Ben Boyington
@hopedreamdo.bsky.social
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father. partner. reader. educator. gardener.
In these times, we need each other more than ever. Community first!
All original posts are my opinions or observations. I speak for myself, not for my employer.
father. partner. reader. educator. gardener.
In these times, we need each other more than ever. Community first!
All original posts are my opinions or observations. I speak for myself, not for my employer.
What if we made school entirely interdisciplinary?
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What if we made school entirely interdisciplinary?
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BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
BREAKING:
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
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Next year, I’m doing the Terry Lectureship at Yale in March/April. It’s a century-old series that’s hosted some truly heavyweight thinkers. Wild to be stepping onto that stage 😅 philosophy.yale.edu/events/2026-...
Terry Lectureship: Nnedi Okorafor
philosophy.yale.edu
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Next year, I’m doing the Terry Lectureship at Yale in March/April. It’s a century-old series that’s hosted some truly heavyweight thinkers. Wild to be stepping onto that stage 😅 philosophy.yale.edu/events/2026-...
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BREAKING: The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access. The Times is seeking a declaration that the new policy is unconstitutional on its face and an injunction barring its enforcement.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
BREAKING: The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access. The Times is seeking a declaration that the new policy is unconstitutional on its face and an injunction barring its enforcement.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
If your business already has single-stall bathrooms, here's an easy answer to the bathroom "problem": tear off signs reading Men and Women and replace them with simply Bathroom (unless you want to bravely add "Gender Neutral" or "All Gender"). (Yes, I want more than that, but start with easy.)
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If your business already has single-stall bathrooms, here's an easy answer to the bathroom "problem": tear off signs reading Men and Women and replace them with simply Bathroom (unless you want to bravely add "Gender Neutral" or "All Gender"). (Yes, I want more than that, but start with easy.)
Imagine not understanding how a mirror works.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Imagine not understanding how a mirror works.
To memers who make up info and folks who share such made-up info—whether the story of some awfulness perpetrated by the "other side" or of some effect of your political action: Putting such info into the world hurts your cause rather than helping it, and it damages our society.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
To memers who make up info and folks who share such made-up info—whether the story of some awfulness perpetrated by the "other side" or of some effect of your political action: Putting such info into the world hurts your cause rather than helping it, and it damages our society.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
Wow.
To really understand what is happening with Marjorie Taylor, Greene, you have to read her entire statement.
It is long it is across between democratic socialist and neo Nazi. It is hard to describe the line. She walked without you, reading it yourself.
1/2
It is long it is across between democratic socialist and neo Nazi. It is hard to describe the line. She walked without you, reading it yourself.
1/2
nitter.net
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wow.
Put it right next to the "fight, fight, fight" photo!
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Put it right next to the "fight, fight, fight" photo!
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Well, well, well.
L - October 27
R - Today
L - October 27
R - Today
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Well, well, well.
L - October 27
R - Today
L - October 27
R - Today
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Hey institutions that host professional development, podcasts, ed news, ed conferences, etc:
Educators are desperate to hear from other educators about what’s working in their classrooms TODAY. Find the practicing educators and give them resources to teach other educators.
Educators are desperate to hear from other educators about what’s working in their classrooms TODAY. Find the practicing educators and give them resources to teach other educators.
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey institutions that host professional development, podcasts, ed news, ed conferences, etc:
Educators are desperate to hear from other educators about what’s working in their classrooms TODAY. Find the practicing educators and give them resources to teach other educators.
Educators are desperate to hear from other educators about what’s working in their classrooms TODAY. Find the practicing educators and give them resources to teach other educators.
@grandylu.bsky.social Greetings! I heard you speak in NH years ago, maybe when Zenobia July dropped? I'm a HS teacher; one of my students is working on a novella (trans-themed). I wanted to ask you about talking with aspiring student writers. You must be busy, but are you willing to connect? 😁 TIA!
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@grandylu.bsky.social Greetings! I heard you speak in NH years ago, maybe when Zenobia July dropped? I'm a HS teacher; one of my students is working on a novella (trans-themed). I wanted to ask you about talking with aspiring student writers. You must be busy, but are you willing to connect? 😁 TIA!
I can find no evidence that Pam Bondi has specified that the government will consider the inflatable frog costume the uniform of antifa.
