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@bradfordbenn.bsky.social

Trying to make the world a better place. Audio Video System Designer. Space Exploration and Technology enthusiast. Trivia: Have over 700 Funko Pops of live action Star Wars movies and series.

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Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say β€” NPR A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.

Well today is crap for so so many reasons. But there was a highlight. Science confirmed that feeding children peanuts prevents peanut allergies!
Also see The China Study bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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22.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do not interact. Do not contribute. This is not Twitter. We do not get baited here, we block here. You hated Twitter, so stop trying to recreate it.

Block here are nuclear. Take advantage and subscribe to this list blocking all government accounts in one go.

bsky.app/profile/eva....

18.10.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 928    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

15.10.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8784    πŸ” 2792    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 45

A little punk rock musical
American Idiot
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Lizzie
and because it is one of my favorites: Sunday in the Park with George starring Mandy Pantinkin and Bernadette Peters. It was a PBS Great Performance and on DVD. Plus Mr. Spiner is in it

14.10.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

"Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it..."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

13.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2793    πŸ” 934    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 48

Well he got lost in the Gulf of America and then detained by ICE so he had no idea where he was -biting sarcasm

13.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Science for the win.

13.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In an effort to spread some joy I am punctuating messages in a group text with Cookie Monster GIFs. Not some, all of them for the past three days.

12.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This breaking story from the @washingtonpost.com
WATER IS WET

12.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am a #hockey fan, more specifically a NJ Devils fan stuck in Floriduh. Devils are in Florida, I cannot go to the game as I have surgery in four days. I can’t risk getting COVID. I wasn’t able to get vaccinated, and no vaccination program in Florida.

11.10.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: β€œNo one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

11.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16321    πŸ” 4996    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 728

It is like listening to a kindergarten make up reasons why the don’t like someone or something.

09.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know…. Next you are going to tell me retailers mark items up before a sale to mark them back down during the sale to the same price

09.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and

A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

09.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

So basically RFK jr is saying all Jewish males are autistic. I am interpretating that correctly?

Also what is early? 1 noir, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year?
You now early is a scientific term of duration

09.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I ain’t dead yet!
YouTube video by Dolly Parton I ain’t dead yet!

Every so often when you are in a mood an unexpected video from Dolly Parton saying she isn’t dead gives one a little pick me up.
She reminds me that not all people are asshats. I am not a country music fan, but I am a fan of her.

youtu.be/VYQol4eJXqE?...

09.10.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the actual fuck

15.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He is also saying that a Crime Against Humanity (slavery) is not that bad and to remove it from museums.
Yup not a sane country. McCarthyism partners with Stalinism.

22.08.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The current US President is directing the #Smithsonian to down play how bad an International Crime Against Humanity is.
Think about that carefully, the goal of Making America Great is achieved by disregarding and hiding a Crime Against Humanity.

22.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr. Trump also said that the Smithsonian focused too much on β€œhow bad slavery was.”
The United Nations & International Criminal Court Here’s how the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) stated Enslavement is a Crime Against Humanity. #Smithsonain

22.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This statement is not hyperbole, under Stalin people and events were purged. Original image Stalin with high-ranking party members: Nikolai Antipov, Sergei Kirov, & Nikolai Shvernik. As an individual fell from favor or was purged, they were retouched out of the photo until only Stalin remained

22.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that tbe #Smithsonian is presenting an accurate retelling of history is important i. Its goal of β€œdiffusing knowledge”. The idea of the current political party defining what can be shown and how is whitewashing and evil. It reeks of Stalinism. Stalin made history & people disappear.

22.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a golden sunburst logo features a "sunburst" design representing light and knowledge, it is the logo of the Smithsonian Institution

a golden sunburst logo features a "sunburst" design representing light and knowledge, it is the logo of the Smithsonian Institution

I am a supporter of the Smithsonian Institution. I have found their coverage fair. It is a public private partnership. I funded 2 endowments and both indicate that the Board of Regents would direct their usage. Nothing about the Executive branch having exclusive oversight.#Smithsonian

22.08.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge strikes down parts of a Florida law used to ban school library books The 2023 law prompted educators to pull classic literature, popular novels and even children’s picture books from school shelves.

β€œIt’s a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on.”

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/13/j...

13.08.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 453    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 25
This is a famous example of Soviet photographic censorship during Joseph Stalin’s rule.
	β€’	Left image (before editing): Stalin is standing next to Nikolai Yezhov, the head of the NKVD (secret police) during the height of the Great Purge. They are on the Moscow Canal, both in military-style coats and hats.
	β€’	Right image (after editing): Yezhov has been entirely removed. The empty space where he stood has been filled in with an extended section of the canal water and background, making it appear as though Stalin was alone

This is a famous example of Soviet photographic censorship during Joseph Stalin’s rule. β€’ Left image (before editing): Stalin is standing next to Nikolai Yezhov, the head of the NKVD (secret police) during the height of the Great Purge. They are on the Moscow Canal, both in military-style coats and hats. β€’ Right image (after editing): Yezhov has been entirely removed. The empty space where he stood has been filled in with an extended section of the canal water and background, making it appear as though Stalin was alone

While it does have a representative of the President in the Vice President it is an independent group. Erasing history is a very dangerous and slippery slope as seen under Stalin. Leon Trotsky and Lev Kamenev as just 2 examples. Killed and removed from history.

12.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The agreements clearly indicated that the Smithsonian is governed by a Board of Regents. By U.S. law, the Board consists of 17 members:
The Chief Justice of the United States
The Vice President of the United States
Three U.S. Senators
Three U.S. Representatives
Nine citizen regents

12.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

I am pissed to put it mildly. The Smithsonian is a public/private partnership with the private money covering the majority of β€œtenant improvements” like signage. I have funded 2 endowments with them
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

12.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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35 Years for Privacy, Free Speech, and a Brighter Future Through July 10, new monthly or annual Sustaining Donors get an EFF35 Challenge Coin! With your help, EFF is here to stay.

Support privacy and free speech with ease by starting a monthly or annual recurring donation! You'll be able to receive new gear every year, and have access to member perks like access to speakeasy events and more!

29.07.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

27.07.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1075    πŸ” 247    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 18
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I think I will reuse a video I created as a reply to another of your posts.
Can I just stuff money in an envelope and send it to you?

28.07.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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