Cara Benson
@carabensonwriter.bsky.social
Author of AN ARMSFULL OF BIRDS: A PERSONAL FIELD GUIDE TO LOVE, LOSS, AND COMMITMENT (now available for pre-order). Other words in Orion, Sierra Magazine, NY Times, Boston Review, Best American Poetry.
Fun at parties.
www.carabensonwriter.com
Fun at parties.
www.carabensonwriter.com
Pinned
Here it is. The cover of my book. The story of me, my beloved Jon, birds, the planet, love, loss, hanging in there, sobriety, and hiking. Publishing next May.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Depends on who gets to me first...
Depends on who gets to me first...
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Depends on who gets to me first...
Depends on who gets to me first...
I missed my avian friends! I had to keep the feeder in since spring because the bears are hooligans. This might be too early, but I couldn't wait! #birds
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I missed my avian friends! I had to keep the feeder in since spring because the bears are hooligans. This might be too early, but I couldn't wait! #birds
Ugh. The whale. Pray let this galvanize opinion, effort to clear out industry detritus from our oceans. There has got to be a better way for us to feed ourselves.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ugh. The whale. Pray let this galvanize opinion, effort to clear out industry detritus from our oceans. There has got to be a better way for us to feed ourselves.
I need @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social to call for @schumer.senate.gov to step down as minority leader with the same energy she called for @alfranken.bsky.social to resign. #democrats #shutdown #schumer
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I need @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social to call for @schumer.senate.gov to step down as minority leader with the same energy she called for @alfranken.bsky.social to resign. #democrats #shutdown #schumer
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Daylight Stupid Time
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Daylight Stupid Time
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Please post as much about the Arctic being opened up for drilling as you do about that building in DC. #arctic #whitehouse #ballroom
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Please post as much about the Arctic being opened up for drilling as you do about that building in DC. #arctic #whitehouse #ballroom
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White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
Here it is. The cover of my book. The story of me, my beloved Jon, birds, the planet, love, loss, hanging in there, sobriety, and hiking. Publishing next May.
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Here it is. The cover of my book. The story of me, my beloved Jon, birds, the planet, love, loss, hanging in there, sobriety, and hiking. Publishing next May.
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““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
This is how I've been responding to scam texts. It's been so fun.
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is how I've been responding to scam texts. It's been so fun.
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I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.
September 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.
I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.
September 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I interviewed Elspeth Hay for @terrainorg.bsky.social. We talk about nut trees as a keystone species, the non-existent dividing line between humans and nature, prescribed burns, and how the land needs us as much as we need it (her/ them). Photo courtesy of Elspeth Hay. Link in next comment.
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I am bad at predictions but I'm going to make one anyway. I think the Trump admin and Republicans are going to get worse, making even more dramatic authoritarian moves at a feverish pace and this will code to many as increasing strength. But in fact they will be losing popularity and control.
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I am bad at predictions but I'm going to make one anyway. I think the Trump admin and Republicans are going to get worse, making even more dramatic authoritarian moves at a feverish pace and this will code to many as increasing strength. But in fact they will be losing popularity and control.
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In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
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I knew the punditry would be embarrassing today but my goodness. It's way worse than I expected.
September 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I knew the punditry would be embarrassing today but my goodness. It's way worse than I expected.
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If you'd like to let the folks at the US Open know how you feel about them censoring protests against trump, here's a handy contact form I just used. Highly recommend!
www.usopen.org/en_US/info/c...
www.usopen.org/en_US/info/c...
September 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you'd like to let the folks at the US Open know how you feel about them censoring protests against trump, here's a handy contact form I just used. Highly recommend!
www.usopen.org/en_US/info/c...
www.usopen.org/en_US/info/c...
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal
The Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of forests for over two decades, keeping them free from logging, road building, and other industrial development. Now Trump is trying to take aw...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Protect Wild Forests: Say No to Trump’s Roadless Rule Repeal act.biologicaldiversity.org/TMITB4gub0WL...
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Trans people are not the cause of your problems. You are the cause of your problems.
August 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Trans people are not the cause of your problems. You are the cause of your problems.
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Stay salty DC 🔥
August 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Stay salty DC 🔥