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Tracy Benton

@tigerb.bsky.social

Cat lover. Book reader. Sarcasm & QA my services. Repartee over rapiers.

205 Followers  |  487 Following  |  245 Posts  |  Joined: 30.09.2023  |  2.1069

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Feet first, intermittent power setting?

13.11.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heard a theory that Ai searching was invented based on the vague search terms entered in Google

13.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you not read the Astreiant books? They are SO GOOD

13.11.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SUCH A GREAT WORLD!!

13.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For current hellscape, I like Hellboy applied directly to the eyeballs

31.10.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œA transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers” is, quite literally, the EXACT phenomenon that Hannah Arendt was referring to when she coined the phrase β€œthe banality of evil.”

31.10.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 431    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules

Ghost Show Press needs your help to get their latest book of film essays over the finish line. I've written for several of their books (but not this one) and they're always tons of fun, with great writing about a wild array of movies. Join me in backing the book!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

31.10.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

will kim is still in ICE detention

30.10.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2486    πŸ” 1504    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 16

Well, I'm now following you because of it, so +1 anyway?

23.10.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also... it is fucking october.

23.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

This is insane. He has been in jail for a month on $2M bond and he doesn't have his first hearing until December 4 - for posting a meme on Facebook.

theintercept.com/2025/10/23/c...

23.10.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

07.10.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11157    πŸ” 3044    πŸ’¬ 575    πŸ“Œ 364
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EL PASO β€” a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

10.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9901    πŸ” 6297    πŸ’¬ 1197    πŸ“Œ 934
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No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

06.10.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

03.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel naive just writing this, but a president threatening to withhold funding to a city unless it elects his preferred candidate for mayor seems like the sort of thing that shouldn't be legal.

29.09.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3412    πŸ” 994    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 46
MSN

Latest "dangerous immigrant" kidnapped by ICE: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

26.09.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that makes me feel quite ill, but unsurprised.

26.09.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My brain: "Where's the cheese? Down this way? Over here?"

23.09.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rapture soon? Here's your hat, what's your hurry?

23.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
im joining the war of autism on the side of autism 

(there is a picture of peridot stevenuniverse)

im joining the war of autism on the side of autism (there is a picture of peridot stevenuniverse)

23.09.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

JUST YOU WAIT

23.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not exactly anyway

23.09.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to see this really bad, where is Andy Le

23.09.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1st autism dx= 1943. Acetaminophen released widely = 1955.

22.09.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

22.09.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5081    πŸ” 2234    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 114
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RFK Jr's war on vaccines is about shaming women, not helping kids The MAHA movement regards all childhood ailments as a sign that moms are failing

Looking at RFK's recent moves, including an attack on the hepatitis B vaccine and on painkillers for pregnant women.

The common theme: That all children's health problems are due to "bad" mothers.

This isn't about making kids healthy. It's misogyny.

www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

22.09.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2474    πŸ” 867    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 77

Oh, I think any extra piece of paper adds to the pile!!

19.09.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

In case you need a refresher on surviving fascism: billmoyers.com/story/increa...

18.09.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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