Ben Hallert
@thunderscreech.bsky.social
Pilot, maker, gadgeteer, and lover of the Oxford comma. He, him, his, tabs, Allman indents @thunderscreech@spacey.space
@chairboy on 🐦 until I ain't
@chairboy on 🐦 until I ain't
[me plugging wires into backstab terminals terminals on an outlet]
Haha fuck yeah!! Yes!!
[me trying to get wires loose from a backstab terminal to switch an outlet]
Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck
Haha fuck yeah!! Yes!!
[me trying to get wires loose from a backstab terminal to switch an outlet]
Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck
June 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
[me plugging wires into backstab terminals terminals on an outlet]
Haha fuck yeah!! Yes!!
[me trying to get wires loose from a backstab terminal to switch an outlet]
Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck
Haha fuck yeah!! Yes!!
[me trying to get wires loose from a backstab terminal to switch an outlet]
Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you absolutely can yell ‘parkour!’ when hopping over a curb or ducking under a railing in public. There’s no law against it, it’s allowed, I’ve tested it.
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you absolutely can yell ‘parkour!’ when hopping over a curb or ducking under a railing in public. There’s no law against it, it’s allowed, I’ve tested it.
Hay is grass skeletons
There, I said it
There, I said it
May 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hay is grass skeletons
There, I said it
There, I said it
“(…) phenomenal,” says the customer on the conference call.
“Doo dooo do dodo,” I sing in response like a Muppet automatically.
Adrenaline spiking, I verify I’m muted…. I am. This time.
It will happen again, I know it will.
Hopefully the same will be true for the mute status.
“Doo dooo do dodo,” I sing in response like a Muppet automatically.
Adrenaline spiking, I verify I’m muted…. I am. This time.
It will happen again, I know it will.
Hopefully the same will be true for the mute status.
March 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“(…) phenomenal,” says the customer on the conference call.
“Doo dooo do dodo,” I sing in response like a Muppet automatically.
Adrenaline spiking, I verify I’m muted…. I am. This time.
It will happen again, I know it will.
Hopefully the same will be true for the mute status.
“Doo dooo do dodo,” I sing in response like a Muppet automatically.
Adrenaline spiking, I verify I’m muted…. I am. This time.
It will happen again, I know it will.
Hopefully the same will be true for the mute status.
Reposted by Ben Hallert
"From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against the mayor who promised to blow up the city and those who voted for the mayor who promised to blow up the city."
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
buff.ly
February 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against the mayor who promised to blow up the city and those who voted for the mayor who promised to blow up the city."
For Valentine’s, I made a little love garden. (KD are initials)
February 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For Valentine’s, I made a little love garden. (KD are initials)
My 2020 sign (top), like me, has been getting a little ragged around the edges lately.
Girl, same.
Made a replacement in my shop, hope we both last long enough to see these values return to places where weak, bullying people have banished them.
#webelieve
Girl, same.
Made a replacement in my shop, hope we both last long enough to see these values return to places where weak, bullying people have banished them.
#webelieve
February 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
My 2020 sign (top), like me, has been getting a little ragged around the edges lately.
Girl, same.
Made a replacement in my shop, hope we both last long enough to see these values return to places where weak, bullying people have banished them.
#webelieve
Girl, same.
Made a replacement in my shop, hope we both last long enough to see these values return to places where weak, bullying people have banished them.
#webelieve
Shut down my Twitter space bots and the folks still over there are dropping all kinds of wild slurs at me in their quote-tweets.
235,000 people have seen my @bocaroad quit notice so far which is wild, I’ll never have that big of an audience again. Ugh.
But staying would be way worse.
Fuck Nazis.
235,000 people have seen my @bocaroad quit notice so far which is wild, I’ll never have that big of an audience again. Ugh.
But staying would be way worse.
Fuck Nazis.
February 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Shut down my Twitter space bots and the folks still over there are dropping all kinds of wild slurs at me in their quote-tweets.
235,000 people have seen my @bocaroad quit notice so far which is wild, I’ll never have that big of an audience again. Ugh.
But staying would be way worse.
Fuck Nazis.
235,000 people have seen my @bocaroad quit notice so far which is wild, I’ll never have that big of an audience again. Ugh.
But staying would be way worse.
Fuck Nazis.
Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy
- Trump has signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and officially reverting Denali’s name back to Mount McKinley.
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
ML-2 mobile launcher $2,700,000,000
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my agency is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
ML-2 mobile launcher $2,700,000,000
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my agency is dying
December 22, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
ML-2 mobile launcher $2,700,000,000
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my agency is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
ML-2 mobile launcher $2,700,000,000
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my agency is dying
When I honk at someone in traffic who just did something aggressively stupid (as in unlikely to be a mistake) it’s not because I think they will care what I, a stranger, thinks.
I do it because if they have a passenger, it might embarrass them in front of someone whose opinion they care about.
I do it because if they have a passenger, it might embarrass them in front of someone whose opinion they care about.
December 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
When I honk at someone in traffic who just did something aggressively stupid (as in unlikely to be a mistake) it’s not because I think they will care what I, a stranger, thinks.
I do it because if they have a passenger, it might embarrass them in front of someone whose opinion they care about.
I do it because if they have a passenger, it might embarrass them in front of someone whose opinion they care about.
Hardware clerk: “Would you like a bag for this little stuff for five cents”
Me: “No need, I have cargo shorts.”
Hardware clerk: [no expression but obviously impressed, their poker face is incredible though]
Me: [proudly waddles out the door, clanking]
My wife is gonna feel SO silly for doubting.
