Ben Parzybok
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Ben Parzybok
@sparkwatson.bsky.social
novelist (COUCH, SHERWOOD NATION), technologist, & maker of things https://levinofearth.com

Also:
Publisher at https://gumballpoetry.org, a tiny poetry journal out of a capsule machine, and https://plotopolis.com, which I'm not sure where that's going.
Amazing. I just photographed this rainbow at the elementary school across the street but you were clearly at the right place and in the right mind
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Astoria, Oregon
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Laura made a sign for the protests in Portland
April 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My month in Istanbul/Turkey was incredible. Thank you Türkiye, I’m sad to go! I hope you can navigate the politics and tendencies toward fascism. I know I was taking lessons from it. This was last night at the Metropolitan Municipality Authority. #imamoglu
March 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Now this is good news for a change
November 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I spent a fantastic weekend there, but must have missed the main horn section
November 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I can't think of a more appropriate time to re-read this masterpiece.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 1
November 12, 2024 at 5:57 PM
New post for my journal of interactive fiction:
Plotopolis: How it started, how it's going. Included is a wishlist of stories we'd love to see explored.
open.substack.com/pub/plotopol...
February 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
A log of my github contributions over time. As my father used to say about my constant projects, busy busy...
And before git/github, there was subversion.
October 9, 2023 at 5:47 PM