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benteh

@benteh.no

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master of yelling at computers. grumpy. UX / web-dev. a11y. bookbinder. nature, doodler. artist. also maps. ex-ceramicist. occasional CSS / HTML / FE geekery. sometimes funny often furious. 🇳🇴 a fun thing to do in the morning is not to talk to me

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benteh @benteh.no · Mar 31

🦋 fabulous things i know about nature. 1/? 🦋

way back, there was someone who didn't know what tadpoles were, and i wrote a thread over at tweetytweet.

this thread is coming with me, this time in english.

🦫 🍏 🦦 🌸 🐝 🦋

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benteh @benteh.no · 6h

totally forgot!! got to see if i can find the files. you can in the meantime research t-shirt print on demand services with better quality than dazzle 😄

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

oh god yes! the best thing! 😄

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

rifts in the fabric of the right can be devastating (and let's help them with that), but rifts on the left is commonplace, pedestrian, expected, and a daily occurrence. it's our superpower and also why we're so ineffective 🙁

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

this talk about the antifa "organisation" is hilarious. as if anyone on the far left can ever agree with even themselves. granted, they'll agree for short bursts of time, enough for a protest march or bit of a riot. but agree long enough to have an organisation i think not. the right can, we can't

me.as

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

we clearly need catamarans

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 13h

Things do not seem good www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

life goal

David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 7h

Fun fact, I used to work for one of the only living fungus gnat experts.

He researched gnats that lived in the wild and basically had zero impact on humans. I collected some in Latin America for him and hoped to have a fungus gnat species named for me but I don’t think he will ever describe it.

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benteh @benteh.no · 6h

don't put costumes on cats

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 11h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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benteh @benteh.no · 6h

EFF knows where their towels are ❤️✊

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7h

Huge thanks to the Roxie Theater for partnering with us on last night's screening of 1984! And thank you to everyone who came out to support EFF, chat with us, and enjoy Orwell's classic on the big screen 👁️

benteh @benteh.no · 6h

so not Nobel 🧵

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13h

The guy responsible for trying to provoke a civil war via extreme violence on elders, women, children, journalists, clergy, elected officials, workers, longtime residents, and refugees wants a Nobel Peace Prize. The same guy ordering them to murder people in boats in the Caribbean.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

benteh @benteh.no · 14h

hundre millioner ganger pluss én

Pedersen 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rebelbecause.bsky.social · 14h

Dette. Hundre millioner ganger. And then some.

(fra FB)

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 14h

Looking forward to the day we stop saying "charcuterie" and go back to calling it nibbles.

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benteh @benteh.no · 14h

or possibly that wikipedia editors don't get the deadline, and that all media about nominations are for 2026

benteh @benteh.no · 14h

i smell a rat

not an exhaustive list – the nominations are actually not public, so this could be just people Having Fun on wiki.

deadline for nominations were 31st of january & Pakistans nomination of Trump was in june.

if someone is bored, research wiki history

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_No...

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benteh @benteh.no · 15h

release Marwan Barghouti! 🇵🇸✊

benteh @benteh.no · 15h

#notAI

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 15h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT"

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benteh @benteh.no · 1d

if you want to know "where you're from" here's the problem. we don't really have ancient dna from all over the world, only have modern. it comes back as "10% black sea 80% irish"= you have dna in common with people who live there NOW. no guarantees that's where your ancestors lived 🤷🏽‍♀️ also. africa.

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benteh @benteh.no · 1d

someone sent human dna to dog dna analysis, and the results came back as 23% german shepherd, 45% himalayan blue, 12% pomeranian, 20% croatian bear dog" or some such.

they also ask you for a picture 🙄

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benteh @benteh.no · 1d

🧬🧬🧬🧬again: dna testing your dog is POINTLESS and a scam. they are all the same species; breeds are not a biological classification nor distinct enough genetically.

dna testing yourself for "where you come from" is POINTLESS and stupid and potentially dangerous. spoiler: we're all from africa

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benteh @benteh.no · 1d

this is exactly what is happening

Todd Eubanks @toddeubanks.bsky.social · 1d

Boy I hope they’re not going after Antifa like they did trying to find weapons of mass destruction.

benteh @benteh.no · 1d

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benteh @benteh.no · 1d

we all know he's not going to get it, but can we make sure there is a camera on him friday please 😈😈

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 1d

I have taken
the freedom of speech
that was in
the Constitution

and which
you were probably
using
for peaceful protest

Forgive me
the courts said they were
so agitating
and so irritating

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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