MaxBenign
@maxbenign.bsky.social
I like disco, death metal, and wildflowers, for starters. He/they. MKE.
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MaxBenign
@maxbenign.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I think a lot about Cushing as Van Helsing, in Brides Of Dracula, saying these words: "Only God has no fear." It's not a prayer, yet it is.
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the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
With Coffee! you too can spin out into a manic riff on corporate-sponsored Citizenship-As-A-Service during the 9am mentoring stand up! Get ready to amaze and horrify yourself!
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
With Coffee! you too can spin out into a manic riff on corporate-sponsored Citizenship-As-A-Service during the 9am mentoring stand up! Get ready to amaze and horrify yourself!
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These half-formed thoughts brought to you by Coffee™! Do you enjoy thinking? Would you like to be unable to stop, even when said thoughts are utterly unprofitable? Try Coffee™ today!
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
These half-formed thoughts brought to you by Coffee™! Do you enjoy thinking? Would you like to be unable to stop, even when said thoughts are utterly unprofitable? Try Coffee™ today!
Imagining if Nat King Cole had his biggest hit Christmas record with his *trio* instead of rolled up in the stodgy pastry of Ralph Carmichael's arrangements. "The Christmas Song" is schmaltzy by design but I mean sometimes you use schmaltz to cook with.
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Imagining if Nat King Cole had his biggest hit Christmas record with his *trio* instead of rolled up in the stodgy pastry of Ralph Carmichael's arrangements. "The Christmas Song" is schmaltzy by design but I mean sometimes you use schmaltz to cook with.
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I colored the Mari Lwyd x St. Lucia drawing I did a year ago, no reason.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I colored the Mari Lwyd x St. Lucia drawing I did a year ago, no reason.
Spending this Christmas season on a quest to find the phylactery of the immortal lich Tiny Tim, Who Did Not Die
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Spending this Christmas season on a quest to find the phylactery of the immortal lich Tiny Tim, Who Did Not Die
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orange flavored ice cream with black licorice swirl is a definite "would", btw
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
orange flavored ice cream with black licorice swirl is a definite "would", btw
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I chatted with the new owner of American Science & Surplus about A. the store still being open, B. things the store would like to bring back in 2026, and C. the need for folks to shop at the store.
American Science & Surplus is still open, needs you to drop by
“I think a lot of people are under the impression that we closed. Our foot traffic has gone down significantly since October 1.”
milwaukeerecord.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I chatted with the new owner of American Science & Surplus about A. the store still being open, B. things the store would like to bring back in 2026, and C. the need for folks to shop at the store.
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linkedin job history
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
linkedin job history
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Chief AI Officer Dec. 2024- Present
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Chief NFT Officer Feb. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Chief Metaverse Officer Jun. 2022 - Feb. 2023
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Having a pet is like electing a little guy to live comfortable for the rest of us while we toil
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Having a pet is like electing a little guy to live comfortable for the rest of us while we toil
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It finally happened. One of our fabulous @umdbooklab.bsky.social interns, @isabelleberube.bsky.social, printed (with movable type!) the entire first page of Benjamin’s WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION. That’s all handset type. They have ambitions to do more. 🤯
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It finally happened. One of our fabulous @umdbooklab.bsky.social interns, @isabelleberube.bsky.social, printed (with movable type!) the entire first page of Benjamin’s WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION. That’s all handset type. They have ambitions to do more. 🤯
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What’s that saying, hit dog holler
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What’s that saying, hit dog holler
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Afternoon listening: two half-hour pieces by the mysterious Gong Slayer. RIYL Thomas Köner, Sunn O))).
gongslayer.bandcamp.com
gongslayer.bandcamp.com
GONG SLAYER
Gong Slayer.
gongslayer.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Afternoon listening: two half-hour pieces by the mysterious Gong Slayer. RIYL Thomas Köner, Sunn O))).
gongslayer.bandcamp.com
gongslayer.bandcamp.com
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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#DEATH-CEMBER 8th
Vitriol - The Isolating Lie Of Learning Another
"Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left..." (Andre Breton).
Vitriol - The Isolating Lie Of Learning Another
"Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left..." (Andre Breton).
The Isolating Lie Of Learning Another, by Vitriol
from the album Suffer & Become (24-bit HD audio)
vitriolwarfare.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:19 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 8th
Vitriol - The Isolating Lie Of Learning Another
"Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left..." (Andre Breton).
Vitriol - The Isolating Lie Of Learning Another
"Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left..." (Andre Breton).
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DEATH-CEMBER 8th
Dead - Hammers of the Underworld
Florida death metal at its grottiest. I think this is from '05 but phew, it reeks like it died in '89 and rotted in a culvert for a decade and a half. A truly ancient stench. I love it.
Dead - Hammers of the Underworld
Florida death metal at its grottiest. I think this is from '05 but phew, it reeks like it died in '89 and rotted in a culvert for a decade and a half. A truly ancient stench. I love it.
4 Hammers of the Underworld
Earth begins to quake, ground begins to shakePounding down below, volcano starts to blowSatan sounds the gong, summoning the throngReaper tolls the bell, dem...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:05 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 8th
Umulamahri - Bursting With Life's True Fruit
Weird New Wave of New Age Death Metal shit, grouper-mouthed guttural vox and layers of fast murky riffing, abrupt shifts to brutal atmospheric noise, crawling grind, drifting synths. Ace fucking drumming throughout.
