Ben Pounds
@wildlystrollingben.bsky.social
Reporter for Courier News. Co-author of Wildly Strolling Along
I feel like reducing art interpretation to “media literacy” is missing the reality that works of art can have multiple interpretations. People bring their own experiences and knowledge to how they interpret things. That’s what makes these discussions beautiful!
November 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I feel like reducing art interpretation to “media literacy” is missing the reality that works of art can have multiple interpretations. People bring their own experiences and knowledge to how they interpret things. That’s what makes these discussions beautiful!
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The truth is that if Democrats had outlets as dedicated to Bill and Hillary Clinton as Fox is to Trump, it would actually be hurting them right now.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The truth is that if Democrats had outlets as dedicated to Bill and Hillary Clinton as Fox is to Trump, it would actually be hurting them right now.
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“Yeah, we’re in practice a loose coalition of Christmas celebrating atheists, pagans, witches, homosexuals and ‘heretical’ Christians who believe in universal salvation. But we still kept Puritan style congregational elections. Those are nifty!”
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Yeah, we’re in practice a loose coalition of Christmas celebrating atheists, pagans, witches, homosexuals and ‘heretical’ Christians who believe in universal salvation. But we still kept Puritan style congregational elections. Those are nifty!”
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Note: I was raised #UnitarianUniversalist. Which means I grew up in a faith that was both directly descended from the Separatist #Pilgrims and their governing structure while also being theologically and socially their polar opposite. More info here: www.britannica.com/topic/Separa...
Separatist | Puritans, Pilgrims, Dissenters | Britannica
Separatist, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches. Separatists...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Note: I was raised #UnitarianUniversalist. Which means I grew up in a faith that was both directly descended from the Separatist #Pilgrims and their governing structure while also being theologically and socially their polar opposite. More info here: www.britannica.com/topic/Separa...
The fact that our holiday remembering the puritans is mostly just the beginning of the Christmas season feels like the best way to dance on the puritans’ graves.
And yes, I’m aware that the Plymouth Bay colonizers were technically separatists not puritans but so was Cromwell. #historysky
And yes, I’m aware that the Plymouth Bay colonizers were technically separatists not puritans but so was Cromwell. #historysky
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The fact that our holiday remembering the puritans is mostly just the beginning of the Christmas season feels like the best way to dance on the puritans’ graves.
And yes, I’m aware that the Plymouth Bay colonizers were technically separatists not puritans but so was Cromwell. #historysky
And yes, I’m aware that the Plymouth Bay colonizers were technically separatists not puritans but so was Cromwell. #historysky
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1/2 WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN, by Louis Sachar. The meta-narrative games he plays blew my 10-year-old mind.
(In the first book, SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, Chapter 19 reads, in full: "There is no 19th story. There is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.")
(In the first book, SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, Chapter 19 reads, in full: "There is no 19th story. There is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.")
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
1/2 WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN, by Louis Sachar. The meta-narrative games he plays blew my 10-year-old mind.
(In the first book, SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, Chapter 19 reads, in full: "There is no 19th story. There is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.")
(In the first book, SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, Chapter 19 reads, in full: "There is no 19th story. There is no Miss Zarves. Sorry.")
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“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
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I’ve seen several. But I looked.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I’ve seen several. But I looked.
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🎼 🎶 “I’m forever blowing Bubba.”🎵
Try to get *that* image out of your head and that tune out of your ears…
youtu.be/UQ97jkVnX0A?...
Try to get *that* image out of your head and that tune out of your ears…
youtu.be/UQ97jkVnX0A?...
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
YouTube video by Vera Lynn - Topic
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November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎼 🎶 “I’m forever blowing Bubba.”🎵
Try to get *that* image out of your head and that tune out of your ears…
youtu.be/UQ97jkVnX0A?...
Try to get *that* image out of your head and that tune out of your ears…
youtu.be/UQ97jkVnX0A?...
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Time for vols football baby let’s see what fun and horrors await
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time for vols football baby let’s see what fun and horrors await
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Tennessee sophomore cornerback Colton Hood was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award — given annually to the top DB in college football.
Given the brutal combo of longterm injuries to Jermod McCoy and Rickey Gibson III, Hood has been a godsend for the Vols.
Given the brutal combo of longterm injuries to Jermod McCoy and Rickey Gibson III, Hood has been a godsend for the Vols.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tennessee sophomore cornerback Colton Hood was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award — given annually to the top DB in college football.