Me: “No need, I have cargo shorts.”
Hardware clerk: [no expression but obviously impressed, their poker face is incredible though]
Me: [proudly waddles out the door, clanking]
My wife is gonna feel SO silly for doubting.
September 6, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hardware clerk: “Would you like a bag for this little stuff for five cents”
Me: “No need, I have cargo shorts.”
Hardware clerk: [no expression but obviously impressed, their poker face is incredible though]
Me: [proudly waddles out the door, clanking]
My wife is gonna feel SO silly for doubting.
Me: “No need, I have cargo shorts.”
Hardware clerk: [no expression but obviously impressed, their poker face is incredible though]
Me: [proudly waddles out the door, clanking]
My wife is gonna feel SO silly for doubting.
Just passed what I thought was a mime gardening before realizing it was just someone wearing a horizontal black & white striped shirt.
Have they done to fashion what Kaiser Wilhelm did to comically twirly mustaches? (certainly the worst thing a German or Austrian has done to mustache fashion)
Have they done to fashion what Kaiser Wilhelm did to comically twirly mustaches? (certainly the worst thing a German or Austrian has done to mustache fashion)
February 3, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Just passed what I thought was a mime gardening before realizing it was just someone wearing a horizontal black & white striped shirt.
Have they done to fashion what Kaiser Wilhelm did to comically twirly mustaches? (certainly the worst thing a German or Austrian has done to mustache fashion)
Have they done to fashion what Kaiser Wilhelm did to comically twirly mustaches? (certainly the worst thing a German or Austrian has done to mustache fashion)
Hot take: Aftershave and perfume are just different types of Main Character Syndrome spray
December 27, 2023 at 11:50 PM
Hot take: Aftershave and perfume are just different types of Main Character Syndrome spray
AI ain't bad at anatomy when it creates these grim 'art' horrors, it's telling us directly what horrors await us post-singularity when it has the reins.
December 19, 2023 at 6:15 PM
AI ain't bad at anatomy when it creates these grim 'art' horrors, it's telling us directly what horrors await us post-singularity when it has the reins.
Idea: 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' by Chemical Brothers except all the "Here we go!" parts are replaced by Charles Martinet as Mario
December 18, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Idea: 'Hey Boy Hey Girl' by Chemical Brothers except all the "Here we go!" parts are replaced by Charles Martinet as Mario
You can tell a lot about a person from whether they seem to hear an un-written 'Black Lives Matter 𝑡𝑜𝑜' or '𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 Black Lives Matter'.
Bigots project their own weakness of character and assume everyone else thinks the way they do.
Bigots project their own weakness of character and assume everyone else thinks the way they do.
November 17, 2023 at 3:56 PM
You can tell a lot about a person from whether they seem to hear an un-written 'Black Lives Matter 𝑡𝑜𝑜' or '𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 Black Lives Matter'.
Bigots project their own weakness of character and assume everyone else thinks the way they do.
Bigots project their own weakness of character and assume everyone else thinks the way they do.
Come taste m’knees!
October 31, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Come taste m’knees!
Reposted by Ben Hallert
GRANDFATHER: whhyyyy have yooou summoned meee from beyonnd the veil of deeaaath?
ME: I wish to tell you, there is a chance Ireland may finally be reunified.
GRANDFATHER: Hooww is this blessed thiinnng to haaapen?
*an hour later*
GRANDFATHER: ... whaaat the fuuuuck ...
ME: Nope. Not finished.
ME: I wish to tell you, there is a chance Ireland may finally be reunified.
GRANDFATHER: Hooww is this blessed thiinnng to haaapen?
*an hour later*
GRANDFATHER: ... whaaat the fuuuuck ...
ME: Nope. Not finished.
I didn't see this coming. In Northern Ireland, Brexit has drained support among young people for remaining in the UK - across the board.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Why would we want to be part of the UK?’ Young people will probably soon deliver a united Irela...
Disillusioned with Stormont and Brexit, 18 to 24-year-olds want progressive change – and don’t see it happening in the union, says writer Emma DeSouza
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2023 at 3:58 AM
GRANDFATHER: whhyyyy have yooou summoned meee from beyonnd the veil of deeaaath?
ME: I wish to tell you, there is a chance Ireland may finally be reunified.
GRANDFATHER: Hooww is this blessed thiinnng to haaapen?
*an hour later*
GRANDFATHER: ... whaaat the fuuuuck ...
ME: Nope. Not finished.
ME: I wish to tell you, there is a chance Ireland may finally be reunified.
GRANDFATHER: Hooww is this blessed thiinnng to haaapen?
*an hour later*
GRANDFATHER: ... whaaat the fuuuuck ...
ME: Nope. Not finished.
Life stage: quietly celebrating standing up from chair without making strain noises or needing to use arm rests for support partway up.
By the standards of my late 40s, I think this basically makes me a gymnast.
By the standards of my late 40s, I think this basically makes me a gymnast.
October 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Life stage: quietly celebrating standing up from chair without making strain noises or needing to use arm rests for support partway up.
By the standards of my late 40s, I think this basically makes me a gymnast.
By the standards of my late 40s, I think this basically makes me a gymnast.
Reposted by Ben Hallert
The left are wrong to claim these rings will “corrupt” us, and it’s time we finally stood up to critical wraith theory | my latest for the New Orc Times
October 18, 2023 at 12:18 PM
The left are wrong to claim these rings will “corrupt” us, and it’s time we finally stood up to critical wraith theory | my latest for the New Orc Times