Ben Templesmith
@templesmith.bsky.social
Australo-American. Grumpy rabble rouser. Co-created 30 Days of Night, you know, that became that film. Writer, artist, cephalopod, cat & horror enthusiast. Annoyingly for you, still here.
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Ben Templesmith
@templesmith.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Going forward, thanks to AI tech bros & their billionaire parasites, I show far less art on the platforms. ( Gonna Nightshade the crap out of things too ) But I show all my process & a lot more stuff over on thesquidarmy.com patreon.
Here's a little free bit.
Here's a little free bit.
The Rhino from twin cities.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Rhino from twin cities.
I ate crickets, pulled some whiskey, exposed myself on camera, & drew some art in Minneapolis, one of Americas actually great cities.
Twin cities Comic Con was a blast. As are my friends.
Twin cities Comic Con was a blast. As are my friends.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I ate crickets, pulled some whiskey, exposed myself on camera, & drew some art in Minneapolis, one of Americas actually great cities.
Twin cities Comic Con was a blast. As are my friends.
Twin cities Comic Con was a blast. As are my friends.
The FA at my gate had a brain fart & called my group ( 2 ) right after first class. 😂
I’ll take the win.
I’ll take the win.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The FA at my gate had a brain fart & called my group ( 2 ) right after first class. 😂
I’ll take the win.
I’ll take the win.
Chuck Schumer is about as effective a leader as a bug splattered on a windshield.
At best he’s a mildly inconvenient smear.
Republicans should be driving through a storm.
At best he’s a mildly inconvenient smear.
Republicans should be driving through a storm.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Chuck Schumer is about as effective a leader as a bug splattered on a windshield.
At best he’s a mildly inconvenient smear.
Republicans should be driving through a storm.
At best he’s a mildly inconvenient smear.
Republicans should be driving through a storm.
Well at least gay marriage is safe.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Well at least gay marriage is safe.
Reposted by Ben Templesmith
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
A drink with @ronmarz.bsky.social at the end of a good show is a great & appreciated thing.
Especially because he’s buying the next round of McCallan 12.
& then there shall be oysters, & then an indigenous American restaurant with a real Sioux chef.
Especially because he’s buying the next round of McCallan 12.
& then there shall be oysters, & then an indigenous American restaurant with a real Sioux chef.
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A drink with @ronmarz.bsky.social at the end of a good show is a great & appreciated thing.
Especially because he’s buying the next round of McCallan 12.
& then there shall be oysters, & then an indigenous American restaurant with a real Sioux chef.
Especially because he’s buying the next round of McCallan 12.
& then there shall be oysters, & then an indigenous American restaurant with a real Sioux chef.
Reposted by Ben Templesmith
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
Reposted by Ben Templesmith
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
I made my connecting flight by the skin of my teeth.
I have appeased the airline gods today with much ritualistic flapping of arms. ( they really, REALLY, like that apparently. )
Next stop, Minneapolis.
I have appeased the airline gods today with much ritualistic flapping of arms. ( they really, REALLY, like that apparently. )
Next stop, Minneapolis.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I made my connecting flight by the skin of my teeth.
I have appeased the airline gods today with much ritualistic flapping of arms. ( they really, REALLY, like that apparently. )
Next stop, Minneapolis.
I have appeased the airline gods today with much ritualistic flapping of arms. ( they really, REALLY, like that apparently. )
Next stop, Minneapolis.
You don’t have to like him, he may not be perfect, but he’s the shadow president ( like in Westminster systems there’s entire shadow cabinets for the main opposition party ) now.
He’s probably gonna be the person for this time. No one else is coming close.
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
He’s probably gonna be the person for this time. No one else is coming close.
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
Newsom Steps in to Replace Trump at Major Summit
California Gov. Newsom aims to enhance his international profile ahead of a potential 2028 White House bid.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You don’t have to like him, he may not be perfect, but he’s the shadow president ( like in Westminster systems there’s entire shadow cabinets for the main opposition party ) now.
He’s probably gonna be the person for this time. No one else is coming close.
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
He’s probably gonna be the person for this time. No one else is coming close.
www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...
If the metal birds can still get me there, I’ll be in Minneapolis for Twin Cities Comic Con this weekend!
Come say hi. I do, in fact, draw & paint stuff. & have very weird conversations with folks.
Plus a lot of new books.
I do need to get a new headshot though.
Come say hi. I do, in fact, draw & paint stuff. & have very weird conversations with folks.
Plus a lot of new books.
I do need to get a new headshot though.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If the metal birds can still get me there, I’ll be in Minneapolis for Twin Cities Comic Con this weekend!
Come say hi. I do, in fact, draw & paint stuff. & have very weird conversations with folks.
Plus a lot of new books.
I do need to get a new headshot though.
Come say hi. I do, in fact, draw & paint stuff. & have very weird conversations with folks.
Plus a lot of new books.
I do need to get a new headshot though.
Just spray paint the entire Whitehouse gold & get it over with I guess.
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just spray paint the entire Whitehouse gold & get it over with I guess.
She needed to go a decade ago *at least*. She was great, but political hubris & geriatric rule has been just as much the enemy of the Democrats as the terrible nature of their opposition.
Feinstein, RBG, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi & others are partly why we’re in this mess.
apnews.com/article/pelo...
Feinstein, RBG, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi & others are partly why we’re in this mess.
apnews.com/article/pelo...
Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House
Powerful Democratic former speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection to the U.S. House. Pelosi’s announcement Thursday brings to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She needed to go a decade ago *at least*. She was great, but political hubris & geriatric rule has been just as much the enemy of the Democrats as the terrible nature of their opposition.
Feinstein, RBG, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi & others are partly why we’re in this mess.
apnews.com/article/pelo...
Feinstein, RBG, Biden, Schumer, Pelosi & others are partly why we’re in this mess.
apnews.com/article/pelo...
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They need to steal all the world's IP, and get all the world's money for free, to be successful at their business. They are geniuses.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
They need to steal all the world's IP, and get all the world's money for free, to be successful at their business. They are geniuses.
*chef’s kiss*.
Trying to keep track of the MAGA hot takes. First up, we have the “sliwa is a spoiler there is no mandate”
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
*chef’s kiss*.
California got called the moment the polls closed.
Simply amazing.
Simply amazing.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
California got called the moment the polls closed.
Simply amazing.
Simply amazing.
They’re fucking DOING IT.
Everywhere.
Mamdani is in.
Everywhere.
Mamdani is in.
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
They’re fucking DOING IT.
Everywhere.
Mamdani is in.
Everywhere.
Mamdani is in.
Bloody hell.
That’s not the way anyone should go.
Attacked by giant Asian hornets.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
That’s not the way anyone should go.
Attacked by giant Asian hornets.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
American teacher and his son are killed by swarm of hornets while ziplining in Laos
Daniel Owen, 47, and his 15-year-old son Cooper, died just hours after they were taken to hospital
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Bloody hell.
That’s not the way anyone should go.
Attacked by giant Asian hornets.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
That’s not the way anyone should go.
Attacked by giant Asian hornets.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...