundreds and thousands expected,” police warnPolice have warned commuters to expect hundreds and thousands to descend on the inner city as a protest against fairy bread goes ahead this weekend. Event organizer Ray Pwissel described the upcoming protest as a “moral and cultural battle”. “At least half of my buddies fell for this growing threat,” Pwissel lamented. “They sadly became homosexual after innocently attending parties at which the treat was being served.