Ben Pounds
@wildlystrollingben.bsky.social
Reporter for Courier News. Co-author of Wildly Strolling Along
The Clinton Community Center will have winter hours starting Saturday, Dec. 6. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
The Courier News
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December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The Clinton Community Center will have winter hours starting Saturday, Dec. 6. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
The Clinton City Council has taken the first step toward regulating the number of vape shops in the city. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
The Courier News
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December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Clinton City Council has taken the first step toward regulating the number of vape shops in the city. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
The Tennessee Valley Authority closed the Kids Palace Playground to the public on Monday, Dec. 1, despite a request from the Anderson County Commission to keep it open for now. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
The Courier News
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December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Tennessee Valley Authority closed the Kids Palace Playground to the public on Monday, Dec. 1, despite a request from the Anderson County Commission to keep it open for now. www.mycouriernews.com/articles/202...
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We’re all on ban lists, probably. Honestly it’s for the best that the way we deal with our anger here on Bluesky is avoiding each other.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We’re all on ban lists, probably. Honestly it’s for the best that the way we deal with our anger here on Bluesky is avoiding each other.
I don’t know what it says about me that these are my favorite renditions of these songs. #badreligion #carols #christmas youtu.be/ZWI42TdA29w?...
Bad Religion Christmas Yule Log
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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December 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I don’t know what it says about me that these are my favorite renditions of these songs. #badreligion #carols #christmas youtu.be/ZWI42TdA29w?...
"He sees you when you're sleeping."
Ok now I want to see Robert Pattinson play Santa Claus. And by want, I mean probably don't want.
Ok now I want to see Robert Pattinson play Santa Claus. And by want, I mean probably don't want.
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"He sees you when you're sleeping."
Ok now I want to see Robert Pattinson play Santa Claus. And by want, I mean probably don't want.
Ok now I want to see Robert Pattinson play Santa Claus. And by want, I mean probably don't want.
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I’m sure there are more criminals and felons in the current administration than are getting rounded up by ICE
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m sure there are more criminals and felons in the current administration than are getting rounded up by ICE
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"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
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This entire presidency is just everyone in the country hoping that they don’t fall into the next ‘category’ of people that is chosen for attack.
Haitians? Not you, so ok.
Latinos? Not you so ok.
Somalis? Not you, so ok.
Democrats? Not you, so ok.
But it WILL eventually be you, so do something now!
Haitians? Not you, so ok.
Latinos? Not you so ok.
Somalis? Not you, so ok.
Democrats? Not you, so ok.
But it WILL eventually be you, so do something now!
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This entire presidency is just everyone in the country hoping that they don’t fall into the next ‘category’ of people that is chosen for attack.
Haitians? Not you, so ok.
Latinos? Not you so ok.
Somalis? Not you, so ok.
Democrats? Not you, so ok.
But it WILL eventually be you, so do something now!
Haitians? Not you, so ok.
Latinos? Not you so ok.
Somalis? Not you, so ok.
Democrats? Not you, so ok.
But it WILL eventually be you, so do something now!
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I voted for Harris. So Harris voters are, for better or worse, my crowd. That’s why I have such disappointment in some (thankfully not all) of my fellow Harris voters who nowadays spend more time defending Gavin Newsom than actual ICE victims.
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I voted for Harris. So Harris voters are, for better or worse, my crowd. That’s why I have such disappointment in some (thankfully not all) of my fellow Harris voters who nowadays spend more time defending Gavin Newsom than actual ICE victims.
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Yes, people of all stripes can be stupid. I want my politics to be about respecting human dignity for all people even “stupid“ ones (because that just means they’re human) if they’re oppressed. If that’s not what you’re here for then we clearly are different.
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yes, people of all stripes can be stupid. I want my politics to be about respecting human dignity for all people even “stupid“ ones (because that just means they’re human) if they’re oppressed. If that’s not what you’re here for then we clearly are different.
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If standing against Trump isn’t about standing for his victims, whether or not you can forgive their mistakes, it’s meaningless. Whether or not you cheer for Newsom in the Gerrymandering Olympics doesn’t impress me if you’d rather lecture people than help them.
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If standing against Trump isn’t about standing for his victims, whether or not you can forgive their mistakes, it’s meaningless. Whether or not you cheer for Newsom in the Gerrymandering Olympics doesn’t impress me if you’d rather lecture people than help them.
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In the second case, people here on Bluesky were sharing headlines about a few Somali comunity leaders who were against Harris as though that makes the entire ethnically Somali population (in a state Harris carried!) worthy to suffer.
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In the second case, people here on Bluesky were sharing headlines about a few Somali comunity leaders who were against Harris as though that makes the entire ethnically Somali population (in a state Harris carried!) worthy to suffer.
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It’s gotten to its most extreme where some people the minute they see headlines about Somalis getting abused by ICE turn the entire story into “well Somali-American leaders who weren’t 100% for Harris need to apologize.”Imagine having your first reaction in that scenario be “we need apology videos.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s gotten to its most extreme where some people the minute they see headlines about Somalis getting abused by ICE turn the entire story into “well Somali-American leaders who weren’t 100% for Harris need to apologize.”Imagine having your first reaction in that scenario be “we need apology videos.”
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Losing movie theaters would be such a crisis for me personally. Like some of us are weirdos who have a constant need to look at faces, huge. It's like getting enough protein
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Losing movie theaters would be such a crisis for me personally. Like some of us are weirdos who have a constant need to look at faces, huge. It's like getting enough protein
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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My Ward 8 neighbors and I are clear: our city is a place of welcome and solidarity, and we stand by those values. We love and support our Somali friends and neighbors, and we stand in support with all refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants that have made our ward and city home.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My Ward 8 neighbors and I are clear: our city is a place of welcome and solidarity, and we stand by those values. We love and support our Somali friends and neighbors, and we stand in support with all refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants that have made our ward and city home.
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Rumesa Ozturk was grabbed off the street and detained for six weeks and threatened with deportation over an op-ed
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rumesa Ozturk was grabbed off the street and detained for six weeks and threatened with deportation over an op-ed
Very few people who are defending Samantha Fulnecky defended Rümeysa Öztürk. If you had to look up that second name but not the first, ask yourself why.
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Very few people who are defending Samantha Fulnecky defended Rümeysa Öztürk. If you had to look up that second name but not the first, ask yourself why.
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To downplay their own demographic’s complicity. Don’t wanna upset grandma at thanksgiving.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
To downplay their own demographic’s complicity. Don’t wanna upset grandma at thanksgiving.
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You’re feeling a superior air over people who—not knowing who you are—were already more marginalized than you, and now they’re in a madman’s crosshairs.
And, besides, Minnesota stayed blue, so it’s not like the votes of the people pictured in the OP affected the outcome of the election.
And, besides, Minnesota stayed blue, so it’s not like the votes of the people pictured in the OP affected the outcome of the election.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You’re feeling a superior air over people who—not knowing who you are—were already more marginalized than you, and now they’re in a madman’s crosshairs.
And, besides, Minnesota stayed blue, so it’s not like the votes of the people pictured in the OP affected the outcome of the election.
And, besides, Minnesota stayed blue, so it’s not like the votes of the people pictured in the OP affected the outcome of the election.
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I understand the point of the thread; I was taking umbrage with your othering language, intentional or not.
I teach in central Ohio, which has the second-highest Somalian-American population after Minneapolis, and I’m very concerned for my students now. They need our support, not our derision.
I teach in central Ohio, which has the second-highest Somalian-American population after Minneapolis, and I’m very concerned for my students now. They need our support, not our derision.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I understand the point of the thread; I was taking umbrage with your othering language, intentional or not.
I teach in central Ohio, which has the second-highest Somalian-American population after Minneapolis, and I’m very concerned for my students now. They need our support, not our derision.
I teach in central Ohio, which has the second-highest Somalian-American population after Minneapolis, and I’m very concerned for my students now. They need our support, not our derision.
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because bad things are happening to everyone right now no matter how they voted and i’d enjoy watching you learn that
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
because bad things are happening to everyone right now no matter how they voted and i’d enjoy watching you learn that
One thing the internet needs to unlearn is the concept that forcing people to apologize is the endgame. Most people don't actually consciously believe that, but I'm often surprised at how much supposedly serious discourse is organized around that. Redemption should be about action, not words.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
One thing the internet needs to unlearn is the concept that forcing people to apologize is the endgame. Most people don't actually consciously believe that, but I'm often surprised at how much supposedly serious discourse is organized around that. Redemption should be about action, not words.