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Samuel Benjamin
@samuelxl5.bsky.social
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Author & photographer, former USAF F-15E maintainer, space historian, sci-fi buff. Native of Detroit, currently based in Oklahoma City. Prints at https://samuelxl5.darkroom.com & merch at https://samuelxl5.printify.me

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Damp November Platform.

#Toronto #Trains #Rain #NightPhotography #Photography
A Milton bound GO Train approaches Kipling Station on a damp November 2025 afternoon
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Stones Throw with @court-inthewild.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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F-35s Paved the Way for Strike Package During Operation Midnight Hammer

USAF disclosed for the first time that the F-35s were tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, and were the first in and last out of Iran during the strike mission.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/25/f...
F-35s Paved the Way for Strike Package During Operation Midnight Hammer
The U.S. Air Force disclosed for the first time that the F-35s were tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, and were the first in and last out
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November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Comic 118: Audiobooks

Recs welcome 😏

Everything BUNNIES is on sale - please check it out in my #art shop @ rainbowofcrazy.com

Tips/support is greatly appreciated via Ko-fi! 💙📚🎧 I also have a membership w/updates & comic sneak peeks @ ko-fi.com/rainbowofcrazy

#webcomics #webcomic #comic #comics
Rainbowofcrazy web comic. / close-up of Jo, hands lightly touching her face. She has a silly, very happy expression on her face. Earbuds are in her ears. Jo: "...*" / Jo, hands in fists, covering her mouth, eyes filled with joy. Jo: "MMPH" / Panel shows Jo sitting on the ground, cross-legged. She's got earbuds in, listening to her phone. A white & black mini lop rabbit is curled up in Jo's lap. Jo is petting the bunny. Jo: "eheeheehee". / Rabbit: ".. smutty romance?" Jo: "Smutty romance." Rabbit: "Let me listen!" The rabbit has his paws up, smiling and reaching up to Jo's arm, Jo's hands on her face again, face filled with giggly joy. / ko-fi.com/rainbowofcrazy / Rainbowofcrazy.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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#NEW: "Greet Death #12"

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#photography #art #music #portraiture #filmphotography
Greet Death at 89th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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#China #space
China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
This is a “successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry.”…
arstechnica.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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#USNavy
Navy sailor dies after attempting to rescue children at Hawaii beach
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Diaz died after attempting to rescue children from high surf at a Kauai beach over the weekend, authorities said.
www.militarytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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"Sodapop"

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#photography #art #streetphotography #classiccars
Hutchinson, Kansas
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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#space #science #medicine #sex
NASA astronaut gives surprising answer to whether sex in space is really possible
One NASA astronaut has revealed the answer to whether it's possible to have sex in space, as many have questioned the logistics of zero gravity intimacy
www.uniladtech.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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"Kodachrome Meltdown: Payphone"

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#photography #art #psychedelic #filmphotography #cyberpunk #streetphotography #ExpiredFilm #Kodachrome
Drumnadrochit, Scotland
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Asteroid 2022 RD₂ may become a mini-moon not once, but three times in 2043–2044. This may not exactly look like an orbit, But during each capture, if the Sun suddenly vanished, RD₂ would remain gravitationally bound to Earth indefinitely. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Just found these on my backup drive from 2019, never released before... #selfportrait #fineartnude #moss 🥬
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Fading Traces🎞️
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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#USNavy
Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
This post has been updated with a statement from Fincantieri The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Sec...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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“To let things arrive, you have to let things go.”
The year is coming to and end and with it, relationships, habits, ideas of how we were supposed to be right now… life will not always be as we wanted but as we needed in order to grow, so let’s make space for the new things life has for us.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Day 25 of #xenovember #darkart
Pinkish digital painting of an Alien with a distended mouth and cobra like cowl
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Geologic Core Sample

xkcd.com/3171/
Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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#NEW: "The Woman In The Red Dress"

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#Model: @alicerowson.bsky.social
#photography #art #boudoir #nude #portraiture
Alice Rowson at the Campbell Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"awakebutstillinbed #14"

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#photography #art #music #portraiture
awakebutstillinbed at 89th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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"The Infinite Eye"

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#photography #art #space #astronomy #weather #SciArt
Total solar eclipse, Kosoma, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"God Bless Johnny Cash"

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#photography #art #classiccars #streetphotography #filmphotography
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Exclusive: Christina Chong Talks “More Swings” For ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 4, “Bittersweet” Season 5##startrek #strangenewworlds #stchi #startrekyearone
https://bit.ly/snws4moreswings
Exclusive: Christina Chong Talks “More Swings” For ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 4, “Bittersweet” Season 5
TrekMovie spoke to the La'an actress at ST:CHI Star Trek convention in Chicago.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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i think that i am the happiest whenever i deeply feel that

all that exists is the highest quality.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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#NEW: "Argus Autronic II"

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#photography #art #nude #portraiture #boudoir
Alice Rowson at the Campbell Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Impulse progress - Caravelle.
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM