Benjamin Ellis
@thensomethingnew.bsky.social
Empathetic southerner with a passion for unique cars, creative photography, and taking down the plutocracy
Asheville, NC
Asheville, NC
This new Fujifilm XHalf camera is so fun, so pocketable, and reinvigorating my creativity beachside this weekend
June 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This new Fujifilm XHalf camera is so fun, so pocketable, and reinvigorating my creativity beachside this weekend
No kings, Asheville, NC
June 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
No kings, Asheville, NC
Shared the love of sports car racing with some friends at Road Atlanta this past weekend to watch the Mitty.
Our camping spot was incredible.
Our camping spot was incredible.
April 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Shared the love of sports car racing with some friends at Road Atlanta this past weekend to watch the Mitty.
Our camping spot was incredible.
Our camping spot was incredible.
This weekend I took a fun little trip up to Mount Mitchell (the highest point East of the Mississippi) to loan out my signal filter for our regional @meshtastic.org node on the communication tower site.
We turned it back on and got 100+ nodes within minutes, some over 100mi away.
We turned it back on and got 100+ nodes within minutes, some over 100mi away.
April 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This weekend I took a fun little trip up to Mount Mitchell (the highest point East of the Mississippi) to loan out my signal filter for our regional @meshtastic.org node on the communication tower site.
We turned it back on and got 100+ nodes within minutes, some over 100mi away.
We turned it back on and got 100+ nodes within minutes, some over 100mi away.
Jay Carey (Army Vet removed from Chuck Edward’s Town Hall) receiving a warm welcome from folks in Asheville #handsoff #3e #asheville #wnc
April 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Jay Carey (Army Vet removed from Chuck Edward’s Town Hall) receiving a warm welcome from folks in Asheville #handsoff #3e #asheville #wnc
A few more from Japan 🇯🇵
These look even better printed out 💅
These look even better printed out 💅
March 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A few more from Japan 🇯🇵
These look even better printed out 💅
These look even better printed out 💅
Favorites off the camera roll from Japan
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Favorites off the camera roll from Japan
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We desperately, urgently need a media that isn’t afraid to name this as the evisceration of the federal government. That is what is going on. We cannot only be comfortable using such language when the situation is far away in time or space. It’s happening here. We need to be clear.
February 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We desperately, urgently need a media that isn’t afraid to name this as the evisceration of the federal government. That is what is going on. We cannot only be comfortable using such language when the situation is far away in time or space. It’s happening here. We need to be clear.
Painting over the core values at an FBI building. The imagery of the past two weeks is unreal.
January 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Painting over the core values at an FBI building. The imagery of the past two weeks is unreal.
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@adamconover.net has a theory about why time passes so weirdly now - we lost decades (and sort of jammed generations in). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo_E...
Good to follow with Mark Fisher's "Slow Cancellation of the Future" (incl themes of decades, fashion): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgk...
Good to follow with Mark Fisher's "Slow Cancellation of the Future" (incl themes of decades, fashion): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgk...
What Happened to Decades?
YouTube video by Adam Conover
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@adamconover.net has a theory about why time passes so weirdly now - we lost decades (and sort of jammed generations in). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo_E...
Good to follow with Mark Fisher's "Slow Cancellation of the Future" (incl themes of decades, fashion): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgk...
Good to follow with Mark Fisher's "Slow Cancellation of the Future" (incl themes of decades, fashion): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgk...
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It’s time to stop making excuses for Democrats. Or overlooking the gazillionaire insider traders, the ones who won’t retire, the encrusted committee chairs, the party committee that isn’t an actual organization, the donor bottle service legislators, and everyone who won’t fight and doesn’t know how.
January 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s time to stop making excuses for Democrats. Or overlooking the gazillionaire insider traders, the ones who won’t retire, the encrusted committee chairs, the party committee that isn’t an actual organization, the donor bottle service legislators, and everyone who won’t fight and doesn’t know how.
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It turns out that a party led by people worth $500 million constantly pestering you for $5 is not the way to crush fascism.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
RANT: Where the hell is the opposition?
We need an extraordinary pro-democracy opposition. We don't have one
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It turns out that a party led by people worth $500 million constantly pestering you for $5 is not the way to crush fascism.
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
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NEW: Multiple data analyses show that the voters whose ballots were targeted by a North Carolina Supreme Court candidate are disproportionately Black, Democratic and young.
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
A Republican judge is trying to overturn his election loss by challenging more than 60,000 ballots. These are some of those voters’ stories.
propub.li
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: Multiple data analyses show that the voters whose ballots were targeted by a North Carolina Supreme Court candidate are disproportionately Black, Democratic and young.
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
These are some of those voters’ stories.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Got my first @meshtastic.org node over the weekend from Muziworks. This over the air ad-hoc messaging network managed to quickly build a pretty impressive mesh that almost reaches from Winston-Salem to Atlanta.
Gonna keep diving in a little more into this emerging tech
Gonna keep diving in a little more into this emerging tech
January 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Got my first @meshtastic.org node over the weekend from Muziworks. This over the air ad-hoc messaging network managed to quickly build a pretty impressive mesh that almost reaches from Winston-Salem to Atlanta.
Gonna keep diving in a little more into this emerging tech
Gonna keep diving in a little more into this emerging tech