Benjamin Andrew
@benfictional.bsky.social
Digital art and design prof at Penn State.
Sci-fi, comics, websites, etc.
Sci-fi, comics, websites, etc.
The GDT Frankenstein should have been a musical.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The GDT Frankenstein should have been a musical.
Man, I'm psyched to see the design and branding of Mamdani's City grocery stores. Must be some fun conversations happening right now.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Man, I'm psyched to see the design and branding of Mamdani's City grocery stores. Must be some fun conversations happening right now.
Hell yeah
Divide and concur — this radical plan from 1920, for "lasting peace" after WW1, proposed uniting central Europe into 24 wedge-shaped cantons which would radiate out from Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/unionization-of-central-europe/
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hell yeah
Reposted by Benjamin Andrew
Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Capitalism is now illegal
Incredible!
New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Incredible!
wtf, why is the University of Wisconsin seal a badass magic eye?
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
wtf, why is the University of Wisconsin seal a badass magic eye?
Obsessed with this postmodern kids album of clean up songs. Very effective.
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Obsessed with this postmodern kids album of clean up songs. Very effective.
🎵 Canvas is doooowwwwnnn 🎶
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🎵 Canvas is doooowwwwnnn 🎶
Shopping for glasses is so funny, like "Here's some that are cheap, but they were designed by a five-year-old!"
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Shopping for glasses is so funny, like "Here's some that are cheap, but they were designed by a five-year-old!"
Wow, Amazon's got a great deal on this $10,000 pre-owned Macbook Air.
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Wow, Amazon's got a great deal on this $10,000 pre-owned Macbook Air.
Found some bottles of coconut Marzen homebrew in the basement from the Before Times (before second child was born)
September 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Found some bottles of coconut Marzen homebrew in the basement from the Before Times (before second child was born)
New obsession is 19th cen. spirit photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New obsession is 19th cen. spirit photography
Frankie Focus is New York's mascot for phone-free schools, which is incredible but I feel like the design could have been work shopped a bit more.
September 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Frankie Focus is New York's mascot for phone-free schools, which is incredible but I feel like the design could have been work shopped a bit more.
Reposted by Benjamin Andrew
This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...
radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...
Penn State plans to 'wind down' WPSU after board committee rejects plan to transfer it to WHYY
WPSU, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary of bringing public media to Pennsylvania, is slated to close soon, after a Penn State board of trustees committee voted Thursday against a proposal...
radio.wpsu.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is the first NPR/PBS station I've seen that's going out of business as a result of the federal rescission:
radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...
radio.wpsu.org/2025-09-11/p...
The hidden-camera video of the student's complaints is some fresh nightmare fuel. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...
Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals
After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.
www.texastribune.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The hidden-camera video of the student's complaints is some fresh nightmare fuel. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t...
This is a great example of how the best opening/closing credits depict a better version of the title than the actual thing.
Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is a great example of how the best opening/closing credits depict a better version of the title than the actual thing.
Whoops I kept a lid on my kombucha and smothered the bacteria, so now I have a SCOY.
September 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Whoops I kept a lid on my kombucha and smothered the bacteria, so now I have a SCOY.
Vintage Instagram icon spotted in the wild web!
September 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Vintage Instagram icon spotted in the wild web!
Figma once causing jump scares with their updates — Layer thumbnail images?!
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Figma once causing jump scares with their updates — Layer thumbnail images?!
I think I've come to accept the generic use of "aesthetic" as an adjective. It's like a shorthand for "aesthetically-considered."
July 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I think I've come to accept the generic use of "aesthetic" as an adjective. It's like a shorthand for "aesthetically-considered."
I'm here for this extremely gimmicky compass animation. 🫡
July 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm here for this extremely gimmicky compass animation. 🫡
All time great Strands today 🏳️🌈
June 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
All time great Strands today 🏳️🌈
Yaaaaayyy 👏
Warner Bros has given up on making a live-action ‘AKIRA’ remake.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
June 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Yaaaaayyy 👏