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Ben

@ben9311.bsky.social

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Bi, BDSM, trans ally, Antifa, and a senior citizen. Interests: cosmology, astrophysics, telescope making, railfanning, reading, gaming, 3D printing, programming. #Fella #DisenfranchisedAmerican #NAFO #FollowAFella #HailConnie

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · Nov 20

#transmemes #punk #allies

You can’t be punk and also be: Racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic. It’s impossible.

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 6h

What a great photo of him!

Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 6h

It's good!

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 14h

The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.

"I urge you: never sell out your authority"

News agencies deliver a service which “requires competence, courage and a sense of ethics”.

p.a.lapid, phd 👾🖖🏽🤙🏽 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d

da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks!

Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 6h

They are going to need to reconstruct the whole scene from analysis of the shrapnel it all turned into. I've seen dead animals atomized with dynamite - leaves very little identifiable. I've also seen that fail on a beached whale! (see youtube)

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

Actual sadists as well.

Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

I am betting an AI could reconstruct a face for that ICE agent from just having the eyes and the features you can discern due to how tight and thin that balaclava is.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 7h

Who are these ICE agents? Who are these masked federal agents acting like the dictator’s cruel, lawless thugs? No really, who are they? We took a deep dive. Have a read.👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

Who Is ICE?

That’s the problem—we don’t know.

open.substack.com

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

You chose the right day.

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RebelFema @rebelfema.altgov.info · 7h

People. CDC is Literally being decimated right now. Our hearts are breaking for our colleagues at @altcdc.altgov.info.

You can check out their page to see the growing list of departments affected. They don’t deserve this and America doesn’t deserve this.

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

Mike can come down and see for himself, but he knows this is false.

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🤣

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 8h

all at once? won’t that make him autistic

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · Jul 2

"Electroboy" is my memoir about my battle with bipolar disorder and which is being made into a feature film with Timothee Chalamet.

The book is out of print - I have h/c and p/b copies which I inscribe to you and ship overnight to you.

The cost is $30 for a h/c and $20 for a p/c - send me a DM!

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

Any thoughts on how quickly lethal this trend will get?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7h

Today Trump visited Walter Reed and underwent another single-pass albumin dialysis (SPAD) procedure for his failing liver.

Decades-long cocaine abuse ✓
Decades-long Adderall abuse ✓

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t think most of you are aware of how grim the next three months are going to be.

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 7h

Stupidity has consequences.

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BlueTongueFella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @bluetonguefella.bsky.social · 12h

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 14h

Yes

Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 14h

They are about to miss a paycheck if I understand correctly.

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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 14h

In the cultural mecca that is Central Arkansas, a Benton AK cop arrested an Indian immigrant b/c he possessed a bottle of Yves St Laurent Opium perfume. The cop thought it was real opium. 🙄🤡🤷‍♂️ Now the guy is being deported.

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 14h

That’s horrifying

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 14h

Senator, I hope those folks are ok, but stopping government is destroying their hold on power.

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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 14h

I know, but our only weapon at this point is not funding the government until it collapses.