Ben Chociej
ben.chociej.io
Ben Chociej
@ben.chociej.io
Mission, Kansas. he/him
@wtyppod.bsky.social hit me up next time you need a Missouri knower on the pod lmao
June 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Looks like I've made an embarrassing public mistake. Time to do what alpha males like me do in these situations: whine and avoid accountability
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”

Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Dems are perpetually building party strategy around centrist fallacies in lieu of developing moral imaginations. The results speak for themselves.
March 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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We are having the worst flu season in 15+ yrs & staring down an avian flu threat that has already spread unchecked in other mammals and taken American life

Our government response is to cancel planning for the next flu shot, cancel funding for bird flu vaccines & treatments, & cut Medicaid coverage
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@raygunsite.com state rep banger alert, start the screens

Kansas Democrat plugs tough new approach: ‘When they go low, introduce their a$$ to the basement’ kansasreflector.com/2025/02/17/k...
Kansas Democrat plugs tough new approach: 'When they go low, introduce their a$$ to the basement' • Kansas Reflector
The words speak for many, not just in the cities and towns and rural communities of Kansas, but across the nation. “What is wrong with the Democratic party of which I am a member? Where do I begin. I’...
kansasreflector.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I would like this comic I drew in 2017 to stop being relevant pleeeaaaaase
January 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Every time I've advised orgs on inclusion, especially on LGBTQ+ inclusion, I've said they need a detailed plan for how to respond when the attacks come.

DO NOT put your LGBTQ staff into the public eye if you are not ready to stand with them and don't have a plan to support them. This isn't a game.
Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director.

If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King's Lynn museum pulls out of LGBTQ+ history trail
Concerns from volunteers and stakeholders lead to the decision to withdraw from the project.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I've been trying to understand why I feel the particular flavor of distressed that I do right now. I think it's because we can no longer discuss the lessons we should be learning from any kind of disaster without the worst chucklefucks coming out of the woodwork to wreck everything.
January 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...
January 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM