Ben Place
@bp313.bsky.social
Lifelong Detroiter, software engineer, aerospace nerd, DPS/UM/NYU grad.
Worse half of @amandahiber.bsky.social
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Worse half of @amandahiber.bsky.social
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Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
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kinda sucks that i had to add this to the FAQs on the gladden.design website:
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
kinda sucks that i had to add this to the FAQs on the gladden.design website:
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
This thread is why 6-year old me would have loved Bluesky.
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This thread is why 6-year old me would have loved Bluesky.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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I fear this kind of talk would work on a lot of people I know. We might be in trouble because he would be an okay candidate but I suspect a horrible president.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I fear this kind of talk would work on a lot of people I know. We might be in trouble because he would be an okay candidate but I suspect a horrible president.
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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The Dirtbombs - Executioner Of Love
#MusicSky
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youtu.be/zAIoyoRVyr0?...
#MusicSky
@broknheadphones.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social
youtu.be/zAIoyoRVyr0?...
Executioner Of Love (R. Hitchcock)
YouTube video by The Dirtbombs - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Dirtbombs - Executioner Of Love
#MusicSky
@broknheadphones.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social
youtu.be/zAIoyoRVyr0?...
#MusicSky
@broknheadphones.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social
youtu.be/zAIoyoRVyr0?...
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Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
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Chuck Schumer is not cutting the mustard prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect
The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure...
prospect.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Chuck Schumer is not cutting the mustard prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.
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Detroit just elected its first woman mayor, y’all!
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Detroit just elected its first woman mayor, y’all!
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I yearn for a political party where not endorsing Mamdani while praising Dick Cheney gets you automatically booted out
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I yearn for a political party where not endorsing Mamdani while praising Dick Cheney gets you automatically booted out
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest https://theonion.com/soot-covered-prince-andrew-begging-on-street-for-child-to-molest/
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest https://theonion.com/soot-covered-prince-andrew-begging-on-street-for-child-to-molest/
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And for the record, I’m the only candidate in this race who has never taken a check from DTE to fund my campaigns.
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And for the record, I’m the only candidate in this race who has never taken a check from DTE to fund my campaigns.
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DTE is a “regulated monopoly” which is *supposed* to mean they’re accountable to the public. Now, for a project that will suck up 25% more electricity than all of us combined, they want to bypass public hearings, too? Absolutely f*cking not.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
DTE asks regulators to fast-track data center, skip public hearings
Utility says Saline Township facility will reduce costs despite additional energy use in filing with the Michigan Public Service Commission
www.detroitnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
DTE is a “regulated monopoly” which is *supposed* to mean they’re accountable to the public. Now, for a project that will suck up 25% more electricity than all of us combined, they want to bypass public hearings, too? Absolutely f*cking not.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
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Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
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Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Someone give Lex $2 million so they can launch a politics version of Teen Vogue. Do it now. No strings attached.