Ben Plume
@pittbaster.bsky.social
I like nature, sci-fi, books, and being Dad. Live in the Maryland DC suburbs with a pretty cool spouse. Admittedly tired.
I wouldn’t eat at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant here for a bit… these dumb motherfuckers really don’t GAF who or what they poison, even themselves.
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wouldn’t eat at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant here for a bit… these dumb motherfuckers really don’t GAF who or what they poison, even themselves.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The vibes were impeccable. Just… wow. IDK how to describe it but the energy was so overwhelmingly positive. Pretty sure the national guard member in the middle back there was falling in love with this guy.
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The vibes were impeccable. Just… wow. IDK how to describe it but the energy was so overwhelmingly positive. Pretty sure the national guard member in the middle back there was falling in love with this guy.
Fixed it for you DHS
July 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fixed it for you DHS
Hey 47… where was that “heavy force”? Closest thing to a cop at Wheaton’s #NoKings was Captain Maryland helping people cross the street with his over-sized crab hammer. The only response was support from nearly every passerby.
June 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hey 47… where was that “heavy force”? Closest thing to a cop at Wheaton’s #NoKings was Captain Maryland helping people cross the street with his over-sized crab hammer. The only response was support from nearly every passerby.
Probably about 1K in Wheaton, MD… small but mighty! I think the other local ones were much bigger. Usually folks here just go straight into DC for action.
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Probably about 1K in Wheaton, MD… small but mighty! I think the other local ones were much bigger. Usually folks here just go straight into DC for action.
Attaching here my comment on this proposed rulemaking from OPM.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Attaching here my comment on this proposed rulemaking from OPM.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
The before and very lazy after @greatesttrek.bsky.social @benjaminahr.mobi
April 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The before and very lazy after @greatesttrek.bsky.social @benjaminahr.mobi
Show me 4 pictures in your phone that have your energy that aren’t selfies.
April 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Show me 4 pictures in your phone that have your energy that aren’t selfies.
Partial plates of two of the vehicles, should anyone need to refer to them for some reason; who could say why?
March 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Partial plates of two of the vehicles, should anyone need to refer to them for some reason; who could say why?
You might even receive your gift membership with a message such as these! If you like Greatest Gen and Greatest Trek, you’re sure to love hackish riffs on bits from the show!
March 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You might even receive your gift membership with a message such as these! If you like Greatest Gen and Greatest Trek, you’re sure to love hackish riffs on bits from the show!
I can appreciate that, but they *did* repeat it here, and implied it will be a serious part of the NTSB investigation.
January 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I can appreciate that, but they *did* repeat it here, and implied it will be a serious part of the NTSB investigation.
When your 3 y/o should be in bed but wants to “deliver mail”
December 19, 2024 at 1:13 AM
When your 3 y/o should be in bed but wants to “deliver mail”
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16
If anyone tries to tell you nature isn’t Metal 🤘🏻 , read up on parasitic wasps. These eggs were laid on the host caterpillar (a pandoras sphinx). The larvae will liquify its insides while it keeps munching away on Virginia creeper.
If anyone tries to tell you nature isn’t Metal 🤘🏻 , read up on parasitic wasps. These eggs were laid on the host caterpillar (a pandoras sphinx). The larvae will liquify its insides while it keeps munching away on Virginia creeper.
December 16, 2024 at 7:00 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16
If anyone tries to tell you nature isn’t Metal 🤘🏻 , read up on parasitic wasps. These eggs were laid on the host caterpillar (a pandoras sphinx). The larvae will liquify its insides while it keeps munching away on Virginia creeper.
If anyone tries to tell you nature isn’t Metal 🤘🏻 , read up on parasitic wasps. These eggs were laid on the host caterpillar (a pandoras sphinx). The larvae will liquify its insides while it keeps munching away on Virginia creeper.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
In under the wire. Skippers are often abundant in my yard throughout the summer and fall, and they can be tough to capture (and to identify to species sometimes). This one cooperated enough.
In under the wire. Skippers are often abundant in my yard throughout the summer and fall, and they can be tough to capture (and to identify to species sometimes). This one cooperated enough.
December 16, 2024 at 1:36 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15
In under the wire. Skippers are often abundant in my yard throughout the summer and fall, and they can be tough to capture (and to identify to species sometimes). This one cooperated enough.
In under the wire. Skippers are often abundant in my yard throughout the summer and fall, and they can be tough to capture (and to identify to species sometimes). This one cooperated enough.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14
No landscape supporting biodiversity would be complete without spiders! She looks so sad, my anthropomorphising brain says. April 2023.
No landscape supporting biodiversity would be complete without spiders! She looks so sad, my anthropomorphising brain says. April 2023.
December 14, 2024 at 5:01 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14
No landscape supporting biodiversity would be complete without spiders! She looks so sad, my anthropomorphising brain says. April 2023.
No landscape supporting biodiversity would be complete without spiders! She looks so sad, my anthropomorphising brain says. April 2023.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Photo from September 2023. New York ironweed grew out past my deer fence and the butterflies were happy to follow.
Photo from September 2023. New York ironweed grew out past my deer fence and the butterflies were happy to follow.
December 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Photo from September 2023. New York ironweed grew out past my deer fence and the butterflies were happy to follow.
Photo from September 2023. New York ironweed grew out past my deer fence and the butterflies were happy to follow.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
I was fortunate for the placement of this American robin nest in my yard. Close and unobstructed enough for me to take this video, but high and covered enough the birds were not unduly disturbed.
I was fortunate for the placement of this American robin nest in my yard. Close and unobstructed enough for me to take this video, but high and covered enough the birds were not unduly disturbed.
December 12, 2024 at 10:27 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
I was fortunate for the placement of this American robin nest in my yard. Close and unobstructed enough for me to take this video, but high and covered enough the birds were not unduly disturbed.
I was fortunate for the placement of this American robin nest in my yard. Close and unobstructed enough for me to take this video, but high and covered enough the birds were not unduly disturbed.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11
This isn’t my favorite photo, but I will never get tired of green bees visiting my yard.
I am pretty sure this is Augochlora sp. but my ID skills are not super honed. Regardless love supporting the small native bees we mostly never think about.
This isn’t my favorite photo, but I will never get tired of green bees visiting my yard.
I am pretty sure this is Augochlora sp. but my ID skills are not super honed. Regardless love supporting the small native bees we mostly never think about.
December 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11
This isn’t my favorite photo, but I will never get tired of green bees visiting my yard.
I am pretty sure this is Augochlora sp. but my ID skills are not super honed. Regardless love supporting the small native bees we mostly never think about.
This isn’t my favorite photo, but I will never get tired of green bees visiting my yard.
I am pretty sure this is Augochlora sp. but my ID skills are not super honed. Regardless love supporting the small native bees we mostly never think about.
Best I could get of a common kingfisher in Xiamen, China. Probably my favorite bird species I have ever seen but I have also only ever had my phone with me and these fellas MOVE and are TIMID. Bonus magpie-Robin, also distant and out of focus 😂
December 11, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Best I could get of a common kingfisher in Xiamen, China. Probably my favorite bird species I have ever seen but I have also only ever had my phone with me and these fellas MOVE and are TIMID. Bonus magpie-Robin, also distant and out of focus 😂
#worstbirdpics
The worst of a bunch taken with my phone through a window screen, because Dangit I was gonna document the brown thrasher in my yard.
(OK, I just delete the *truly* awful ones)
The worst of a bunch taken with my phone through a window screen, because Dangit I was gonna document the brown thrasher in my yard.
(OK, I just delete the *truly* awful ones)
December 11, 2024 at 12:04 AM
#worstbirdpics
The worst of a bunch taken with my phone through a window screen, because Dangit I was gonna document the brown thrasher in my yard.
(OK, I just delete the *truly* awful ones)
The worst of a bunch taken with my phone through a window screen, because Dangit I was gonna document the brown thrasher in my yard.
(OK, I just delete the *truly* awful ones)
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10
Buttonbush has such cute, funky-looking flowers and is absolutely lousy with pollinators when in bloom. This tiger swallowtail was one of about a half-dozen on just one of my bushes in July, along with bees, wasps, skippers, and more.
Buttonbush has such cute, funky-looking flowers and is absolutely lousy with pollinators when in bloom. This tiger swallowtail was one of about a half-dozen on just one of my bushes in July, along with bees, wasps, skippers, and more.
December 10, 2024 at 7:36 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10
Buttonbush has such cute, funky-looking flowers and is absolutely lousy with pollinators when in bloom. This tiger swallowtail was one of about a half-dozen on just one of my bushes in July, along with bees, wasps, skippers, and more.
Buttonbush has such cute, funky-looking flowers and is absolutely lousy with pollinators when in bloom. This tiger swallowtail was one of about a half-dozen on just one of my bushes in July, along with bees, wasps, skippers, and more.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9
One of my favorite MD native plants, great blue lobelia. I love the late season color this plant provides, a little later than the bright reds from the closely-related Cardinal flower. Photo from July 2023.
One of my favorite MD native plants, great blue lobelia. I love the late season color this plant provides, a little later than the bright reds from the closely-related Cardinal flower. Photo from July 2023.
December 9, 2024 at 2:59 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9
One of my favorite MD native plants, great blue lobelia. I love the late season color this plant provides, a little later than the bright reds from the closely-related Cardinal flower. Photo from July 2023.
One of my favorite MD native plants, great blue lobelia. I love the late season color this plant provides, a little later than the bright reds from the closely-related Cardinal flower. Photo from July 2023.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8
Native insects are the main reason I plant native plants. I really liked the way this planthopper looked against the cabled fringes of our sun umbrella.
Native insects are the main reason I plant native plants. I really liked the way this planthopper looked against the cabled fringes of our sun umbrella.
December 9, 2024 at 1:34 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8
Native insects are the main reason I plant native plants. I really liked the way this planthopper looked against the cabled fringes of our sun umbrella.
Native insects are the main reason I plant native plants. I really liked the way this planthopper looked against the cabled fringes of our sun umbrella.