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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I can’t believe FIFA killed Mitch McConnell tonight in Belgium (I just woke up)

Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I’ll miss TV Time dearly. Finally exported, converted, and imported all my data to @serializdapp.bsky.social! Catch me on there if you’d like. 📺

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On our Independence Day, I really should root for France in the World Cup. But I like an underdog and the latino in me is winning out. Go Paraguay! ⚽️

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

“Gay Man Loves Madonna, More at 11.” But the new album is incredible. 🎧

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Texting a friend about the exciting upcoming matchups while listening to the new Madonna really feels like I’ve leveled up. ⚽️

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There was an overnight power outage in the neighborhood of my favorite local coffee shop, and have to have *gasp* hot coffee.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Why yes, I did just return from the theater with my male partner and my mom… why do you ask?

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Was Jane Don’t talking about Crystal Envy the whole time? #DragRace

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The Pitt S2 finale spoilers ahead! 🚨🚨🚨

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Thought that just occurred to me: This is the year I turn 38, and after that point, I’ll have been out longer than I was in. Feels pretty good.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Snagged my inflatable Sudowoodo just in time!

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you’re curious to check this out: I got to be a guest on a podcast recently about the Studio Ghibli film “When Marnie Was There.” It was a blast. Thanks for having me, @ettletodd.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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When Marnie Was There w/ Ben Gierhart (Studio Ghibli, Episode 27)

Podcast Episode · The Complete Catalog · March 20 · 1h 29m

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Bingo Bronson looks like it holds the universe in its maw.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I think this was the first year that the Best Picture winner didn’t really connect with me much. I thought One Battle After Another had some funny moments in it but it didn’t stand out to me otherwise. And this is coming from a P.T. Anderson fan. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

That joke on Abbott Elementary about The Santa Clause “I’m not really into body horror” is so shockingly spot on that it might explain why that’s my favorite Christmas movie.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I hate to be that guy, but I think if you think Sinners and From Dusk till Dawn are “the same exact movie,” you fundamentally didn’t understand either movie.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

More Pokopia adventures today. Meeting legendaries is appropriately epic while still maintaining the game’s charm.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I got to see penguins today so not a bad start to the week

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Finally watching One Battle After Another. This scene is exactly what it sounds like when my mom is on the phone with Swiss Colony.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Garf wanted to be on the counter so bad (he’s not allowed).

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

When thrifting or antiquing, I have a thing where I wait a day or two to see if I still want the thing I like, then I go back and get it. If it’s still there, that’s how I know it’s “fate.” Magical thinking but that’s how I control my impulse buys. Anyway, these espresso cups are mine now. ☕️

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Mike and I are watching the new episode of Shrinking. There is a gay guy telling his straight father that he had a baby. Hilarity ensued at our house from this joke:

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is my final day of doing my fave pokemon from each generation in the categories of fave regular, fave regional form, and fave legendary/mythical. I had to get creative with gens 7-9 since gens 8 and 9 don’t have regional forms and there are also Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon in these gens.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Phew! Today was a squeaker. Reminder: I’m doing my fave pokemon from each generation in the categories of fave regular, fave regional form, and fave legendary/mythical. Today, I’m doing gens 4-6. Starting with gen 4: Empoleon and Giratina (Origin Form). Gen 4 has no regional variants (so far)!

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

If you didn’t know, I got two new cats on NYE. They’re brothers and today is their first birthday! Happy birthday, Simon and Garfunkel! I’m glad I don’t have to worry about them growing up to be awful people from being spoiled.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I decided that as part of my celebration of the 30th anniversary of Pokemon, my favorite video games series, I’m going to go through my favorite pokemon today, tomorrow, and Thursday, which is the day before Pokemon Day (Friday).

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In high school, I had a teacher who always said, “You’re a gentleman and a scholar” instead of “Thank you.” Just decided my version is “You’re a diva and an icon.”

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I didn’t know that I needed #ThePitt queer webcomic fan fiction, but here I am. 😍

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

More or less on a whim, I decided to finally act on my desire to get to know John Darnielle and @themountaingoats.bsky.social better by buying “This Year” and working through it in 2026. It has been already so contemplative and a re-immersion into the world of creativity that I desperately needed.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

My first time reading a genuine romance novel and I see the appeal, even if the story was a bit (endearingly) cliché and the dialogue during the (very) steamy scenes became repetitive. #OneSentenceReview #Books #BookSky #HeatedRivalry

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We’re playing charades at my work #holidayparty and I just derailed everything when I guessed Snowpiercer when the answer was #ThePolarExpress.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Why did no one tell me that Matthew Lopez directed and co-wrote Red, White & Royal Blue?

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

This week’s episode of #Pluribus has entered my list of fave TV episodes of all time. And Panamanian geography that most people don’t know too! “Nada en este planeta es ustedes. Nada. No pueden darme nada. Porque todo que ustedes tienen es robado. Ustedes no pertenecen acá.” 🔥🔥🔥

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Rereading #AChristmasCarol for the first time in a while. “He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his coffee in the dog-days, and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas” makes Marley canonically queer.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Picture this: Vecna from #StrangerThings has me in his clutches. I’m floating in the air, eyes milky. The way that I am so immediately saved as soon as I hear these words… “It’s Britney, Bitch.”

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I’m not proud of it, but I have maybe judged romance lit readers a tiny bit over the years. Anyway, my feed is all #HeatedRivalry rn and I’m only so strong. I’m sorry to you all for what I thought. My resolve is CRUMBLING.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

My no. 1 song on #AppleMusic for 2025, straight up, was Mon Mothma’s rave song from #Andor.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Riding high on this #StarTrek joke I just made after Mike mispronounced something: Mike: Do you want anything from Borger King? Me: Borger King. Have It Our Way.

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Ben Gierhart @lunarcrescendo.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The #JinkxMonsoon and #BenDeLaCreme annual holiday special stopped in town last night. I got to see it and #JeffHiller as a claymation, tales-from-the-crypt-inspired evil, sentient Christmas tree really saved 2025 for me.

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