Ben Childers
@benchilders.bsky.social
Interested in an intersectional approach to design, strategy, and innovation to transform mission-driven organizations to meet the demands of their stakeholders in the 21st century and beyond.
Working to make the world a better place.
Working to make the world a better place.
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It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Here’s what you should know.
youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ
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What is Due Process?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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August 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s more important than ever to understand your right to due process. Here’s what you should know.
youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ
youtu.be/metN4EiDtmQ
@wmata.com just want to confirm that when using cash on a bus ride you can still transfer for free. Driver just told me I couldn’t get a transfer ticket when paying with cash.
July 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@wmata.com just want to confirm that when using cash on a bus ride you can still transfer for free. Driver just told me I couldn’t get a transfer ticket when paying with cash.
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Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:
July 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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Updated now with some context on Hashmi's win in the (absolutely wild) LG race wamu.org/story/25/06/...
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Updated now with some context on Hashmi's win in the (absolutely wild) LG race wamu.org/story/25/06/...
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I ❤️ Dallas
Dallas turned out with at least 10,000 marching for #NoKingsDay
June 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I ❤️ Dallas
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June 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway.
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many
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Liberal stronghold, Waco, TX
June 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Liberal stronghold, Waco, TX
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Know your rights 👇
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. www.aclu.org/know-yo...
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. www.aclu.org/know-yo...
June 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Know your rights 👇
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. www.aclu.org/know-yo...
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated. www.aclu.org/know-yo...
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BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
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The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
www.attitude.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Howdy all. I'm looking for someone that writes about New Media. Particularly issues around online abuse and harassment via New Media platforms.
#NewMedia
#NewMedia
December 30, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Howdy all. I'm looking for someone that writes about New Media. Particularly issues around online abuse and harassment via New Media platforms.
#NewMedia
#NewMedia
#FutureDesign Concept
The Experiential Futures Ladder helps us bring abstract futures to life. By working down from big-picture Settings to specific Stuff, this tool makes futures feel real and tangible—something people can see, touch, or experience. Break down below!
#Design #Innovation #Future
The Experiential Futures Ladder helps us bring abstract futures to life. By working down from big-picture Settings to specific Stuff, this tool makes futures feel real and tangible—something people can see, touch, or experience. Break down below!
#Design #Innovation #Future
December 17, 2024 at 12:16 PM
#FutureDesign Concept
The Experiential Futures Ladder helps us bring abstract futures to life. By working down from big-picture Settings to specific Stuff, this tool makes futures feel real and tangible—something people can see, touch, or experience. Break down below!
#Design #Innovation #Future
The Experiential Futures Ladder helps us bring abstract futures to life. By working down from big-picture Settings to specific Stuff, this tool makes futures feel real and tangible—something people can see, touch, or experience. Break down below!
#Design #Innovation #Future
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5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
Great piece on (maybe?) the natural endpoint of internet fracturing. But, will this lead to the reemergence of the #monoculture?
etymology.substack.com/p/say-hello-...
#linguist #brainrot
etymology.substack.com/p/say-hello-...
#linguist #brainrot
say hello to microbrainrot
algorithms aren't just flattening mainstream culture anymore
etymology.substack.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Great piece on (maybe?) the natural endpoint of internet fracturing. But, will this lead to the reemergence of the #monoculture?
etymology.substack.com/p/say-hello-...
#linguist #brainrot
etymology.substack.com/p/say-hello-...
#linguist #brainrot
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I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
December 4, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I have so much to say about today’s case, legal analysis, and more.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
But the most powerful thing today was watching Chase Strangio argue in front of the court as the first trans attorney to do so.
You could feel history, and nobody will ever take that away.
Great article from Stratechery on GenAI being the bridge to the next computing paradigm. Just like the #internet bridged PCs to Phones, he argues that #GenAI will bridge phones to wearables.
stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
The Gen AI Bridge to the Future
Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.
stratechery.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Great article from Stratechery on GenAI being the bridge to the next computing paradigm. Just like the #internet bridged PCs to Phones, he argues that #GenAI will bridge phones to wearables.
stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
In @taylorlorenz.bsky.social newsletter she said that you NEEDED to read this article on homelessness. She couldn't have been more correct.
"How many other people are in this position, too ill and poor to afford affordable housing? And too poor to be homeless?"
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
"How many other people are in this position, too ill and poor to afford affordable housing? And too poor to be homeless?"
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:21 PM
In @taylorlorenz.bsky.social newsletter she said that you NEEDED to read this article on homelessness. She couldn't have been more correct.
"How many other people are in this position, too ill and poor to afford affordable housing? And too poor to be homeless?"
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
"How many other people are in this position, too ill and poor to afford affordable housing? And too poor to be homeless?"
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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BREAKING: Collective bargaining powers for public workers in Wisconsin have been restored by a judge's ruling.
Judge Jacob Frost ruled that certain sections of Scott Walker's notorious Act 10 are no longer enforceable.
spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...
Judge Jacob Frost ruled that certain sections of Scott Walker's notorious Act 10 are no longer enforceable.
spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...
Dane County judge strikes down Act 10
Judge Jacob Frost ruled that certain sections of the law were unconstitutional.
spectrumnews1.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING: Collective bargaining powers for public workers in Wisconsin have been restored by a judge's ruling.
Judge Jacob Frost ruled that certain sections of Scott Walker's notorious Act 10 are no longer enforceable.
spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...
Judge Jacob Frost ruled that certain sections of Scott Walker's notorious Act 10 are no longer enforceable.
spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee...