Ben Petkau
@benpetkau.bsky.social
cat ownee, excel nerd, fern dad. AuDHD, HoH, COVID-safe. climate, politics, urban planning, weird memes. all opinions are now 50% off to make room for new stock (he/him)
My shirt reading "innocent pre-Christian European cultural heritage enthusiast" is causing a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My shirt reading "innocent pre-Christian European cultural heritage enthusiast" is causing a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
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Dear Elizabeth May,
We *have done* a lot of research on avian flu. If you aren't acknowledging the huge body of evidence that informs internationally standard best practices, you don't actually respect science. This is wifi-level embarrassing.
Best,
a former Green
Dear Elizabeth May,
We *have done* a lot of research on avian flu. If you aren't acknowledging the huge body of evidence that informs internationally standard best practices, you don't actually respect science. This is wifi-level embarrassing.
Best,
a former Green
Cull of ostriches at B.C. farm is complete, CFIA confirms
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Dear Elizabeth May,
We *have done* a lot of research on avian flu. If you aren't acknowledging the huge body of evidence that informs internationally standard best practices, you don't actually respect science. This is wifi-level embarrassing.
Best,
a former Green
Dear Elizabeth May,
We *have done* a lot of research on avian flu. If you aren't acknowledging the huge body of evidence that informs internationally standard best practices, you don't actually respect science. This is wifi-level embarrassing.
Best,
a former Green
Masks ❌
Respirators ❌
Lung Condoms ✅
Respirators ❌
Lung Condoms ✅
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Masks ❌
Respirators ❌
Lung Condoms ✅
Respirators ❌
Lung Condoms ✅
Idk who needs to hear this, but absence of evidence *is* evidence of absence, when evidence would be expected. If you say, "there's a ball in this box", then look in the box and can't find a ball, there's probably no ball in the box.
October 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Idk who needs to hear this, but absence of evidence *is* evidence of absence, when evidence would be expected. If you say, "there's a ball in this box", then look in the box and can't find a ball, there's probably no ball in the box.
The most frustrating thing about discussion of #Wikipedia is how uninformed it always is about how Wikipedia works. All the lengthy and open debates about these sources are catalogued at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RSP and anyone can read them. There's no secrets. Who tf is Mr. X even supposed to be?
October 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The most frustrating thing about discussion of #Wikipedia is how uninformed it always is about how Wikipedia works. All the lengthy and open debates about these sources are catalogued at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:RSP and anyone can read them. There's no secrets. Who tf is Mr. X even supposed to be?
Random shoutout to the last time I got sick (strep throat), back in 2019! #MasksWork
September 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Random shoutout to the last time I got sick (strep throat), back in 2019! #MasksWork
Just for the record, Zionism is decolonization, and Jewish people have generally been allies to queer, racialized and other marginalized people for many decades. Un/follow as you prefer.
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Just for the record, Zionism is decolonization, and Jewish people have generally been allies to queer, racialized and other marginalized people for many decades. Un/follow as you prefer.
Found the deserted sandy beach that goes out knee-deep for half a klick, just four years too late. Maybe everything would have been different.
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Found the deserted sandy beach that goes out knee-deep for half a klick, just four years too late. Maybe everything would have been different.
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This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did
I haven’t seen one news channel show a clip of him speaking in the last 4 hours
September 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is such a funny element to the Kirk eulogizing: they can’t describe him the way they’re describing him *and* show clips of anything he actually said or did
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Charlie Kirk never served one day in uniform nor one day in office. He made memes on the internet and said shitty things about people on podcasts. If this is who Republicans consider a hero and want to display in death, let them. It says more about them than anyone against their ideology ever could.
September 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Charlie Kirk never served one day in uniform nor one day in office. He made memes on the internet and said shitty things about people on podcasts. If this is who Republicans consider a hero and want to display in death, let them. It says more about them than anyone against their ideology ever could.
