Benjamin Reed (aka Raccoon Fink)
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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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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 🧪
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The idea that America needs to occupy Greenland because we actually care enough about native people and want to build oncology centers is enough to make your head fully explode
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The idea that America needs to occupy Greenland because we actually care enough about native people and want to build oncology centers is enough to make your head fully explode
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Clay Travis is a moron
January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Clay Travis is a moron
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It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
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I find this language really gross. First off, it's weak as hell. But second, if your demand is simply that ICE leaves Minnesota, that's just telling them to go to another state to terrorize people.
These centrist squishes need to push for full abolition of ICE.
These centrist squishes need to push for full abolition of ICE.
Our message is clear: ICE needs to get out of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I find this language really gross. First off, it's weak as hell. But second, if your demand is simply that ICE leaves Minnesota, that's just telling them to go to another state to terrorize people.
These centrist squishes need to push for full abolition of ICE.
These centrist squishes need to push for full abolition of ICE.
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Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
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I’m not convinced the Observer knows what Heated Rivalry is about
January 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I’m not convinced the Observer knows what Heated Rivalry is about
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SAURON: build me an army worthy of mordor
SARUMAN: so a buncha big beefcakes
SAURON: well no that’s not wh
SARUMAN: drop everything, boys! we’re buildin beefcakes!
SAURON:
SARUMAN: massive damp guys comin right up! beefy dudes!
SARUMAN: so a buncha big beefcakes
SAURON: well no that’s not wh
SARUMAN: drop everything, boys! we’re buildin beefcakes!
SAURON:
SARUMAN: massive damp guys comin right up! beefy dudes!
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
SAURON: build me an army worthy of mordor
SARUMAN: so a buncha big beefcakes
SAURON: well no that’s not wh
SARUMAN: drop everything, boys! we’re buildin beefcakes!
SAURON:
SARUMAN: massive damp guys comin right up! beefy dudes!
SARUMAN: so a buncha big beefcakes
SAURON: well no that’s not wh
SARUMAN: drop everything, boys! we’re buildin beefcakes!
SAURON:
SARUMAN: massive damp guys comin right up! beefy dudes!
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We all burned to death in 2020 and the feds have sent ICE to kidnap our ghosts.
(In the course of lamenting the declining ranks of Minneapolis police, the chief casually referred to the “destruction of the city in 2020”)
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
We all burned to death in 2020 and the feds have sent ICE to kidnap our ghosts.
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
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Absolutely right. There have been protests, but the vast majority of people’s activity here in MN is better described by one of Ian’s terms. ⬇️
And that work is vast, ongoing, every day, by a truly amazing amount of people.
And that work is vast, ongoing, every day, by a truly amazing amount of people.
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Absolutely right. There have been protests, but the vast majority of people’s activity here in MN is better described by one of Ian’s terms. ⬇️
And that work is vast, ongoing, every day, by a truly amazing amount of people.
And that work is vast, ongoing, every day, by a truly amazing amount of people.
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not even one homicide per day in a city of 8 goddamn million people and I still have people insisting to me that the city is a warzone
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
not even one homicide per day in a city of 8 goddamn million people and I still have people insisting to me that the city is a warzone
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mr. mamdani i sincerely apologize for the mileage this image is going to get
January 25, 2026 at 4:31 PM
mr. mamdani i sincerely apologize for the mileage this image is going to get
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My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 AM
My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
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when the driving range guys are talking about masked agents of the state you’ve probably made a strategic error if you’re the state
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
when the driving range guys are talking about masked agents of the state you’ve probably made a strategic error if you’re the state
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Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
January 25, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack