Benjamin Reed (aka Raccoon Fink)
@rangerrick.bsky.social
F/LOSS geek • general nerdery • way too into collecting (and sometimes even drinking) whisky • I write electronic/ambient/dungeon synth music as Raccoon Fink • he/him
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It feels like a good time to re-introduce myself.
I am a musician, a Carolina Hurricanes fan, an engineer at NetBox Labs, and an all-around nerd about a bunch of different things.
You can find links to my music on my linktree.
I am a musician, a Carolina Hurricanes fan, an engineer at NetBox Labs, and an all-around nerd about a bunch of different things.
You can find links to my music on my linktree.
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Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
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We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We had eradicated this disease.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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This is the single best piece I've seen on the moment we're in now.
Just as he did with his piece on Charlie Kirk, Coates has reappeared at exactly the right time to cut through the bullshit and noise like no other.
Here is a paywall bypass, it is worth your time archive.is/C0OyN
Just as he did with his piece on Charlie Kirk, Coates has reappeared at exactly the right time to cut through the bullshit and noise like no other.
Here is a paywall bypass, it is worth your time archive.is/C0OyN
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This is the single best piece I've seen on the moment we're in now.
Just as he did with his piece on Charlie Kirk, Coates has reappeared at exactly the right time to cut through the bullshit and noise like no other.
Here is a paywall bypass, it is worth your time archive.is/C0OyN
Just as he did with his piece on Charlie Kirk, Coates has reappeared at exactly the right time to cut through the bullshit and noise like no other.
Here is a paywall bypass, it is worth your time archive.is/C0OyN
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Always the minimalist.
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Always the minimalist.
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If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
January 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
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floating skull at the foot of your bed ominously repeating "now launching the wizard"
January 6, 2024 at 2:17 AM
floating skull at the foot of your bed ominously repeating "now launching the wizard"
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It's so crazy to see so many politicians running terrified away from even hinting at saying this very simple, very obvious, extremely popular thing, which also happens to be a clear moral imperative.
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
It's so crazy to see so many politicians running terrified away from even hinting at saying this very simple, very obvious, extremely popular thing, which also happens to be a clear moral imperative.
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Placing a chair in a parking spot is the token minted after the proof of work (shoveling) has been completed
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Placing a chair in a parking spot is the token minted after the proof of work (shoveling) has been completed
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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I don’t think a Clickhole bit has ever gotten me as much as this one:
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I don’t think a Clickhole bit has ever gotten me as much as this one:
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"MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies" is just incredibly insightful.
MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies, and the fact that DHS and ICE still haven't wrapped their brains around the fact that their opponents also are able to highly effectively use the Internet to message, organize, and communicate really highlights that.
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"MAGA is defined by its total lack of a theory of mind for its enemies" is just incredibly insightful.
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It is a cult at this point.
AI in its various forms have had applications in certain fields and been immensely helpful, but nothing has ever had a 2-4 trillion dollar valuation because it helped PhD candidates identify star clusters or protein folds faster, they NEED the vision of AI to be real.
AI in its various forms have had applications in certain fields and been immensely helpful, but nothing has ever had a 2-4 trillion dollar valuation because it helped PhD candidates identify star clusters or protein folds faster, they NEED the vision of AI to be real.
this is crazy behavior. this is crazy and dangerous behavior and everyone needs to start calling it what it is.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
It is a cult at this point.
AI in its various forms have had applications in certain fields and been immensely helpful, but nothing has ever had a 2-4 trillion dollar valuation because it helped PhD candidates identify star clusters or protein folds faster, they NEED the vision of AI to be real.
AI in its various forms have had applications in certain fields and been immensely helpful, but nothing has ever had a 2-4 trillion dollar valuation because it helped PhD candidates identify star clusters or protein folds faster, they NEED the vision of AI to be real.
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I’m picturing some J Jonah Jameson motherfucker all:
“People! What do I pay you for?? I need something bad on Mamdani! Anything!”
“When you say ‘anything’-“
“Literally anything!”
“We’ve got him… shoveling snow a little weird?”
“FRONT PAGE!!”
“People! What do I pay you for?? I need something bad on Mamdani! Anything!”
“When you say ‘anything’-“
“Literally anything!”
“We’ve got him… shoveling snow a little weird?”
“FRONT PAGE!!”
The level of cope among MAGAs is off the charts. This is the funniest thing I’ve read all week. Imagine calling yourself a journalist and actually signing your name to THIS headline.😅
I swear to God NYPost is trying to put @bencollins.bsky.social and The Onion out of business. 😅😅😅
I swear to God NYPost is trying to put @bencollins.bsky.social and The Onion out of business. 😅😅😅
January 27, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I’m picturing some J Jonah Jameson motherfucker all:
“People! What do I pay you for?? I need something bad on Mamdani! Anything!”
“When you say ‘anything’-“
“Literally anything!”
“We’ve got him… shoveling snow a little weird?”
“FRONT PAGE!!”
“People! What do I pay you for?? I need something bad on Mamdani! Anything!”
“When you say ‘anything’-“
“Literally anything!”
“We’ve got him… shoveling snow a little weird?”
“FRONT PAGE!!”
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Trump replacing Bovino with the guy who was protested by 2/3 of his home town isn’t a power move.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Protesters in small New York village march to Trump 'border czar's' home over family's ICE detention
The three children and their mother were detained after ICE agents searched a dairy farm on March 27 during a separate child pornography investigation.
www.nbcnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Trump replacing Bovino with the guy who was protested by 2/3 of his home town isn’t a power move.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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look, the right wing's fever dream of the left is simply not true. no elected official no matter what their political persuasion is gong to go on TV and urge their constituents to read some hot man-on-man smut [aide whispers in my ear] wait what
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
look, the right wing's fever dream of the left is simply not true. no elected official no matter what their political persuasion is gong to go on TV and urge their constituents to read some hot man-on-man smut [aide whispers in my ear] wait what
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For those who are unaware of this particular fandom…that’s a helluva group to radicalize.
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 PM
For those who are unaware of this particular fandom…that’s a helluva group to radicalize.
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Every story about him is either “Bezos spends $8 billion on the world’s largest known truffle” or “journalists unsuccessfully beg Bezos for $50 to buy pencils and notepads”
Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Every story about him is either “Bezos spends $8 billion on the world’s largest known truffle” or “journalists unsuccessfully beg Bezos for $50 to buy pencils and notepads”
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Sisu is a Finnish word variously translated as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness.
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Sisu is a Finnish word variously translated as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness.
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Perhaps one should not discuss breaking laws on a 100% public social media website that we know the federal government is aware of and monitoring.
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Perhaps one should not discuss breaking laws on a 100% public social media website that we know the federal government is aware of and monitoring.
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It’s hard to strike when you know that people will die because of it, and I understand that. But also, a general nursing strike would put America on its knees, begging for its mommy.
I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It’s hard to strike when you know that people will die because of it, and I understand that. But also, a general nursing strike would put America on its knees, begging for its mommy.
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As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