Ben Loory
@benloory.bsky.social
Writer 📚 Tales of Falling and Flying, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
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Well, my year-end wrap-up (What I Did in 2025) is finally done! Only 11 days late, not bad! You can check it out on my website, benloory.com, if you're interested, but here's the important part: my favorite books I read this year! I mean last year
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I scored 19/22
Reminds me of this really cringy poster that hangs in the entrance of my in-laws' church.
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I scored 19/22
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No cover yet, but here's the title page. Coming September 22. Very excited about this one.
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 AM
No cover yet, but here's the title page. Coming September 22. Very excited about this one.
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so much about all of this is insane to me but it's especially insane that we're blowing up the transatlantic alliance at the whim of a dying man
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
so much about all of this is insane to me but it's especially insane that we're blowing up the transatlantic alliance at the whim of a dying man
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French poster for BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant - BOTD in 1904
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant - BOTD in 1904
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
French poster for BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant - BOTD in 1904
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant - BOTD in 1904
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Sometimes he just stares at the water for several minutes at a time
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Sometimes he just stares at the water for several minutes at a time
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I've got a box of advance copies of TACOMA. Would love to give a couple away. Maybe let's do this...
Tell me/rave about a fave piece on @havehashad.com.
I'll RT them from HAD and randomly select 2 or 3 tomorrow morning to send a copy to.
Tell me/rave about a fave piece on @havehashad.com.
I'll RT them from HAD and randomly select 2 or 3 tomorrow morning to send a copy to.
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I've got a box of advance copies of TACOMA. Would love to give a couple away. Maybe let's do this...
Tell me/rave about a fave piece on @havehashad.com.
I'll RT them from HAD and randomly select 2 or 3 tomorrow morning to send a copy to.
Tell me/rave about a fave piece on @havehashad.com.
I'll RT them from HAD and randomly select 2 or 3 tomorrow morning to send a copy to.
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If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
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They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards
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I’m not into using AI, but there’s an image that I think should exist but doesn’t, namely a cover for a Malcolm Gladwell-style book called “Pie Hole: The Power of Shutting It”
January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I’m not into using AI, but there’s an image that I think should exist but doesn’t, namely a cover for a Malcolm Gladwell-style book called “Pie Hole: The Power of Shutting It”
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Pet peeve: when I'm out walking and the Devil is walking directly behind me perfectly mimicking my steps and when I turn to ask him to stop, he quickly circles behind me so I can't properly confront him.
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Pet peeve: when I'm out walking and the Devil is walking directly behind me perfectly mimicking my steps and when I turn to ask him to stop, he quickly circles behind me so I can't properly confront him.
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my evening skyy last night
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
my evening skyy last night
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“This guy can’t be old, he has a cool jacket” is something I bet a lot of my friends imagine people are thinking about them
January 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
“This guy can’t be old, he has a cool jacket” is something I bet a lot of my friends imagine people are thinking about them
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Hey, so the world is on fire, & you might be struggling for inspiration for your story or novel, yeah?
I gotchu, bro:
I gotchu, bro:
A post from @nxnorthwoods.bsky.social prompted me to share what the Twin Cities is actually like. A thread.
1. This is a giant pencil carved from a dead tree, where thousands show up once a year to watch it get sharpened.
1. This is a giant pencil carved from a dead tree, where thousands show up once a year to watch it get sharpened.
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Hey, so the world is on fire, & you might be struggling for inspiration for your story or novel, yeah?
I gotchu, bro:
I gotchu, bro:
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This is exactly right. The white kids and adults I know who know the true history of the United States and Colonialism don't feel bad or guilty; they feel angry, in community with their peers of other races, and empowered to push for change. Enlightened white people are dangerous to the hegemony.
This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
This is exactly right. The white kids and adults I know who know the true history of the United States and Colonialism don't feel bad or guilty; they feel angry, in community with their peers of other races, and empowered to push for change. Enlightened white people are dangerous to the hegemony.
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East Window, 2008 by Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary, St Martin-in-the-Field, London #womensart
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
East Window, 2008 by Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary, St Martin-in-the-Field, London #womensart
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Wife was humming “Away in a Manger” and our 5 y/o son said: “Does manger mean a place to eat?” He's supposed to grow up into a cruel and indifferent boss, not someone who thinks about root-words, so we're looking for a "poop camp" to send him to, where bad kids go to shovel poop
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Wife was humming “Away in a Manger” and our 5 y/o son said: “Does manger mean a place to eat?” He's supposed to grow up into a cruel and indifferent boss, not someone who thinks about root-words, so we're looking for a "poop camp" to send him to, where bad kids go to shovel poop
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not sleeping tonight, just wriggling around instead. getting in a full 8 hours of squirmin
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
not sleeping tonight, just wriggling around instead. getting in a full 8 hours of squirmin
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Bronze Bull Head Ornament with Standing Oxen, Dian Kingdom (Dian Culture), Western Han Dynasty, c. 2nd–1st Century BC (approx. 150 BC). Excavated near Lake Dian, Ancient Yunnan, Southwest China.
#art
#art
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Bronze Bull Head Ornament with Standing Oxen, Dian Kingdom (Dian Culture), Western Han Dynasty, c. 2nd–1st Century BC (approx. 150 BC). Excavated near Lake Dian, Ancient Yunnan, Southwest China.
#art
#art
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I didn’t actually notice until just now that Letterboxd accounts for activity logged after midnight as a movie watched the previous day, that’s actually really nice and thoughtful 😂
January 18, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I didn’t actually notice until just now that Letterboxd accounts for activity logged after midnight as a movie watched the previous day, that’s actually really nice and thoughtful 😂
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best thing about stealing candy from a baby is, as soon as this kid loses sight of it, he thinks it's just gone. forever. no need to look over your shoulder. nobody's coming
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 AM
best thing about stealing candy from a baby is, as soon as this kid loses sight of it, he thinks it's just gone. forever. no need to look over your shoulder. nobody's coming
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Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
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Another day, another betrayal of the Constitution meriting impeachment
About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Another day, another betrayal of the Constitution meriting impeachment
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BAGGER: (spilling my groceries on the floor) Oh God. I'm so sorry. This isn't what I'm supposed to do.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
January 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
BAGGER: (spilling my groceries on the floor) Oh God. I'm so sorry. This isn't what I'm supposed to do.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
ME: How are you supposed to do it?
MANAGER: She means she was gonna be a fox. In the woods and shit. But something happened and she got stuck.
BAGGER: (crying) Got so stuck.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.