Ben

Ben

@bv-pdx.bsky.social

he/him. 1w9, INFJ, JS and Kotlin coder πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»,β˜•πŸƒπŸš΄ πŸŽΈπŸ€πŸ₯πŸ“š. Married with 2 kids and 2 cats (I post about my cats a lot πŸ˜†). β€œLogic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one).” LLAP πŸ––

807 Followers 504 Following 713 Posts Joined Jul 2023
1 week ago

We had a great time. The kids loved it. What a special band!

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Seated with the family for @thebandjoseph.bsky.social at Revolution Hall!

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1 week ago

in retrospect most of the country is a vampire squid relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money

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1 week ago

Doesn't matter how many times you bomb the middle east, Jesus isn't coming back, and a religion that drives leaders to mass murder kids is barbaric. Christian supremacists say "the US is a Christian nation" to mean "the US is The Best nation". In reality, we are a uniquely destructive nation.

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The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
Join my live conversation with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social, 12:00pm ET, snyder.substack.com

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1 week ago

The situation in Minneapolis: even though the ICE presence in the city is greatly reduced, and national attention has moved on, a huge portion of our population remains essentially in hiding, devastating the schools and economy. In particular, much of the education system remains in crisis

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3 weeks ago

I tell people it is half Idaho, half Seattle.

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3 weeks ago

As a parent, oof, that’s a bit on the nose.

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10 months ago
A somewhat janky digital rendering of the 60s version of the USS Enterprise rendered in greenish grays with orange highlights on the front of the nacelles and the deflector dish. There is a burst of whooshing rays behind it but the background is the default natural paper color I’ve been using and not space black. Reddish-orange text around the ship set in a Star Trek TOS font reads β€˜Maybe it will happen today’.
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1 month ago
Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle

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1 month ago

Clubhouse is ON tomorrow! See you at 6am PST and all the other time zones with myself and @cortland.me for DECONSTRUCTION COFFEE HOUR!

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1 month ago

ya those parts / songs are some of my favorites as well. This one is a family favorite. Always nice when my 10yo and I can agree on music. We’re going to see them live in March

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1 month ago

love this one. What is your favorite track so far ?

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1 month ago

Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.

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AMERICAN CAESAR is available for pre-order.

"Onishi traces the strange alliance between spiritual warfare and Silicon Valley libertarianism. At the center of it all is the desire for an unbound executiveβ€”one man, beyond checks, beyond balance, beyond democracy."

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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1 month ago

In my experience it is impenetrable. I once told my mom her repeating rhetoric that liberals were evil really bothered me, that it hurt my feelings and made me feel unloved and unwelcome. She proceeded to play the victim, crying and saying β€œI just want to say what I believe in my own house.”

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1 month ago

The board of golden ….

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1 month ago
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a man wearing a hat is driving a car and making a funny face Alt: Ernest (Jim Varney) wearing a hat is driving a car and making a funny face

as we all know, a world class driver

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1 month ago

Ya, bike accident right?
I do find being fastidious about the exercise definitely helps with overuse injuries (for me frozen shoulder and achilles tendonitis). But I'm always confused when PTs recommend only stretching or only strength exercises, so this domain still feels murky to me.

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1 month ago

Nice!
My resolution for 2025 was to not have to have any of these exercises assigned to me (or need additional thera-bands!) ... aka "don't get injured challenge". That being said, I do some of these type of things to prevent injuries now.

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a person standing on top of a rocky mountain with a fire in the background Alt: A person standing on top of a rocky mountain with a fire in the background. This the scene where the beacons are lit from the film Return of the King.
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1 month ago

On this Dr. MLK, Jr. Day I want to uplift his 1967 Riverside Church speech that connected US imperialism with racialized capitalism at home. But it also presents a vision for economic justice. This was a call for a revolution of values and his message remains urgent and timely.

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1 month ago

To recap: the two major parties refuse to rein in the reign of a demented sociopathic king who daily is marching us into both World War III and the next Civil War simultaneously because a Black president once made fun of him and also the Special Boy wasn't given the Shiny Golden Medal he covets

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1 month ago

Good morning, beloved.

β€œDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

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1 month ago

I’ve been meaning to get ahold of some from that era. I think I saw a couple of the Police Story films like 20 years ago.

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1 month ago

I’m not sure which ones are made in Hong Kong. So far everything uses overdubbing so maybe some of those are the Hong Kong crew. He has seen First Strike and Rumble in the Bronx. I also just bought Who Am I? on eBay. I remember that was probably my favorite.

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These are mine. All rewatches but it has been a while. The Meg is 10yo’s favorite πŸ˜†. 12yo and I have been watching through the pre-Rush Hour Jackie Chan catalog.

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1 month ago

Which types of welfare fraud are politely litigated between white collar lawyers, and which types of welfare fraud are used to justify an immigration purge and shutting off resources to the poor?

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Fighting the Demoralizing Power of American Surreality My fellow bugbears, I want to wish you all a happy New Year, but the phrase feels a bit awkward given how off the rails the illegitimate American regime has been since the beginning of the year. If y...

The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026!

If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick?

For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope:

www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...

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