Ben Gleason
@benjamingleason.bsky.social
#SomervilleMA #Boston
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#WisdomPublications
#ShambhalaPublications
#MedfordChessClub
#dogs #publishing #chess #VideoGames #jazz #ClassicalMusic #ScienceFiction #SciFi #buddhism #zen #socialism #AntiFascism #antifa #feminism
#WisdomPublications
#ShambhalaPublications
#MedfordChessClub
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Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A Trump-appointed judge just blocked Trump’s Texas gerrymander
Trump could lose the redistricting war he started.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump now losing gerrymandering war he started:
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-federal court blocks Texas gerrymander
-California passes prop 50
-Utah court creates new Dem district
-VA begins new map process
-Indiana, Kansas scrap redistricting effort
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote about how the #Buddhist practice of mudita can decrease envy and enhance our sense of connectedness. #mindfulness #psychology
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
Cultivating Joy in Others’ Joy
Developing a habit of joy in other people’s joy can counter naturally arising envy and promote connection and well-being. These practices can help.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote about how the #Buddhist practice of mudita can decrease envy and enhance our sense of connectedness. #mindfulness #psychology
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...
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'The event is about 50% social and 50% people actually wanting to play chess … It’s a nice way to decompress, which doesn’t involve going to a club to see other people my age'
Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life
Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
'The event is about 50% social and 50% people actually wanting to play chess … It’s a nice way to decompress, which doesn’t involve going to a club to see other people my age'
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
Those #ICE fuckers abducted another of my neighbors in #SomervilleMA this morning. People from #LUCE were going door to door asking for info about him so they could let his family know and maybe get him a lawyer. This is just getting worse and worse
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Those #ICE fuckers abducted another of my neighbors in #SomervilleMA this morning. People from #LUCE were going door to door asking for info about him so they could let his family know and maybe get him a lawyer. This is just getting worse and worse
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We got the Lucha contingency out here
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We got the Lucha contingency out here
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#MedfordChessClub has added a new weekly meeting time and place! Drop by Mrs. Murphy's pub near Medford Square Wednesday at 7pm for "Pawns and Pints" #chess #chessClub #MedfordMA www.medfordchessclub.com www.mrsmurphs.com
Medford Chess Club
www.medfordchessclub.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#MedfordChessClub has added a new weekly meeting time and place! Drop by Mrs. Murphy's pub near Medford Square Wednesday at 7pm for "Pawns and Pints" #chess #chessClub #MedfordMA www.medfordchessclub.com www.mrsmurphs.com
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Ben Gleason (@BenGleason@mastodon.online)
2.18K Posts, 1.39K Following, 628 Followers · I live in #SomervilleMA in the #Boston area. I'm married and we have a #dog.
I work in #publishing, ride a #bike, play #chess and #VideoGames, listen to ...
mastodon.online
October 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
See you on Mastodon!
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mastodon.online/@BenGleason
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The Pete Principle. Newsday.com/matt
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Pete Principle. Newsday.com/matt
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When governments have cowed the press and flooded social platforms with viral propaganda, Wikipedia has become the next target, and a more stubborn one.
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When governments have cowed the press and flooded social platforms with viral propaganda, Wikipedia has become the next target, and a more stubborn one.
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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So, I noticed a new evolution in the way comics are displayed in book stores today. I found a shop that placed comics in the comics section, but also on a single shelf at the end of each genre section. So if you are browsing fantasy, the books beyond Z are all fantasy comics.
September 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
So, I noticed a new evolution in the way comics are displayed in book stores today. I found a shop that placed comics in the comics section, but also on a single shelf at the end of each genre section. So if you are browsing fantasy, the books beyond Z are all fantasy comics.
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I admire @lichess.org's commitment to offering all features to all users for free, but also I'm grateful they came up with something to offer to those of us who are paying, to feed our smug sense of superiority. lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
More colours for Patrons!
Recognising commitment!
lichess.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I admire @lichess.org's commitment to offering all features to all users for free, but also I'm grateful they came up with something to offer to those of us who are paying, to feed our smug sense of superiority. lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Here's an interview on the #PathsOfPractice podcast with the charming and erudite Howard Lazzarini, who translated THE SOUND THAT PERCEIVES THE WORLD by the great Zen master Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, published by wisdom.org
#buddhism #zen #WisdomPublications
youtube.com/watch?v=PX_w...
#buddhism #zen #WisdomPublications
youtube.com/watch?v=PX_w...
wisdom.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here's an interview on the #PathsOfPractice podcast with the charming and erudite Howard Lazzarini, who translated THE SOUND THAT PERCEIVES THE WORLD by the great Zen master Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, published by wisdom.org
#buddhism #zen #WisdomPublications
youtube.com/watch?v=PX_w...
#buddhism #zen #WisdomPublications
youtube.com/watch?v=PX_w...
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To celebrate Andor's third anniversary, my nerdy long article on spaceships is open to everyone.
With everything I've learned since then, I should take the time to update it. 🤫
With everything I've learned since then, I should take the time to update it. 🤫
Andor: A Spaceship Story | The Spaceshipper
Get more from The Spaceshipper on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
To celebrate Andor's third anniversary, my nerdy long article on spaceships is open to everyone.
With everything I've learned since then, I should take the time to update it. 🤫
With everything I've learned since then, I should take the time to update it. 🤫
#Hulu and #Disney who own #ABC have gone the way of #WashingtonPost - canceled due to their coddling of #fascism. How many more of our media outlets will become #propaganda for the #Trump regime?
September 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#Hulu and #Disney who own #ABC have gone the way of #WashingtonPost - canceled due to their coddling of #fascism. How many more of our media outlets will become #propaganda for the #Trump regime?
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I could say I was boycotting ABC but the fact of the matter is I literally cannot remember the last time I actually watched an ABC show over the air
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I could say I was boycotting ABC but the fact of the matter is I literally cannot remember the last time I actually watched an ABC show over the air
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: If Charlie Kirk wasn’t a right-wing extremist, right-wing extremist groups wouldn’t be marching to honor him.
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: If Charlie Kirk wasn’t a right-wing extremist, right-wing extremist groups wouldn’t be marching to honor him.
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Hannah Einbinder at the Emmys backstage:
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
September 15, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hannah Einbinder at the Emmys backstage:
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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Important reminder
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Important reminder
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked