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Ben

@bv-pdx.bsky.social
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he/him. 1w9, INFJ, JS and Kotlin coder 👨‍💻,☕🏃🚴 🎸🏀🥏📚. Married with 2 kids and 2 cats (I post about my cats a lot 😆). “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one).” LLAP 🖖

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IYKYK.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Ever notice how fast government can move when it wants to make things worse for people? Voting rights, abortion rights, pollution permits, war? It moves SO FAST. I dont remember the last time i saw government move fast to make our lives better. It drives me crazy.
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Haven’t posted a picture of the cats in a while. Pearl and Bruno are enjoying their window time.
Two cats in the window. Bruno, on the right has mixed colors of grey and looks like some sort of domestic long hair or ragdoll mixed breed to him. Pearl on the right has white and tan shades, looking similar to a Birman breed of cat.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
this would fix the website
a dialog box reads:

Post reply?
You could probably just stay out of it.

The two buttons are:
- Mind my own business (default)
- Reply anyway
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
if america is truly the land of plenty how come they only have one ice cream maker on chopped
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We had a great time. The kids loved it. What a special band!
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Seated with the family for @thebandjoseph.bsky.social at Revolution Hall!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
in retrospect most of the country is a vampire squid relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money
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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Doesn't matter how many times you bomb the middle east, Jesus isn't coming back, and a religion that drives leaders to mass murder kids is barbaric. Christian supremacists say "the US is a Christian nation" to mean "the US is The Best nation". In reality, we are a uniquely destructive nation.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. Join my live conversation with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social, 12:00pm ET, snyder.substack.com
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The situation in Minneapolis: even though the ICE presence in the city is greatly reduced, and national attention has moved on, a huge portion of our population remains essentially in hiding, devastating the schools and economy. In particular, much of the education system remains in crisis
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
A somewhat janky digital rendering of the 60s version of the USS Enterprise rendered in greenish grays with orange highlights on the front of the nacelles and the deflector dish. There is a burst of whooshing rays behind it but the background is the default natural paper color I’ve been using and not space black. Reddish-orange text around the ship set in a Star Trek TOS font reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle
Drunken Seahawks Fans Climbing Space Needle
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Meghan | The Pursuing Life @meghankcrozier.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Clubhouse is ON tomorrow! See you at 6am PST and all the other time zones with myself and @cortland.me for DECONSTRUCTION COFFEE HOUR!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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solace @solace.music · 30/01/2026
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
AMERICAN CAESAR is available for pre-order. "Onishi traces the strange alliance between spiritual warfare and Silicon Valley libertarianism. At the center of it all is the desire for an unbound executive—one man, beyond checks, beyond balance, beyond democracy." us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
On this Dr. MLK, Jr. Day I want to uplift his 1967 Riverside Church speech that connected US imperialism with racialized capitalism at home. But it also presents a vision for economic justice. This was a call for a revolution of values and his message remains urgent and timely.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
To recap: the two major parties refuse to rein in the reign of a demented sociopathic king who daily is marching us into both World War III and the next Civil War simultaneously because a Black president once made fun of him and also the Special Boy wasn't given the Shiny Golden Medal he covets
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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 19/01/2026
Good morning, beloved. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Which types of welfare fraud are politely litigated between white collar lawyers, and which types of welfare fraud are used to justify an immigration purge and shutting off resources to the poor?
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Bugbear Dispatch is back to help us American bugbears navigate 2026! If you had to describe the first two weeks of this year in one word, which would you pick? For me, the word is surreal. Here I discuss the situation and my thoughts on how to cope: www.bugbeardispatch.com/fighting-the...
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Fighting the Demoralizing Power of American Surreality
My fellow bugbears, I want to wish you all a happy New Year, but the phrase feels a bit awkward given how off the rails the illegitimate American regime has been since the beginning of the year. If y...
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Scott Adams died the way he lived: as the owner of a house with a swimming pool shaped like Dilbert's head
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
www.koin.com/news/portlan...
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Hey Portland friends. There is a lockdown at Ockley Green middle school related to something dangerous happening in that neighborhood. If you are in or near north Portland please stay safe.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
It’s Giving Tuesday, and the support of readers via Patreon means the world to this writer, speaker, and advocate. I’m a truth teller who doesn’t bothsides issues or kowtow to the powerful and wealthy for access. This isn’t lucrative, but with your help I can keep doing it www.patreon.com/cstroop
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
deep, heavy sigh
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
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DodgerFanLA @dodgerfanla.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Trump take chocolate
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
9 snap meals for every 1 food bank meal. We have to do something, something significant, right now.
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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
portland people here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I have to admit I do not understand American voters. How does "favors environmental laws" + "abortion should be LEGAL in most cases" equal a vote for the current temporary president? I failed this quiz BADLY. How did Americans vote in 2024? www.americansurveycenter.org/results/9BAd...
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My Quiz Result
I got 7 / 0 on this quiz from the Survey Center on American Life. Can you beat my score?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This isn't the whole story, but this quote is resonating with me this morning: "Experiencing our worst fears doesn't kill us, and experiencing our greatest hope doesn't save us." - Bruce Tift, "Already Free"
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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
We're having an Exvangelical Meetup this Friday in Portland, OR, with @brchastain.social, host of the Exvangelical podcast and author of Exvangelical + Beyond. Come hang, meet new people, get your book signed 📚
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
October means Flytrap Fridays! What's a Flytrap Friday? It's a lil Spooky Season treat--free seasonally appropriate reads from @theflytrapmedia.com! Today's essay is about my journey from a fear-based Christianity to a secular love for supernatural horror the-flytrap.ghost.io/how-i-learne...
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How I Learned to Love Supernatural Horror
The story of how one exvangelical trans girl found herself marathoning episodes of Supernatural.
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Rob Hageman @roballemachtig.eurosky.social · 23/10/2025
The Jeffrey Edward Epstein Ballroom
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I keep sharing this with friends because we're listening to this album constantly in our house. Folks, check out this album by @thebandjoseph.bsky.social . It is so so good. thebandjoseph.bandcamp.com/album/the-sun
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The Sun, by Joseph
10 track album
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Ben @bv-pdx.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hear me out, what if instead of "grated cheese", instead we call it "cheese confetti"? 🧀🎉🧀🎊
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Guys I think we’re gonna need more than three ghosts this Christmas Eve
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