Benjamin Knoll
@benjaminknoll28.bsky.social
Business survey researcher/political scientist. Star Trek 🖖 Kentuckian 🏇 Pro-democracy/pluralism 🗽 Rummelier 🥃🍹 #FeverRising #WNBA 🏀 Amateur artist 🎨 (Views are my own.)
www.informationknoll.com
www.informationknoll.com
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My @bsky.app vibe summarized, courtesy blueskyroast.com
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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my authentic ethno-nationalist Thanksgiving tradition is to find a Puritan to bully into using the Prayer Book
(to be clear this is a bit)
(to be clear this is a bit)
once again thinking about how America was founded by religious freaks who were so annoying that ENGLAND put them on BOATS and said GO THAT WAY
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
my authentic ethno-nationalist Thanksgiving tradition is to find a Puritan to bully into using the Prayer Book
(to be clear this is a bit)
(to be clear this is a bit)
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History in Hilton 🔥🌪️
Audi Crooks set the Iowa State single-game record with 43 points — in just 20 minutes — as the No. 16 Cyclones rolled Valparaiso 97-50. More: https://www.kcci.com/article/audi-crooks-scores-43-iowa-state-win/69417638
#IowaStateWBB #CycloneWBB
Audi Crooks set the Iowa State single-game record with 43 points — in just 20 minutes — as the No. 16 Cyclones rolled Valparaiso 97-50. More: https://www.kcci.com/article/audi-crooks-scores-43-iowa-state-win/69417638
#IowaStateWBB #CycloneWBB
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
History in Hilton 🔥🌪️
Audi Crooks set the Iowa State single-game record with 43 points — in just 20 minutes — as the No. 16 Cyclones rolled Valparaiso 97-50. More: https://www.kcci.com/article/audi-crooks-scores-43-iowa-state-win/69417638
#IowaStateWBB #CycloneWBB
Audi Crooks set the Iowa State single-game record with 43 points — in just 20 minutes — as the No. 16 Cyclones rolled Valparaiso 97-50. More: https://www.kcci.com/article/audi-crooks-scores-43-iowa-state-win/69417638
#IowaStateWBB #CycloneWBB
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base.
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base.
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
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does anyone know how many spaces come before a comma? i’m trying to detail some heinous crimes in an email
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
does anyone know how many spaces come before a comma? i’m trying to detail some heinous crimes in an email
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The comprehensive plan is designed to help EU members and aspiring states guard against foreign interference. It represents one of the EU’s most ambitious attempts so far in building democratic resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats.
European Democracy Shield Unveiled by European Commission
www.aldeparty.eu
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The comprehensive plan is designed to help EU members and aspiring states guard against foreign interference. It represents one of the EU’s most ambitious attempts so far in building democratic resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats.
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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Is this the kind of sacred decision making SCOTUS had in mind when it wrote Trump v United States?
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Is this the kind of sacred decision making SCOTUS had in mind when it wrote Trump v United States?
Study of Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social's "Luxe, calme et volupté" (1904) 🎨
This one took a while! Lots of fun practice, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxe,_C...
#acrylics #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaint #painting #matisse #fauvism #skyart #artsky
This one took a while! Lots of fun practice, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxe,_C...
#acrylics #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaint #painting #matisse #fauvism #skyart #artsky
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Study of Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social's "Luxe, calme et volupté" (1904) 🎨
This one took a while! Lots of fun practice, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxe,_C...
#acrylics #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaint #painting #matisse #fauvism #skyart #artsky
This one took a while! Lots of fun practice, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxe,_C...
#acrylics #acrylicpainting #acrylicpaint #painting #matisse #fauvism #skyart #artsky
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From The Economist:
"America’s surging stockmarket has been driven, most of all, by old investors.... Americans aged 70 and above now own 39% of all stocks and mutual funds (which mostly invest in equities), almost twice as much as was common from 1989 to 2009....
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"America’s surging stockmarket has been driven, most of all, by old investors.... Americans aged 70 and above now own 39% of all stocks and mutual funds (which mostly invest in equities), almost twice as much as was common from 1989 to 2009....
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November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
From The Economist:
"America’s surging stockmarket has been driven, most of all, by old investors.... Americans aged 70 and above now own 39% of all stocks and mutual funds (which mostly invest in equities), almost twice as much as was common from 1989 to 2009....
1 of 2
"America’s surging stockmarket has been driven, most of all, by old investors.... Americans aged 70 and above now own 39% of all stocks and mutual funds (which mostly invest in equities), almost twice as much as was common from 1989 to 2009....
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Kate Sammons (Korean/American, born 1972)
"The Blue Hour", 2011.
Oil on Panel, 19 × 16 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Blue Hour", 2011.
Oil on Panel, 19 × 16 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Kate Sammons (Korean/American, born 1972)
"The Blue Hour", 2011.
Oil on Panel, 19 × 16 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"The Blue Hour", 2011.
Oil on Panel, 19 × 16 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do
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The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
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Another sunset 🌞☀️🌞
6x6" oil on panel
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #OilPainting #Sunset #Tonalism
6x6" oil on panel
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #OilPainting #Sunset #Tonalism
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Another sunset 🌞☀️🌞
6x6" oil on panel
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #OilPainting #Sunset #Tonalism
6x6" oil on panel
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #OilPainting #Sunset #Tonalism
Very cool Of Monsters and Men concert in Nashville last night. 🎸
We had some little talks about how my head was an animal.
We had some little talks about how my head was an animal.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Very cool Of Monsters and Men concert in Nashville last night. 🎸
We had some little talks about how my head was an animal.
We had some little talks about how my head was an animal.
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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For a quick timeline cleanse, it was raining this morning so I did my morning walk in the afternoon where the windy weather created this pretty carpet of autumn leaves on a neighbor's lawn. Tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
For a quick timeline cleanse, it was raining this morning so I did my morning walk in the afternoon where the windy weather created this pretty carpet of autumn leaves on a neighbor's lawn. Tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!
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"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
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L'Estaque with Red Roofs, 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12509
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12509
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
L'Estaque with Red Roofs, 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12509
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12509
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In the Woods, 1922 #henrimatisse #matisse
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the Woods, 1922 #henrimatisse #matisse
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November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM