Ben TG
@ben-tg.bsky.social
professional rocket scientist, amateur astronomer
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Inexplicably legal parking IN the heavily pedestrian traffic intersection of 7th and NC Ave SE (Eastern Market) is now bike racks and much safer for all!
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Inexplicably legal parking IN the heavily pedestrian traffic intersection of 7th and NC Ave SE (Eastern Market) is now bike racks and much safer for all!
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Afterward, spend Small Business Saturday at the businesses that support a Free DC! See the list of businesses that are committed to protecting our communities this season and all year long. (3/3)
Where to Shop — Free DC
Our money is powerful — and it’s time to direct that power toward businesses that support DC communities, not the attacks of this administration.
freedcproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Afterward, spend Small Business Saturday at the businesses that support a Free DC! See the list of businesses that are committed to protecting our communities this season and all year long. (3/3)
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Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping.
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
This holiday season, Free DC wants you to "procott" these local businesses
While boycotts operate on withholding money, procotts are about spending it.
51st.news
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping.
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:
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Judge Ellis says all these errors, no matter how minor, add up. "[A]t some point, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything that [DHS] represent[s]."
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Judge Ellis says all these errors, no matter how minor, add up. "[A]t some point, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything that [DHS] represent[s]."
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.
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NEW: Tap, Ride, Go now available on @wmata.com 🚌! This major improvement lets customers tap a credit/debit or Apple/google pay so they can quickly tap & ride. Amazing work by Team Metro & our tech partners to get this done to improve America’s Metro System. Thx to all the mascots!
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
NEW: Tap, Ride, Go now available on @wmata.com 🚌! This major improvement lets customers tap a credit/debit or Apple/google pay so they can quickly tap & ride. Amazing work by Team Metro & our tech partners to get this done to improve America’s Metro System. Thx to all the mascots!
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Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast
YouTube video by Blue Origin
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
“This Comet Thing Is Aliens,” Says Resident Harvard Fraud Avi Loeb
Like he does every week, without evidence.
oddnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships.
oddnews.com/article/this...
oddnews.com/article/this...
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Page 12 of the Senate shutdown resolution indicates that Democrats know how to use their power to ensure government funding is properly spent, but they actively chose not to prevent Trump from withholding. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave - The American Prospect
Senate Democrats actually know how to use their power to counter Donald Trump and ensure that legislative funding gets spent—but this continuing resolution makes it clear they chose not to.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Page 12 of the Senate shutdown resolution indicates that Democrats know how to use their power to ensure government funding is properly spent, but they actively chose not to prevent Trump from withholding. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
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Do you know your leaf collection section?
Use DPW's leaf tracker map to find your section, collection schedule, and tips for a smooth pickup.
Section A collections are underway now—Section B is up next!
Use DPW's leaf tracker map to find your section, collection schedule, and tips for a smooth pickup.
Section A collections are underway now—Section B is up next!
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Do you know your leaf collection section?
Use DPW's leaf tracker map to find your section, collection schedule, and tips for a smooth pickup.
Section A collections are underway now—Section B is up next!
Use DPW's leaf tracker map to find your section, collection schedule, and tips for a smooth pickup.
Section A collections are underway now—Section B is up next!
Check this out.
In Cincinnati the Democratic mayor defeated JD Vance's half brother!!
What a night
#fightfacism
In Cincinnati the Democratic mayor defeated JD Vance's half brother!!
What a night
#fightfacism
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Check this out.
In Cincinnati the Democratic mayor defeated JD Vance's half brother!!
What a night
#fightfacism
In Cincinnati the Democratic mayor defeated JD Vance's half brother!!
What a night
#fightfacism
This @apnews.com description of Kirk's shirt just misses the mark.
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This @apnews.com description of Kirk's shirt just misses the mark.
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I’d love to see many of you at the @51st.news birthday party this Thursday! I’ll high-five anyone who shows up, I swear.
Curious? Come to our birthday party on Thursday, Oct. 23! 😈😈😈
RSVP here:
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One Year of The 51st
Our scrappy worker-led newsroom has been publishing for ONE YEAR! Come celebrate the milestone and hang with other 51st readers!
www.eventbrite.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’d love to see many of you at the @51st.news birthday party this Thursday! I’ll high-five anyone who shows up, I swear.
Great @scifri.bsky.social episode last week:
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
And Cosmin is my tennis partner! So cool!
#science 🔭🎾
www.wnycstudios.org/story/have-a...
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
And Cosmin is my tennis partner! So cool!
#science 🔭🎾
www.wnycstudios.org/story/have-a...
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’? | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
Astrophysicists may have spotted evidence for “dark stars,” an unusual type of star that could possibly have existed in the earliest days of the universe, in data from the James Webb ...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great @scifri.bsky.social episode last week:
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
And Cosmin is my tennis partner! So cool!
#science 🔭🎾
www.wnycstudios.org/story/have-a...
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
And Cosmin is my tennis partner! So cool!
#science 🔭🎾
www.wnycstudios.org/story/have-a...
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You don’t stage an intervention for someone you “hate” — quite the opposite. You do it for someone you love and want to see do better. 🇺🇸 #NoKingsDay
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You don’t stage an intervention for someone you “hate” — quite the opposite. You do it for someone you love and want to see do better. 🇺🇸 #NoKingsDay
October 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane
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Judge Xinis shows her frustration at the Trump DOJ.
"See, Mr. Ensign, this is the problem that I have."
She notes that her order demanded a witness who could deliver answers on Costa Rica.
"You come today with a witness that knows nothing about Costa Rica."
"See, Mr. Ensign, this is the problem that I have."
She notes that her order demanded a witness who could deliver answers on Costa Rica.
"You come today with a witness that knows nothing about Costa Rica."
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Judge Xinis shows her frustration at the Trump DOJ.
"See, Mr. Ensign, this is the problem that I have."
She notes that her order demanded a witness who could deliver answers on Costa Rica.
"You come today with a witness that knows nothing about Costa Rica."
"See, Mr. Ensign, this is the problem that I have."
She notes that her order demanded a witness who could deliver answers on Costa Rica.
"You come today with a witness that knows nothing about Costa Rica."
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RFK Jr. has a less-than-zero understanding of how science works. "Make the proof" should be disturbing for anybody who cares about health, truth, or democracy.
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
RFK Jr. has a less-than-zero understanding of how science works. "Make the proof" should be disturbing for anybody who cares about health, truth, or democracy.
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
Join our fight to impeach RFK Jr. here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/quack-o-gram...
#impeachrfk #impeachthequack
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U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning Christopher Wells, lawyer for the state of Illinois, about the deployment of the National Guard.
After roughly 90 minutes, Perry is done questioning Hamilton.
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning Christopher Wells, lawyer for the state of Illinois, about the deployment of the National Guard.
🚫trump🚫's use of rescissions is blowing up the underlying dynamic of congressional bargaining because it inserts intense partisanship into the budget appropriations process that otherwise requires compromise, particularly in the Senate.
#ettd
#ettd
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚫trump🚫's use of rescissions is blowing up the underlying dynamic of congressional bargaining because it inserts intense partisanship into the budget appropriations process that otherwise requires compromise, particularly in the Senate.
#ettd
#ettd
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Ryan Walters used his job to push Christian Nationalism, punish teachers, and turn public schools into culture war battlegrounds.
Now he’s gone—and Oklahoma is racing to undo his damage.
The reckoning has begun. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-h...
Now he’s gone—and Oklahoma is racing to undo his damage.
The reckoning has begun. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-h...
Oklahoma has already started erasing Ryan Walters’ disastrous legacy
The Christian Nationalist superintendent’s resignation has sparked a statewide effort to undo his damage
www.friendlyatheist.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ryan Walters used his job to push Christian Nationalism, punish teachers, and turn public schools into culture war battlegrounds.
Now he’s gone—and Oklahoma is racing to undo his damage.
The reckoning has begun. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-h...
Now he’s gone—and Oklahoma is racing to undo his damage.
The reckoning has begun. 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-h...