#ThinkItThrough
The closest I can come, sort of, is this: www.yahoo.com/news/article... (Nut job not helping.)
#ThinkItThrough
The closest I can come, sort of, is this: www.yahoo.com/news/article... (Nut job not helping.)
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I can find no evidence that Pam Bondi has specified that the government will consider the inflatable frog costume the uniform of antifa.
#ThinkItThrough
The closest I can come, sort of, is this: www.yahoo.com/news/article... (Nut job not helping.)
#ThinkItThrough
The closest I can come, sort of, is this: www.yahoo.com/news/article... (Nut job not helping.)
It amazes me that so many Americans who claim to love the Constitution are not in favor of the basic rights enumerated therein. (See: people saying inane nonsense about the Pentagon kerfuffle.)
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It amazes me that so many Americans who claim to love the Constitution are not in favor of the basic rights enumerated therein. (See: people saying inane nonsense about the Pentagon kerfuffle.)
Rumors of Maddow, Colbert, and Kimmel creating a "newsroom" or news outlet are just that-- rumors. Or worse, clickbait. I am intrigued by how such stories appeal.
#ThinkItThrough
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
#ThinkItThrough
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Fact Check: Maddow, Colbert And Kimmel Did NOT Launch 'The Independent Desk' Newsroom Together -- Story Contains False Details | Lead Stories
Did Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel just team up and launch a newsroom named "The Independent Desk"? No,...
leadstories.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Rumors of Maddow, Colbert, and Kimmel creating a "newsroom" or news outlet are just that-- rumors. Or worse, clickbait. I am intrigued by how such stories appeal.
#ThinkItThrough
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
#ThinkItThrough
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
Seen in the wild: Erika Kirk is banned from Romania for child trafficking, conducted under the guise of her charity work. I found no reporting or debunking in MSM sources. I found debunking in many sources I've never heard of. Consensus: There is no "reputable evidence" of this.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Seen in the wild: Erika Kirk is banned from Romania for child trafficking, conducted under the guise of her charity work. I found no reporting or debunking in MSM sources. I found debunking in many sources I've never heard of. Consensus: There is no "reputable evidence" of this.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
Rumor has it that Charlie's wife and kids were at the event and saw their husband and father murdered. It seems that there is no evidence of this.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
September 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Rumor has it that Charlie's wife and kids were at the event and saw their husband and father murdered. It seems that there is no evidence of this.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
Colbert has not inked a7-episode deal with Netflix for 13.5 million dollars—nor for any dollars at all.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Colbert has not inked a7-episode deal with Netflix for 13.5 million dollars—nor for any dollars at all.
#ThinkItThrough
#ThinkItThrough
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Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
August 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
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Gardening is a balm for the soul.
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Gardening is a balm for the soul.
I don't do political nicknames.
But...
I'm seeing Taco Don in the ether. This is based on TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out (a reference to tariffs).
But it should be Don Taco, a la Don Corleone. It's a twofer joke.
But...
I'm seeing Taco Don in the ether. This is based on TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out (a reference to tariffs).
But it should be Don Taco, a la Don Corleone. It's a twofer joke.
June 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I don't do political nicknames.
But...
I'm seeing Taco Don in the ether. This is based on TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out (a reference to tariffs).
But it should be Don Taco, a la Don Corleone. It's a twofer joke.
But...
I'm seeing Taco Don in the ether. This is based on TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out (a reference to tariffs).
But it should be Don Taco, a la Don Corleone. It's a twofer joke.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I keep seeing posts about go-bags, like gotta have 'em, here's what goes in 'em, etc.
Okay, so what %age of such posters actually have prepared in this way? I will wager that # is very low. (Of course, one should probably not admit to such possession on these platforms, so I'm not asking.)
Okay, so what %age of such posters actually have prepared in this way? I will wager that # is very low. (Of course, one should probably not admit to such possession on these platforms, so I'm not asking.)
May 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I keep seeing posts about go-bags, like gotta have 'em, here's what goes in 'em, etc.
Okay, so what %age of such posters actually have prepared in this way? I will wager that # is very low. (Of course, one should probably not admit to such possession on these platforms, so I'm not asking.)
Okay, so what %age of such posters actually have prepared in this way? I will wager that # is very low. (Of course, one should probably not admit to such possession on these platforms, so I'm not asking.)