Benjamin Powell
@benjamin42.bsky.social
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Starter Packs Archive • An Arm And a Leg
Our best answers to some big questions, and collections of favorite podcast episodes.
armandalegshow.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Paddling in the Florida Everglades area.
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Paddling in the Florida Everglades area.
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Shiprock, New Mexico on a foggy day.
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Shiprock, New Mexico on a foggy day.
Kira and I have new Alpacka pack rafts. These crafts are amazingly light. Can't wait for next year's boating season!
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Kira and I have new Alpacka pack rafts. These crafts are amazingly light. Can't wait for next year's boating season!
The neighbors kids were driving me crazy just making the noise that boys will make. Decided to go for a walk and caught this sunset. It reminded me to be more grateful and less grumpy tonight.
July 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The neighbors kids were driving me crazy just making the noise that boys will make. Decided to go for a walk and caught this sunset. It reminded me to be more grateful and less grumpy tonight.
Spontaneous camping trip last weekend.
July 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Spontaneous camping trip last weekend.
Found this on a sidewalk today.
June 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Found this on a sidewalk today.
114 fired from National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden as part of Trump administration cuts coloradosun.com/2025/05/06/f...
114 fired from National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden as part of Trump administration cuts
The National Renewable Energy Lab confirmed it has fired 114 employees and subcontractors as part of Trump administration cost-cutting.
coloradosun.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
114 fired from National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden as part of Trump administration cuts coloradosun.com/2025/05/06/f...
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I kind of want to go
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I kind of want to go
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If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.
April 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If a deranged president intentionally destroying the country's economy with a ludicrous obsession (and misunderstanding) of tariffs *isn't* justification for invoking the 25th Amendment, I honestly can't imagine any scenario that would be.
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If this story didn't have today's date, I would've thought it was a Depression-era headline.
April 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If this story didn't have today's date, I would've thought it was a Depression-era headline.
I'd rather see oil & gas subsidies go away. We need science more than ever.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'd rather see oil & gas subsidies go away. We need science more than ever.
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Some sound advice:
February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some sound advice:
It's going to be a long wildfire season...
February 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's going to be a long wildfire season...
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2016, 2020, 2024—and they still don’t realize they’re on the menu…
February 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
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Sign of the day…
February 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Sign of the day…
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.