Ben
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The work is mysterious and important.
We do not discuss our purpose or plans.
Recorded for training porpoises.
The work is mysterious and important.
We do not discuss our purpose or plans.
Recorded for training porpoises.
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Reposting because this is so good
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Reposting because this is so good
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
That frame is 100% bugged
Can’t get over this shit lol. It’s so so funny
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
That frame is 100% bugged
aka Nerds Gummy Fruit Gushers
Science. Has it gone too far?
Science. Has it gone too far?
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM
aka Nerds Gummy Fruit Gushers
Science. Has it gone too far?
Science. Has it gone too far?
“Nae Pasaran” is genius.
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“Nae Pasaran” is genius.
The difference between “send us one” and “send us *that one*”
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM
The difference between “send us one” and “send us *that one*”
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
Oh god, I went to a Georgian place there last week and it was so good. “Apani” - it’s a bakery as well, with a sit down section attached. The homemade pickles included whole *bulbs* of garlic. It was tremendous
January 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Oh god, I went to a Georgian place there last week and it was so good. “Apani” - it’s a bakery as well, with a sit down section attached. The homemade pickles included whole *bulbs* of garlic. It was tremendous
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thank god. something normal.
St. Louis officials are warning residents that several monkeys may be on the loose
"This is the first time we've had a situation dealing with monkeys at large in the city of St. Louis”
"This is the first time we've had a situation dealing with monkeys at large in the city of St. Louis”
Officials still searching for several monkeys loose in north St. Louis
If you have seen the monkeys, please contact Animal Care and Control by calling 314-657-1500.
www.ksdk.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
thank god. something normal.
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So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
www.theregister.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Not a chance half of those guys are allowed anywhere near the actual room. They would never get clearance, practically speaking, no matter what the president decreed. So Big Tweetdeck it is.
oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not a chance half of those guys are allowed anywhere near the actual room. They would never get clearance, practically speaking, no matter what the president decreed. So Big Tweetdeck it is.
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It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Newspapers are like “unsettled New Yorker’s hold their breath as the Mamdani administration takes the reins from the insane man who does crimes”
January 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Newspapers are like “unsettled New Yorker’s hold their breath as the Mamdani administration takes the reins from the insane man who does crimes”
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Today is March 7309th, 2020
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today is March 7309th, 2020
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I switched to the 24hour clock half a lifetime ago, I can bring this back
Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I switched to the 24hour clock half a lifetime ago, I can bring this back
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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I had no idea so many animals consider Christmas trees a tasty snack!
Where to recycle your Christmas tree: 'tigers love them'
Wildlife parks are appealing for Christmas trees so they can recycle them as animal toys and treats.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I had no idea so many animals consider Christmas trees a tasty snack!
As in Gordon of Khartoum? That Mahdi? Good lord, get HBO on the line.
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
As in Gordon of Khartoum? That Mahdi? Good lord, get HBO on the line.
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The loss of this bio repository would be a disaster. Hey @invam.bsky.social, how much funding do you need per year to remain fully operational?
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The loss of this bio repository would be a disaster. Hey @invam.bsky.social, how much funding do you need per year to remain fully operational?
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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kinda wild that population rates of ADHD are closer to like 30-40% but we only figured it out because no one blasts cigs anymore and dipshits live through their 20s now
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
kinda wild that population rates of ADHD are closer to like 30-40% but we only figured it out because no one blasts cigs anymore and dipshits live through their 20s now
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.