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@benny.myatproto.social
lover of science and democracy.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
pronouns: he or they.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
pronouns: he or they.
Pinned
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
oag.ca.gov
ALWAYS film federal agents (and cops for that matter).
Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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Report Misconduct by Federal Agents to the California Attorney General
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Healthcare premiums have EXPLODED, actually TRIPLING for some Americans, but with Trump’s Venezuelan fiasco in the news, it’s barely getting attention. I don’t know what’s meant to distract from what else, but this is a crisis for millions.
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Healthcare premiums have EXPLODED, actually TRIPLING for some Americans, but with Trump’s Venezuelan fiasco in the news, it’s barely getting attention. I don’t know what’s meant to distract from what else, but this is a crisis for millions.
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This was just a few months after January 6, which is when I knew law enforcement organizations had every interest in defending January 6 because that was how they would amass power. Police do not work for "the people." (Then, of course, Biden funded them anyways.)
![When I asked Lamb whether the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was an example of people violating the very rule of law he professes to cherish, he replied, “Just because somebody was there doesn’t necessarily mean they’re guilty,” then added, “I guarantee you [the rioters] are very loving, Christian people. They just happen to support President Trump a lot.” When I asked about the roughly 140 law enforcement officers who had been injured or killed while on duty at the Capitol — doing a job Lamb also professes to cherish — he demurred, saying he hadn’t been there and couldn’t say what was or wasn’t true.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:moejpt72sm743idbk3xc46mx/bafkreibvec5tridieut4xszudd2nlj5kcnmewybanhbv6r6tajk3o6ct4m@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This was just a few months after January 6, which is when I knew law enforcement organizations had every interest in defending January 6 because that was how they would amass power. Police do not work for "the people." (Then, of course, Biden funded them anyways.)
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"As an anarcho-communist-accelerationist-antifascist-nihilist-transplant-gentrifier-crisis actor living in a rent-controlled penthouse bodega paid for by some combination of my mommy and George Soros, that’s exactly why I wanted Zohran to win." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
I Am a Disappointed Zohran Mamdani Voter Who Was Told New York Would Descend into Chaos
Well, they say you should never trust a politician, and it seems I’ve been duped. As an avid reader of the New York Post, the New York Post’s X fee...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"As an anarcho-communist-accelerationist-antifascist-nihilist-transplant-gentrifier-crisis actor living in a rent-controlled penthouse bodega paid for by some combination of my mommy and George Soros, that’s exactly why I wanted Zohran to win." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
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RIP, CPB. I would be a completely different person without you. 😭💔
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
RIP, CPB. I would be a completely different person without you. 😭💔
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How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
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COOPER: Do you believe the Trump administration is still lying?
CHRIS MURPHY: Donald Trump lies every single day, so of course you can't take anything he says as the truth
CHRIS MURPHY: Donald Trump lies every single day, so of course you can't take anything he says as the truth
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
COOPER: Do you believe the Trump administration is still lying?
CHRIS MURPHY: Donald Trump lies every single day, so of course you can't take anything he says as the truth
CHRIS MURPHY: Donald Trump lies every single day, so of course you can't take anything he says as the truth
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"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
And, you can also change the narrative yourself, by leading the public. Public pressure absolutely moves politicians. Sitting around waiting for others to take this seriously is failing. Making something the story and making the public care about it is the job of a politician.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
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I was influenced to buy this book and I'm so glad I let myself be influenced. I loved every single one of these essays written by a (semi-reformed) chaos gremlin. Buy it for the disaster bisexual in your life.
SLOPPY makes a great gift, it’s about addiction and chaos and shoplifting and cocaine and the wolf of wall street, what else. smoking is in there, and the guy i cheated on my first husband with while he was sitting next to me. my 4th grade enemy. buy it today for a woman you like in some capacity
Sloppy: Or: Doing It All Wrong
Or: Doing It All Wrong
bookshop.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I was influenced to buy this book and I'm so glad I let myself be influenced. I loved every single one of these essays written by a (semi-reformed) chaos gremlin. Buy it for the disaster bisexual in your life.
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Yall know the drill!! Let’s help some people in our community this week!!
Do good recklessly my little gremlins, I love you 🖤
Do good recklessly my little gremlins, I love you 🖤
Mutual Aid Void Thread for week of 01/05/26!
Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!
Focus on RSing people out of thread.
Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!
Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!
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💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
🖤🧡
💕💸🏳️⚧️
Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!
Focus on RSing people out of thread.
Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!
Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!
💕💸
💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
🖤🧡
💕💸🏳️⚧️
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Yall know the drill!! Let’s help some people in our community this week!!
Do good recklessly my little gremlins, I love you 🖤
Do good recklessly my little gremlins, I love you 🖤
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Funny thing is, at this point even Truth Social is better than Twitter.
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Funny thing is, at this point even Truth Social is better than Twitter.
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Though if I had only those two choices I'd go offline forever.
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Though if I had only those two choices I'd go offline forever.
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So... they arrested him, but didn't even Mirandize him???
Judge: Anything you say may be used against you. I see you have counsel, Mr. Pollack, here. If you cannot afford one the government will provide a lawyer free of charge. Did you know of these rights?
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
So... they arrested him, but didn't even Mirandize him???
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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the obvious answer, but: sandman and half of good omens
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
the obvious answer, but: sandman and half of good omens
gmail
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 5, 2026 at 5:33 PM
gmail
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In a normal country none of this happens and if it does the guy making kiddie porn goes to jail
Elon Musk’s baby mama has threatened legal action after his artificial intelligence bot produced sexualized images of her as a child.
Musk’s Baby Mama Threatens Legal Action Over His Pervy AI Bot
The bot complied with a request to edit an image of a 14-year-old Ashley St. Clair jokingly imitating a sex act.
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
In a normal country none of this happens and if it does the guy making kiddie porn goes to jail
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Please stop saying that the regime's violence in/on Venezuela is a distraction from Epstein - they've been telegraphing it since at least Sept & it's all p dang precedented.
And having said that:
They'll be thrilled if it *serves* to distract us from the Epstein files. That part is up to us.
And having said that:
They'll be thrilled if it *serves* to distract us from the Epstein files. That part is up to us.
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Please stop saying that the regime's violence in/on Venezuela is a distraction from Epstein - they've been telegraphing it since at least Sept & it's all p dang precedented.
And having said that:
They'll be thrilled if it *serves* to distract us from the Epstein files. That part is up to us.
And having said that:
They'll be thrilled if it *serves* to distract us from the Epstein files. That part is up to us.
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
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There are SO MANY blockable people in the comments. (OP is the policy director of the Free Speech Coalition, I guarantee you he has done a million times more to protect sex workers from exploitation and abuse than any of the SWERFs whining at him.)
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
There are SO MANY blockable people in the comments. (OP is the policy director of the Free Speech Coalition, I guarantee you he has done a million times more to protect sex workers from exploitation and abuse than any of the SWERFs whining at him.)
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Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
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Thank you, @danielschulman.bsky.social . This truly is the January 6 administration.
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
Insurrection Without End
The Institutional Costs of Presidential Impunity
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Thank you, @danielschulman.bsky.social . This truly is the January 6 administration.
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
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Translate "Hail Victory" into German. Go on, Google translate is right there waiting.
If the Republican Party was an institution suited to hold power in a religiously and culturally pluralistic democracy, it would not allow (let alone encourage) its rising youth to gleefully Hitler post.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
FWIW, they have now deleted that post with no apology or explanation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Translate "Hail Victory" into German. Go on, Google translate is right there waiting.