Given the brutal combo of longterm injuries to Jermod McCoy and Rickey Gibson III, Hood has been a godsend for the Vols.
Given the brutal combo of longterm injuries to Jermod McCoy and Rickey Gibson III, Hood has been a godsend for the Vols.
Sing with me now: I’m forever blowing Bubba…
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Sing with me now: I’m forever blowing Bubba…
Never has @kavehtaherian.bsky.social been so vindicated as today with the White House blasting Andrew Lloyd Webber music.
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Never has @kavehtaherian.bsky.social been so vindicated as today with the White House blasting Andrew Lloyd Webber music.
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You think Jay Leno is gonna go to one of his eighty-bajillion gigs down at the Flappers comedy club in Burbank and make a shit ton of Trump blowjob jokes, or is that something solely reserved for shaming young women?
Dammit, man, why couldn't the Clintons just have let Bernie have that 2016 nomination, man. If this was a thing the whole time, maybe Bill should have just, I'unno, warned his wife about this or something.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
You think Jay Leno is gonna go to one of his eighty-bajillion gigs down at the Flappers comedy club in Burbank and make a shit ton of Trump blowjob jokes, or is that something solely reserved for shaming young women?
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Starless Eagle Nebula and The Pillars of Creation - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/2nxreCe
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Starless Eagle Nebula and The Pillars of Creation - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/2nxreCe
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Anything is reviewable if you want to review it enough.
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Anything is reviewable if you want to review it enough.
Just finished A Lonely Broadcast Part I. The premise: three people work at a remote radio station in a forest where som entity or entities is tearing up people and mixing and marching their parts with animals, fungi, other people. I’m into it. May read the others.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just finished A Lonely Broadcast Part I. The premise: three people work at a remote radio station in a forest where som entity or entities is tearing up people and mixing and marching their parts with animals, fungi, other people. I’m into it. May read the others.
Did you know that when it snows my eyes become wide and the light that you shine can’t be seen? Like and subscribe for more fun facts about meteorology and optometry.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Did you know that when it snows my eyes become wide and the light that you shine can’t be seen? Like and subscribe for more fun facts about meteorology and optometry.
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I say this affectionately as someone who thinks he’s Todd’s age. Key word thinks.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I say this affectionately as someone who thinks he’s Todd’s age. Key word thinks.
I know this has probably been said before but Sean Bean looks like it should rhyme even though it doesn’t.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I know this has probably been said before but Sean Bean looks like it should rhyme even though it doesn’t.
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My advice if you want to actually reach the audience you’re supposedly aiming for is do a podcast about football and have Jared Golden on to talk about the Patriots.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My advice if you want to actually reach the audience you’re supposedly aiming for is do a podcast about football and have Jared Golden on to talk about the Patriots.
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Sorry but you’re talking about the role of POLITICIANS. Most other people if they want to talk about politics at all do so because they actually have strongly held views. I think that’s why you constantly fail to find an audience. You want an audience that’s passionate about not caring…
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sorry but you’re talking about the role of POLITICIANS. Most other people if they want to talk about politics at all do so because they actually have strongly held views. I think that’s why you constantly fail to find an audience. You want an audience that’s passionate about not caring…
2 traps people fall into when discussing online creators.
1. Doug Walker Effect: assuming that because you quit following someone that they no longer have fans or viewers.
2. Anita Sarkeesian effect: assuming that someone who is frequently discussed by haters has more fans than they actually do…
1. Doug Walker Effect: assuming that because you quit following someone that they no longer have fans or viewers.
2. Anita Sarkeesian effect: assuming that someone who is frequently discussed by haters has more fans than they actually do…
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
2 traps people fall into when discussing online creators.
1. Doug Walker Effect: assuming that because you quit following someone that they no longer have fans or viewers.
2. Anita Sarkeesian effect: assuming that someone who is frequently discussed by haters has more fans than they actually do…
1. Doug Walker Effect: assuming that because you quit following someone that they no longer have fans or viewers.
2. Anita Sarkeesian effect: assuming that someone who is frequently discussed by haters has more fans than they actually do…
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Yeah I looked upon Cthulhu's dread visage and I was fine. Big octopus on a man's body. Not exactly "difficult to comprehend." Maybe you guys should go outside more idk
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yeah I looked upon Cthulhu's dread visage and I was fine. Big octopus on a man's body. Not exactly "difficult to comprehend." Maybe you guys should go outside more idk