Umulamahri - Bursting With Life's True Fruit
Weird New Wave of New Age Death Metal shit, grouper-mouthed guttural vox and layers of fast murky riffing, abrupt shifts to brutal atmospheric noise, crawling grind, drifting synths. Ace fucking drumming throughout.
Bursting With Life's True Fruit, by Umulamahri
from the album Learning the Secrets of Acid
umulamahri.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 8th
Umulamahri - Bursting With Life's True Fruit
Weird New Wave of New Age Death Metal shit, grouper-mouthed guttural vox and layers of fast murky riffing, abrupt shifts to brutal atmospheric noise, crawling grind, drifting synths. Ace fucking drumming throughout.
Umulamahri - Bursting With Life's True Fruit
Weird New Wave of New Age Death Metal shit, grouper-mouthed guttural vox and layers of fast murky riffing, abrupt shifts to brutal atmospheric noise, crawling grind, drifting synths. Ace fucking drumming throughout.
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#DEATH-CEMBER 7th
Belarus Beaver - Another Fucking Song About Beavers
There's committing to the bit(e), and there's putting out three entire albums of "TRUE Swedish beavergrind." That's literally Hundreds of Blastbeats.
Belarus Beaver - Another Fucking Song About Beavers
There's committing to the bit(e), and there's putting out three entire albums of "TRUE Swedish beavergrind." That's literally Hundreds of Blastbeats.
Another Fucking Song About Beavers
YouTube video by Belarus Beaver - Topic
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December 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 7th
Belarus Beaver - Another Fucking Song About Beavers
There's committing to the bit(e), and there's putting out three entire albums of "TRUE Swedish beavergrind." That's literally Hundreds of Blastbeats.
Belarus Beaver - Another Fucking Song About Beavers
There's committing to the bit(e), and there's putting out three entire albums of "TRUE Swedish beavergrind." That's literally Hundreds of Blastbeats.
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#DEATH-CEMBER 6th
Proscription - Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan
Racing for your life against an enormous eyeless beast with tusks of flint. The beast is bent low by a stone yoke and drags fifty feet of iron chain.
The beast is faster than you.
The beast will always be faster than you.
Proscription - Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan
Racing for your life against an enormous eyeless beast with tusks of flint. The beast is bent low by a stone yoke and drags fifty feet of iron chain.
The beast is faster than you.
The beast will always be faster than you.
Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan
YouTube video by Proscription - Topic
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December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 6th
Proscription - Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan
Racing for your life against an enormous eyeless beast with tusks of flint. The beast is bent low by a stone yoke and drags fifty feet of iron chain.
The beast is faster than you.
The beast will always be faster than you.
Proscription - Heave Ho Ye Igneous Leviathan
Racing for your life against an enormous eyeless beast with tusks of flint. The beast is bent low by a stone yoke and drags fifty feet of iron chain.
The beast is faster than you.
The beast will always be faster than you.
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Me making my bed: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me laying in it: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me laying in it: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Me making my bed: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me laying in it: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me laying in it: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
J.Crew is short for James Tiberius Crew
Jade Krewe
J. Crood
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
J.Crew is short for James Tiberius Crew
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Guy who thinks it makes him sophisticated to refer to the future as “the Deep Soon”
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Guy who thinks it makes him sophisticated to refer to the future as “the Deep Soon”
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#DEATH-CEMBER 7th
Gateway - Scourged At Dawn
Come on all you sinners, come on down tonight, the gates are open wide! Step right on down, the braziers are red hot, the kettles are on the boil, and the hellmouth is R O A R I N G ! Standing Room Only.
Gateway - Scourged At Dawn
Come on all you sinners, come on down tonight, the gates are open wide! Step right on down, the braziers are red hot, the kettles are on the boil, and the hellmouth is R O A R I N G ! Standing Room Only.
Scourged At Dawn, by GATEWAY
from the album Galgendood
gatewayband.bandcamp.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:35 AM
#DEATH-CEMBER 7th
Gateway - Scourged At Dawn
Come on all you sinners, come on down tonight, the gates are open wide! Step right on down, the braziers are red hot, the kettles are on the boil, and the hellmouth is R O A R I N G ! Standing Room Only.
Gateway - Scourged At Dawn
Come on all you sinners, come on down tonight, the gates are open wide! Step right on down, the braziers are red hot, the kettles are on the boil, and the hellmouth is R O A R I N G ! Standing Room Only.
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DEATH-CEMBER 7th
Wormhole - Almost Human
This is "tech slam." If you can't tell from the constant shifts in tempo, riffing and time feel, the relentlessly grooving drums, or the bass player going NUTS in the basement, or the CHUG CHUG CHUG, there's a helpful voiceover at 2:15 to make things clear.
Wormhole - Almost Human
This is "tech slam." If you can't tell from the constant shifts in tempo, riffing and time feel, the relentlessly grooving drums, or the bass player going NUTS in the basement, or the CHUG CHUG CHUG, there's a helpful voiceover at 2:15 to make things clear.
Almost Human
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesAlmost Human · Wormhole · Sanil Kumar · Sanjay KumarAlmost Human℗ 2023 Season of MistReleased on: 2023-09-22Mus...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:05 AM