Ben Green
@bengreen.bsky.social
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Board game and TTRPG designer. US tax advisor for creative weirdos @ Brass Taxes. Outdoorsy. Anti-Zionist Jew. The lives, needs, and dreams of historically colonized, queer, and trans people are vital to humanity. Panpsychic post-anarcho-socialist.
Board game and TTRPG designer. US tax advisor for creative weirdos @ Brass Taxes. Outdoorsy. Anti-Zionist Jew. The lives, needs, and dreams of historically colonized, queer, and trans people are vital to humanity. Panpsychic post-anarcho-socialist.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
"It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. So we must imagine harder."
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The Future...of life, the universe and this channel
YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter
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January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. So we must imagine harder."
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It used to be nearly ubiquitous that people had bathroom reading in their homes. It was always interesting to see what someone's bathroom reading was. Books were published specifically to be read on the toilet.
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It used to be nearly ubiquitous that people had bathroom reading in their homes. It was always interesting to see what someone's bathroom reading was. Books were published specifically to be read on the toilet.
My oldest learned to make seed bead bracelets and so he made one with anarchy symbols. Which is maybe the most hippy homeschooled teenager thing I've ever seen.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My oldest learned to make seed bead bracelets and so he made one with anarchy symbols. Which is maybe the most hippy homeschooled teenager thing I've ever seen.
This is why centrists conceding to the "reasonable concerns" of fascists is always a bad idea. You don't let vampires into your house because it's cold out.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is why centrists conceding to the "reasonable concerns" of fascists is always a bad idea. You don't let vampires into your house because it's cold out.
The fact that "mental gymnastics" are supposed to be a bad thing, rather than a sign of intense training to develop flexibility, strength, and skill is really weird.
December 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The fact that "mental gymnastics" are supposed to be a bad thing, rather than a sign of intense training to develop flexibility, strength, and skill is really weird.
There really needs to be laws requiring transparency in commercially available AI system prompts and requiring the inclusion of something like Asimov's Laws of Robotics in all system prompts.
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There really needs to be laws requiring transparency in commercially available AI system prompts and requiring the inclusion of something like Asimov's Laws of Robotics in all system prompts.
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We're not going to be able to defeat fascism without defeating oligarchy.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We're not going to be able to defeat fascism without defeating oligarchy.
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
The Earth has so many absolutely bizarre looking places.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Earth has so many absolutely bizarre looking places.
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Feeling unknown
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
And you're all alone
Flesh and bone
By the telephone
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
The way the word "ceasefire" has been redefined to mean "continued war" is down right orwellian.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The way the word "ceasefire" has been redefined to mean "continued war" is down right orwellian.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The person who got my grandma into hiding and saved her life was a 15-year-old girl. She had a job in the factory where my grandma worked and was using the job as a front to rescue Jews employed there. She was a normal, working-class Dutch gentile teenager. There are ways you can be like her.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The person who got my grandma into hiding and saved her life was a 15-year-old girl. She had a job in the factory where my grandma worked and was using the job as a front to rescue Jews employed there. She was a normal, working-class Dutch gentile teenager. There are ways you can be like her.
There is only one possible interpretation that what's happened in Gaza has resulted in something "very close to being perfected": Genocide.
The only other way a reasonable person could interpret this is that he's totally lost his mind and has no idea what's going on.
The only other way a reasonable person could interpret this is that he's totally lost his mind and has no idea what's going on.
Trump: "Gaza -- while it looks a little bit messy, it has for many many years, decades, but it's getting very close to being perfected."
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There is only one possible interpretation that what's happened in Gaza has resulted in something "very close to being perfected": Genocide.
The only other way a reasonable person could interpret this is that he's totally lost his mind and has no idea what's going on.
The only other way a reasonable person could interpret this is that he's totally lost his mind and has no idea what's going on.
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Today I investigate three more indie games, all of which are ambitious and explorative of what games can accomplish. These are good'uns. spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/h...
Nebulae, Medusae… Crownae?
Yesterday on BlueSky, Marceline Leiman asked a great question. Using only one or two extremely vague words, how would I describe the titles on offer at this year’s Indie Games Night Market? N…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today I investigate three more indie games, all of which are ambitious and explorative of what games can accomplish. These are good'uns. spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/h...
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
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Remember how Trump said ICE targets “violent criminals?”
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember how Trump said ICE targets “violent criminals?”
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
Trump’s own DOJ now reports that ONLY 2.5% of the people ICE arrested in Chicago have any criminal history.
That means 97.5% have ZERO criminal record. They were targeted because they were of Latino ethnicity. This is what fascism looks like
It's only a matter of time before a researcher builds an LLM out of mycelium, and once that's done, some enterprising person is going to figure out how to plant it in the ground.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's only a matter of time before a researcher builds an LLM out of mycelium, and once that's done, some enterprising person is going to figure out how to plant it in the ground.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
Every one of those traitor Dems in the Senate can choke on a bundle of medical bills.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every one of those traitor Dems in the Senate can choke on a bundle of medical bills.
This post and the responses to it are important for cis folks to read and sit with.
A lot of well meaning cis allies will still be under the impression that your average trans girl grew up just like the boys around her. I don't think many actually understand just how frequently people picked up on how we are different and considered hurting as a victimless action
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Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This post and the responses to it are important for cis folks to read and sit with.