Ben Wildflower
@benwildflower.com
I live in Philly. I occasionally make art. I ride bicycles. Destroy what destroys you. The world is still a beautiful place.
I’m a blogger now. benwildflower.com/blogs/bloggi...
Pasolini, good websites, old Nepal pics, a grasshopper
Pasolini's Paul screenplay is a fun read, slop is still sloppy, looking at bugs is good, some old pictures of a trip to Nepal, the president is a rapist and a murderer, some of the Internet is still c...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I’m a blogger now. benwildflower.com/blogs/bloggi...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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It's incredible that we let billionaires bloviate about their policy views without throwing tomatoes at them. We know what they want, they want policies that work for a few dozen people and immiserate the other 300 million. Not interested!
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It's incredible that we let billionaires bloviate about their policy views without throwing tomatoes at them. We know what they want, they want policies that work for a few dozen people and immiserate the other 300 million. Not interested!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
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Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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This is something I said would happen over a year ago in the Subprime AI Crisis, they were always gonna do it because they are morons
www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is something I said would happen over a year ago in the Subprime AI Crisis, they were always gonna do it because they are morons
www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/
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interesting to see that the supermarket publications have had significantly more courage to speak plainly than the prestige press this time around
Opinion: Full of faux bravado, Trump's Border Patrol turned a children's Halloween parade in Chicago into chaos, tossing tear gas canisters without warning.
Judge tells faux-tough-guy Border Patrol chief not to tear-gas trick-or-treaters | Opinion
Full of faux bravado, Trump's Border Patrol turned a children's Halloween parade in Chicago into chaos, tossing tear gas canisters without warning.
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
interesting to see that the supermarket publications have had significantly more courage to speak plainly than the prestige press this time around
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pretty much the most predictable thing in the world that Mamdani told a heartfelt story about embracing difference and celebrating his own cultural norms and racists are attacking him for being different and daring to express his own cultural norms.
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
pretty much the most predictable thing in the world that Mamdani told a heartfelt story about embracing difference and celebrating his own cultural norms and racists are attacking him for being different and daring to express his own cultural norms.
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When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
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So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing
"Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So they have hundreds of millions just lying around that they’ll never miss to give to the government programs immediately, is what they’re announcing
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It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.
This is an appropriate way to talk to ICE agents.
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is an appropriate way to talk to ICE agents.
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graham platner was a guard at abu ghraib, which should be all the disqualification necessary even before we get to the nazi tattoo, whose meaning it is increasingly doubtful he was ignorant of
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
graham platner was a guard at abu ghraib, which should be all the disqualification necessary even before we get to the nazi tattoo, whose meaning it is increasingly doubtful he was ignorant of
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It’s crazy that we invented the internet and then it completely tore us apart. Like imagine if we invented the mass produced assembly line automobile and then it caused 40,000 deaths per wait
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s crazy that we invented the internet and then it completely tore us apart. Like imagine if we invented the mass produced assembly line automobile and then it caused 40,000 deaths per wait
I have a pretty bicycle and I like to ride it pretty places.
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I have a pretty bicycle and I like to ride it pretty places.
I distrust people who have been in the US military. It’s bad to take a job killing strangers in faraway lands. We should not revere veterans or respect the troops. I am unsurprised when I find that military veterans have Nazi tattoos or racist opinions or are of generally low moral character.
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I distrust people who have been in the US military. It’s bad to take a job killing strangers in faraway lands. We should not revere veterans or respect the troops. I am unsurprised when I find that military veterans have Nazi tattoos or racist opinions or are of generally low moral character.
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Once again: The premise of AI is that life would be great if you didn't have to live it.
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch
A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required
techcrunch.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Once again: The premise of AI is that life would be great if you didn't have to live it.
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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
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Another example of why we need to replace the police with real emergency responders. People trained to provide medical care rather than pass racist judgement.
A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs
The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours
The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.
www.kare11.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Another example of why we need to replace the police with real emergency responders. People trained to provide medical care rather than pass racist judgement.
Made this print four or five years ago. Image and text had no relation. Just felt like carving toad and I don’t like cops.
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Made this print four or five years ago. Image and text had no relation. Just felt like carving toad and I don’t like cops.
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Like a lot of things with RFK Jr if someone just said this to you and wasn’t in charge of medicine in America you’d go: ooooooookay and keep pressing the elevator button
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Like a lot of things with RFK Jr if someone just said this to you and wasn’t in charge of medicine in America you’d go: ooooooookay and keep pressing the elevator button
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...