Benjamin Hall
@rippersspot.bsky.social
Autistic writer for comicon.com and others including Sequart. Turning my old blog posts into possible books. I suffer from Vasculitis GPA. Love comic books. Creator/writer/publisher of the comic series Time Trio. No to A.I. and CG.
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Still super sick. Need rent by the end of the day or we lose our home. No more extensions. It’s done. Please help. I’m still incredibly sick and meant to stay up last night to get more help but I passed out because I’m exhausted.
Had to take another Covid test to prove to my landlord I’m actually sick as hell to buy me an extra day. Love this for me!!!
@linkara.bsky.social and @viga.bsky.social would you mind sharing the attached extremely dire #mutualaid request she has a few kids, one #autistic and another #transgender. Last chance before #eviction. She is also awaiting #disability application from government.
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Maybe there were signs I missed, I may have failed in that way, I dunno. I thought about it later a lot. But when the obvious truth came out, no way would I ever have wanted this person to be part of my life in any way.
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Maybe there were signs I missed, I may have failed in that way, I dunno. I thought about it later a lot. But when the obvious truth came out, no way would I ever have wanted this person to be part of my life in any way.
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A decade or so ago, a "friend" of mine at work got fired because he was discovered to be part of a very racist email chain at work. Really horrible stuff. Never had a conversation with him again. It wasn't a hard decision. I don't get why people are reluctant to cut scumbags out of their life.
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
A decade or so ago, a "friend" of mine at work got fired because he was discovered to be part of a very racist email chain at work. Really horrible stuff. Never had a conversation with him again. It wasn't a hard decision. I don't get why people are reluctant to cut scumbags out of their life.
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Adobe is not really in the creative software business anymore. They are in the digital wealth extraction business. I wish more comics publishers would prioritize moving away from Adobe.
Adobe announced it's killing off Animate (formerly Flash), abandoning millions of artists who depend on the software while continuing its push into AI-heavy toolsets.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/adobe-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/adobe-...
Adobe Ends Animate, Abandoning Millions Of Artists Amid AI Push
The sudden shutdown ends decades of workflows, jeopardizes active productions, and deepens fears that AI-first strategies are steering the industry.
www.cartoonbrew.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Adobe is not really in the creative software business anymore. They are in the digital wealth extraction business. I wish more comics publishers would prioritize moving away from Adobe.
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I NEED MOVEMENT SO I CAN TURN RENT IN BEFORE THE DAY ENDS THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE BEFORE EVICTION HAPPENS
There’s no more chances after today, no extensions. Being sick bought me two extra days that my landlord wasn’t going to give me. I NEED to make rent today and preferably by 11am or we will literally be homeless. I am panicking so fucking bad please help if you can I’m fucking begging
February 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I NEED MOVEMENT SO I CAN TURN RENT IN BEFORE THE DAY ENDS THIS IS MY LAST CHANCE BEFORE EVICTION HAPPENS
$611/$2444
PLEASE HELP IF YOU’RE ABLE TO KEEP MY KIDS AND I HOUSED! RENT IS DUE IN THE MORNING AND ALL I HAVE IS A CAR WITHOUT HEAT.
PLEASE HELP IF YOU’RE ABLE TO KEEP MY KIDS AND I HOUSED! RENT IS DUE IN THE MORNING AND ALL I HAVE IS A CAR WITHOUT HEAT.
‼️SINGLE DISABLED MOM‼️ I NEED TO MAKE RENT IN 3 DAYS TO KEEP MY KIDS AND I HOUSED , WARM AND SAFE. I ALSO NEED TO PAY MY CAR PAYMENT THAT’S LATE. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED GREATLY!
Rent-$2100
Car-$344
PayPal: www.paypal.me/Coffinelf
Cashapp: cash.app/$juniperkewpie
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/coffinfairy
Rent-$2100
Car-$344
PayPal: www.paypal.me/Coffinelf
Cashapp: cash.app/$juniperkewpie
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/coffinfairy
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Just curious, had anyone built a tool for bluesky to calculate how many *active* or *deleted* followers you have?
