Ben Warner
@bpw87544.bsky.social
Biotech, robotics, critical minerals
Formerly at Los Alamos
PhD Chemistry (MIT)
He/him
Likes often used to save, does not necessarily mean agreement
Formerly at Los Alamos
PhD Chemistry (MIT)
He/him
Likes often used to save, does not necessarily mean agreement
Looks like the Kentucky hemp farmers can switch to soybeans, that should be a reliable market, right?
waiiiit lol wut the deal bans delta-8? lolololol
Congressional Deal Would Ban Many Hemp THC Products, While Excluding Provisions To Let VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana - Marijuana Moment
Newly released spending legislation negotiated by congressional leaders would federally recriminalize many hemp-derived products. It also excludes provisions previously passed by the House and Senate ...
www.marijuanamoment.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Looks like the Kentucky hemp farmers can switch to soybeans, that should be a reliable market, right?
Good.
Indivisible has thrown down the gauntlet, y’all, and I’m HERE FOR IT!
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Good.
Done, and reposting for more visibility
Ouch... this one really hurts.
There's a trans nerd in the Bay Area (whom I've met and can vouch for) and we raised some $$ for her in the past, getting her into a stable situation.
But now? She's been robbed and lost everything.
Please help if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/DWORD-0x62...
There's a trans nerd in the Bay Area (whom I've met and can vouch for) and we raised some $$ for her in the past, getting her into a stable situation.
But now? She's been robbed and lost everything.
Please help if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/DWORD-0x62...
Donate to Help chronically ill woman with food and bills, organized by Amber Bruce
I am extremely grateful to everyone who has supported me for the past year … Amber Bruce needs your support for Help chronically ill woman with food and bills
www.gofundme.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Who's donating food like a boss? @flavorflav.bsky.social is donating food like a boss.
>This< is what it's about. Using your platform to do good in the world and let everyone know that any good deed helps bring us closer to a better world, no matter the size of the deed.
Fuck'n metal, brother. 💚🫡
>This< is what it's about. Using your platform to do good in the world and let everyone know that any good deed helps bring us closer to a better world, no matter the size of the deed.
Fuck'n metal, brother. 💚🫡
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Who's donating food like a boss? @flavorflav.bsky.social is donating food like a boss.
>This< is what it's about. Using your platform to do good in the world and let everyone know that any good deed helps bring us closer to a better world, no matter the size of the deed.
Fuck'n metal, brother. 💚🫡
>This< is what it's about. Using your platform to do good in the world and let everyone know that any good deed helps bring us closer to a better world, no matter the size of the deed.
Fuck'n metal, brother. 💚🫡
Reposting so I don't look away
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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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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hello, as some of you already know i got let go a while back and we've been relying on mercury's income since then. today we realized we don't have enough money to cover our rent, any help would go towards rent, food and gas until we can figure out a new situation this month
gofund.me/2142ee342
gofund.me/2142ee342
Donate to Help Mercury and Fern Avoid Eviction, organized by Fern Lee
Hi, we're Mercury and Fern and we're a trans couple living on our own with our two cats … Fern Lee needs your support for Help Mercury and Fern Avoid Eviction
gofund.me
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Reposting so I can never look away
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposting so I can never look away
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at this point it’s very clear that, regardless of whether or not she wins, Kat running for congress has been great and made a real difference
very few politicians out there who have put themselves on the line to this extent
very few politicians out there who have put themselves on the line to this extent
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
at this point it’s very clear that, regardless of whether or not she wins, Kat running for congress has been great and made a real difference
very few politicians out there who have put themselves on the line to this extent
very few politicians out there who have put themselves on the line to this extent
Donated to this hero!
my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415
Donate to Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens, organized by Alexandra Lang
Hello,
My name is Grace Lang, and I am a 23 year old U… Alexandra Lang needs your support for Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens
gofund.me
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Donated to this hero!
GI Robot, saluting everyone who knows the proper way to treat Nazis
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
GI Robot, saluting everyone who knows the proper way to treat Nazis
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Sesame Street to be born?
Slouches towards Sesame Street to be born?
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Sesame Street to be born?
Slouches towards Sesame Street to be born?
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We’re gonna need a bigger reconstruction.
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We’re gonna need a bigger reconstruction.
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Make them ride circuit.
Cancel a Supreme Court term.
No more clerks.
