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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 11h

A lovely evening in Berlin

Golden hour: The sun sets on a traditional German building with a red roof surrounded by golden trees

vines creep up the side of a building as the sun sets. The vines are turning red with the season.

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 2d

I’ve never seen the wind. I’ve seen the effects of the wind, but I’ve never seen the wind.

Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 3d

When there’s a gold rush, sell shovels.

When there’s a mad king spreading rumors of a war in Portland, sell frog costumes.

Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 4d

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 5d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 3d

As an evangelical Christian I can say:

Thiel’s whole shtick about Antichrist stuff is utterly theologically incomprehensible. It’s just the same old spiritual abuse thing of powerful people using baptized vocabulary to instill fear and control people.

Be free of *Left Behind* nonsense, beloved.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3d

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 3d

I made these einkorn-red wheat biscuits with my sourdough discard this morning. They turned out great!

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 3d

Gorgeous fall this year.

#autumn #bloomscrolling

A gorgeous yellow tree from my walk earlier today

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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve watched this too many times

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 3d

This is why I think getting gas at king Soopers/kroger is cheaper than Costco… if you game it right 😏

Gas pump showing a price of $1.75/gallon

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 4d

I wonder if it’s just a coincidence that they also happened to give Trump a $400K jet before this

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 5d

Buena Vista, Limon, Arvada, the Poudre, Cañon City, Ouray, Berthoud, Lyons, Louisville…

Like fully half of the place names in Colorado are shibboleths that are immediate giveaways if you’re not from ‘round here. 😂 heck, even the word “Colorado” itself

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 5d

Have made real, in person friends through various channels over the years!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 5d

All the people said amen

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 5d

If we get rid of antifa, then we’ll finally only have just fa

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 6d

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 7d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 7d

I mean, what do you call them if they’re not made with PowerPoint? And if in that app the items are called “frames” instead of slides? To me, a “deck” is to “PowerPoint” as “tissue” is to “Kleenex”

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 7d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 7d

My review of “Why Christians Should Be Leftists”

Why Christians Should Be Leftists [a review]

Musings by Ben Makuh

benmakuh.com

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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 7d

“Woah” is to “Noah” as “Wario” is to “Mario”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’

First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’

While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Christ follower enters the chat

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