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Ben Chappell
@benchappell.bsky.social
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Antifascist. Interdisciplinary ethnographer. * studies. Midwesterner. Academic unionist.

Loves mass transit and espresso. Hates structural violence and oligarchy.
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I know the one-pint deli container is widely used and appreciated, but I really think I broke some new ground here on storing an open can.
A can of tomatoes open at the top, with a plastic container inverted on it like a cap.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A sign with the iconic "I love New York" slogan with a heart. Hanging by wires from a scaffolding outside a city building.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Block letters over a pixellated photo of a person read "Tell KU Chancellor Doug Girod to reject Trump's loyalty oath," with logos of the Sunrise movement and United Academics of KU (university of Kansas). A QR code appears above the slogan "Take Action Now."
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Blue and yellow fields with block text reading "Peer Review Not Trump. U."
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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There are days of great privilege when my work is to read. I am in the academic labor movement not only to save those days for myself but so that anyone who wants them will have at least some of those days in their lifetime.
A small table with two books and a plate of apple slices. The books are how fascism works by Jason Stanley and unsettling by Gilberto Rosas.
October 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Mood

#organize
#rebels
October 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Omg
Screen capture of a panel of text, reading Trump sent troops to Portland because right wing media told him to "I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, well wait a minute am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? President Donald Trump" Oregon sues to block deployment of troops.
September 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Ida B Wells memorial, Chicago
A black metal sculpture with twisting limbs reaching up under a bright sky with clouds A person in grey cap, sunglasses, and a blue shirt standing solemnly in front of a metal engraved portrait of Ida B. Wells.
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Midwest dawn
A strip mall with a bakery in dim light as the sunrise turns the sky purple
July 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Adirondack park
A long-range mountain vista with some scrub evergreen plants and mossy rocks in the foreground
May 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A full day witnessing my son's graduation in the Hudson valley
Sunset over the Hudson River with mountains beyond.
May 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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What's amazing about this list that is sparking panic about required reading of the manifesto is that it actually shows more conservative bias at the Ivies. Hobbes at the top, Samuel Huntington well clear of Marx, and the debunked tragedy of the commons.
A list of the most assigned books at ivy League schools and public schools, highlighting Karl Marx's The Communist manifesto in the middle of each table.
May 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Kansas city
Detail of an ornate store front with curly colored decorative motifs in stone, several boarded up windows and an art-deco sign reading A to Z Locksmith.
May 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Bird's-eye view of a cappuccino in a blue cup and saucer, on a stone table with part of a woven seat chair in view, and small fallen leaves in the wooden floor
April 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Free stencils at the rock show
A stack of plastic stencils of slogans: Fee Palestine, Film the Police, Flatline
April 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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A guitar, amplifier, box fan, water bottle, and a rock- still life on a diy stage
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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When it's beautiful, cool spring, my thoughts and wishes turn again to other places.
The statues of the Marx-Engels Forum in Berlin, viewed from behind, and over their shoulders, the TV tower.
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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University of California academic Senate calls on Regents and administrators to defend the university (implied: and not police it on behalf of the regime)
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Not my video but this was the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas #HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Kansas City anti-Trump/anti-doge march to the WWI memorial today
A few pedestrians walk past a sign reading Union station Kansas City towards a grassy Hill swarming with people in front of a monumental Stone building. Many carry signs. One reads if you aren't horrified you aren't paying attention.
March 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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If in Lawrence, Kansas, check it out.
A person leans into the railing of a crumbling concrete stair with yellow caution tape. Text reads "KU YDSA presents ROCK, an exhibition. Mar 27, 5:30 pm Strong Hall lawn."
March 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Red, yellow, black, and green bars with block letters reading "We are not waste."
March 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Thanks to Marike's labor we get this annual signal of spring @msophiej.bsky.social
A stand of bright yellow daffodils in a garden bed covered with brown leaves
March 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Practicing for Germany
A white plate with a sliced, crusty bread roll. One half with white cheese, the other with orange fruit preserves
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Strips of color, blue, white, yellow, red, black, with letters spelling "End I.C.E. We won't stand for extra-judicial secret police."
March 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM