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Ben Tallen
@bentallen.bsky.social
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Actor/Writer/MNUFC Fan/occasional Farker. Excited to spend the next 3-6 months on this platform until the next one comes along.
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A black and white photograph showing a man's back. Someone's arm is placed on his shoulder in what is supposed to be a comforting manner. Caption reads, "Gesture of moral support".
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Homer Simpson sitting on his car hood looking up at the night sky with the Edmund Fitzgerald above him.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Graham Chapman dressed in a military uniform saying, "Stop that, this is getting very silly."
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I covered her up a couple hours ago and she hasn't moved since. Milk is not a fan of cold weather. #DogsOfBluesky
A white short-haired dog sleeping on a raised platform dog bed. She is loosely wrapped in a pastel blanket.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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What in the November 9th is this happy horseshit?
Inside the Burnsville Mall, a bunch of large Christmas-themed inflatables are set up. A Santa, a reindeer, a gingerbread man, a snowman, and a candy cane arch.
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Welcome to Target
Jack Nicholson as the Joker.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The Prince library card is super cool but I would have really liked to get this one.
A limited edition library card from the St. Paul Public Library. It features a loon on a green and blue background with a laser coming out of its eye.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Picture if you will a scene of sublime profundity. A common loon in flight in the upper left corner, the only thing in this image that can be assigned the word "common" in any context. Foalkeeper extraordinaire Dayne St. Claire is couched on a field explosive, that is, a fiery explosion going off behind him in the upper right. In the lower left, Loons player Bongokuhle Hlongwane looks to his left with the intensity of a man who knows he cannot fail. In the lower right, PK, the mascot of Minnesota United stares at us with glowing red eyes as if to say, "Good game, Seattle." The center of the picture is an alligator (although possibly a crocodile) dunking a basketball, as one does. A hapless orca is attempting to defend the hoop from the ambush predator. Caption reads, "Whoever prayed on my downfall PRAY HARDER."
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Just a slight adjustment and voila!
A T-shirt with a picture of a dog with a ball in its mouth. Text on it reads, "Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you." A caption on the image reads, "Wearing this to my local music store" but with music store crossed out and "soccer stadium" written in.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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In rehearsal but cheering on in spirit.
A blue three ring binder on a table with a sticker on it that says "Property of Theatre in the Round, Please Return". A black and blue baseball cap with the Minnesota United logo sits on top of the binder. A theater rehearsal room can be seen in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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OM NOM NOM.
A plate of the birria nachos and a fish taco plate from Órale Mexican Eats. It is very colorful, covered in various cheeses, sauces, and whatnot. Two bottles of Jarritos soda, Mandarin and Pineapple, are on the side.
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The MegaMan "get equipped with" screen. It says, "Get equipped with exciting baseball".
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Let the sorting begin!
A pile of Halloween candy spread out on a table.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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A college football fan holding up a yellow sign with a bunch of text on it that gets smaller with each line until it's illegible. The readable portion says, "I'm tired of these jokes about my giant sign. This such incident occurred on 1956b when..."
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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You'll have to take it up with the local police constable.
Screenshot from Hot Fuzz with Inspector Butterman shouting, "He isn't even from round here!"
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A screenshot from Ren & Stimpy. Ren, Stimpy, and Ren's cousin are in hell and the devil says to them, "So, you created the Torment Nexus, didn't ya?"
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Me too, doormat. Me too.
A black and gold doormat in the style of Disney's Haunted Mansion that says, "DEAD INSIDE".
October 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I mean, guess it's a little funny but this may be overstating it.
The checkout screen at a grocery store. One of the items is LOL UNSALTED BUTTER.
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I thought this didn't start until the spring equinox. #LAStory
View of an L.A. freeway with the programmable sign over the road saying, "LIVE WEAPONS OVER FREEWAY".
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Sky and Milk declare open windows to be "good things".
A brown/black/tan dog and a white dog each sit in front of their own open window and stare out into the night.
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#NoKings #KnowLatin
Someone in an inflatable T. Rex costume. They hold a neon pink sign with dark blue hand-written letters that reads "NO REX BUT T. REX".
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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A bit warm today.
The view from inside an inflatable T. Rex costume. The window is fogged up with perspiration. Outside are a lot of people gathered outside in downtown Minneapolis.
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I'm not saying I was the coolest dude in the breakroom today but
A Mystery Science Theater 3000 themed lunchbox with all the bots on it. It says "Robot Roll Call" on the side.
October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The picture of Stevie but with the "Got Any Grapes" duck's face put on top.
October 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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They're behind me, aren't they?
A middle-aged white dude with a short beard and a baseball cap has a perturbed expression. Over his shoulder are two creepy white statues of small children. Further away are creepy statues of clowns.
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM