Benjamin Turner
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When / if you become a parent, you quickly learn you will give it all up for your kid(s) if that's what it takes. I would. For Harrell to hold that against Katie is the appalling cherry on the top of a grotesque cake and I don't like it. It makes Harrell look bad as a person, not just a leader.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
When / if you become a parent, you quickly learn you will give it all up for your kid(s) if that's what it takes. I would. For Harrell to hold that against Katie is the appalling cherry on the top of a grotesque cake and I don't like it. It makes Harrell look bad as a person, not just a leader.
Design is how it ages and how it's disposed of. --Not Tim Cook (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1757437468/)
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Design is how it ages and how it's disposed of. --Not Tim Cook (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1757437468/)
When in Rome… (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1756477846/)
August 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
When in Rome… (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1756477846/)
If you have to indicate you're a Democrat on the yard sign, that might be a bad sign (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1756160234/)
August 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
If you have to indicate you're a Democrat on the yard sign, that might be a bad sign (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1756160234/)
Reposted by Benjamin Turner
Fellow Seattleites: I beg you. Please do not reelect this absolute tool, this non-entity, this empty suit. Please elect someone who will put Seattle's purported progressive values into action. (Her name is Katie Wilson.)
If we re-elect this loser in November I am going to scream for days
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Guest Rant: Bruce Harrell Is a Failure Unfit for Office
In this guest rant, contributor Ron Davis makes his case for why, with primary election ballots on the way, Seattle voters should dump the city's Mayor and former City Councilman Bruce Harrell.
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July 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Fellow Seattleites: I beg you. Please do not reelect this absolute tool, this non-entity, this empty suit. Please elect someone who will put Seattle's purported progressive values into action. (Her name is Katie Wilson.)
A recommendation on Indie Bookstore Day: https://ravenbookstore.com/book/9781648411236 (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1745693300/)
May 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A recommendation on Indie Bookstore Day: https://ravenbookstore.com/book/9781648411236 (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1745693300/)
I upgraded my personal website from an ancient Django version to a newer ancient version without blowing the dang thing up (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1737355076/)
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I upgraded my personal website from an ancient Django version to a newer ancient version without blowing the dang thing up (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1737355076/)
Did the thing (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1733945120/)
December 12, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Did the thing (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1733945120/)
Steady blue, clear view. Flashing blue, clouds due. Steady red, rain ahead. Flashing red, snow instead. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1732309771/)
November 22, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Steady blue, clear view. Flashing blue, clouds due. Steady red, rain ahead. Flashing red, snow instead. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1732309771/)
Back in Boston, Mass. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1732198827/)
November 21, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Back in Boston, Mass. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1732198827/)
I deleted my facebook account 11 years ago and never looked back. I felt an attachment to my twitter account because of the relationships formed there, but that has waned considerably in recent years. The following tab has become dormant over time and […] https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1730928835/
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November 6, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I deleted my facebook account 11 years ago and never looked back. I felt an attachment to my twitter account because of the relationships formed there, but that has waned considerably in recent years. The following tab has become dormant over time and […] https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1730928835/
November 6, 2024 at 6:33 AM
October 29, 2024 at 1:57 AM
> They really want, when they’re in Paris, to feel like they’re in Paris. They don’t want to feel the same as they do in Kansas City
KC isn't called "Paris if the Plains" for nothing, bad comparison Airbnb CEO guy (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1730141228/)
KC isn't called "Paris if the Plains" for nothing, bad comparison Airbnb CEO guy (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1730141228/)
October 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM
> They really want, when they’re in Paris, to feel like they’re in Paris. They don’t want to feel the same as they do in Kansas City
KC isn't called "Paris if the Plains" for nothing, bad comparison Airbnb CEO guy (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1730141228/)
KC isn't called "Paris if the Plains" for nothing, bad comparison Airbnb CEO guy (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1730141228/)
We fought against tag soup in the 2010s only to be served component slop in the 2020s (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1728405817/)
October 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
We fought against tag soup in the 2010s only to be served component slop in the 2020s (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1728405817/)
Hello from micro publish (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727572978/)
September 29, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Hello from micro publish (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727572978/)
just try some text (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727329401/)
September 26, 2024 at 5:43 AM
just try some text (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727329401/)
Sept. 25, 2024, 6:21 a.m. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727245262/)
Sept. 25, 2024, 6:21 a.m.
toot
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September 25, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Sept. 25, 2024, 6:21 a.m. (https://benjaminturner.me/notes/1727245262/)
September 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Sept. 17, 2024, 3:45 a.m. (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1726544728/)
Sept. 17, 2024, 3:45 a.m.
does this do anything?
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September 17, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Sept. 17, 2024, 3:45 a.m. (https://benjaminturner.me/replies/1726544728/)
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