Ben Harding
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Ben Harding
@blhiiii.bsky.social
Outlive the bastards. Edward Abbey

Oh Lord, lead me to utter words that are soft and sweet for someday I may have to eat them. Mo Udall

Moderate drinker with a cycling problem; Reality-based life form; not a hater. Curious.
The Orange MAGAt is pissed.

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sean, the prime directive is maintaining separation. Maintaining flow is secondary. Controllers are likely working to rule+ in order to have a larger factor of safety to manage their stress

P.S. What precipitated the staffing shortage for ATC was the Reagan firings

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
At the 1924 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, Canada produced a life-size statue of the Prince of Wales made of butter.

@katharinehayhoe.com, take note.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Funny. It took me a beat or two, but I just realized what had happened: I had already blocked that troublemaker.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“I am begging these Democrats to show up…”

So, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social why haven’t house Dems been showing up?

For a photo op each morning captioned, “We’re here to work.”
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@thebulwark.com, I recall that in 2017 a Border Patrol agent was reported to have said, “Trump has made the job fun again.”

Fun.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just paid my 100% Trump Coffee Tax.

So. Much. Winning.
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@theguardian.com categorizes this news as politics rather than medicine.
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My sign. And, my flag.
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Hamas thugs aren’t wearing masks.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My friend John asked this very clever question.

613 years of precedent overturned.
October 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Every once in a while he tells the truth, and this is the central truth.
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My, that doesn’t sound very peaceful.
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I don’t think I’m going to disable uBlock Origin for the Columbia Missourian.
October 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
October 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Re-reading Charles Seife’s “Proofiness”. Here’s his 2010 take on “causuistry” as it relates to #autism.👇
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Wait, @atrupar.com, are they going to rotate the Lincoln Memorial? 😳😳😳
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reverence and justice, persist and resist.

Thoughts for today.
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#SoftSecession

One incremental step would be to allow both state sales tax and state income tax to be deducted from income for federal income tax purposes. This should be popular even in red states.
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Celebrating Native American Culture will likely be short-lived. I’ll order a sheet.
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM