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Ben Templesmith

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Australo-American. Grumpy rabble rouser. Co-created 30 Days of Night, you know, that became that film. Writer, artist, cephalopod, cat & horror enthusiast. Annoyingly for you, still here.

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · Nov 14

Going forward, thanks to AI tech bros & their billionaire parasites, I show far less art on the platforms. ( Gonna Nightshade the crap out of things too ) But I show all my process & a lot more stuff over on thesquidarmy.com patreon.

Here's a little free bit.

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 8h

From all over I imagine!

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 8h

The sleeve progresses.

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 22h

These… these are real national guard members?

Is there like *any* fitness criteria?

Leon Thomas @renegadecut.bsky.social · 23h

the texas national guard is showing up in chicago to let everyone see what the most unfucked dudes look like.

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 1d

DFW

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 1d

Ahahahaha. That thing where you might actually catch up with a friend even though you forgot to tell them you’d be in town for a few hours, weeks ago, & just after your plane lands you remember to text them & they’ll be around your hotel at exactly the right time… probably. 😂

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 1d

A gallery opening, a Hindu multi day wedding, a little Garden of the Gods, a side trip to DFW for a tattoo today, one day home with the cats, then 5 days out doing GalaxyCon Saint Louis.

I’m already rather tired, but such memories.

Then… crowdfunding a thingie?

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 5d

Was taped right next to the entrance of the plane.

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

Also: this is real nice. Never seen it pointed out before as we boarded the flight.

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

Finally, I land in Denver 3 hours late. Thanks American.

Those 3 hours were meant to get me some time to stash stuff, put on a suit, grab a little food. Now I’m just dashing to the gallery where I’ll probably get changed in public as some sort of art piece.

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

😂

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

None of this is real, innit, since there’s still so many unknowns & the crisis of cosmology etc etc.

But I like a Big Crunch please.

as.cornell.edu/news/physici...

Physicist: After 33 billon years, universe ‘will end in a big crunch’

After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion years from now, the universe will begin to contract – snapping back like a rubber band to a single point at the end, according to a Cornell physicist.

as.cornell.edu

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we will mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that, if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

-Valery Legasov, Chernobyl Miniseries

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I prefer to be a little more optimistic that more people are like me, & have lines they won’t cross & some sense of true honour, rather than be a spiral of negativity giving up all hope that what’s meant to be the bastion of protection of the constitution is just like all the rest, hollow & rancid!

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

Yup. Yuuuup.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 6d

Pete Davidson back stage at Riyadh making small talk.

"Yeah, my dad died on 9/11."
"Really? Mine too."
"..."
"..."

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

At 9am I do not think that would go well for the rest of my day. 😂

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

Yep is crap. Did the airline lounge instead. ( which is also quite crap ) 😂

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I now have 4 hours stuck in Philly.

What do?

Is it worth crashing out somewhere before dashing back to airport?

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

You know when you have all your travel booked precisely for reasons that necessitate you getting up at the buttcrack of dawn to finally arrive at your destination at a decent hour, only to have your connecting flight already pushed back 2 hours to the same old shitty arrival time?

Yeah, that.

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I choose to be more optimistic. ( apparently that the US military can be like any third world’s??? )

Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I don't like witnessing such history. But at the same time.. I know enough from other countries...

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I am so in.

And it's set in Australia.

youtu.be/FvuU_iWoTCw?...

We Bury The Dead | Official Teaser (HD) | Vertical

YouTube video by Vertical

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Ben Templesmith @templesmith.bsky.social · 6d

I don't think they'll take that lying down. If they have any spine. They're the last defence for the constitution, which is what they swore an oath to, no?