BenB~•
@paraben.bsky.social
Reconciling humans + habitats
🎯 world w/ a where for all
Medium-spicy 🤹🥡
📍SisQ ⛰️ savanna 🌾
🎯 world w/ a where for all
Medium-spicy 🤹🥡
📍SisQ ⛰️ savanna 🌾
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BenB~•
@paraben.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Apropos of this and that, I’ll put forward here that I like to help people find their way to better suited places, land for a while, and make way for life 🌀
Don’t hesitate to 💬 if curious!!
Don’t hesitate to 💬 if curious!!
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Yeah I mean through regime and corruption, Tehran — a city of 15MM people — is out of WATER.
I keep seeing these takes like "why aren't Americans rioting in the streets the way Iranians are" and I think some of you are really aggressively underestimating how bad things have been for how long in Iran when you say stuff like that
January 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Yeah I mean through regime and corruption, Tehran — a city of 15MM people — is out of WATER.
Gotta spend some time in the desert to really understand it’s always water, not fire, that will produce legible futures.
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Gotta spend some time in the desert to really understand it’s always water, not fire, that will produce legible futures.
THAT sage; all premontane abundant like… 👃🔥
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
THAT sage; all premontane abundant like… 👃🔥
Off to the mines, obv
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Off to the mines, obv
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January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Good article on how the male loneliness epidemic discourse obfuscates that loneliness is a widespread phenomenon that primarily affects young people and may actually be more concentrated among women
www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-loneli...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-loneli...
The loneliness crisis isn't just male
23,000 survey results are in.
www.theargumentmag.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Good article on how the male loneliness epidemic discourse obfuscates that loneliness is a widespread phenomenon that primarily affects young people and may actually be more concentrated among women
www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-loneli...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-loneli...
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
Been there, done that, can endorse! Really special setting & community intent on bespoke sustainability by default.
Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm, soon to be in its 27th season, is a James Beard nominated farm-to-table restaurant in Southern Utah. We are a busy restaurant nestled in the most beautiful landscape. Hiring Line Cooks, Prep Cooks, & Food Truck to start in March 2026! www.coolworks.com/hells-backbo...
Line Cook, Prep Cook, Food Truck - Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm - Jan 05, 2026
Cook Positions Available at Farm-to-Table Restaurant! Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm, soon to be in it's 27th season, is a James Beard nominated farm-to-table restaurant in Southern Utah. We are a…
www.coolworks.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Been there, done that, can endorse! Really special setting & community intent on bespoke sustainability by default.
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Seeking an inspiring and knowledgeable Year Round Tour Manager to lead the tours department at Ghost Ranch. Many visitors come to learn about the life and landscape of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived and painted here for four decades. www.coolworks.com/national-gho...
Tour Manager - National Ghost Ranch Foundation - Jan 03, 2026
Lead a team to share the wonders of art, geology, and history. We're seeking an inspiring, knowledgeable Tour Manager to lead the tours department at Ghost Ranch. The Tour Manager is responsible for…
www.coolworks.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Seeking an inspiring and knowledgeable Year Round Tour Manager to lead the tours department at Ghost Ranch. Many visitors come to learn about the life and landscape of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived and painted here for four decades. www.coolworks.com/national-gho...
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A NEW LIFE AWAITS YOU IN THE OFF-WORLD COLONIES
HASSETT SAYS TRUMP TO ANNOUNCE BIG, COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PLAN
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A NEW LIFE AWAITS YOU IN THE OFF-WORLD COLONIES
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal... neo-royalist order centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites (cliques). Such cliques seek to legitimize their authority through appeals to their exceptionalism in order to generate durable status hierarchy #backtothefuture
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Further Back to the Future: Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... neo-royalist order centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites (cliques). Such cliques seek to legitimize their authority through appeals to their exceptionalism in order to generate durable status hierarchy #backtothefuture
Hooo boy, no mention anywhere in this story or the initiative’s PR that the subject land is ancestral territory of a separate tribe not included or rep’d in the deal…? 🙃
A multi-tribal Indigenous group -- Karuk, Yurok, Modoc, Klamath, etc -- has purchased 10,000 acres of land along the Klamath River that they have done so much to restore. Private donations funded the purchase.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
10,000 acres along the Klamath River purchased by Indigenous land trust
The $10 million purchase is one of the largest of its kind in U.S. history.
www.sfgate.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Hooo boy, no mention anywhere in this story or the initiative’s PR that the subject land is ancestral territory of a separate tribe not included or rep’d in the deal…? 🙃
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“Planetary anguish lifts us onto another systemic level where we open to collective experience. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness with all beings.”
