Ben Kester
@benkester.bsky.social
Trying to sit with life as it is, rather than what I want it to be.
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Ben Kester
@benkester.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello. I'm Ben. Some things I like:
🥘Stovetop cooking
🥪Eating
🧒Parenting
💪Empowering children
💞Empathy
✨Progression-based strategy games
🥾Gloomhaven
⚔️Path of Exile
🔍Arkham Horror
🛠️Factorio
😈Liberation politics
🍸Cocktails
🥚Vanilla bourbon flip
🍷Campari
🐍Python programming
🎲Probability
🥘Stovetop cooking
🥪Eating
🧒Parenting
💪Empowering children
💞Empathy
✨Progression-based strategy games
🥾Gloomhaven
⚔️Path of Exile
🔍Arkham Horror
🛠️Factorio
😈Liberation politics
🍸Cocktails
🥚Vanilla bourbon flip
🍷Campari
🐍Python programming
🎲Probability
Many adults hate "6-7" because "it makes no sense," yet when adults
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Many adults hate "6-7" because "it makes no sense," yet when adults
The SBC, with hundreds of sex predators in leadership, wants to tell you their worship is sacred protestors aren't allowed.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The SBC, with hundreds of sex predators in leadership, wants to tell you their worship is sacred protestors aren't allowed.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Liberals who want to teach progressives about the real world and are shown wrong again and again.
January 21, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Liberals who want to teach progressives about the real world and are shown wrong again and again.
Politicians are unable to say "abolish ICE" in public, you know they aren't fighting to abolish ICE in private.
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Politicians are unable to say "abolish ICE" in public, you know they aren't fighting to abolish ICE in private.
Bill Gates is optimistic that AI will save the world in 2026.
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Bill Gates is optimistic that AI will save the world in 2026.
It's also worth noting that Trump's go-to proposal for "helping" poor and working class people is to push people into debt.
America has a housing shortage. Every single housing proposal you see that is not "build more housing" will have the primary effect of pushing up the prices of existing housing, and is therefore, in reality, a plan to enrich current homeowners. In conclusion, build more housing.
President Trump will issue a plan next week for letting Americans tap their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home, a senior White House official said Friday.
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
It's also worth noting that Trump's go-to proposal for "helping" poor and working class people is to push people into debt.
*taps mic* is this thing on?
"ICE is poorly trained" sure seems nothing more than pretext to increase ICE funding.
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
*taps mic* is this thing on?
Keep it up.
‘Everyone Hates Us’: ICE Agents Now Afraid After Killing Sparks National Outrage
‘Everyone Hates Us’: ICE Agents Now Afraid After Killing Sparks National Outrage
The fallout from the fatal ICE shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has ripped open a political and morale disaster for the Department of Homeland Security. Agents on the ground ar...
dailyboulder.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Keep it up.
January 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM
People in the replies do not appreciate this communication.
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
People in the replies do not appreciate this communication.
What's the first step and why isn't it listed?
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
What's the first step and why isn't it listed?
None of the classics can't help you if you've chosen cruelty or given up your agency.
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
None of the classics can't help you if you've chosen cruelty or given up your agency.
Homeless sweeper says what?
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was working behind the scenes to block a proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth and was committed to defeating the measure if it reached the ballot.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Newsom Vows to Stop Proposed Billionaire Tax in California
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Homeless sweeper says what?
Are the Renew Good pins political?
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Are the Renew Good pins political?
"ICE is poorly trained" sure seems nothing more than pretext to increase ICE funding.
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"ICE is poorly trained" sure seems nothing more than pretext to increase ICE funding.
Twitter today is a reason we need to abolish citizens united. Our elected officials aren't pretending to listen to their voters. This is what happens when they think that money, not voters, determines elections.
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Twitter today is a reason we need to abolish citizens united. Our elected officials aren't pretending to listen to their voters. This is what happens when they think that money, not voters, determines elections.
Reposted by Ben Kester
"If I leave this abusive situation, the abusers will have won" is not the winning argument you think it is.
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"If I leave this abusive situation, the abusers will have won" is not the winning argument you think it is.
Learning styles are bullshit. Love languages are abusive bullshit.
Love languages are the same bullshit as learning styles. I this essay I shall…
Love languages are fake, but if you want a giggle then remember that the creator put sex under "physical touch," whilst most men incorrectly categorise it as "acts of service."
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Learning styles are bullshit. Love languages are abusive bullshit.
People near me see protests as an uncomfortable act of obedience and ...
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 AM
People near me see protests as an uncomfortable act of obedience and ...
They weren't right that playing card games would cause society to dissolve, no.
So it turns out the puritans were right about gambling
Starting to think that as society we didn’t consider how slippery the legalized gambling slope would be
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
They weren't right that playing card games would cause society to dissolve, no.
Defunding is an increasingly unacceptable compromise.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
Important: Minneapolis killing should lead Dems to draw a much harder line against *any* ICE funding in budget talks, Swalwell/Goldman agree.
"I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period," Swalwell says.
A Dem House should be for defunding.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
"I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period," Swalwell says.
A Dem House should be for defunding.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Defunding is an increasingly unacceptable compromise.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
Reposted by Ben Kester
You factually can not be well prepared to fight something that you have poor information on : you can’t fight an entrenched idea if you act like it come from 2024/2016/1980 when if fact it’s from around 1494
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
You factually can not be well prepared to fight something that you have poor information on : you can’t fight an entrenched idea if you act like it come from 2024/2016/1980 when if fact it’s from around 1494
Trump hasn't made the US a lawless state. He didn't start the Hague Invasion Act or Qualified Immunity.
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Trump hasn't made the US a lawless state. He didn't start the Hague Invasion Act or Qualified Immunity.
This...summarizes western civ's historic relationship with the RCC.
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This...summarizes western civ's historic relationship with the RCC.