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@benny.myatproto.social
pronouns: he or they.
lover of science and democracy.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
lover of science and democracy.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
Pinned
a friend gave me this.
the source contains more locations/numbers: www.ccijustice.org/defend-the-bay
the source contains more locations/numbers: www.ccijustice.org/defend-the-bay
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a college friend was a math guy who liked doing two things: math & long distance running — once he called us to pick him up bc he’d run about 50 miles & was too exhausted to run back — he went on to get a psych degree & an md
Actual mathematicians tend to be lovely little weirdos in my experience
Most mathematicians aren't that bad!
They just want to quietly work out their obscure proofs in peace, interrupted occasionally to teach a few hundred engineers basic calculus to keep the lights on and food on the table.
They just want to quietly work out their obscure proofs in peace, interrupted occasionally to teach a few hundred engineers basic calculus to keep the lights on and food on the table.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
a college friend was a math guy who liked doing two things: math & long distance running — once he called us to pick him up bc he’d run about 50 miles & was too exhausted to run back — he went on to get a psych degree & an md
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Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
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Neguse: This is one of the most shameful episodes in my view in the modern history of the congress. The decision that Speaker Johnson made to recess the house for 54 days, to send Republican members home on paid vacation for eight weeks, is disgraceful.
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Neguse: This is one of the most shameful episodes in my view in the modern history of the congress. The decision that Speaker Johnson made to recess the house for 54 days, to send Republican members home on paid vacation for eight weeks, is disgraceful.
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they deported him
José's crew spent a week in August battling the Bear Gulch fire, then a 9,000-acre blaze + largest in 70+ years in WA’s Olympic Peninsula.
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
Border Patrol showed up to his remote forest location, surrounded the crew + ultimately arrested José + another immigrant firefighter.
"It’s backstabbing.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
they deported him
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A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A sincere thanks to @theonion.com for spotlighting a huge and growing problem with America's broken Veterans Affairs system.
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
My @propublica.org colleagues have been investigating the VA and could use help from those who've worked there:
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The foodraiser going for this long means that some kids in these schools have only ever known the foodraiser, a helpful bag of food to take home for when school lunches aren't available. And this is the foodraiser's SENIOR YEAR!!
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The foodraiser going for this long means that some kids in these schools have only ever known the foodraiser, a helpful bag of food to take home for when school lunches aren't available. And this is the foodraiser's SENIOR YEAR!!
there is one union I'm happy to see lose in court
California adopted criminal penalties for filing false claims against police officers 30 years ago. The state Supreme Court held that the LAPD went too far in advising people about those penalties when they file citizen complaints. bit.ly/4oyl3sD
📸 J.W. Hendricks
📸 J.W. Hendricks
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
there is one union I'm happy to see lose in court
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Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Angriest I've seen Jon Stewart...
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This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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$65 needed ASAP for food & formula 💕💸
to give directly 💕💸
CA: $BabyMamaShark
CHME: $PotatoMom590
PP: rowdyrowdyriot@gmail.com
VEN: f0rbidden_pets (note the o is a zero)
CA: $BabyMamaShark
CHME: $PotatoMom590
PP: rowdyrowdyriot@gmail.com
VEN: f0rbidden_pets (note the o is a zero)
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
$65 needed ASAP for food & formula 💕💸
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IF YOU CAN, GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET YOUR SHIT CHECKED OUT. DON’T SIT ON HEALTH PROBLEMS.
he doesn’t seem worried, this is like when he had that heart attack lol, catching shit early and dealing with it right away
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
IF YOU CAN, GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET YOUR SHIT CHECKED OUT. DON’T SIT ON HEALTH PROBLEMS.
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For years, a “Goon Squad” of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
This week, our friends at @revealnews.org sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com, who revealed their reign of terror.
This week, our friends at @revealnews.org sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com, who revealed their reign of terror.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For years, a “Goon Squad” of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
This week, our friends at @revealnews.org sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com, who revealed their reign of terror.
This week, our friends at @revealnews.org sit down with the reporters from @mississippitoday.org and @nytimes.com, who revealed their reign of terror.
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How brush teeth if cat?
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
How brush teeth if cat?
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
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Reminder: puppies are up for adoption, which you can see in the thread I'm quoting here, but in the meantime some more photos. They play a lot and they sleep a lot.
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reminder: puppies are up for adoption, which you can see in the thread I'm quoting here, but in the meantime some more photos. They play a lot and they sleep a lot.
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
That last photo I'll explain below in this thread...
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
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AGAIN MY WHITE FOLKS ?
Gotta make him regret that choice
He should be TERRIFIED
Gotta make him regret that choice
He should be TERRIFIED
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
AGAIN MY WHITE FOLKS ?
Gotta make him regret that choice
He should be TERRIFIED
Gotta make him regret that choice
He should be TERRIFIED
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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