Ben Baker (they/them)

Print zine issue 1! - animiculum Animiculum is proud to release the first issue of our print zine! Unified around the theme of “make a scene,” this issue presents the animiculum manifesto; introduces the recurring “5 questions with” ...

It’s been a real joy to help launch the ANIMICULUM arts collective, especially taking the lead on the print zine! Our first issue just hit the streets: you can check out the whole thing at the link, and print your own right from the page! (I’ll also mail you as many hard copies for postage)

Mahmoud Khalil misses son's birth after ICE official denies his request to be there Khalil has been held in Louisiana since ICE agents arrested him in New York over his pro-Palestinian activism. He instead experienced the birth by phone.

“He is happy to be a father, but he’s extremely disappointed that he couldn’t be there to support his wife,” [one of Kahlil’s attorneys] said. “And he had certainly hoped and expected that the government would show some humanity. But they did not.”

New tunes from Rectangle Creep are inbound! Commence girding immediately.

One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation. More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

“Everyone had talked about what they wanted to do after the war. It was all destroyed in a moment.”

March 20, 2025 It seems as if the Trump administration is rushing to tear apart as much as it can as opponents of its wholesale destruction of the United States government organize to stop them.

IMLS accounted for .003% of the federal budget in FY24. “Efficiency” is not about money; it’s about control, it’s about erasure. All these fucking little bullies getting their punches in, trying to feel big. History is disappearing, PEOPLE are disappearing. Your fellow americans chose this.

New tunes out today from The Matt Seidel Band! We had a blast working on these, big thanks to the band for navigating a lot of scheduling newness over here to bring these songs to life in the studio. Spin it!

YouTube video by CBS News GOP lawmaker abruptly ends hearing after misgendering Democratic representative

If you’re looking for ways to push back against the unending horrific bullshit, here’s an example of how to stand up for your trans and nonconforming friends (reminder: if you’re friends with me, you have one.) Interrupt, hold your ground, force bigots to take accountability and watch them wither.

The questions ChatGPT shouldn’t answer To that which a chatbot cannot speak, it should pass over in silence.

“In fact, the overwhelming impression I get from generative AI tools is that they are created by people who do not understand how to think and would prefer not to. That the developers have not walled off ethical thought here tracks with the general thoughtlessness of the entire OpenAI project.”