Ben Holmen
@benholmen.com
draw on my art project: @kilopx.com
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Big tall anti-entropy machine
Software engineer + general maker
Always curious about everything
Wisconsin, USA | benholmen.com
...let's go exploring!
join my meetup: phpxmsp.com
Big tall anti-entropy machine
Software engineer + general maker
Always curious about everything
Wisconsin, USA | benholmen.com
...let's go exploring!
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Ben Holmen
@benholmen.com
· Aug 4
I built a ridiculous 1000 pixel display that takes an hour to draw an image and I'm now asking the internet to draw on it (what could go wrong?)
Please submit some 40×25 pixel art at kilopx.com!
Please submit some 40×25 pixel art at kilopx.com!
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Got snookered into a bike ride by the 2nd grader. "Dad let's bike to the park" turned into 7 mi and 5 parks
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Got snookered into a bike ride by the 2nd grader. "Dad let's bike to the park" turned into 7 mi and 5 parks
This episode contains important revelations about Bean Island in addition to the usual Laracon updates!
Episode 26: Treasure on Bean Island
@zuzana-k.com thinks curling is boring, @benholmen.com has accidentally made himself important at work, and @davehicking.com is ready to shill for sponsors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpP0...
@zuzana-k.com thinks curling is boring, @benholmen.com has accidentally made himself important at work, and @davehicking.com is ready to shill for sponsors.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpP0...
Episode 26: Treasure on Bean Island
YouTube video by Cheese & Weather
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February 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This episode contains important revelations about Bean Island in addition to the usual Laracon updates!
See you at the river*
* Oxbow lake
* Oxbow lake
February 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
See you at the river*
* Oxbow lake
* Oxbow lake
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I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you
Every luge replay just looks like accidentally opening my selfie camera
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Every luge replay just looks like accidentally opening my selfie camera
Witnessed this insane urinal configuration last night at Rhinelander HS
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Witnessed this insane urinal configuration last night at Rhinelander HS
Forget nationality, I'm cheering for all the old people in the Olympics
40 year old in giant slalom? All the way
40 year old in giant slalom? All the way
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Forget nationality, I'm cheering for all the old people in the Olympics
40 year old in giant slalom? All the way
40 year old in giant slalom? All the way
Kilopixel turned 750,000 pixels today! It's still on display at my favorite coffee shop.
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Kilopixel turned 750,000 pixels today! It's still on display at my favorite coffee shop.
I learned a lesson in multicolor printing tonight
130g waste
9g little tiny zebra
130g waste
9g little tiny zebra
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 AM
I learned a lesson in multicolor printing tonight
130g waste
9g little tiny zebra
130g waste
9g little tiny zebra
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Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
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There’s so much need in Minnesota right now. Businesses are closing and rent is due soon.
If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can.
Thank you 🫶🏻
If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can.
Thank you 🫶🏻
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
There’s so much need in Minnesota right now. Businesses are closing and rent is due soon.
If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can.
Thank you 🫶🏻
If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can.
Thank you 🫶🏻
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Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night
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Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
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We had such a moving vigil on my corner. Held a long moment of silence, introduced ourselves to each other. I thought we might be standing out there on our own (it wasn’t advertised by anyone as a planned spot) but ended up in a circle with 20 other people who are all doing stuff for community.
January 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM
We had such a moving vigil on my corner. Held a long moment of silence, introduced ourselves to each other. I thought we might be standing out there on our own (it wasn’t advertised by anyone as a planned spot) but ended up in a circle with 20 other people who are all doing stuff for community.
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this may not be much, but if anyone needs a website or help updating one for their immigration-related group or cause, especially if you’re in the Midwest, please let me know. I do this for a living. DMs are open
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
this may not be much, but if anyone needs a website or help updating one for their immigration-related group or cause, especially if you’re in the Midwest, please let me know. I do this for a living. DMs are open
Dismantle ICE. Prosecute these murderers. Impeach, remove, and charge the people who set this into action.
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Dismantle ICE. Prosecute these murderers. Impeach, remove, and charge the people who set this into action.
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this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
Come join me and Boss Man Chris!
January 19, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Come join me and Boss Man Chris!
Trying something new with Chris today - a little open pair programming / chat. Join us!
So @benholmen.com and I are going to get on Zoom around 2pm EST and hang out—maybe work on a project, maybe chat.
If that sounds like fun, you're invited!
I'm gonna post a zoom link closer to when we get started. I'll reply or quote this post when I do.
If that sounds like fun, you're invited!
I'm gonna post a zoom link closer to when we get started. I'll reply or quote this post when I do.
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trying something new with Chris today - a little open pair programming / chat. Join us!
My art project is coming along nicely - I now have a 4 note prototype to prove out some first ideas
I'm going to be so sick of these notes
I'm going to be so sick of these notes
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My art project is coming along nicely - I now have a 4 note prototype to prove out some first ideas
I'm going to be so sick of these notes
I'm going to be so sick of these notes
Can you imagine being the software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, designers, QA testers, and devops that built and run this? Cashing out your palantir equity for "deportation targets"? Accomplices and ghouls, all of them
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Can you imagine being the software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, designers, QA testers, and devops that built and run this? Cashing out your palantir equity for "deportation targets"? Accomplices and ghouls, all of them
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These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
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Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates.
share.google/J00lpWzPzOu2...
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