– Joanna Macy
– Joanna Macy
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Planetary anguish lifts us onto another systemic level where we open to collective experience. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness with all beings.”
– Joanna Macy
– Joanna Macy
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'Tis relevant to these times: oneearthsangha.org/articles/the...
The Shambhala Warrior Prophecy • Joanna Macy
Energize your 2025 intentions with Joanna Macy’s apt retelling of this 1,200 year old Tibetan Buddhist prophecy: Sentient life hangs by a thread, and so the spiritual warriors make their way into the ...
oneearthsangha.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
'Tis relevant to these times: oneearthsangha.org/articles/the...
One little bit of retrospective validation for the also rather bruising experience of wrestling through high school is access to nonlethal subjugation fantasies (and reflexes!) where fitting today - which is regrettably frequent.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
One little bit of retrospective validation for the also rather bruising experience of wrestling through high school is access to nonlethal subjugation fantasies (and reflexes!) where fitting today - which is regrettably frequent.
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"A chronic, devastating cancer in American society is prominent Democrats outright refusing to share their constituents' urgency and horror in the face of what is being done to society by Republicans, and insisting instead upon an empty, delusional performance of sobriety and professionalism."
How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder? | Defector
By now you’ve almost certainly seen the video for yourself, or read about it: an ICE agent shooting a Minneapolis woman, Renee Nicole Good, in the head from point-blank range, killing her as she attem...
defector.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"A chronic, devastating cancer in American society is prominent Democrats outright refusing to share their constituents' urgency and horror in the face of what is being done to society by Republicans, and insisting instead upon an empty, delusional performance of sobriety and professionalism."
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January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
The medium is the massacre send twit
Does context matter anymore? Does circumstances matter? Does anything matter? Is justice just the delusion of our species? Where are we now?
You tell me, I honestly don’t know anymore.
You tell me, I honestly don’t know anymore.
January 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The medium is the massacre send twit
Little known weird fact about me is I have never owned a smartphone.
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Little known weird fact about me is I have never owned a smartphone.
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Can science fiction save us from 'the machine'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bj...
@damiengwalter.com produces analyses of current events through the medium of science fiction criticism. He posits 'The machine' is the problem we face because it's the embodiment of all that enslaves us... hmmnn! :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bj...
@damiengwalter.com produces analyses of current events through the medium of science fiction criticism. He posits 'The machine' is the problem we face because it's the embodiment of all that enslaves us... hmmnn! :-)
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Can science fiction save us from 'the machine'?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bj...
@damiengwalter.com produces analyses of current events through the medium of science fiction criticism. He posits 'The machine' is the problem we face because it's the embodiment of all that enslaves us... hmmnn! :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bj...
@damiengwalter.com produces analyses of current events through the medium of science fiction criticism. He posits 'The machine' is the problem we face because it's the embodiment of all that enslaves us... hmmnn! :-)
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Anyway wishing that you find solace and soft places to land if you're currently feeling overwhelmed.
January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Anyway wishing that you find solace and soft places to land if you're currently feeling overwhelmed.
A lucid schizophrenia of fractured humanism in thrall to the unconscionable other. Black mirror biz.
maybe the worst horror of fascism is its ineffability: we are forced to witness obscenities and atrocities that outstrip our language capacity, short-circuiting our conscience and cognition; we have no mouths and we must scream, and the fascists point and laugh as we suffocate
I have run out of ways to describe the depths of my hatred for this modern-day Nazi administration, and I am just exhausted.
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
A lucid schizophrenia of fractured humanism in thrall to the unconscionable other. Black mirror biz.