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Benjamin Reed (aka Raccoon Fink)
@rangerrick.bsky.social
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F/LOSS geek • general nerdery • way too into collecting (and sometimes even drinking) whisky • I write electronic/ambient/dungeon synth music as Raccoon Fink • he/him

https://music.raccoonfink.com/
https://linktr.ee/RaccoonFink/
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This is your irregular reminder that there is a movie you can watch over and over again between Halloween season and Christmas because it fits both.

Nightmare before what? Huh?

No, I'm of course talking about Rare Exports, the extremely normal Finnish Christmas movie! Kids will love it!
A screenshot from a media player describing Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. It's categorized as Adventure, Fantasy, and Horror, and has Finnish audio (and English subtitles). The description for the movie says: In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Scrolled way down and I’m so disappointed no one did this yet. On Bluesky, of all places!
“Shumway for Melmac” in the Mamdani poster style.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Can't even escape MAGA grift in my *whisky* hobby.
An ad for 4547 "Patriot Edition" whiskey. The copy reads: Premium American Whiskey America has been waiting four long years for this. Finally, after patiently and meticulously aging to perfection, 4547 American Whiskey is here to win the day. Discover the spirit of freedom in every drop. This award-winning, small-batch whiskey embodies the determination and ingenuity that makes America great. Sip it neat to savor the oaky notes and subtle sweetness or mix it into your favorite cocktail for a patriotic twist.
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Halloween is a night of monsters, but tonight, I… *I* am the _real_ monster.
A picture of a full-sized, 4-bar KitKat bar. I have taken a giant bite out of it that takes a significant amount out of 3 bars.
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Made a Raccoon Fink pumpkin this year. We always carve ours Halloween night.
Night shot of the pumpkin, glowing with candlelight. My logo, a stylized raccoon fink, rendered in pumpkin negative space. Earlier daylight shot of the pumpkin, shortly after finishing carving. My logo, a stylized raccoon fink, rendered in pumpkin negative space.
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
well *that’s* a hell of a phone number to send a “house majority PAC” text from
a text purportedly from "hmpac" that's from the phone number: 1 (435) 255-1488 (1488 is a common dogwhistle of nazis)
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
So we already knew about Brent Burns and then Trent from Kinetico. But is… is there a THIRD clone we didn’t know about???
Picture of the back of a pickup truck with a logo labeled “The Shingle Master” The logo is a plain green shield with a black stylized head with a large bushy beard that looks a lot like Brent Burns. Behind the head is a set of crossed hammers.
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Sexy @sandeepparikh.bsky.social

(I was looking up @jococruise.bsky.social guests)

Kinda redundant though. I'm a cis hetero male so while he's not my thing, Sandeep is objectively sexy. I'm not blind.
headshot of Sandeep from the JoCo cruise guest page
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Classic Gary Larson Far Side comic: Panel 1 is a series of folks in line standing on fluffy clouds. An angel is handing something to the first person in line and saying, “Welcome to heaven… Here’s your harp.” Panel 2 is a similar line of folks in a cave with flames in the foreground. The devil is handing something to the first person in line and saying, “Welcome to hell… Here’s your accordion.”
October 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
In the 19 years I’ve owned this shirt, it’s gone from being seen as a nerdy play on words to being a clear symbol of my anti-government communist sympathies. 🫠
A picture of my t-shirt. It’s red, and it’s from Threadless. It’s called The Communist Party. It has two weathered horizontal yellow lines which end in a hammer and sickle with a star. In the foreground are five famous historical communist people, most of whom are holding a red solo cup. Karl Marx is throwing horns with both hands and is wearing a lampshade on his head. Lenin and Stalin are both wearing striped cone-shaped hats. Behind them are Mao Zedong holding his cup in front of him, and Fidel Castro holding his cup up in the air.
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
NC DMV
Popular meme template, set in a boardroom. Panel 1: boss saying “We need to improve DMV wait times!” Panel 2: suggestions from other people: “make an app!” “DMV kiosks!” “hire enough staff” Panel 3: person who suggested “hire enough staff” is thrown out the high-rise window
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Highland cows (coos) are the really shaggy adorable ones though.
A highland cow with shaggy hair hanging over its eyes like a scruffy teenager. It is licking its nose.
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
I got an email from my prostate. Weird that it doesn't use my own domain.
From: your prostate <support@lifsfer.shop> To: Benjamin Reed Subject: Ancient biblical tonic flushes hidden prostate toxins?
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Someone on the fediverse pointed out that this is missing markdown, so here you go: Markdown Wahlberg
a photo of Mark Wahlberg Above it is the text: # Actors Who Have Tech Memes ## Markdown Wahlberg
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
For the uninitiated:
Jason Statham looking either confused or annoyed (aka, his default state in most movies) with curly brackets around his head. It's labeled "JSON STATHAM" A photo of Mark Hamill that has been modified to be broken up into horizontal chunks. The top and bottom chunks are normal, the next layers in are offset to the right, and the inner layers are offset twice as much as the previous. It is captioned, "Mark Yaml"
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Sure, we've all seen Mark YAML and even JSON Statham, but have y'all met TOML Holland yet?

#DadJokes
Tom Holland standing in front of a garage door with his Spider-Man costume on. Square brackets in white text are on either side of his head, and it is captioned "TOML Holland" at the bottom.
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Settling down for the night after a lovely dinner with @triluna.bsky.social at a fancy Greek place we hadn’t tried before called Naos.

Happy 19th to my partner in everything, I love you and can’t wait for many more together!
Cynthia and I in our wedding finery, standing outside the church. Behind us is a Rod Brind’Amour Stanley Cup banner, because this is a photo from 2006. Behind Rod is Moore Park. Behind the park is Tir na nÓg, RIP.
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
an edited still from the "underpants gnomes" episode of South Park Phase 1: Keep buying GPUs forever Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit
October 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Got a hilariously bad automated headhunter email. I'm trying to imagine what could make me run away faster than the phrase "Think like ex-Palantir and ex-Stripe, backed by top-tier investors."
Hi , Saw your strong startup background and was curious if you are interested in new opportunities? I'm a headhunter working with VC-backed startups that are hiring very selectively for startup talent. Think like ex-Palantir and ex-Stripe, backed by top-tier investors. These teams aren't posting on job boards. They've asked us to personally introduce top startup talent who've already made significant impact at companies like Netbox Labs. Are you interested in hearing more? I'd be happy to share some roles that could be a great fit. Best, Clera
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
I found this exchange an encapsulation of what went completely over their heads about your essay.

The phrase “Democrats need to be seen as”… is the core of their entire political worldview. Even their own desire for a gun control candidate is presented as a strategy. One more unit of negotiation.
Cares_of_an_Odradek wrote: Do you ever think that Democrats are widely hated precisely because they obviously refuse to ever stand for anything ? Most dem politicians read as triangulating, belief-less empty suits who will always say what they think you want to hear. Death_Or_Radio: I think two things can be true. Democrats need to be seen as taking a stand for working people and the democratic party should run candidates that don't align themselves with policies that are deeply unpopular in the states they're running in. I want a candidate in California to be more aggressive on gun control than one in Texas. Is that compromising values?
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Today: a blob. Tomorrow, potato bread.
A dough ball just mixed.
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
Maybe he only searched google news…
screenshot from google news “Fake fired Twitter worker 'Rahul Ligma' is a real engineer with an Al data startup used by Harvard” “Nation Politely Tells The United States To Put A Tariff On Ligma”
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
If you see this share a pic from your device with no explanation…
Milhouse from The Simpsons, standing in his bedroom with water up to his knees. He’s holding his arms up in victory. The caption says “Everything’s coming up gorgon!”
October 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
rangerrick.bsky.social
When you get an email from Jesus
Subject: Success! Confirmation of your redemption
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
rangerrick.bsky.social
“Sex-positive Garfield” A long-running gag from @bombsfall.bsky.social over on the other site.
September 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM