Ben G. S. Mack
@bengsmack.bsky.social
🏝️ There’s a cat 🐈 named Bartleby who sometimes let’s me sleep past 6am. I’m considering a 3rd housemate here in Ainaloa, HI.
#Branding 🤡 Donald Trump
🐓🌮🪃 💲 💥 📉 #TACO 🗺️ 🕳️
🤡 Donald Trump is tied to the Wall Street term TACO #ChickenTaco & #NastyChickenTACO because he calls everyone “nasty” who asks legit questions.
Branding Trump = #NastyChickenTaco ?
www.Facebook.com/Branding
🐓🌮🪃 💲 💥 📉 #TACO 🗺️ 🕳️
🤡 Donald Trump is tied to the Wall Street term TACO #ChickenTaco & #NastyChickenTACO because he calls everyone “nasty” who asks legit questions.
Branding Trump = #NastyChickenTaco ?
www.Facebook.com/Branding
Redirecting...
www.Facebook.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#Branding 🤡 Donald Trump
🐓🌮🪃 💲 💥 📉 #TACO 🗺️ 🕳️
🤡 Donald Trump is tied to the Wall Street term TACO #ChickenTaco & #NastyChickenTACO because he calls everyone “nasty” who asks legit questions.
Branding Trump = #NastyChickenTaco ?
www.Facebook.com/Branding
🐓🌮🪃 💲 💥 📉 #TACO 🗺️ 🕳️
🤡 Donald Trump is tied to the Wall Street term TACO #ChickenTaco & #NastyChickenTACO because he calls everyone “nasty” who asks legit questions.
Branding Trump = #NastyChickenTaco ?
www.Facebook.com/Branding
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
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There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
U.S.D.A. Freezes Funding for Maine Amid Battle Over Transgender Athletes
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There's a lot going on, God knows, but don't miss that the President of the United States is using the full force of the Federal government, as well as tax dollars, to punish a state because its Governor... refused to do as he instructed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
🙏 grateful housemate is moving on
February 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🙏 grateful housemate is moving on
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Ted Cruz: "I think the Trump administration is teeing up a legal challenge to bring back impoundment."
February 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ted Cruz: "I think the Trump administration is teeing up a legal challenge to bring back impoundment."
Of course Elon Musk would excuse himself
Leavitt makes clear that the White House is doing nothing to mitigate Elon Musk's egregious conflicts of interest
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Of course Elon Musk would excuse himself
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Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.
February 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.
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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
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🤦♂️ My new housemate just called Panama 🇵🇦 pussies for not wanting to submit to USA.
I like this video history of tariffs.
Can you help me get better educated on tariffs?
youtu.be/5LJi6iFHqDc?...
I like this video history of tariffs.
Can you help me get better educated on tariffs?
youtu.be/5LJi6iFHqDc?...
Tariffs Are Even More Powerful Than You Think
YouTube video by Maxinomics
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🤦♂️ My new housemate just called Panama 🇵🇦 pussies for not wanting to submit to USA.
I like this video history of tariffs.
Can you help me get better educated on tariffs?
youtu.be/5LJi6iFHqDc?...
I like this video history of tariffs.
Can you help me get better educated on tariffs?
youtu.be/5LJi6iFHqDc?...
Imagine a museum you can only get to by boat or plane — near Seattle — The Whale Museum 🐳
mainlymuseums.com/post/1297/th...
mainlymuseums.com/post/1297/th...
The Whale Museum: A Museum with a cause
mainlymuseums.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Imagine a museum you can only get to by boat or plane — near Seattle — The Whale Museum 🐳
mainlymuseums.com/post/1297/th...
mainlymuseums.com/post/1297/th...
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NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...
Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday | CNN Politics
At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, according to sources briefed on the matter, extending a purge that began last week at the Justice Department ...
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
NEW: At least 6 senior FBI officials have been ordered to resign or be fired by Monday. They include those that oversee cyber, national security and criminal investigations. www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/p...
🤔 What if racism isn’t a choice, but appears to the racist as common sense?
Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash?
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
January 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🤔 What if racism isn’t a choice, but appears to the racist as common sense?
I agree with this 💡
“The American People are entitled to a singular form of justice, and the details of every public corruption case.”
