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Benjamin N
@rasgueado.curvedspace.media
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My name is Benjamin, and I am a musician, raconteur, roustabout, and public policy interloper. (They/Them)🏳️‍🌈🟥🟨🟦

You can find my various other things using linktr.ee/rasgueado or on fedi (@rasgueado@mstdn.games).
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I’m live on #twitch today with #Destiny2 Renegades! I’m always excited for more space magic, so let’s see what they’ve been cooking up for this one!
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December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I didn't vote liberal in the last election (I voted NDP), but when Carney "announced" he was running on The Daily Show, I did expect him to win.

I don't know why people thought this would be a climate person? He didn't look that way to me... but the most troubling to me is this section [pictured]
screen capture of an article. Highlighted text reads: "...giving the government power to override environmental regulations and indigenous consent to build major projects." The words "indigenous consent" have been double underlined and starred in red.
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I always leave it until the last minute, but here is the second Tummy Tuesday for November.
A person looking a little awkward raising their shirt to reveal their torso.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This article is pretty wild. It’s about a number of abuses Meta is charged with.

Conjecture for halting the referenced study is amazing. Yes Meta… much like an addict, a person only starts recovering when they understand what they are doing is bad for them.

time.com/7336204/meta...
Sceen capture from a news article about meta. Text in screenshot reads: “In late 2019, according to the brief, Meta designed a “deactivation study,” which found that users who stopped using Facebook and Instagram for a week showed lower rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Meta halted the study and did not publicly disclose the results, stating that the research study was biased by the “existing media narratives around the company.” (A Meta spokesperson told TIME that the study was initially conceived as a pair of one-weeks pilots, and researchers declined to continue it because it found that the only reductions in feelings of depression, anxiety, and loneliness were among people who already believed Facebook was bad for them.)”
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I’m live on #twitch today with Escape From Tarkov!

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November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Work has begun on Pilgrim's Traverse Quantum! More importantly though... Sin Beaver has been acquired! #FFXIV
Picture of a Hrothgar character wearing a top hat facing away from the camera. A large pink sword with colourful flowers printed on the blade. The character is looking down at a small white beaver with little fangs and glowing white eyes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Also 46! Bonjour!
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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I am very happy to hear Lumines Arise supports this!
screen clip from the steam store page for Lumines Arise. It says that VR systems are supported.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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I can’t vocalize any one reason for why, it was just a first thought.
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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The time has arrived! I am live on #twitch for #ExtraLife2025!

I’ll be on for the next 24 hours playing games and raising funds for CM H hospitals along with the @giantbomb.bsky.social team!

Starting out we’re taking a look at Sunset Overdrive.

twitch.tv/rasgueado
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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In the quest for snacks during Extra Life I picked up a can of these today. Now… I knew there was a good chance these would be nasty, but this is an intersection of flavours I like that it might be worth the risk.

Not so much. I’ll still eat them because wasting food stinks but…
Picture of someone not looking pleased about a can of spicy, dill pickle flavoured almonds.
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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It is just over 24 hours until the start of my run for #ExtraLife2025! I'm being very careful to avoid clicking updates on *anything* for the next 2 days.

It's wild how things change over 10 years. Doing timers used to be way more complicated than they are now!
Screenshot of an OBS display showing an overlay for Extra Life 2025. It shows a countdown timer, donation bars, and logo for Extra Life.
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I’m live on #twitch tonight with #EuropaUniversalisV! A whole new game and nee things to learn as I dust off the cobwebs and learn a whole new system!

Classin’ things up to ight for the occasion with a tie and everything!

twitch.tv/rasgueado
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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It is the first Tuesday in November, and despite my anxiety screaming at me to do otherwise, it is one of the two #TummyTuesdays I do a month.

Have a great day everyone!
A person standing in front of a wall trying not to look awkward while pulling their shirt up to their neck with their right thumb.
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I posted the list of games already, but we're now just over a week away from #ExtraLife2025! This is one of the very rare years where this will *not* be a 25 hour run because DST is this weekend and not on gameday.

Apparently happens once a decade I guess!

www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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These percentages didn't last very long, but it was fun for a hot minute to have the shiny's. =D

#ArcRaiders
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Peter Molyneux is not a person I would trust. His statements barely acknowledge what he did was wrong. The mechanics “weren’t delivered on enough.”

Those studios shut down. People lost jobs. This is distancing language at best.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-abo...
Snippet from an article. Text reads: “And Masters Of Albion is an opportunity to mix all those together. Even though one is an RTS, one is a god game, and one is a roleplaying game, why the fuck can’t we mix them all together?” Molyneux then reportedly started tearing up, saying: “And I don’t know if it’s going to work. It’s so important to me, this game, because to a certain extent it’s about redemption.” In red is hand written “What” at the bottom with the last sentence highlighted. Snippet from the article. Text reads: “I admit now that I did overpromise on things, and said things that I shouldn’t have said about Curiosity. But I only ever did that because I thought it was the right thing to do at the time. And so Masters Of Albion is a redemption title for me. But also, it’s my last game. It just is.” Highlighted text “But I only ever did that because I thought it was the right thing to do at the time.” Red handwriting at the bottom says “Not Sorry?”
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I'm not trying to make anyone angry, but this interview with Bill Gates about Climate Change is infuriating. This is why none of these people should be trusted. The entire premise is suspect from the first point.

Excerpt in the image, article in the link.
An excerpt from an interview with Bill Gates that reads: Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization. He thinks scientific innovation will curb it, and it's instead time for a "strategic pivot" in the global climate fight: from focusing on limiting rising temperatures to fighting poverty and preventing disease." The last sentence in highlighted with handwritten text in the white space below the excerpt that reads "We can DO BOTH, DICKHEAD!"
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Folks... there's a good chance you've seen this (as it's been splattered on my timeline 20 times already). I assure you, no one takes it seriously. It's laughable anyone would.

Reposting it is achieving the goal of the person who did it originally.
A screenshot of a post of a bad thing related to AI and games. Trust me, it needs no other description.
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I’m live on #twitch tonight with more Tech-Ninja action! This time it is Ghostrunner 2! In the cybernetic future, we have to be faster than a speeding Bullet (Bill)!

twitch.tv/rasgueado
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I’m always worried when I bust out a new toque I’m going to give off “Hello fellow kids” vibes. All the same, it’s cool enough on the walk to the gym in the morning It’s actually functional. ;)
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I’m live on #twitch with Ninja Gaiden 4! Going to try out starting on hard difficulty for this one. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!?

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October 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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So far it seems to be going ok? I dunno… I used more fresh sage this time and I’m worried too much of it is sticking to the skin still.
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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A few people come for friendsgiving every year that are celiac. It is important to me that everyone coming to an event has access to something equivalent so no one is left out.

I’m always nervous when I buy the gluten free bread for stuffing it is never enough. Definitely not a problem today!
Pocture of a baking tray full of bread cubes.
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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New album from Of Monsters And Men is out in 10 minutes. I'm kinda jazzed about it.

I like the band in general, but I'm also not going to pretend people aren't cute.
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM