Ben Lathrop
@benlathrop13.bsky.social
Expat Iowan, former Horror Host and present Librarian & Author.
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http://getbook.at/HorrorShow
Power Masters - the lost '80's toyline I just became obsessed with.
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Power Masters - the lost '80's toyline I just became obsessed with.
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It’s actually pathetic to apply to college, get accepted, pay to be there, and then try to stop your professor from teaching you because you’re such a huge fan of authoritarianism. Even more pathetic to record your professor to get them fired.
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s actually pathetic to apply to college, get accepted, pay to be there, and then try to stop your professor from teaching you because you’re such a huge fan of authoritarianism. Even more pathetic to record your professor to get them fired.
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🚨🚨 GREAT NEWS🚨🚨
IN IOWA
DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE
Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate
Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
IN IOWA
DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE
Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate
Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
🚨🚨 GREAT NEWS🚨🚨
IN IOWA
DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE
Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate
Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
IN IOWA
DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY HAS WON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE
Democrats now have stopped the Republican Super Majority in the State Senate
Congratulations CATELIN DREY !!
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AI policy I'm putting in my Fall syllabi. Feel free to adopt & adapt it.
August 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AI policy I'm putting in my Fall syllabi. Feel free to adopt & adapt it.
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
"No More Tears" was one of the first cassettes I ever bought. I literally wore it out from constant play that summer. RIP Ozzy🤘
July 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"No More Tears" was one of the first cassettes I ever bought. I literally wore it out from constant play that summer. RIP Ozzy🤘
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Okay, last time boosting this one: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...
Superman (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegiwritten and directed by James Gunn by Walter Chaw I’m in the bag for Superman, I admit it. I grew up in a small town, Go...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Okay, last time boosting this one: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...
Took my kids to M3GAN 2.0 and we had a blast - It’s like Terminator 2 by way of Bride of Chucky.
June 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Took my kids to M3GAN 2.0 and we had a blast - It’s like Terminator 2 by way of Bride of Chucky.
If you were watching #DrWho in England during the original pre-1989 era, was it publicized when a new actor was about to take over the role, like it would be today, or was it a big surprise when The Doctor regenerated?
June 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you were watching #DrWho in England during the original pre-1989 era, was it publicized when a new actor was about to take over the role, like it would be today, or was it a big surprise when The Doctor regenerated?
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America.
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
America.
I watched a Ninja movie on Amazon, and now it keeps recommending more and more Ninja movies and I can't stop myself.
May 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I watched a Ninja movie on Amazon, and now it keeps recommending more and more Ninja movies and I can't stop myself.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Book challenges remained high in 2024, with nearly 72% initiated not by parents but by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. bit.ly/soal-25
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Book challenges remained high in 2024, with nearly 72% initiated not by parents but by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. bit.ly/soal-25
#NationalLibraryWeek
#NationalLibraryWeek
Even small-time guys like me got their intellectual property taken by Meta's plagiarism-robot. And they're going to get away with it. It's so discouraging... www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Even small-time guys like me got their intellectual property taken by Meta's plagiarism-robot. And they're going to get away with it. It's so discouraging... www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
"I was what you call 'ragged' - I wasn't gonna be no man's friend today."
I discovered "Loveless" over the weekend - If I had seen this at 20, it would have become my whole personality.
I discovered "Loveless" over the weekend - If I had seen this at 20, it would have become my whole personality.
March 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"I was what you call 'ragged' - I wasn't gonna be no man's friend today."
I discovered "Loveless" over the weekend - If I had seen this at 20, it would have become my whole personality.
I discovered "Loveless" over the weekend - If I had seen this at 20, it would have become my whole personality.
ShadowDark takes all the charm and imagination of classic tabletop RPGs and adds decades of collective experience and innovation. Easy to learn, fun to play.
The kickstarter for the first true expansion from The Arcane Library went live this morning - highly recommended
kck.st/3DAAOwT
The kickstarter for the first true expansion from The Arcane Library went live this morning - highly recommended
kck.st/3DAAOwT
Shadowdark RPG: The Western Reaches Setting
Drive back the darkness in a perilous land of cursed forests, haunted deserts, and brooding jungles. Your legend awaits!
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March 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ShadowDark takes all the charm and imagination of classic tabletop RPGs and adds decades of collective experience and innovation. Easy to learn, fun to play.
The kickstarter for the first true expansion from The Arcane Library went live this morning - highly recommended
kck.st/3DAAOwT
The kickstarter for the first true expansion from The Arcane Library went live this morning - highly recommended
kck.st/3DAAOwT
A nice thing about our current era - You can accidentally watch "Live and Die in L.A." for the first time. Holy moly.
February 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A nice thing about our current era - You can accidentally watch "Live and Die in L.A." for the first time. Holy moly.
I started watching "Sapphire and Steel" and just finished the second story last night, but its sticking with me this morning. The first story was aggressively weird, but I was not ready for how dark the ending of the second one would be.
February 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I started watching "Sapphire and Steel" and just finished the second story last night, but its sticking with me this morning. The first story was aggressively weird, but I was not ready for how dark the ending of the second one would be.
Listening to Grady Hendrix on @scarredforlife.bsky.social Podcast talking about watching British Sci-Fi on American PBS reminded me of many late nights with the great Mike Frisbie who hosted a block of these shows on Iowa Public Television through the 90's youtu.be/5DWWWzblm6A?...
SFFN Mike Frisbie Red Dwarf "Polymorph" intro
YouTube video by Cyclopz 007
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February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Listening to Grady Hendrix on @scarredforlife.bsky.social Podcast talking about watching British Sci-Fi on American PBS reminded me of many late nights with the great Mike Frisbie who hosted a block of these shows on Iowa Public Television through the 90's youtu.be/5DWWWzblm6A?...
I watched "The Vourdalak" last night - The decision to use a puppet for the creature makes the whole story feel like you've stumbled into some 18th Cent. traveling show. The whole thing is really effective -
February 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I watched "The Vourdalak" last night - The decision to use a puppet for the creature makes the whole story feel like you've stumbled into some 18th Cent. traveling show. The whole thing is really effective -
When my kids are confronted by some terrible realization about the unfairness of the world, there's often not much I can do other than give them a hug and say something that hopefully hits midway between corny and encouraging.
If anybody out there is wanting for that kind of thing, HMU.
If anybody out there is wanting for that kind of thing, HMU.
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
When my kids are confronted by some terrible realization about the unfairness of the world, there's often not much I can do other than give them a hug and say something that hopefully hits midway between corny and encouraging.
If anybody out there is wanting for that kind of thing, HMU.
If anybody out there is wanting for that kind of thing, HMU.
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I'm enjoying a cup of hot, black coffee and thinking about how much the work of David Lynch has meant to me.
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm enjoying a cup of hot, black coffee and thinking about how much the work of David Lynch has meant to me.
There's a cool bit in "Only the Dead Known Burbank" where the undead protagonist describes having the learn how to force air through their lifeless body in order to talk. And I've been thinking about it ever since hearing Bill Skarsgard's Orlok voice in "Nosferatu."
a person standing in a dark room with a white shirt on
ALT: a person standing in a dark room with a white shirt on
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December 31, 2024 at 6:14 PM
There's a cool bit in "Only the Dead Known Burbank" where the undead protagonist describes having the learn how to force air through their lifeless body in order to talk. And I've been thinking about it ever since hearing Bill Skarsgard's Orlok voice in "Nosferatu."