Ben Petkau
@benpetkau.bsky.social
cat ownee, excel nerd, fern dad. AuDHD, HoH, COVID-safe. climate, politics, urban planning, weird memes. all opinions are now 50% off to make room for new stock (he/him)
The best way to protect yourself against debilitating Long Covid is to wear an n95+ mask. Could you please start including this important info in your articles?
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The best way to protect yourself against debilitating Long Covid is to wear an n95+ mask. Could you please start including this important info in your articles?
And you'd really think the party of domestic terrorists would be able to see that coming.
October 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
And you'd really think the party of domestic terrorists would be able to see that coming.
Still removed by author. What was it about?
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Still removed by author. What was it about?
Yes, image 1 would absolutely turn into images 2-4 the second day. You can already see the outline of the larger bruise forming. I don't know anything about the rest of the story, but I can definitely say that much about these pictures.
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Yes, image 1 would absolutely turn into images 2-4 the second day. You can already see the outline of the larger bruise forming. I don't know anything about the rest of the story, but I can definitely say that much about these pictures.
And the thing is, there *is* bias on WP. There *are* double standards applied to the reliability of sources in certain topic areas. But nobody outside WP understands how it's happening. Even journalists won't take time to research & properly represent those debates & the problems w/ them to readers.
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
And the thing is, there *is* bias on WP. There *are* double standards applied to the reliability of sources in certain topic areas. But nobody outside WP understands how it's happening. Even journalists won't take time to research & properly represent those debates & the problems w/ them to readers.
Ending segregation created massive amounts of white resentment. Ending *slavery* caused massive amounts of white resentment. Racist white resentment of Black people not being oppressed as much as they were before was baked in for decades before AA.
September 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ending segregation created massive amounts of white resentment. Ending *slavery* caused massive amounts of white resentment. Racist white resentment of Black people not being oppressed as much as they were before was baked in for decades before AA.
Like, @henmazzig.bsky.social, Kirk said legal abortion is worse than the Holocaust. Is that defensible? Is someone who says that really an ally?
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
'Abortion worse than holocaust': Charlie Kirk's controversial views re-surface after Trump ally assassinated
Right-wing analyst Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University. Known for his staunch conservative views and loyalty to Trump, Kirk's controversial stances on abortion, gun rights, an...
m.economictimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Like, @henmazzig.bsky.social, Kirk said legal abortion is worse than the Holocaust. Is that defensible? Is someone who says that really an ally?
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
In the same sentence you say it's better not to have AA policies, but acknowledge that they were useful. AA didn't appear in a vacuum. All 4 women Kirk named went to uni in the 80s (Jackson-Lee in 70s). Had AA outlived usefulness then? Do you think Obama, KBJ shouldn't have been admitted?
September 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In the same sentence you say it's better not to have AA policies, but acknowledge that they were useful. AA didn't appear in a vacuum. All 4 women Kirk named went to uni in the 80s (Jackson-Lee in 70s). Had AA outlived usefulness then? Do you think Obama, KBJ shouldn't have been admitted?
Just because he supported Israel didn't make Charlie Kirk a good person. His legacy is sowing seeds of hatred and evil in the minds of young people.
September 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just because he supported Israel didn't make Charlie Kirk a good person. His legacy is sowing seeds of hatred and evil in the minds of young people.
You're right that she should have been fired two years ago. But she didn't falsely attribute that quote. He did say that. And while he specifically addressed four prominent black women, he was insulting *all* people who were helped by affirmative action policies. www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
Charlie Kirk once said prominent Black women didn't have 'brain processing power' to be taken seriously
He was talking specifically about Michelle Obama, Joy Reid, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
www.snopes.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You're right that she should have been fired two years ago. But she didn't falsely attribute that quote. He did say that. And while he specifically addressed four prominent black women, he was insulting *all* people who were helped by affirmative action policies. www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
Honestly wild that this was fireable, but calling the Oct 7 massacres 'decolonization' wasn't.
September 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Honestly wild that this was fireable, but calling the Oct 7 massacres 'decolonization' wasn't.
Not sure this sends the message the signholder wants it to send.
September 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not sure this sends the message the signholder wants it to send.
This isn't art and you didn't make it. It's slop from a machine.
September 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This isn't art and you didn't make it. It's slop from a machine.