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Ben Hellmann
@benji-mayo.bsky.social
· May 21
My favorite "on the cusp" thing about being Gen-X is that we got to go from rotary phones to routine genocide
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Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014). Brilliant talent gone too soon.
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014). Brilliant talent gone too soon.
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Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers.
Midnight Creeps
Tyrades
Dog Faced Hermans
Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones
Jenny Toomey
This was a bummer, as I had to wrack my brain for the list. Plenty of women drummers, horn players in ska bands, and bass players. Not a lot of frontwomen.
Midnight Creeps
Tyrades
Dog Faced Hermans
Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones
Jenny Toomey
This was a bummer, as I had to wrack my brain for the list. Plenty of women drummers, horn players in ska bands, and bass players. Not a lot of frontwomen.
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Pizzicato 5
Puffy
Sinead O'Conner
The Breeders
Slant 6
Pizzicato 5
Puffy
Sinead O'Conner
The Breeders
Slant 6
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Sonic Youth
Solange
Garbage
PJ Harvey
Janet Jackson
Sonic Youth
Solange
Garbage
PJ Harvey
Janet Jackson
January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers.
Midnight Creeps
Tyrades
Dog Faced Hermans
Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones
Jenny Toomey
This was a bummer, as I had to wrack my brain for the list. Plenty of women drummers, horn players in ska bands, and bass players. Not a lot of frontwomen.
Midnight Creeps
Tyrades
Dog Faced Hermans
Texas Terri and the Stiff Ones
Jenny Toomey
This was a bummer, as I had to wrack my brain for the list. Plenty of women drummers, horn players in ska bands, and bass players. Not a lot of frontwomen.
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You can't live forever, but you can outlive your enemies, so never underestimate the healing power of a good grave-top dance.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
You can't live forever, but you can outlive your enemies, so never underestimate the healing power of a good grave-top dance.
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Rapid responders need dash cams in the Twin Cities.
Wishlist linked below.
Wishlist linked below.
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Rapid responders need dash cams in the Twin Cities.
Wishlist linked below.
Wishlist linked below.
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Current* conditions near Superior, WI:
January 5, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Current* conditions near Superior, WI:
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What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
Something bitchin this way came. I'm not sure if it was @artofcoop.bsky.social or @pattonoswalt.bsky.social who brought this to my attention, but it's in my house and I am jazzed.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Something bitchin this way came. I'm not sure if it was @artofcoop.bsky.social or @pattonoswalt.bsky.social who brought this to my attention, but it's in my house and I am jazzed.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
Dog Faced Hermans
Arab On Radar
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Don Caballero
Bob Seger
Dog Faced Hermans
Arab On Radar
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Don Caballero
Bob Seger
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
The Residents
Fishbone/Murphy's Law/The Toasters
Slant 6
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Live Aid
The Residents
Fishbone/Murphy's Law/The Toasters
Slant 6
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Live Aid
Devo
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
Pato Banton (w/Crazy 8s)
Toy Dolls
Oingo Boingo
Dead Milkmen (w/Mary's Danish)
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
Dog Faced Hermans
Arab On Radar
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Don Caballero
Bob Seger
Dog Faced Hermans
Arab On Radar
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
Don Caballero
Bob Seger
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Released 49 years ago
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Released 49 years ago
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
Crime "Hot Wire My Heart" b/w "Baby You're So Repulsive"
In November of 1976, this debut single by the San Francisco band was the first punk rock single to emerge from the U.S. West Coast
#punk #punks #punkrock #crime #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
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The first thing you see when you walk inside the Harry Ransom Center is the Gutenberg Bible.
Keep going and you’ll encounter another marvel: one of the boxes from SNL's “Dick in a Box.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/saturday-night-live-ransom-center-exhibition-review/
Keep going and you’ll encounter another marvel: one of the boxes from SNL's “Dick in a Box.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/saturday-night-live-ransom-center-exhibition-review/
Live From Austin: Behind the Curtain of ‘Saturday Night Live’
The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition is a treasure trove of archival material.
www.texasmonthly.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The first thing you see when you walk inside the Harry Ransom Center is the Gutenberg Bible.
Keep going and you’ll encounter another marvel: one of the boxes from SNL's “Dick in a Box.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/saturday-night-live-ransom-center-exhibition-review/
Keep going and you’ll encounter another marvel: one of the boxes from SNL's “Dick in a Box.” https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/saturday-night-live-ransom-center-exhibition-review/
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Struggling with image accessibility? James shows how he built an alt text button to make websites more inclusive. Practical, simple, and share-worthy!
jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/a...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebDev #AltText #A11y #UX #WebAccessibility #AccessibilityMatters
jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/a...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebDev #AltText #A11y #UX #WebAccessibility #AccessibilityMatters
Developing an alt text button for images on my website | James' Coffee Blog
Mastodon shows an Alt button in the bottom right of images that have associated alt text. This button, when clicked, shows the alt text the author has written for the image.
jamesg.blog
August 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Struggling with image accessibility? James shows how he built an alt text button to make websites more inclusive. Practical, simple, and share-worthy!
jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/a...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebDev #AltText #A11y #UX #WebAccessibility #AccessibilityMatters
jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/a...
#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #WebDev #AltText #A11y #UX #WebAccessibility #AccessibilityMatters
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Seen in the wild in Portland, Oregon!
August 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Seen in the wild in Portland, Oregon!
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I think now after every horrible thing that happens instead of advising people to pray we should all be saying “if you are religious, no matter what god you pray to, tell him to cut the shit”
August 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I think now after every horrible thing that happens instead of advising people to pray we should all be saying “if you are religious, no matter what god you pray to, tell him to cut the shit”
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“The trick to steam-powered piracy, then, was somehow to cram a book into a newspaper.”
— @paulcollins.bsky.social on the history IP theft via “mastodon” newspapers
www.thebeliever.net/the-last-mas...
— @paulcollins.bsky.social on the history IP theft via “mastodon” newspapers
www.thebeliever.net/the-last-mas...
The Last Mastodon - Believer Magazine
I hesitate a moment at Stanford University’s Special Collections desk. “I got in touch about seeing the Constellation? The newspaper from 1859?” I ask Tim Noakes, the library’s head of public services...
www.thebeliever.net
July 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“The trick to steam-powered piracy, then, was somehow to cram a book into a newspaper.”
— @paulcollins.bsky.social on the history IP theft via “mastodon” newspapers
www.thebeliever.net/the-last-mas...
— @paulcollins.bsky.social on the history IP theft via “mastodon” newspapers
www.thebeliever.net/the-last-mas...
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Got banned from reviews because of jokes I made nine years ago
July 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Got banned from reviews because of jokes I made nine years ago
“Lee is a prolific user of the platform X,…and has averaged more than 100 posts a day on the platform over the last several months.”
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED POSTS A DAY
He has to have a staffer whose only job is shitposter, but is called on paper “Social Media Outreach Coordinator.”
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED POSTS A DAY
He has to have a staffer whose only job is shitposter, but is called on paper “Social Media Outreach Coordinator.”
Here's the coverage of Lee's abhorrent behavior, and an email from Senator Smith's staff imploring him to cut it out, from his hometown newspaper.
After Utah Sen. Mike Lee promoted right-wing conspiracy theories about the man who shot two Minnesota legislators and their spouses, killing one couple, a senior staffer for Sen. Tina Smith wrote a blistering email to Lee’s staff.
June 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“Lee is a prolific user of the platform X,…and has averaged more than 100 posts a day on the platform over the last several months.”
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED POSTS A DAY
He has to have a staffer whose only job is shitposter, but is called on paper “Social Media Outreach Coordinator.”
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED POSTS A DAY
He has to have a staffer whose only job is shitposter, but is called on paper “Social Media Outreach Coordinator.”
My favorite "on the cusp" thing about being Gen-X is that we got to go from rotary phones to routine genocide
May 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My favorite "on the cusp" thing about being Gen-X is that we got to go from rotary phones to routine genocide
Ya learn something new everyday: I always took "Hurt people hurt people" as a doubled exhortation, but it apparently has another meaning that is supposed to be pithy.
May 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ya learn something new everyday: I always took "Hurt people hurt people" as a doubled exhortation, but it apparently has another meaning that is supposed to be pithy.
Providence people! A bunch of free books have manifested on the corner of Chapin and Sycamore, if you're into reading & shit, you nerds.
Most-covered topics are US political history, queer history, and anti-racist action. There's maybe a dumb Agatha Christie novel in there, too.
#providence #pvd
Most-covered topics are US political history, queer history, and anti-racist action. There's maybe a dumb Agatha Christie novel in there, too.
#providence #pvd
May 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Providence people! A bunch of free books have manifested on the corner of Chapin and Sycamore, if you're into reading & shit, you nerds.
Most-covered topics are US political history, queer history, and anti-racist action. There's maybe a dumb Agatha Christie novel in there, too.
#providence #pvd
Most-covered topics are US political history, queer history, and anti-racist action. There's maybe a dumb Agatha Christie novel in there, too.
#providence #pvd
I am loving that the newest episode of Doctor Who is obviously a response to complaints about how the casting of Jodie Whittaker and then Ncuti Gatwa made a show centered on compassion "too woke." Russell T Davies is rarely subtle, but this one is an enormous middle finger.
May 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I am loving that the newest episode of Doctor Who is obviously a response to complaints about how the casting of Jodie Whittaker and then Ncuti Gatwa made a show centered on compassion "too woke." Russell T Davies is rarely subtle, but this one is an enormous middle finger.