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Ben Rankel

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Aug 27

Millennial wealth is measured in the collection of eclectic coffee mugs and the overabundance of house plants

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · 5d

Caring about others is counterculture

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Aug 27

Millennial wealth is measured in the collection of eclectic coffee mugs and the overabundance of house plants

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’ve heard this place has descended quickly into shit-hole-ry

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Jul 24

Taking my antacid with coffee

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Jul 9

Any chance kc green got paid for this ad?

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 23

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Vampire Alberta Blues by John K. Samson on Apple Music

Song · 2016 · Duration 3:44

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 23

The age of allegory is dead

Reposted by Ben Rankel

austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · May 20

Fourteen Thousand.

The long campaign to dehumanize Palestinians is, fundamentally, about this. To provide cover for the annihilation of a people and their culture, from the youngest to the oldest, to shrugs from the most powerful nations in the world.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · May 20

“I want to save as many as these 14,000 babies as we can in the next 48 hours,” he told the BBC.

UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid – Israel-Gaza war live

UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 17

My 5 year old son immediately bested my effort

A digital drawing of the gen 1 pokemon koffing

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 17

I’m a full time parent, full time web store manager, part time vp of a not-for-profit, executive director of a society, and trying to start another podcast so I don’t draw much anymore but I really, really need to share this koffing I drew because it’s absolutely the best thing I’ve ever created

Digital drawing of the gen 1 pokemon koffing

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 11

Thanks, bruv. I love it

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 11

Thanks!

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 11

Neck tattoo day (🦇) c/o @spittingsmoke.bsky.social

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · May 2

Fuck duvet covers

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 28

Existential anxiety took a brief downturn for a couple days but glad to report omnipresent feelings of dread have returned

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 18

Every Canadian entertainer working in the US that has kept quiet the last three months currently has my contempt

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 4

No, see, you just keep going

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 4

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The Verge @theverge.com · Apr 4

Microsoft employee disrupts 50th anniversary and calls AI boss ‘war profiteer’

“Shame on you.”

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 4

“I was fine with him ruining the economy, disappearing dissenters, and threatening the sovereignty of other countries. But I draw the line at a now un-affordable video game console and delayed preorder!”

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Physically incapable of pulling myself together

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Mar 31

So tired of the cruel bullshit

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Mar 14

It’s a The Tragedy of Julius Caesar kind of day

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Mar 10

Canadian millennials learned early youtu.be/TijcoS8qHIE?...

House Hippo Commercial

YouTube video by Bruce

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Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Mar 6

Canada is currently receiving the international equivalent to ‘thoughts and prayers’ from non trump voters

Ben Rankel @benrankel.bsky.social · Mar 6

Canadians don’t really expect any American to do much to stop this shit at this point