And strip jurisdiction.
Cancel a Supreme Court term.
No more clerks.
And strip jurisdiction.
September 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Make them ride circuit.
Cancel a Supreme Court term.
No more clerks.
And strip jurisdiction.
Cancel a Supreme Court term.
No more clerks.
And strip jurisdiction.
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On this day in 1967, Spiderman debuted in the US in tv form.
Whether you are a boomer, gen x, millennial or gen z, you all know what a banger of theme song this is.
Whether you are a boomer, gen x, millennial or gen z, you all know what a banger of theme song this is.
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
On this day in 1967, Spiderman debuted in the US in tv form.
Whether you are a boomer, gen x, millennial or gen z, you all know what a banger of theme song this is.
Whether you are a boomer, gen x, millennial or gen z, you all know what a banger of theme song this is.
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A provision banning racial profiling of Hispanics by ICE in reaction to yesterday's SCotUs action should immediately be added as a non-negotiable position for any kind of CR.
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
September 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A provision banning racial profiling of Hispanics by ICE in reaction to yesterday's SCotUs action should immediately be added as a non-negotiable position for any kind of CR.
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
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As a proud UCR prof, was excited to see this, then saw the formula & reminded "Forbes":
20%=grads’ salaries
15%=grads’ debt
15%=grad. rate
15%=ROI (cost-vs.-earnings vs. hs grads)
10%=student retention
10%=acad success
*15%=inclusion in Forbes prestige lists (e.g., 30 Under 30; 400)
Good PR I guess
20%=grads’ salaries
15%=grads’ debt
15%=grad. rate
15%=ROI (cost-vs.-earnings vs. hs grads)
10%=student retention
10%=acad success
*15%=inclusion in Forbes prestige lists (e.g., 30 Under 30; 400)
Good PR I guess
UCR among top public universities in Forbes list
UC Riverside is the No. 27 public university in a 2025-26 college ranking from Forbes magazine. The campus gained 10 places among public universities since last year in the Forbes America’s Top Colleg...
news.ucr.edu
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As a proud UCR prof, was excited to see this, then saw the formula & reminded "Forbes":
20%=grads’ salaries
15%=grads’ debt
15%=grad. rate
15%=ROI (cost-vs.-earnings vs. hs grads)
10%=student retention
10%=acad success
*15%=inclusion in Forbes prestige lists (e.g., 30 Under 30; 400)
Good PR I guess
20%=grads’ salaries
15%=grads’ debt
15%=grad. rate
15%=ROI (cost-vs.-earnings vs. hs grads)
10%=student retention
10%=acad success
*15%=inclusion in Forbes prestige lists (e.g., 30 Under 30; 400)
Good PR I guess
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If only Democrats showed the same resolve to destroy Fox News as Republicans do PBS and NPR.
September 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If only Democrats showed the same resolve to destroy Fox News as Republicans do PBS and NPR.
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holy fuck, go all in on trans rights and cool it on fascist homeless sweeps and you will unite the party
next level politics sniping
next level politics sniping
August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
holy fuck, go all in on trans rights and cool it on fascist homeless sweeps and you will unite the party
next level politics sniping
next level politics sniping
Hanging Putin would also be a correct answer
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Someone should tell Trump that arresting Putin in Alaska and delivering him in shackles to The Hague would be the quickest way to end the war in Ukraine and win a Nobel Peace Prize.
August 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hanging Putin would also be a correct answer
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Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping” turns 28 today.
The song “didn’t belong to an elite group of musicians,” said Boff Whalley. “It belonged to people. People at football matches, people singing along — people at parties drinking too much whiskey and tripping over the kitchen chairs. People like me.”
The song “didn’t belong to an elite group of musicians,” said Boff Whalley. “It belonged to people. People at football matches, people singing along — people at parties drinking too much whiskey and tripping over the kitchen chairs. People like me.”
August 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping” turns 28 today.
The song “didn’t belong to an elite group of musicians,” said Boff Whalley. “It belonged to people. People at football matches, people singing along — people at parties drinking too much whiskey and tripping over the kitchen chairs. People like me.”
The song “didn’t belong to an elite group of musicians,” said Boff Whalley. “It belonged to people. People at football matches, people singing along — people at parties drinking too much whiskey and tripping over the kitchen chairs. People like me.”
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How about we honor this history instead.
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How about we honor this history instead.