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@betarayben.bsky.social
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Fiction writer who refuses AI. Queer in his bones (menacing), not always safe for work. Nerd trash who reads too many (but not enough) comics. White settler Canadian living on lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria BC). He/they

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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 2h
So I now have a very specific reaction to people doing cosplays as video game characters who dress like they want to be in ICE.
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Dakota @onetrueglob.bsky.social · 2h
I know media literacy is dead, but people are having some wild crash outs over the Lanterns finale.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 3h
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 3h
Fuuuuuuuuuck
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h
Since 9/21, high schoolers across France have shut down more than a thousand schools, demanding teachers, smaller classes, and buildings that aren't falling apart. The state answered with tear gas and nearly 2,000 arrests in a single day. Here, a right-wing reporter getting schooled by a HS student
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4h
Vancouver Island’s marmots have clawed back from 22 animals in 2003 to 427 today, the highest count on record. The Marmot Recovery Foundation released 41 captive-bred marmots this year, with 40 more due in 2026, an estimated 120 pups were born in the wild in 2024. buff.ly/UKzvRJ6 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Marmot population on Vancouver Island climbs to 427 as recovery efforts continue
The Vancouver Island marmot population has come a long way, making a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 3h
I got Carly Rae tickets!
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 3h
the origin of good posts
Edward Gorey, Message from Beyond 

a group sitsxat a table peering up into the dark where a disembodied arm proffers a written message
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 3h
Nancy 10/6/26 “Sluggo’s Terrible New Hat” Part 8
Sluggo’s regular newsboy hat…. Is a hat that is arguably terrible on most people. However, on Sluggo it is the cutest hat ever. In Nancy’s eyes, at least…
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 3h
Love an eerie fog morning.
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 11h
🗺 Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar Paris: Impr. nationale, 1885- [Source]
Map illustration from historical archives
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dial “m” for marlo @marlo.ooo · 13h
carly rae jepsen would NEVER date justin trudeau or kill a nun with bad vibes and that’s not why we love her but i think it should count for something
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16h
Ahh, old hollywood. When the men were men
film credits:

gowns ....... bill thomas
make-up ......... bud westmore
hair stylist ........ larry germain
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 12h
Thinking about a creep I knew in my first undergrad who claimed he didn’t masturbate because, you know, touching dick is gay. He hated me because all the women we knew were quite casually affectionate with me for the very obvious reason.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 13h
I still think about this all the time
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 13h
Me whenever Mr. Beast comes up: Okay say what you want about social programs in Gotham City, at least Batman is dealing with the obvious edgelord gimmick super-villains
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 13h
Always reskeet Wendy.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 14h
I promise you can just say that you personally don’t find the idea of them making out hot without acting like we need to raise the age of consent to 30 or 35 in order to protect naive vulnerable 27-year-olds from fucking someone with grey hair.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 14h
You are not protecting anyone from anything by arguing that fully adult gay men who are the same age I was when I got called to the bar as a lawyer are too young and lacking in agency to make decisions about their own sex and dating lives.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 15h
One of the most horrifying images in all of X-Men history
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Humeidifier 🏳️‍🌈 @humeidifier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If anyone is wondering why right-wing politicians are suddenly quoting a Scottish one-hit wonder from the 80’s out of the blue…
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 16h
If you find yourself in a situation involving Per Degaton, don’t panic. Chances are he’ll end up annihilating his own timeline.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 16h
Dissociating to EDM featured in club scenes on TEEN WOLF
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Colin @csmith03.bsky.social · 16h
Freddy Krueger
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 16h
Have we talked lately about how much I hate bicep curls? Because I hate bicep curls.
A sweaty tired man in a pac man tee.
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jamie (they/them) @zerojokes.bsky.social · 17h
"Bloomf" reads to me like if Nightcrawler farted
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Pombon trainer Ryan @2intheshinx.bsky.social · 21h
You may think this doesn't effect you. I promise you it does.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 21h
Folks in BC can get our flu shots and boosters! Going next week. 🥰
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 21h
Starting another episode of Alien Earth. I know he survives the season but I desperately need the boy genius to die.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 22h
A thread I needed today
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 22h
This will be the first year I’ve ever used all my vacation time because fuck it, I deserve it, it’s mine.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 22h
It’s been too long! Someone watch Hellraiser with me.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 23h
I just want so many Spider-Man comics from @neilaglet.bsky.social.
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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 05/10/2026
I also highly recommend Galaxy, and not just because it's apparently illegal to read it in some places.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 05/10/2026
Two skulls converged with a crack, and I— I was, I guess, an owl guy, And that has made all the difference
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The original Google search algorithm that was wizard magic was machine learning. Same with videogame enemies learning flocking techniques and figuring out how to beat you based on your tendencies. LLM stans fucked this up just let the scam artists define what AI is now because they are dumb.
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Brandon Yan 甄念本 @brandonyan.com · 05/10/2026
"Elections are too confusing" ...you're an adult. You have to put in a bit of effort to maintain democracy, babe.
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel like "forgiveness" as a concept has been twisted into meaning that I'm supposed to write off real harm that was done to me because justice is emotionally and socially inconvenient for others
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pretending to be motivated today when all I want to do is lie down and let myself be overtaken by moss. #MCM
A black and white photo of a smiling white man in his forties, in front of a bright open window. He’s in a desk chair. His head is shaved and he’s wearing glasses and earbuds. He has salty scruff and an argyle sweater.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I thought the Lanterns finale was decent. Probably would have landed better if the season wasn’t so condensed?
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kyle Rayner looks super-hot here.
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026
The job of a journalist is to have some skepticism about extraordinary claims from people in power who stand to gain from public credulity
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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
moby dick the sperm whale with a speech bubble
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Raise your hand if Astar gave you complex feelings on Saturday mornings in the 1980s.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m choosing to believe half Hal’s problem in LANTERNS was due to regularly having his personality overwritten with Pol Manning’s while getting yanked to the 58th Century.
Green Lantern cover depicting Hal being harassed by a mob in the year 5708.
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Grand Comics Database @grandcomicsdb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Doom Patrol #107-110 DC, 1966-1967 By Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. First two covers by Bob Brown, last two by Premiani.
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Love her five billion ever
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
Do you know why I think every prisoner should get to vote in prison? Not only are prisoners counted in the census and are most affected by policies (check out prison gerrymandering), but also if you don't, regimes could simply round up 1,000s of dissidents and minorities to reshape the electorate
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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#RockHudson died #OnThisDay in 1985, the first celebrity to die of #AIDS; his courage in acknowledging the infection — which in the early days of the crisis was a death sentence — helped initiate the process of de-stigmatization of #HIV which continues to this day... www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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an ocean of emotion @betarayben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Now I’m thinking about Gil Kane’s Green Lantern art. 🥰
Green Lantern cover depicting Guy Gardener, a redhead in a Lantern uniform, standing over Hal Jordan, a prostrate Lantern with brown hair.All the alien lanterns are about to execute Hal for committing the worst crime.Major Disaster threatens a panicked Hal JordanWho am I? green lantern haunted by a demonic negative version of himself.
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