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Valerie Benti
@valeriebenti.com
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LabManager by day for @matsulab.com, Science Comedian by evening, asleep at night
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Update: valiant effort, but still blocking the rack and encouraging people to just drop their lime wherever.
A bike rack with lime bikes neatly ordered but still blocking the stalls.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I generally don't hate lime bikes/scooters, and use them regularly myself. So, as a fellow user, can we please stop parking them in the middle of sidewalks or in bike racks where actual riders want to park and lock their bike?
Photo of a bike rack that is mostly blocked by lime scooters and ebikes
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Had such a blast at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social!

GeekGirlCon is like coming home. It's where I realized I *could* do this silly science/geeky comedy thing in this city and this country. #GeekyComedySeattle would not have existed without this convention and I'm so happy it does!

💜✨
Valerie poses next to a cardboard cutout of a geeky girl with short orange hair, green eyes, holding a tangle of game console controllers. Valerie is wearing a dinosaur print dress and has a fluffy goose purse. Two ukulele players on a stage! On the left, jackie is holding a tenor ukulele and is singing in a mic. On the right, Valerie with a U-bass, singing and looking nervously excited Valerie, wearing a dinosaur dress, colorful (unmatching) socks, and blue sneakers speaking into a microphone on the GeekGirlCon stage
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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So excited to be back at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social for another edition of #GaggleOfGeeks. I've been running this (or a similar) comedy showcase at the con since 2019 and I'm so excited to bring a lineup of the funniest nerds I know and not one, but two ukuleles!!
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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@uwbiology.bsky.social knows what's up!
👻🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Always fun finding ghosts on the microscope 👻🔬
A ghostly appearance on a black background. In reality, this is just due to a air bubble being in the microscope causing an odd reflection.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Just my annual repost of a piece I wrote for @dnatured.bsky.social a couple of years ago on how to make your data look more spooky for halloween!

www.valeriebenti.com/science/scie...
Sketch of a guassian distribution, with two eyes added to make it look like a little ghost. The ghost says "Boo!"
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This year has been a year of conventions for Geeky Comedy Seattle. We're so stoked to return to @geekgirlcon.bsky.social for a super special edition of the Geeky Comedy Showcase!

The will be comedy! There will be songs! There will be cosplay!

Join us on November 8 at 4:30pm!
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Screenshot from the Geekgirlcon schedule, Gaggle of Geeks will take place on Saturday, 4:30pm, in Storm
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Excited to announce that our workshop, “Laugh, Learn, and Shimmy: Science Communication with a Tease,” is in the running for the March 2026 Association of Science Communicators Conference in Portland!

Vote here:
www.associationofsciencecommunicators.org/conferences/...

#ASC2026 #SciComm
Quantum Tease, Posie D'Lish, Ranger Dick and Volopuous Raptor, the organizers of this workshop, encourage you to vote for "Laugh, Learn, and Shimmy"
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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This was satire, not prescription.

(Ensor in 1889)
A political cartoon by Ensor in 1889 showing the a military man, businessman, king, clergyman, and other people in power defecating on the people. The text says "food of indoctrination".
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Congrats @salonofshame.bsky.social of bringing us together for the past 20 years through the power of cringe.
A magnificent looking cake, with pink icing along the edges. The cake is decorated with pictures of the Salon of Shame organizers and the Salon of Shame unicorn. The cake says: thank you gentle nerds!
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Two years ago I thought it's be funny to put on a show inspired by a Backstreet Boys song.

Seattle has such a supply of bi+ comics, I can keep this show going with a new line up every time!

Hope you can join on September 4th and kick off #BisexualAwarenessMonth in style!

tinyurl.com/BiBiBi2025
A square image reminiscent of a cd single cover front advertising BiBiBi, a bi+ comedy showcase on Thursday, September 4th at Charlie's Queer Books. On a black background, with some bi-flag colored lines, the foreground features the 3 performers of the show. A square image reminiscent of a cd single cover back, it lists the "tracklist" (the show line up) for the BiBiBi comedy show. The image has a black background, with bi-flag colored highlights and also features a qr code to the ticketing website.
August 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Okay, also got to shout out how amazing the food was 🤤
A plate of vegetraian Ethiopian food layered on top of injera. A plate of Ethiopian food layered on top of injera.
August 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Rockstar lifestyle is taking the lightrail to a gig...
I'm taking a selfie in the reflection of the lightrail train. On the chair next to me is a guitar case.
August 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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@mkhardywrites.com talking about their new book Needfire at the #QueeringHistory panel.

@seattlein2025.org
A group of panelists at a table during a panel talk af worldcon
August 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Worldcon @seattlein2025.org was one of the liveliest and loveliest crowds! Thanks for joining us in laughter and some song 💜
A wide picture of a room full of convention attendees holding up their hands and shouting "heeeey" 6 comedians pose next to a man who has a lot of ribbons hanging from his lanyard in a hotel hallway Post-show selfie of 6 comedians smiling
August 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Thanks @salonofshame.bsky.social for reminding us that we all went through an awkward phase and that's more than okay!

Excited for their October/Birthday show!!!
Selfie of Valerie, who has bangs and is wearing mint green glasses, in front of the salon of shame logo which features a majestic looking unicorn emerging from a book.
August 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Also thinking of starting a Death Metal band
Closeup picture of a face with dark eyebrows and lashes, with their eyes closed. The blood on their forehead looks like a cross. Gothic font in red and black reads "Baptized in Blood"
August 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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This year, I've been hitting the cons with #GeekyComedySeattle!

Next week, we'll be at @seattlein2025.org! Hope to see you there!
Flyer for a gaggle of geeks - a geeky comedy showcase at worldcon. Pictured is a white goose wearing nerdy glasses. The show is on Thursday, August 14 at 9pm for conference attendees and features Valerie Benti, Theresa Flores, Stevie Rae, Cassidy McDonnell, Kyle Bobm and Javann Jones.
August 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I know that I'm have a tendency to find excuses for myself, but it also feels validating to learn that I may just have a bike that's not built for Seattle...

My gear hub causes me to loose ~20% of my energy and also doesn't really go very low.

#SEABikes
From: www.cyclingabout.com/enviolo-cvt-...
Chart comparing different hub efficiencies and ranges, with the enviolo having the lowest efficiency and range compared to other bikes.
July 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Working in tech can feel like living in a sitcom. Invest in your favorite start up idea and join comics and musicians poking some fun at tech!

www.eventbookings.com/b/event/sill...
June 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Are these birds named after breasts or breasts named after these birds?
A picture of a blue tit: a small. bird with blue feathers on the top of its head, a black "zorro mask", and a yellow belly. A picture of a boobie, with its characteristic blue webbed feet, on a seaside rock with its wings spread wide
May 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Have your partner watch obscure, Flemish sitcoms so you can send them references to said sitcom.

#HetEiland #WeZittenMetNeRing
A ring from a cup of coffee left a mark on a piece of paper that says "Dusseldorf"
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Had an amazing time nerding out with these funny people at @norwescon.org

The first #GaggleOfGeeks at this wonderful little convention was a blast!
April 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Excited to bring #GaggleOfGeels to @norwescon.org today!

If you're around, come check out some nerdy comedy and also some silly songs!
The middle graphic shows a picture of a goose wearing glasses with the text "Gaggle Of Geeks". Photos of the performers, six total, flank the sides. At the top, it says "Norwescon 47"
April 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM