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@hbenjamin.bsky.social

Northern Minnesota resident. Chem Eng background. Sports, outdoors, and cooking enjoyer.

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Xitter: We won't downrank you if your post has 'trans' in it, but if you use cis, you're permabanned.

12.12.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GCHQ releases annual Christmas Challenge 2025 with puzzles designed by schoolchildren and spies To mark a decade of festive puzzles, our in-house puzzlers have masterminded seven fiendish brainteasers and teamed up with schoolchildren on three festive designs

I was unaware the UK's GCHQ does a cryptic puzzle holiday/Christmas card. It's kind of fun if you're into that sort of thing.

www.gchq.gov.uk/news/gchq-ch...

12.12.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He makes it look so easy.

[Don't do this]

Try to land a jump off a ~13 foot ledge onto concrete and report no pain or injuries.

11.12.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All I'm saying is Rule 34 remains undefeated.

11.12.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

11.12.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 51749    πŸ” 16932    πŸ’¬ 2173    πŸ“Œ 1786

You could be nice to your friends and give their kids unlimited glitter bombs instead

11.12.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And he didn't even bother to secure a quarterfinals appearance for the US.

11.12.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The geniuses who β€œwould have” perfectly controlled Covid aren’t even trying to control measles.

10.12.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

When his dementia gets really bad, people should routinely tell him that he lost the 2024 election and has been imprisoned. Let him freak out for a minute until he forgets why he's upset.

11.12.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lmfao, the "terrifying" 'Twitter Files' make a prominent appearance in the article.

[β€œβ€˜Anybody who’s not terrified of what’s happening here, right now, needs to actually pick up a fucking history book because this ends really badly’ β€” is what I’m thinking.”]

archive.is/3KH3a

11.12.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep goingβ€”
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last tiβ€”
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

10.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13269    πŸ” 4747    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 224

oh yea

09.12.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1508    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

They had the play of the int and fumble by the Chargers. And then, that fumbled ball just sat on the field with no players around it, no animation of the recovery and ensuing second fumble.

09.12.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Musk promoting a post of the EU flag turning into the Nazi flag

Musk promoting a post of the EU flag turning into the Nazi flag

The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.

It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.

08.12.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3831    πŸ” 1124    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 102

Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.

08.12.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2697    πŸ” 723    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 33

Johan Santana only made 5 career post-season starts and none after 2006. I wonder how that will play with the committee if he's ever up for selection on the Contemporary Ballot.

08.12.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.

07.12.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2400    πŸ” 671    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 64

I can't believe this is somehow legal.

07.12.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what Lonsdale thinks should happen to sex pests.

07.12.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.

06.12.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6969    πŸ” 1663    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 81

Quite a life. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

06.12.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If John Rocker didn’t exist Danny McBride would have invented him

06.12.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIFA awards new peace prize to Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded the first FIFA Peace Prize for his "extraordinary action" in trying to achieve peace, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said.

Is #FIFA corrupt enough to rig the US making it to the quarterfinals?

www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Probably.

06.12.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🎢Embezzle all the money🎢
🎢Buy apartment for cat🎢

06.12.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am genuinely losing my mind. The joke is, prima facie, objectively true.

The reason Westport has continued to suck and decline in quality over the last decade is because it is literally in the death grip of racist petite bourgeoisie

bsky.app/profile/utop...

05.12.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally β€” almost certainly incomplete β€” includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

04.12.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5290    πŸ” 3132    πŸ’¬ 186    πŸ“Œ 198
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Heated Rivalry (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 8.7 | Drama, Romance, Sport | TV-MA

A little help for your Google search history. The show is called Heated Rivalry.

www.imdb.com/title/tt3549...

05.12.2025 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Something to brighten your day, at least.

05.12.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.

04.12.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3550    πŸ” 845    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 55

I watched Mikey 17 last week and liked it.

05.12.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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