I’ve heard when bot accounts that follow you are disabled, it doesn’t reflect in your follower count, and it got me wondering.
I’ve heard when bot accounts that follow you are disabled, it doesn’t reflect in your follower count, and it got me wondering.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Just curious, had anyone built a tool for bluesky to calculate how many *active* or *deleted* followers you have?
I’ve heard when bot accounts that follow you are disabled, it doesn’t reflect in your follower count, and it got me wondering.
I’ve heard when bot accounts that follow you are disabled, it doesn’t reflect in your follower count, and it got me wondering.
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"It is not rare for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to intersect with autism or ADHD. […] Distinguishing between OCD, Autism, & ADHD isn’t just an academic exercise. It’s a vital step in providing the right support for each individual." -Dr. Megan Anna Neff:
neurodivergentinsights.com/obsessive-co...
neurodivergentinsights.com/obsessive-co...
OCD, Autism & ADHD Overlap | Neurodivergent Insights
OCD frequently co-occurs with Autism and ADHD, adding complexity to diagnosis and care. Dr Neff explores how OCD fits within the broader neurodivergent landscape.
neurodivergentinsights.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"It is not rare for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to intersect with autism or ADHD. […] Distinguishing between OCD, Autism, & ADHD isn’t just an academic exercise. It’s a vital step in providing the right support for each individual." -Dr. Megan Anna Neff:
neurodivergentinsights.com/obsessive-co...
neurodivergentinsights.com/obsessive-co...
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Feels worth noting that this is not a proper AUSA; she's an ICE prosecutor from immigration court who volunteered to help DOJ on these habeas cases
and now she's finding out.
and now she's finding out.
According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Feels worth noting that this is not a proper AUSA; she's an ICE prosecutor from immigration court who volunteered to help DOJ on these habeas cases
and now she's finding out.
and now she's finding out.
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Durham tenants’ success in lobbying the city council to prohibit landlords from collecting rent if housing is dangerous or unhealthy has sparked interest from tenants in other cities who want to add teeth to their housing codes. ncnewsline.com/2026/02/03/s... story by @gchildress.bsky.social
Success in Durham has other tenant groups eyeing housing code changes • NC Newsline
Durham tenants’ success in lobbying the city council to prohibit landlords from collecting rent if housing is dangerous has sparked interest.
ncnewsline.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Durham tenants’ success in lobbying the city council to prohibit landlords from collecting rent if housing is dangerous or unhealthy has sparked interest from tenants in other cities who want to add teeth to their housing codes. ncnewsline.com/2026/02/03/s... story by @gchildress.bsky.social
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Laser Joan & the Rayguns is launching in a few weeks. It's a one-shot, collecting 3 parts from DHP. Once they were the biggest band, while also working as spies. Now...things are different. But back then, anything was possible! Now? Well, it still might be. Hopefully. Sign up to be notified now!
Coming soon: Laser Joan and the Rayguns
A 24 pg one shot adventure comic about an all-female rock band collecting the three stories that originally ran in DARK HORSE PRESENTS.
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Laser Joan & the Rayguns is launching in a few weeks. It's a one-shot, collecting 3 parts from DHP. Once they were the biggest band, while also working as spies. Now...things are different. But back then, anything was possible! Now? Well, it still might be. Hopefully. Sign up to be notified now!
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PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHER SERVICES & ONI PRESS PARTNER FOR WORLDWIDE SALES & DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AUGUST 2026 @oni-press.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social buff.ly/4DpRkRn
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHER SERVICES & ONI PRESS PARTNER FOR WORLDWIDE SALES & DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AUGUST 2026 - Fanboy Factor — Comics & Pop Culture with Perspective
Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS), a division of leading global trade book publisher Penguin Random House, today announced a multi-year worldwide sales and distribution agreement with…
fanboyfactor.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHER SERVICES & ONI PRESS PARTNER FOR WORLDWIDE SALES & DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AUGUST 2026 @oni-press.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social buff.ly/4DpRkRn
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Breaking: India Walton is expected to run for Lt. Governor this year.
Sources tell Investigative Post that she'll join the ticket of Antonio Delgado, the current Lt. Gov. under Kathy Hochul.
