Ben Boquist
@benboquist.bsky.social
Songwriter, theater maker, art teacher
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
As a polite midwesterner who works with kids, goes to church and has cultivated a community of gentle folk - it’s hard to know what to do with all this rage and nihilistic dread. I have a brand and that doesn’t fit. So I carry it around like a cancer in my gut. I mutter it quietly in the shower. 1/2
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
As a polite midwesterner who works with kids, goes to church and has cultivated a community of gentle folk - it’s hard to know what to do with all this rage and nihilistic dread. I have a brand and that doesn’t fit. So I carry it around like a cancer in my gut. I mutter it quietly in the shower. 1/2
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“Bye, bye Abraham Lincoln! We’re going to turn you into slime, and then the Hotel Prize in Appliance [sic] will be ours. Wait, what’s happening?” said Don Jr.
Trump Boys Put Nobel Peace Prize In Microwave
WASHINGTON—Checking to see if the prestigious award was real by placing the medal on the glass turntable and hitting the potato button, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. reportedly microwaved the 2025 N...
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January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
“Bye, bye Abraham Lincoln! We’re going to turn you into slime, and then the Hotel Prize in Appliance [sic] will be ours. Wait, what’s happening?” said Don Jr.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
I’m a TikTok refugee. I loved the algorithm I built. I loved the theater community, the sketch comedy, the activism, the thirst traps. But can’t bring myself to click past this pop up. I’ve opened it and read this several times today. What does “agree” even mean when there’s no option to disagree?
January 24, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I’m a TikTok refugee. I loved the algorithm I built. I loved the theater community, the sketch comedy, the activism, the thirst traps. But can’t bring myself to click past this pop up. I’ve opened it and read this several times today. What does “agree” even mean when there’s no option to disagree?
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Wee skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1955.
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wee skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1955.
What my kids have been making this week
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What my kids have been making this week
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“New York, this power, it’s yours”: Zohran Mamdani Victory Speech Video and Full Transcript
"This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt," Zohran Mamdani, just elected as…
"This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt," Zohran Mamdani, just elected as…
“New York, this power, it’s yours”: Zohran Mamdani Victory Speech Video and Full Transcript
"This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt," Zohran Mamdani, just elected as the 111th mayor of New York City, said in his victory speech. "Central to that vision will be the most ambitious agenda to tackle the cost of living crisis that this city has seen since the days of Fiorello LaGuardia-- an agenda that will freeze the rents for more than two million rent stabilized tenants, make busses fast and free, and deliver universal child care across our city.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“New York, this power, it’s yours”: Zohran Mamdani Victory Speech Video and Full Transcript
"This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt," Zohran Mamdani, just elected as…
"This will be an age where New Yorkers expect from their leaders a bold vision of what we will achieve, rather than a list of excuses for what we are too timid to attempt," Zohran Mamdani, just elected as…
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Every one of our endorsed candidates won last night! Join us in sending a congratulations to all.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Every one of our endorsed candidates won last night! Join us in sending a congratulations to all.
This little diva was big mad. But she looked adorable
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This little diva was big mad. But she looked adorable
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
The most sacred space in Pasadena
October 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The most sacred space in Pasadena
Fuck off hamleteu. And keep hamlets name out of your anti human mouth.
Heads up to my #artist and #gamedev freinds!
HAMLET is an EU funded project that “provides AI-driven solutions tailored to the needs of cultural and creative professionals” 🤢
hamlet-project.eu
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
#humanartists #genAI #antiAI #EU #hamletproject #europe
HAMLET is an EU funded project that “provides AI-driven solutions tailored to the needs of cultural and creative professionals” 🤢
hamlet-project.eu
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
#humanartists #genAI #antiAI #EU #hamletproject #europe
May 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Fuck off hamleteu. And keep hamlets name out of your anti human mouth.
Putting classroom blackboard skills to use for an Easter morning protest. Grateful for Mennonite fam
April 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Putting classroom blackboard skills to use for an Easter morning protest. Grateful for Mennonite fam
I’m glad solvang exists. It’s a monument of cottage core, well made pastries and warm customer service. In a world where charm is undervalued, a trip to solvang will always restore my hope
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m glad solvang exists. It’s a monument of cottage core, well made pastries and warm customer service. In a world where charm is undervalued, a trip to solvang will always restore my hope
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“My life was saved by teachers.” Stephen Sondheim
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“My life was saved by teachers.” Stephen Sondheim
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"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
March 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
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Just a heads up, I am never gonna call them "skeets." Why do we have to position ourselves as some kind of "poor man's version" of a place we left on purpose?
They've always just been posts, reposts, etc. The cutesy name was because the other place was bird-themed. We don't have to do that.
They've always just been posts, reposts, etc. The cutesy name was because the other place was bird-themed. We don't have to do that.
March 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just a heads up, I am never gonna call them "skeets." Why do we have to position ourselves as some kind of "poor man's version" of a place we left on purpose?
They've always just been posts, reposts, etc. The cutesy name was because the other place was bird-themed. We don't have to do that.
They've always just been posts, reposts, etc. The cutesy name was because the other place was bird-themed. We don't have to do that.
I like this translation. The NIV (which I grew up with) says “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done."
But seeing this MSG version this morning made me go “oooohh”
But seeing this MSG version this morning made me go “oooohh”
February 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I like this translation. The NIV (which I grew up with) says “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done."
But seeing this MSG version this morning made me go “oooohh”
But seeing this MSG version this morning made me go “oooohh”
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Winston Churchill was right: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.”
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Winston Churchill was right: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.”
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
Went to the new #PasekandPaul musical Lyle Lyle crocodile yesterday. Am I 28 yrs older than the target demo? Yep. Did I love it. Yep. A triumph of tight writing, wit, tunes, joyful performances and fun visuals. It runs all month at the colony theater in Burbank. See it even if you don’t have kids
February 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Went to the new #PasekandPaul musical Lyle Lyle crocodile yesterday. Am I 28 yrs older than the target demo? Yep. Did I love it. Yep. A triumph of tight writing, wit, tunes, joyful performances and fun visuals. It runs all month at the colony theater in Burbank. See it even if you don’t have kids