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Ben*

@benasterisk.bsky.social
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Dad, autism advocate, artist, musician, standup comedian, software developer, writer, animal lover, bemused pop culture tourist. To wildly varying degrees of competence and enthusiasm at any given moment.

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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 15h
Perfectly natural portmanteau of "my" and "weekends". Fluidly evolving living language etc etc. You're covered
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 15h
This just in, the Surgeon General has officially confirmed: "Stop holding your breathe! You're gonna pass out!"
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 15h
Time to stock up on decemberween snacks.
Club pack of 40 bite size flavour-dusted crickets, from a facility that promises not to also process peanuts.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 15h
He held a mirror up to society - but society, uncomfortable, turned away.
Dude holding a mirror up to society
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our cat gets very distracted by those
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Either they didn't want to SAY "skag" or else Ollie's starting to bebop.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Once again, I apologize
Human Torch: looks like Ben just created a whole mess of atheists, Sue!
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Upshe rises!
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Buyer's remorse is common after moving into a giant pumpkin house
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"...of the day..."
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tarka Dal?
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Right? Or her apartment that was "three dried cat turds and a Pixies poster" from being the potion room in Hawkthorne. Though some things do best in the imagination
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How many times a day does someone send you this?
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hovercraft don't...oh, never mind.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kidnapper: bad person Kidnaper: confusing but sounds WAY worse Wonder if it was a spelling error or a lettering decision.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"I would have done a school shooting if I'd only had access to a gun" (paraphrased but that's the gist) is a heck of a quote.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For sure, we'll stick to topics like who's the worst condescending prick we know. Let's get back to work. Up and ATOM, right Ray? And keep that finger out of my face - who knows where it's been and what ATOMS might still be stuck there.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There's a "Save to Computer by Default" option you can turn on. When you go to "save as", go to Options, File and you can check that checkbox and provide the location. Not as handy as the old "save in the same folder I found the file in" behaviour, but still a sanity-saver.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Very West Coast Avengers
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tonights episode: "Dead & Breakfast" Morning Cap!
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
❤️
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Breedon Hill in Derbyshire is derived from Bre (Celtic for hill) + Dun (Old English for hill). Or Hillhill Hill.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a Nisse or Tomte, rather than a gnome. Just to be a pedantic Scandinavian Love your account
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sobbing for JOY, now that Skeleton Daddy has returned to play peekaboo with him.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Or punchkick a Kickpuncher?
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You damned sighted people! Looking around with your functional eyes and shit! Get outahere! "Yeah, you stupid voyuers, with your long canoe trips and your fur trapping!" That's voyaguer, honey - but thanks for the support.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last minute replacememt for Ed Sheeran?
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Iowa City Police Log @iowacitycoptoons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PICKED UP A CAT A WEEK AGO, IT HAS BEEN BITING HIM SO HE WANTS OFCR TO COME GET IT NOW. IT HAS WORN OUT ITS WELCOMEPICKED UP A CAT A WEEK AGO, IT HAS BEEN BITING HIM SO HE WANTS OFCR TO COME GET IT NOW. IT HAS WORN OUT ITS WELCOME
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Usually seems too short. Some people's seem interminably long.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
S.H.A.D.O. style
Tv show UFO. 

Director of S.H.A.D.O.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I suppose that's where the creators of Saga got the idea
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Care crow
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hear you. Well, if there's anything from our experiences that you want to know about feel free to reach out. And thanks - I felt bad about doing an anger dump in reaction to a funny story.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He liked the other kids & they liked him. But he wasn't *learning* anything, except negative feelings about himself. It's been hard but I don't regret pulling him & going distance learning from home. Amazing how smart & happy he is when not in fight or flight mode constantly Sorry to rant.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lots of talk about inclusion when they're eying the govt funding for the school that comes with an asd diagnoses, then it's a sliver of the shared aide's time, not allowed to join the running club, not allowed on the field trip, & sent home early nearly every day. <1/2>
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Funny the things that can trigger people - but shortly after reading this amusing post I was freshly FURIOUS at the way the school administration treated my asd kid. C'est la vie, all long past As Bender might sat: "Fine! I'll go make my own school! With blackjack! And hookers!" Just livid.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everything else you ate is gone (or at least unrecognizable) yet somehow the ghostly visage of the corn remains...
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When they say it's divided researchers, do they mean grouped into A) those who disagree B) gullible morons C) opportunistic grifters pretending to believe D) those who disagree but are afraid to say so because their boss is in group B or C Or what?
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Little late to be askin'
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yet he's wearing neither, which probably isn't helping those rugby pants take the strain off of the tucked sweatervest.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congrats! So you're not a "diabetes guy" either
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Wouldn't you like me to not stop beginning to not start to not hit you?"
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My whole family still calls Jeff Goldblum "Brownshoe" whenever he pops into conversation.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The fairway is brutal, but I'm great getting out of sandtraps
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The reverse idea has me chuckling. "So, what's your handicap?" Welllll, I don't have any clubs, so i have to throw the ball instead.
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Ben* @benasterisk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No, in the same words again: "YOU can't park in that spot because YOU don't have a handicap parking pass". Take it up with the dmv. If they say your fear of spiders qualifies you for a pass, that's fine by me.
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