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Chris Bendel

@bendel.zone.bsky.social

Local runner. Some combination of educational technology, sports, and games. Pretending to use that music degree. The Maryland flag should have its own emoji

69 Followers  |  273 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 24.08.2023  |  2.1807

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11.11.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1677    πŸ” 496    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

One time during a youth group event I got in a fair amount of trouble for "consecrating" Mountain Dew and Doritos, so this is a handy reference guide for past me.

29.10.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025

11.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 659    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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happy labor day

01.09.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3878    πŸ” 1804    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 31
I can

I can

I can

30.08.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17302    πŸ” 4090    πŸ’¬ 358    πŸ“Œ 343
Devil: GREETINGS T-REX LET'S RATE ALL THE MEGA MAN BOSSES FROM BEST TO WORST
T-Rex: The Devil!
Devil: FROM MEMORY

T-Rex: Daaaaang this is not going to be a good time for anyone!

Devil: GREETINGS T-REX LET'S RATE ALL THE MEGA MAN BOSSES FROM BEST TO WORST T-Rex: The Devil! Devil: FROM MEMORY T-Rex: Daaaaang this is not going to be a good time for anyone!

T-Rex: Okay! There's Metal Blade Man, who I think is actually called Metal Man or Blade Man. Then there's Leaf Shield Man, Fishy Bubble Man, and...
Dromiceiomimus: Mega Man bosses, right? Don't you get the dog from one of them?
T-Rex: I think you start with the dog.
Dromiceiomimus: I think there should be Dog Man.
Narrator: ...

T-Rex: Okay! There's Metal Blade Man, who I think is actually called Metal Man or Blade Man. Then there's Leaf Shield Man, Fishy Bubble Man, and... Dromiceiomimus: Mega Man bosses, right? Don't you get the dog from one of them? T-Rex: I think you start with the dog. Dromiceiomimus: I think there should be Dog Man. Narrator: ...

Devil: YOUR PERFORMANCE IS LACKLUSTER AT BEST
T-Rex: Car Man?
Utahraptor: Van man?

Devil: YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF MEGA MAN LORE MAKES YOU UNIQUELY UNSUITABLE FOR THIS AND THEREFORE ANY OTHER TASK T-REX
T-Rex: Oh well! Looks like I lose!!
Devil: I BID YOU ADIEU

Devil: YOUR PERFORMANCE IS LACKLUSTER AT BEST T-Rex: Car Man? Utahraptor: Van man? Devil: YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF MEGA MAN LORE MAKES YOU UNIQUELY UNSUITABLE FOR THIS AND THEREFORE ANY OTHER TASK T-REX T-Rex: Oh well! Looks like I lose!! Devil: I BID YOU ADIEU

Narrator: BUT THEN:
T-Rex: Hah hah! Secretly I know a LOT about Mega Man, including "Mega Man?": a duplicate of Mega Man except he sports both a scarf and a question mark in his name!!
Devil: T-REX
Devil: MMM THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE

Narrator: BUT THEN: T-Rex: Hah hah! Secretly I know a LOT about Mega Man, including "Mega Man?": a duplicate of Mega Man except he sports both a scarf and a question mark in his name!! Devil: T-REX Devil: MMM THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE

ALSO I HAVE MANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON YOUR RANKINGS THAT I HAVE COMPILED INTO THIS 200,000 WORD TEXT FILE / IT IS ABRIDGED

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

29.08.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Thinking about Mink’s no vote and about the Four Corners Safeway lot (…and the huge stretch of 29 and New Hampshire she represents) is disappointing to say the least.

22.07.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A handball obviously

A handball obviously

Ceci n’est pas un handball.

07.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 11
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Khan Academy CEO predicts AI in the classroom will be like 5 'amazing graduate students' assisting teachers Founder and CEO Sal Khan believes AI agents will act like a team of grad students, helping teachers adjust lesson plans to improve student engagement.

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

25.06.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1166    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 146

EPONAAAAAAAAAAAA

17.06.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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randall cunningham wishes you a happy friday

13.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 688    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16
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GB does The O.C.

@giantbomb.bsky.social @grubb.wtf @danryckert.com @tolkoto.com

07.06.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 644    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 10
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this happened on wheel of fortune tonight

04.06.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7889    πŸ” 1034    πŸ’¬ 528    πŸ“Œ 237
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Giant Bomb has been sold to Giant Bomb:

aftermath.site/giant-bomb-sol...

10.05.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2529    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 41

Never have I reactivated a subscription so quickly, just incredible news

10.05.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people

01.05.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9128    πŸ” 3164    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 59

(β•―Β°β–‘Β°)β•―οΈ΅ ΚŽΚ‡ΗΙŸΙs puɐɹq

29.04.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having this go private on YouTube while I’m on the part where Dan is reading the Brand Safety guidelines is incredibly brand safe!

29.04.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't know why early 2000s internet is suddenly back, but both Ask a Ninja and Homestar Runner have just uploaded new videos What's going on?

the world is so fucked early 2000s internet is coming back to try to save us

17.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
a sign with an M on it that is definitely Mario adjacent

a sign with an M on it that is definitely Mario adjacent

an upside down m, also known as a "wario symbol"

an upside down m, also known as a "wario symbol"

I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario

13.04.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 39044    πŸ” 7666    πŸ’¬ 366    πŸ“Œ 268
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Out There CD World-renowned pianist, Hiromi, releases her 13th studio album OUT THERE, a vivid display of electrifying fusion jazz. Joined by her band Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, the album features Adam O’Farrill (trump...

You really, really, really need this album in your life. Glorious. concordjazz.com/products/out...

07.04.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
06.04.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3011    πŸ” 719    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 30
text header: THE FIRST EIGHTH-GEN CONSOLE MADE OUT OF WOOD

Image is a wooden box with a slot in the top and a label-maker label that reads VIDEO GAME 3,000

text header: THE FIRST EIGHTH-GEN CONSOLE MADE OUT OF WOOD Image is a wooden box with a slot in the top and a label-maker label that reads VIDEO GAME 3,000

the price of the Switch 2 suggests that the time is finally ripe for the Video Game 3,000 β€” first reviewed by @jonbois.bsky.social in 2013 β€” to enter mass production www.polygon.com/2013/8/26/46...

04.04.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
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That moment when you’re updating your music library and you need to make the decision about what spelling of β€œHoobastank” to use for their first record

02.04.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, if you could please let your friends know that @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social exists -- we have a new episode out tomorrow, and if we can get to 200k listeners an episode, that would be enough for us to live off of (and we're about halfway there!) Thank you so much.

27.03.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

tomorrow is BΓ©la BartΓ³k's birthday fyi. set aside some time to listen to his string quartets, to really listen. very very worth your time, you will remember the day you put aside your other work to listen to the Bartok quartets.

24.03.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1214    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 29
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VCU WINS THE A10!

16.03.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coheed And Cambria: β€œThe end of The Amory Wars is around the corner…… As Coheed And Cambria take The Amory Wars saga even further with their 11th studio album, Vaxis – Act III: The Father Of Make Believe, mastermind Claudio Sanchez reflects on a life spent hiding behind...

wow…Claudio ending the amory wars before winds of winter comes out…

www.kerrang.com/coheed-and-c...

06.03.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
laws are threats πŸ™πŸ”₯🍾 (hopecore)
YouTube video by Dimension 20 Shorts laws are threats πŸ™πŸ”₯🍾 (hopecore)

You guys wanna make some bacon?

05.03.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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