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Ben Wrex
@benwrex.bsky.social
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Cartoonist, portrait artist, painter.
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Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social · 4d
Hello! I’m Benny. I draw and paint. AI sucks.
A self portrait done in shades of blue and pinkish orange. I have a full oval face, short hair, a septum ring, and two lip piercings.
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ironspike.bsky.social
I think it was @gregpak.net who recently said something like "action alleviates anxiety." Take that to heart. You will feel less alone, less helpless, less defenseless if you become involved in local progressive action. It's already happening all around you; go outside and find it.
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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sweatermuppet.bsky.social
one of my most popular designs
a black and white typography edit. there is white text that reads "don't want to see trans people? pluck out your eyes." in the middle of the design is a hand holding a scorpion by the tail. between the scorpion's claws is a human eyeball. the entire image is edited to look photocopied.
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
this iced peppermint cold brew is delicious
benwrex.bsky.social Ben Wrex @benwrex.bsky.social · 2d
PLEASE someone talk me out of making myself an iced peppermint cold brew at 8 pm
December 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
benwrex.bsky.social
PLEASE someone talk me out of making myself an iced peppermint cold brew at 8 pm
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
benwrex.bsky.social
I’m going to draw a moment from my day, without a caption, every day until I don’t want to anymore. 12.23.25
A simple line drawing of myself looking at a rainbow through a window. There are three lit tealight candles on a table behind me.
December 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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dullwoman.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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jjarchitect.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIm6...
60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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renegadecut.bsky.social
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.

It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.

www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
www.filemail.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
A drawing of a mouth baring clenched teeth. Above the mouth are the words "it's pronounced" and on the teeth are letters that spell out "zeeeeen".
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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cartoonist.coop
ATTENTION CARTOONISTS! 📢
Submissions open Jan. 1st, 2026 for the Minicomic Awards, part of the Cartoonist Co-op’s annual Nib and Ink Festival!
Comics 32 pages or fewer published in 2025 will be eligible.

See mca.cartoonist.coop/submission-g... for full eligibility requirements and FAQs.
Orange text on a black background reads: "Attention cartoonists! Submissions open January 1st for The Minicomic Awards!" There is a orange graphic of the Minicomic Awards Logo of a person with a speech bubble head and a person with a thought bubble head reading comics, as designed by Kyle Torneby.
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
*slams fists on table*
Type in the style of a bright pink neon sign that says "FLESH FLESH FLESH", in the style of those signs that say "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS",
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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thomasafranz.bsky.social
Ask and you shall receive
A rabbit bursting in saying, “A message to all bitches! Please survive!”
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Black lettering that looks like spraypaint on a crumpled paper background, that says “Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in”, a song lyric by The Refused.
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
benwrex.bsky.social
This was definitely one of my favorite pieces this year
Orange and dark blue letters that say "Nobody can do everything but everybody can do something". The words are surrounded by a border of little simple doodles.
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
benwrex.bsky.social
A favorite portrait I did this year, and one where I didn’t accidentally default to using blue and orange!
A 3/4 view portrait of a person with short curly hair, wearing a thin strapped dress, in shades of purple, peach, and very deep blue.
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
I realized a little late this year that I have a tendency to use the same color schemes in my portraits
A drawing of a tabby cat. The cat is in shades of blue, on a pink-orange background. A drawing of a dog with tall pointed ears, again in shades of blue on a pink-orange background.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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breelundberg.com
Because I've already had to read several horrible stories today about AI and also see friends' jobs get stolen, I'm reposting my anti-AI pins. 100% human designed by me for my fellow haters.
breelundberg.com Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · Nov 18
Anti-AI pins have been RESTOCKED in my shop! (Shipping US & Canada only). Get 'em before the AI bubble bursts. 😉🤞 shop.breelundberg.com
Photo of round-ish acrylic pin badges on backing cards. The pins are circles with the letters "AI" crossed out. There are two color versions. One is pink and dark blue, the other is green and light blue.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
Guess who’s back
back again
it’s Ben
tell your friends
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
benwrex.bsky.social
Hello! I’m Benny. I draw and paint. AI sucks.
A self portrait done in shades of blue and pinkish orange. I have a full oval face, short hair, a septum ring, and two lip piercings.
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM