Erik ❤️
@benoist.dev
internet plumber as @nilcoast.com— ex: startups
Chicago fan, RPCV, and lapsed urban planner
(he/him)
Chicago fan, RPCV, and lapsed urban planner
(he/him)
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As always, my position on emdashes is use them they are wonderful. I even made a tool to get em. emdash.fan
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As always, my position on emdashes is use them they are wonderful. I even made a tool to get em. emdash.fan
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Turn off my pager, then quickly relax my feet
Hotel unknown drinkin brew watchin Sesame Street
You thought you saw me with a wig on, at 7/11
Disguised like Shakespeare with blue chrome behind your ear
Hotel unknown drinkin brew watchin Sesame Street
You thought you saw me with a wig on, at 7/11
Disguised like Shakespeare with blue chrome behind your ear
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Turn off my pager, then quickly relax my feet
Hotel unknown drinkin brew watchin Sesame Street
You thought you saw me with a wig on, at 7/11
Disguised like Shakespeare with blue chrome behind your ear
Hotel unknown drinkin brew watchin Sesame Street
You thought you saw me with a wig on, at 7/11
Disguised like Shakespeare with blue chrome behind your ear
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openAI was never a nonprofit in the sense of not trying to make money
but it's still a nonprofit in the sense of "not turning a profit"
but it's still a nonprofit in the sense of "not turning a profit"
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
openAI was never a nonprofit in the sense of not trying to make money
but it's still a nonprofit in the sense of "not turning a profit"
but it's still a nonprofit in the sense of "not turning a profit"
Use comic sans you cowards.
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Use comic sans you cowards.
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It's easy to get the sense that the dream of the north side is a dentist's office on every corner
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's easy to get the sense that the dream of the north side is a dentist's office on every corner
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You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
Así es como se comunica que España no participará en Eurovision. Bravo RTVE. Bravo Silvia Intxaurrondo. Una vez más.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You guys, this is Spain's announcement that they would not participate in Eurovision. 👏🏾
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Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego erupting at sunset, shot from camp at 12,000 ft atop the neighboring Acatenango volcano. Incandescent lava is blasted 1,000 ft into the air before cascading down the slopes. The streak of light at the bottom right is from a group of hikers. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego erupting at sunset, shot from camp at 12,000 ft atop the neighboring Acatenango volcano. Incandescent lava is blasted 1,000 ft into the air before cascading down the slopes. The streak of light at the bottom right is from a group of hikers. #photography #ArtAdventCalendar
It’s me after a double at Coles
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It’s me after a double at Coles
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Imagine getting off the bus at this stop on a major arterial street in Chicago.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Imagine getting off the bus at this stop on a major arterial street in Chicago.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
The ramp comes down and you roll off with a wheelchair or walker.
I use this stop often with my kids.
The packed ice is about 4 inches thick. The trampled boot path is around 12 inches wide.
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Introducing this year's holiday card photo
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Introducing this year's holiday card photo
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This week is GAZPACHO DAY! Grab a cup of your favorite cold soup and tune in for spicy, subversive, and chaotic dance music that will have you moaning in ecstasy. (Just make sure it's barbiturate-free before you drink it!!)
Join us tonight from 9-11pm EST!
twitch.tv/djshonar
Join us tonight from 9-11pm EST!
twitch.tv/djshonar
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This week is GAZPACHO DAY! Grab a cup of your favorite cold soup and tune in for spicy, subversive, and chaotic dance music that will have you moaning in ecstasy. (Just make sure it's barbiturate-free before you drink it!!)
Join us tonight from 9-11pm EST!
twitch.tv/djshonar
Join us tonight from 9-11pm EST!
twitch.tv/djshonar
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you’re not jack kerouac, and on the road was bad anyway
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
you’re not jack kerouac, and on the road was bad anyway
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I’m still thinking about this and it really is one of those “everyone thinks Elon Musk is a genius until he gets involved in your field” moments. I’m gonna be a total bore and think about this seriously, please don’t read on if you don’t care what a landscape architect thinks about this shit… 1/?
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’m still thinking about this and it really is one of those “everyone thinks Elon Musk is a genius until he gets involved in your field” moments. I’m gonna be a total bore and think about this seriously, please don’t read on if you don’t care what a landscape architect thinks about this shit… 1/?
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We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
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I have a really special episode of @fafo.fm planned for December
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
Fork Around and Find Out | Passionfroot
Let's work together! Visit my Passionfroot page for more info and to book your slot.
fafo.fm
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have a really special episode of @fafo.fm planned for December
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
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There’s a reason boring-wozniak is disallowed
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
There’s a reason boring-wozniak is disallowed
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I get the Pilsen Community Books e-newsletter and they announced they’re moving, luckily to another part of Pilsen.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I get the Pilsen Community Books e-newsletter and they announced they’re moving, luckily to another part of Pilsen.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
I really hope this typo was intentional and not AI slop. This is page is live.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I really hope this typo was intentional and not AI slop. This is page is live.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
I’m pretty sure the robot is going to be able to do my job well enough in a couple years that my skill as a programmer will become obsolete. It’s unsettling, but I’ve had a good 20 year run.
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m pretty sure the robot is going to be able to do my job well enough in a couple years that my skill as a programmer will become obsolete. It’s unsettling, but I’ve had a good 20 year run.
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
You’d think if your name was in your handle, people would spell it right. The bigger tragedy may be that Oswald is trending over Oswalt.
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You’d think if your name was in your handle, people would spell it right. The bigger tragedy may be that Oswald is trending over Oswalt.
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
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Bluesky mods defending the rights of pedophiles by banning Patton fucking Oswald for saying they’re bad, actually
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bluesky mods defending the rights of pedophiles by banning Patton fucking Oswald for saying they’re bad, actually
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
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Celebrating the birth of animator and filmmaker Terry Gilliam 83 years after his arrival in a Fetus Frightening Room somewhere in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
November 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Celebrating the birth of animator and filmmaker Terry Gilliam 83 years after his arrival in a Fetus Frightening Room somewhere in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”