🗣️ Kash Patel
#ConfirmationHearing
#KashPatel
“The American People are entitled to a singular form of justice, and the details of every public corruption case.”
🗣️ Kash Patel
#ConfirmationHearing
#KashPatel
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I agree with this 💡
“The American People are entitled to a singular form of justice, and the details of every public corruption case.”
🗣️ Kash Patel
#ConfirmationHearing
#KashPatel
“The American People are entitled to a singular form of justice, and the details of every public corruption case.”
🗣️ Kash Patel
#ConfirmationHearing
#KashPatel
I thought this was written by a human and i called this thinking, saying on #Facebook
💻 🖤 😢 impressed
🤔 2025 has provided me with some of the most “spot-on” thinking 💭
#DeepSeek #TuringTest
💻 🖤 😢 impressed
🤔 2025 has provided me with some of the most “spot-on” thinking 💭
#DeepSeek #TuringTest
January 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I thought this was written by a human and i called this thinking, saying on #Facebook
💻 🖤 😢 impressed
🤔 2025 has provided me with some of the most “spot-on” thinking 💭
#DeepSeek #TuringTest
💻 🖤 😢 impressed
🤔 2025 has provided me with some of the most “spot-on” thinking 💭
#DeepSeek #TuringTest
30 million is the number of children born each RFK jr guessed were covered by Medicaid 🤦♂️
January 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
30 million is the number of children born each RFK jr guessed were covered by Medicaid 🤦♂️
Weird verbal game 🤷♂️
🤦♂️ Watching @sanders.senate.gov asking RFK yes/no Is healthcare a human right? RFK can’t say yes. He says he’ll reduce prescription price disparity, but doesn’t say how.
www.youtube.com/live/hf0IASU...
🤦♂️ Watching @sanders.senate.gov asking RFK yes/no Is healthcare a human right? RFK can’t say yes. He says he’ll reduce prescription price disparity, but doesn’t say how.
www.youtube.com/live/hf0IASU...
LIVE HEARING! RFK Jr. Questioned by Senate! | Bulwark Live
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Weird verbal game 🤷♂️
🤦♂️ Watching @sanders.senate.gov asking RFK yes/no Is healthcare a human right? RFK can’t say yes. He says he’ll reduce prescription price disparity, but doesn’t say how.
www.youtube.com/live/hf0IASU...
🤦♂️ Watching @sanders.senate.gov asking RFK yes/no Is healthcare a human right? RFK can’t say yes. He says he’ll reduce prescription price disparity, but doesn’t say how.
www.youtube.com/live/hf0IASU...
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Gonna compress this into one post that's easily shareable. If you turn off quote replies, someone linking to the skeet will find that they can't.
Also keep in mind you can:
- Change the interaction settings of your skeet even after posting it
- Can remove your skeet from a quote reply any time
Also keep in mind you can:
- Change the interaction settings of your skeet even after posting it
- Can remove your skeet from a quote reply any time
January 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Gonna compress this into one post that's easily shareable. If you turn off quote replies, someone linking to the skeet will find that they can't.
Also keep in mind you can:
- Change the interaction settings of your skeet even after posting it
- Can remove your skeet from a quote reply any time
Also keep in mind you can:
- Change the interaction settings of your skeet even after posting it
- Can remove your skeet from a quote reply any time
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1. I'm NOT the sort of SF/F nerd who thinks everyone needs to read a "canon" of older works in genre like they're homework before they get to call themselves a fan, nevertheless the book I'm always mildly surprised when people say they haven't read it is "Snow Crash," which to me is era-defining...
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. I'm NOT the sort of SF/F nerd who thinks everyone needs to read a "canon" of older works in genre like they're homework before they get to call themselves a fan, nevertheless the book I'm always mildly surprised when people say they haven't read it is "Snow Crash," which to me is era-defining...
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Who else agrees? ✋🏽
December 6, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Who else agrees? ✋🏽
I thought Canada 🇨🇦 was celebrating Bluesky.
November 24, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I thought Canada 🇨🇦 was celebrating Bluesky.
Bartleby the Cat reminding me he’s not obscuring my view 💻 He is the view!
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Bartleby the Cat reminding me he’s not obscuring my view 💻 He is the view!