Here's what we know: www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/03/d...
Sources tell Investigative Post that she'll join the ticket of Antonio Delgado, the current Lt. Gov. under Kathy Hochul.
Here's what we know: www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/03/d...
February 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Breaking: India Walton is expected to run for Lt. Governor this year.
Sources tell Investigative Post that she'll join the ticket of Antonio Delgado, the current Lt. Gov. under Kathy Hochul.
Here's what we know: www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/03/d...
Sources tell Investigative Post that she'll join the ticket of Antonio Delgado, the current Lt. Gov. under Kathy Hochul.
Here's what we know: www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/03/d...
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my "yacht has no travel logs" has people asking questions that are already answered by my yacht having no travel logs
Following the release of the Epstein files Jk Rowling has deleted a decade of port logs belonging to the Super yacht Samsara.
What is she hiding?
What is she hiding?
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
my "yacht has no travel logs" has people asking questions that are already answered by my yacht having no travel logs
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If you’re reading this congratulations you survived to February. We are all glad you are here with us. You matter and are cared about, even if we don’t all closely know each other. Your life is precious and we are all glad to see you’re still kicking
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If you’re reading this congratulations you survived to February. We are all glad you are here with us. You matter and are cared about, even if we don’t all closely know each other. Your life is precious and we are all glad to see you’re still kicking
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hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
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I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
Opinion | One Thing Trump Can’t Do to Us
People often misunderstand nonviolent protest. It is not merely eschewing violence.
nyti.ms
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche needs to resign.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche needs to resign.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
He got the law wrong about patronizing sex parties with alleged child trafficking. He failed to redact names of victims & pictures of children. AND he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security prison & got her a puppy.
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Fools spending their time hemming and hawing over whether or not there were Black people in the Trojan War instead of speculating on whether or not Nolan's movie ends ends with Matt Damon getting killed by a stingray spear and his sons marrying each others' moms
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Fools spending their time hemming and hawing over whether or not there were Black people in the Trojan War instead of speculating on whether or not Nolan's movie ends ends with Matt Damon getting killed by a stingray spear and his sons marrying each others' moms
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Garcia, up again, ends by holding up a photo of Stephen Miller and says:
"There is probably no single person who has done more damage and more harm to people across this country...than this man right here. It's our job...to hold him responsible for the crimes that are happening to U.S. citizens."
"There is probably no single person who has done more damage and more harm to people across this country...than this man right here. It's our job...to hold him responsible for the crimes that are happening to U.S. citizens."
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Garcia, up again, ends by holding up a photo of Stephen Miller and says:
"There is probably no single person who has done more damage and more harm to people across this country...than this man right here. It's our job...to hold him responsible for the crimes that are happening to U.S. citizens."
"There is probably no single person who has done more damage and more harm to people across this country...than this man right here. It's our job...to hold him responsible for the crimes that are happening to U.S. citizens."
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I know I've said this before, but the people creating the most effective fascist propaganda right now don't even believe in it. They're just clout chasers looking to stir fake outrage for big bucks.
We created a system that financially incentivizes detached fascism.
We created a system that financially incentivizes detached fascism.
As an influencer, Nick Shirley had struggled to expand his reach. But after a missionary trip pushed him to try a new approach, he caused a sensation with a video claiming to expose fraud at Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota. nyti.ms/45GzJi4
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I know I've said this before, but the people creating the most effective fascist propaganda right now don't even believe in it. They're just clout chasers looking to stir fake outrage for big bucks.
We created a system that financially incentivizes detached fascism.
We created a system that financially incentivizes detached fascism.
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Jim has been knocking it out the park all week, exclusively here on Bluesky. Give him a follow if you’ve not done so already.
FT exclusive
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor discussed ways round restrictions on his making investments while an official UK trade representative and shared official documents from the role with Jeffrey Epstein, files released by the US Department of Justice show
www.ft.com/content/6b2f...
Former prince discussed with Jeffrey Epstein ways to get round investment rules
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official documents while serving as a UK trade envoy
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Jim has been knocking it out the park all week, exclusively here on Bluesky. Give him a follow if you’ve not done so already.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM