Ben Schouten
@bengschout.bsky.social
I make these moving pictures sometimes (he/him)
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Ben Schouten
@bengschout.bsky.social
· Dec 14
A ★★★★ review of Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
Pro shoots are funny things. As an archive they are often indispensable for the culture, Theater is at once an eternal medium---with new productions of old classics constantly put on across the world-...
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Some meandering words on one of Stephen Sondheim's many masterpieces
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my father in law is a character designer and i asked him what it would cost to to have anime women like this today. i will never forget his answer… 'we can’t, we don’t know how to do it.’
Tenchi Muyo! (1992–1994) key promotional illustration of Mihoshi Kuramitsu and Kiyone Makibi in Galaxy Police uniform by Masaki Kajishima.
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
my father in law is a character designer and i asked him what it would cost to to have anime women like this today. i will never forget his answer… 'we can’t, we don’t know how to do it.’
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Abo Jameel needs support caring for his wife and children and securing them some basic shelter. Please help them out if you can!
My eyes fill with tears,&my pulse almost stops when I see my 5 kids & my wife, who suffers from mitral valve prolapse, in a tragic situation. I need $200 for injections to treat my wife’s shoulder, which is affected by tendon inflammation.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Abo Jameel needs support caring for his wife and children and securing them some basic shelter. Please help them out if you can!
Elsbeth has a similar "ripped from the headlines" approach to their episodes just like Law and Order it's just that the paper they rip headlines from is Playbill
February 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Elsbeth has a similar "ripped from the headlines" approach to their episodes just like Law and Order it's just that the paper they rip headlines from is Playbill
Stargate Universe immediately walking back a genuinely interesting creative choice that deepened the bond between two characters with a tenuous at best romance
February 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Stargate Universe immediately walking back a genuinely interesting creative choice that deepened the bond between two characters with a tenuous at best romance
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on employment as a trans woman
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
on employment as a trans woman
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Just deleted the work accounts from my phone and now my calendar looks perfect
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Just deleted the work accounts from my phone and now my calendar looks perfect
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if anyone wants to argue that the ethnic or religious background of corrupt creepy billionaires or politicians in the Epstein files is relevant or newsworthy and merits political comment, please feel free to direct me to posts where any of the other ones are described as “Christian billionaire”
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
if anyone wants to argue that the ethnic or religious background of corrupt creepy billionaires or politicians in the Epstein files is relevant or newsworthy and merits political comment, please feel free to direct me to posts where any of the other ones are described as “Christian billionaire”
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personally, i think it might be bad that our political systems seem to have been run by nonces forever
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
personally, i think it might be bad that our political systems seem to have been run by nonces forever
D'Angelo Barksdale:
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
D'Angelo Barksdale:
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The MSX2 HitBit was absolute fucking peak design.
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 AM
The MSX2 HitBit was absolute fucking peak design.
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Listen.
I’m not kink shaming.
But I am kink asking why.
I’m not kink shaming.
But I am kink asking why.
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Listen.
I’m not kink shaming.
But I am kink asking why.
I’m not kink shaming.
But I am kink asking why.
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if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
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Keep wanting to post something about Catherine O'Hara, but everything seems too small. She was so great, and she gave me incredible joy whenever she was in a film or on television. Endlessly funny from the beginning to the end and for many generations. I loved watching her *so much*.
January 31, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Keep wanting to post something about Catherine O'Hara, but everything seems too small. She was so great, and she gave me incredible joy whenever she was in a film or on television. Endlessly funny from the beginning to the end and for many generations. I loved watching her *so much*.
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i am the evil adhd action gamer that from software ruined their games for. dark souls 3 is clearly better than demon souls because it has better boss fights :). and its faster too :)
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
i am the evil adhd action gamer that from software ruined their games for. dark souls 3 is clearly better than demon souls because it has better boss fights :). and its faster too :)
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not really joining in with the epstein news because i simply can't think about it. the totality of it, the abuse, its normalisation, the degree to which its perpetuators did not and will not see justice depresses me so existentially that i personally can't find any catharsis posting about it
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
not really joining in with the epstein news because i simply can't think about it. the totality of it, the abuse, its normalisation, the degree to which its perpetuators did not and will not see justice depresses me so existentially that i personally can't find any catharsis posting about it
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In light of everything, one reason ICE needs to be abolished at the absolute minimum, is that it is one big pedophile ring. Every single ICE officer is either sexually assaulting minors, or is complicit with the sexual assault of minors happening within their organisation on an industrial scale.
Billions for an organisation full of nonces who've had over 5,000 complaints of sexual assault against minors back in 2019, the world knew this was happening during Trump's first term. A nazi pedophile organisation is getting billions so they can keep molesting.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:42 PM
In light of everything, one reason ICE needs to be abolished at the absolute minimum, is that it is one big pedophile ring. Every single ICE officer is either sexually assaulting minors, or is complicit with the sexual assault of minors happening within their organisation on an industrial scale.
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More aesthetic pixel captions.
Pixels/screencap are from Bahamut Lagoon.
Photo of clouds, text, and graphical elements are me.
Pixels/screencap are from Bahamut Lagoon.
Photo of clouds, text, and graphical elements are me.
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 AM
More aesthetic pixel captions.
Pixels/screencap are from Bahamut Lagoon.
Photo of clouds, text, and graphical elements are me.
Pixels/screencap are from Bahamut Lagoon.
Photo of clouds, text, and graphical elements are me.
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i can think of maybe a handful—like, five—people who have saved more human lives than bill foege. he deserves a couple minutes of your time to read about and remember.
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 AM
i can think of maybe a handful—like, five—people who have saved more human lives than bill foege. he deserves a couple minutes of your time to read about and remember.
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made this as my own contribution
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
made this as my own contribution
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This is a good idea, but one of my senators is Midwest Schumer, or as his nameplate says, “Dick Durbin.”
Call your senators and tell them Schumer needs to go. 5calls.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This is a good idea, but one of my senators is Midwest Schumer, or as his nameplate says, “Dick Durbin.”