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Everyone seems allergic to the word, but Charlie Kirk was not an activist, he was a propagandist. Turning Point was a meme factory backed by a billionaire designed to steer kids towards Christian Nationalism. He didn’t advocate for policy; he spun narratives to change beliefs. Propaganda.
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Everyone seems allergic to the word, but Charlie Kirk was not an activist, he was a propagandist. Turning Point was a meme factory backed by a billionaire designed to steer kids towards Christian Nationalism. He didn’t advocate for policy; he spun narratives to change beliefs. Propaganda.
"Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more."
- Charlie Kirk (??? - yesterday)
- Charlie Kirk (??? - yesterday)
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more."
- Charlie Kirk (??? - yesterday)
- Charlie Kirk (??? - yesterday)
One last obituary check before I leave cell range for the week
September 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
One last obituary check before I leave cell range for the week
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into my parents' bedroom to read his books, hoping I could learn how to avoid being punished so severely. I remember putting them back into place feeling even greater confusion and despair.
He taught a generation not just how to physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually abuse their
He taught a generation not just how to physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually abuse their
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
into my parents' bedroom to read his books, hoping I could learn how to avoid being punished so severely. I remember putting them back into place feeling even greater confusion and despair.
He taught a generation not just how to physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually abuse their
He taught a generation not just how to physically, emotionally, verbally, and spiritually abuse their
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CW: Child Abuse
James Dobson was a monster. I grew up listening to Focus on the Family. My parents had every single one of his abusive, authoritarian parenting books. He wrote the manuals they used to destroy my childhood, and ruined any chance we had at a healthy relationship.
I used to sneak
James Dobson was a monster. I grew up listening to Focus on the Family. My parents had every single one of his abusive, authoritarian parenting books. He wrote the manuals they used to destroy my childhood, and ruined any chance we had at a healthy relationship.
I used to sneak
August 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
CW: Child Abuse
James Dobson was a monster. I grew up listening to Focus on the Family. My parents had every single one of his abusive, authoritarian parenting books. He wrote the manuals they used to destroy my childhood, and ruined any chance we had at a healthy relationship.
I used to sneak
James Dobson was a monster. I grew up listening to Focus on the Family. My parents had every single one of his abusive, authoritarian parenting books. He wrote the manuals they used to destroy my childhood, and ruined any chance we had at a healthy relationship.
I used to sneak
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James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.
August 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.
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I know it’s considered rude to speak ill of the dead so in celebration of his life’s work, here’s a chart from Dr. James Dobson that helped generations of parents figure out the exact right number of times to hit their kids with a belt.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I know it’s considered rude to speak ill of the dead so in celebration of his life’s work, here’s a chart from Dr. James Dobson that helped generations of parents figure out the exact right number of times to hit their kids with a belt.
James Dobson is dead 🎉
August 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
James Dobson is dead 🎉
Don't worry, it's not a really big bug bite, it's just a normal sized bug bite on top of an already-raised irregularly-shaped mole.
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Don't worry, it's not a really big bug bite, it's just a normal sized bug bite on top of an already-raised irregularly-shaped mole.
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In retrospect, it was a red flag that only the first quarter of this thrift store book had any creases on its spine.
August 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In retrospect, it was a red flag that only the first quarter of this thrift store book had any creases on its spine.
Actually not sure if I've seen air quality this good in a city before
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Actually not sure if I've seen air quality this good in a city before
Couldn't be helped apparently. This patch of grass just had to be mowed.
August 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Couldn't be helped apparently. This patch of grass just had to be mowed.
Wait, so he's walkng up and down Broadway with his old stud Leroy, and the girls are telling *him* to ride a cowboy instead? Like, there's no other horses on Broadway, nobody else around has the opportunity for a mode switch here
August 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wait, so he's walkng up and down Broadway with his old stud Leroy, and the girls are telling *him* to ride a cowboy instead? Like, there's no other horses on Broadway, nobody else around has the opportunity for a mode switch here