Ben
@desert-dude.bsky.social
Once a corporate slog, now a retired, purple haired stoner.
Gaymer 🏳️🌈
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Video games, Baldur’s Gate, Assassin’s Creed
Gadgets
Theatre
Real Life Introvert
Doing my part but hoping for some direction!
Gaymer 🏳️🌈
Political
Video games, Baldur’s Gate, Assassin’s Creed
Gadgets
Theatre
Real Life Introvert
Doing my part but hoping for some direction!
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You're seeing America kamikaze itself into a brick wall.
It didn't have to be this way.
But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall.
Too many people still with their hands in the sand.
It didn't have to be this way.
But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall.
Too many people still with their hands in the sand.
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You're seeing America kamikaze itself into a brick wall.
It didn't have to be this way.
But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall.
Too many people still with their hands in the sand.
It didn't have to be this way.
But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall.
Too many people still with their hands in the sand.
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We gotta impeach Trump. I don’t care if it’s not going to go anywhere, it needs to be a marker in history that we stood up to this lawlessness.
April 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We gotta impeach Trump. I don’t care if it’s not going to go anywhere, it needs to be a marker in history that we stood up to this lawlessness.
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Well done, Corey Booker. "Good trouble!"
April 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Well done, Corey Booker. "Good trouble!"
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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
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The owner of X is openly offering million dollar bribes to swing the election of Supreme Court judges in the US.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
March 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The owner of X is openly offering million dollar bribes to swing the election of Supreme Court judges in the US.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
If you are a media organisation and are still using links to X on your website and posting there, quite simply..
You are part of this.
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Cowards to the right of me, Good Guys to the left👍
March 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cowards to the right of me, Good Guys to the left👍
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Hahahahahahhahaahahahahaha
March 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hahahahahahhahaahahahahaha
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
March 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
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2 footprints, separated by about 380,000 kilometers (236,000 miles) and 3.6 million years. One on top is from an early hominid stepping into ash in northern Tanzania after a volcano's eruption. The one on bottom is from Neil Armstrong stepping into the lunar regolith as the first person on the Moon.
March 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
2 footprints, separated by about 380,000 kilometers (236,000 miles) and 3.6 million years. One on top is from an early hominid stepping into ash in northern Tanzania after a volcano's eruption. The one on bottom is from Neil Armstrong stepping into the lunar regolith as the first person on the Moon.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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A survey of 100,000 Germans found only 3% would consider buying a Tesla. But when Musk shared it, the figure jumped to 70%. Bots manipulated Musk's post, with 253,000 votes from just two US IP addresses.
March 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A survey of 100,000 Germans found only 3% would consider buying a Tesla. But when Musk shared it, the figure jumped to 70%. Bots manipulated Musk's post, with 253,000 votes from just two US IP addresses.
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Schumer is hoping that enough time will pass and people will forget about this, but we’re not letting up.
We refuse to be treated like fools while Democratic leadership sells us out and expects the outrage to fade.
Sign & share if you agree: Schumer must step down as Democratic Leader
We refuse to be treated like fools while Democratic leadership sells us out and expects the outrage to fade.
Sign & share if you agree: Schumer must step down as Democratic Leader
Chuck Chuck Schumer
Sign our petition if you agree: It's time for Chuck Schumer to step down. ChuckChuckSchumer.com
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March 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Schumer is hoping that enough time will pass and people will forget about this, but we’re not letting up.
We refuse to be treated like fools while Democratic leadership sells us out and expects the outrage to fade.
Sign & share if you agree: Schumer must step down as Democratic Leader
We refuse to be treated like fools while Democratic leadership sells us out and expects the outrage to fade.
Sign & share if you agree: Schumer must step down as Democratic Leader
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If only there had been warnings about Trump’s erratic, frightening, irrational and dictator tendencies.
If only there was a 900 page manual that he is following to the “t.”
If only there was a previous presidency to look at as an example.
If only there was a 900 page manual that he is following to the “t.”
If only there was a previous presidency to look at as an example.
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If only there had been warnings about Trump’s erratic, frightening, irrational and dictator tendencies.
If only there was a 900 page manual that he is following to the “t.”
If only there was a previous presidency to look at as an example.
If only there was a 900 page manual that he is following to the “t.”
If only there was a previous presidency to look at as an example.
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I am a California native and lifelong, multigenerational Democrat.
We want to see fire and fury, not compliance or same as it ever was politics and weakness.
Fight for us.
Fight for what we are all fighting for, or step aside and let the fighters FIGHT.
We want to see fire and fury, not compliance or same as it ever was politics and weakness.
Fight for us.
Fight for what we are all fighting for, or step aside and let the fighters FIGHT.
March 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I am a California native and lifelong, multigenerational Democrat.
We want to see fire and fury, not compliance or same as it ever was politics and weakness.
Fight for us.
Fight for what we are all fighting for, or step aside and let the fighters FIGHT.
We want to see fire and fury, not compliance or same as it ever was politics and weakness.
Fight for us.
Fight for what we are all fighting for, or step aside and let the fighters FIGHT.
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The past 7 weeks have been deeply traumatic for this country.
Yes I know we have to keep fighting, but it also feels really important to acknowledge that trauma. And care for it as best as possible.
While we keep on fighting.
#MomSky
Yes I know we have to keep fighting, but it also feels really important to acknowledge that trauma. And care for it as best as possible.
While we keep on fighting.
#MomSky
March 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The past 7 weeks have been deeply traumatic for this country.
Yes I know we have to keep fighting, but it also feels really important to acknowledge that trauma. And care for it as best as possible.
While we keep on fighting.
#MomSky
Yes I know we have to keep fighting, but it also feels really important to acknowledge that trauma. And care for it as best as possible.
While we keep on fighting.
#MomSky
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If “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is classifed as a mental illness then republicans won’t care if people can start collecting social security benefits from it, right? 🤔
March 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is classifed as a mental illness then republicans won’t care if people can start collecting social security benefits from it, right? 🤔
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
I am hoping that if I repeat myself, so will history.
Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
I am hoping that if I repeat myself, so will history.
March 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
I am hoping that if I repeat myself, so will history.
Today is the Ides of March.
Today is the Ides of March.
I am hoping that if I repeat myself, so will history.
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.