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Ben Laabs
@berylliumben.bsky.social
Geologist/glaciologist in the midcontinent 🏔️ Reposter of cool landscape photography and music 🌅 Old Dad 🥸 Vote Blue 💙 Cheesehead in Denver 🧀 Go Pack Go 🏈 Chelsea FC ⚽️
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Happy Sunday! We made it through Thanksgiving weekend! The skies went through five or six different wonderful iterations this morning, ending with this beautiful scene. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Sunset over the ocean just before dropping for a night dive. #scuba #diving #oceans
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This one reminds me of butterfly wings
#30 Taken 12:03 pm
#art
#photography
#macro
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One of the great things about geology is it never gets boring. I’ve seen petrified logs all over North America and I’m always amazed that they exist. These are from the Triassic Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona.
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Evening #bluesky, I hope you’ve had, or are still having a great weekend.

Anyway, here’s a photo. It’s one of the first Milky Way shots I took, maybe about 5-6 years ago. Don’t quote me on that though. 😁
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Blue Heron perched in tree along Fox River #birds
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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why is it called “orthodontist”,,,, imagine telling someone you’ve got a dontist appointment
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Gentle aurora over a super still midnight seascape far north of Scottish Highlands
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Glenn Frey releases “The Heat is On” 41 yrs ago today, for “Beverly Hills Cop”.

“I was between projects, the Eagles were done,” he said. “But that film had an energy to it. .. Radio grabbed it .. Suddenly I’m out playing this thing and crowds are going nuts — fists in the air .. I’m proud of that.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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wearing slippers and pajamas to the airport is antifa now
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Willfully ignoring science - especially in vital areas like health, safety, defense, education, climate, and the economy - is a recipe for disaster. We are crippling our nation by dumbing down our children, just to coddle those who are fearfully insecure in their religious faith.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex.

There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM