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.
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Ask elon how much he likes texas haha
get the fuck out of here with this shit
get the fuck out of here with this shit
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ask elon how much he likes texas haha
get the fuck out of here with this shit
get the fuck out of here with this shit
I’ve been involved in a saga of someone trying to get their crucial meds, mailed from NY to FL. Delayed til after Christmas. Then forwarded to the idiot landlords address, with no USPS help.
I’m now in an uber after picking the package up to finally get the meds where they need to go!
I’m now in an uber after picking the package up to finally get the meds where they need to go!
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’ve been involved in a saga of someone trying to get their crucial meds, mailed from NY to FL. Delayed til after Christmas. Then forwarded to the idiot landlords address, with no USPS help.
I’m now in an uber after picking the package up to finally get the meds where they need to go!
I’m now in an uber after picking the package up to finally get the meds where they need to go!
Joseph Bellisario, a right cunt, to use that word very appropriately.
I hope the internet tracks this guy down & does its thing.
I hope the internet tracks this guy down & does its thing.
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Joseph Bellisario, a right cunt, to use that word very appropriately.
I hope the internet tracks this guy down & does its thing.
I hope the internet tracks this guy down & does its thing.
I need to watch this Chinese dating show.
December 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I need to watch this Chinese dating show.
Electric door handles, one of the stupidest most recent “features” in cars, will kill you.
Musk will kill you.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Musk will kill you.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open
There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.
www.bloomberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Electric door handles, one of the stupidest most recent “features” in cars, will kill you.
Musk will kill you.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Musk will kill you.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Have just learned Piddly diddly puffy wuffy Sean combs or whatever he calls himself now, had a son named “King Combs” 😂
Why couldn’t he name one of his kids “hair combs” I ask you.
Why couldn’t he name one of his kids “hair combs” I ask you.
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Have just learned Piddly diddly puffy wuffy Sean combs or whatever he calls himself now, had a son named “King Combs” 😂
Why couldn’t he name one of his kids “hair combs” I ask you.
Why couldn’t he name one of his kids “hair combs” I ask you.
I will die on this hill.
December 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I will die on this hill.
I am mentally exhausted & just wearing from all the travel I’ve done this year.
So of course I’m off on one last trip for the Christmas period, because sometimes supporting someone who’s not doing great is a bit more important.
But man… sleeping in my own bed with my cats around me is priceless.
So of course I’m off on one last trip for the Christmas period, because sometimes supporting someone who’s not doing great is a bit more important.
But man… sleeping in my own bed with my cats around me is priceless.
December 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I am mentally exhausted & just wearing from all the travel I’ve done this year.
So of course I’m off on one last trip for the Christmas period, because sometimes supporting someone who’s not doing great is a bit more important.
But man… sleeping in my own bed with my cats around me is priceless.
So of course I’m off on one last trip for the Christmas period, because sometimes supporting someone who’s not doing great is a bit more important.
But man… sleeping in my own bed with my cats around me is priceless.
If this isn’t the perfect reference photo for every artist doing a boxing scene from now on, I don’t know what would be.
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If this isn’t the perfect reference photo for every artist doing a boxing scene from now on, I don’t know what would be.
The Odyssey | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Well looks like Brother printer finally got to my printer, & will now only accept the genuine printer toner. Which means I have to wait til after Christmas to ship my last orders. Thanks Brother. 4 new toner cartridges are now useless & I have to spend double just to get your shitty genuine one. 😓
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Well looks like Brother printer finally got to my printer, & will now only accept the genuine printer toner. Which means I have to wait til after Christmas to ship my last orders. Thanks Brother. 4 new toner cartridges are now useless & I have to spend double just to get your shitty genuine one. 😓
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In China, they are openly stating that Russia will collapse, and they need to seize at least a third of its territory.
“China should prepare for the worst: if Russia collapses, this territory of 7 million km² cannot be lost”, - such an article was published on the popular Chinese resource NetEase
“China should prepare for the worst: if Russia collapses, this territory of 7 million km² cannot be lost”, - such an article was published on the popular Chinese resource NetEase
December 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In China, they are openly stating that Russia will collapse, and they need to seize at least a third of its territory.
“China should prepare for the worst: if Russia collapses, this territory of 7 million km² cannot be lost”, - such an article was published on the popular Chinese resource NetEase
“China should prepare for the worst: if Russia collapses, this territory of 7 million km² cannot be lost”, - such an article was published on the popular Chinese resource NetEase
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The tech industry is leveraging dark money to get everything it wants.
Read about it here:
Read about it here:
How Big Tech Is Using Dark Money to Fuel an Unregulated Data Center Boom
We’re just beginning to understand the human cost of data center expansion.
www.democracy.news
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The tech industry is leveraging dark money to get everything it wants.
Read about it here:
Read about it here:
Watching that Sean piddy diddly whatever the fuck the morons name is documentary.
I always thought that man was insufferable… & every time he’s on screen I just want to slap him.
Is this a feeling most regular people have?
I always thought that man was insufferable… & every time he’s on screen I just want to slap him.
Is this a feeling most regular people have?
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Watching that Sean piddy diddly whatever the fuck the morons name is documentary.
I always thought that man was insufferable… & every time he’s on screen I just want to slap him.
Is this a feeling most regular people have?
I always thought that man was insufferable… & every time he’s on screen I just want to slap him.
Is this a feeling most regular people have?
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
I just looked at Instagram. In order to see 3 posts from friends, I scrolled through 9 other “things” be they sponsored ads, “suggested posts”, or “suggested follows”.
What absolute dog shit that platform has become??
What absolute dog shit that platform has become??
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I just looked at Instagram. In order to see 3 posts from friends, I scrolled through 9 other “things” be they sponsored ads, “suggested posts”, or “suggested follows”.
What absolute dog shit that platform has become??
What absolute dog shit that platform has become??
Do Waymo’s have cameras *inside*? Can you just take a piss in them? Puke? How long do they keep taking rides, before someone cleans that terrible mess up?
Trying to figure out ways to make their business model unprofitable and keep humans relevant. ( I’m not going to piss in a Waymo… probably. )
Trying to figure out ways to make their business model unprofitable and keep humans relevant. ( I’m not going to piss in a Waymo… probably. )
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do Waymo’s have cameras *inside*? Can you just take a piss in them? Puke? How long do they keep taking rides, before someone cleans that terrible mess up?
Trying to figure out ways to make their business model unprofitable and keep humans relevant. ( I’m not going to piss in a Waymo… probably. )
Trying to figure out ways to make their business model unprofitable and keep humans relevant. ( I’m not going to piss in a Waymo… probably. )
Was a terrible terror attack, by two slug creatures hating on the Jewish section of the Australian community.
So a member of the Muslim Australian community attacked & wrestled the gun away from one of the slugs. While being shot himself.
A Muslim saved Jews. That’s Australia. Not the slugs.
So a member of the Muslim Australian community attacked & wrestled the gun away from one of the slugs. While being shot himself.
A Muslim saved Jews. That’s Australia. Not the slugs.
December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Was a terrible terror attack, by two slug creatures hating on the Jewish section of the Australian community.
So a member of the Muslim Australian community attacked & wrestled the gun away from one of the slugs. While being shot himself.
A Muslim saved Jews. That’s Australia. Not the slugs.
So a member of the Muslim Australian community attacked & wrestled the gun away from one of the slugs. While being shot himself.
A Muslim saved Jews. That’s Australia. Not the slugs.
I love terrible people.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I love terrible people.
Just a heads up, I won’t be signing new issues of that 30 Days of Night mess that IUD/ID/UD or whatever the publisher is called now, for less than $20 a pop.
Or the more recent collections. They’re the only things they decided to keep in print & don’t know who I am anymore, so it’s a premium!
Or the more recent collections. They’re the only things they decided to keep in print & don’t know who I am anymore, so it’s a premium!
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Just a heads up, I won’t be signing new issues of that 30 Days of Night mess that IUD/ID/UD or whatever the publisher is called now, for less than $20 a pop.
Or the more recent collections. They’re the only things they decided to keep in print & don’t know who I am anymore, so it’s a premium!
Or the more recent collections. They’re the only things they decided to keep in print & don’t know who I am anymore, so it’s a premium!
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Kids will always love comics. They just need good ones and be able to find them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are kids getting into comics and is their timing spot on?
What is driving a surge in enthusiasm for comics among children and how may it benefit their future?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Kids will always love comics. They just need good ones and be able to find them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The top 12 states to live in.
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The top 12 states to live in.