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Benjamin Vogt

@prairieup.bsky.social
124 followers 38 following 67 posts

Author, educator, natural garden designer. In BHG, Dwell, Midwest Living, NYT, WSJ, WaPo. Have a PhD in something. Social justice for wildlife. Used to work at a blanket factory but it folded. Antifa. Anti anti vax. prarieup.com

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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Less lawn. More planet.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's all related.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The reason we see a lot of dog whistles and Nazi rhetoric from the GOP is because the Nazis based their movement off of US indigenous genocide and Black slavery so really it's just the continuation of a disease we've never purged.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Thank you to Democracy Forward for compiling and documenting the growing list of National Park sites and public exhibits where the Trump administration has attempted to remove, alter, or flag historical and scientific materials.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
A number of months ago, many Americans online—myself included—began telling foreign nationals to stop coming to the United States (for now) for their own safety. The events described below are exactly why. Stay away from America, friends. Don't come here.
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
You know who puts banners of themselves on public buildings? Weak people. Weak losers.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Your lawn would look better if it were prairie.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I'm under the assumption here that we don't have a government. It's just a circle jerk for insane and rich people. It's amazing we still have food and mail and air.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/02/2026
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I'm tired of the word "extremist." Like, anyone who disagrees is an extremist. I hate coconut. Extremist. I use 100% native plants in my gardens. Extremist. I hat notsees. Extremist. I think immigrants are great. Extremist.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We're not dismantling this immediately?
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@shamsbot.bsky.social
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Here I am in Gardenista next to
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
FOTUS wants the markets to crash. Then oligarchs can swoop in and buy low. These tariffs will also force out smaller biz so the giants (who get exemptions) can scoop up more customers. Wealth just keeps moving up and up. Right?
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The leader is good, the leader is great, I surrender my 401K as of this date.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
75% of Nebraska voters last fall approved paid leave. Today, state senators voted it down. That's "democracy" for ya. What a shithole country this is.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Baseball season is starting. Also, the USA is becoming even more fascist.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I'm in the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens, representing how to unlawn America. Also, my new book comes out in early 2027.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
One evening I was playing with my sun on the driveway and a kid came sauntering by on a bike. “Nice shirt!” they called out. My shirt read “lawns are weird.” So the next generation gets it. They’re ready.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
FOTUS likes to blast "YMCA" at this events, making me think he must support gay rights and gay culture.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I have not been a marxist. I've not studied marxism. And yet I keep finding myself coming to similar conclusions on my old as I work through middle age.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
mundus sine caesaribus
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FReadom Fighter @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
#newbooksday #librarylife Thankful for writers writing and illustrator illustrating all these new books! @prairieup.bsky.social @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @katebeaton.bsky.social @alangratz.bsky.social @byleahjohnson.bsky.social @yamilesmendez.bsky.social Etc
Books on a table:
The Bread Machine Book by Lukas Volger
Sweet Farm by Molly Yeh
Make It Japanese by Rie McClenny
Midwest Home Landscaping published by Creative Homeowner
Prairie Up by Benjamin VogtBooks on a table:
Our Lake by Angie Kang
Pavilion by Ben Clanton, Corey R. Tabor, and Andy Chou Musser
The Gift of the Great Buffalo by Carole Lindstrom 
Wind Watchers by Micha Archer
Books on a table:
When a Tree Falls by Kirsten Pendreigh
Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
That's Not Funny, David by David ShannonStack of books:
Resist by Alan Gratz
Critter Club book 29 by Callie Barkley
The Trouble with Sunshine by Yamile Saied Mendez
I'm a Poet and I Know It (weirdtastic school) by Dan Gutman
Dear Manny by Nic Stone
A Song for you and I by Kay O'Reilly
One Wrong Step by Jennifer Nielsen
The Peach Thief by Linda Joan Smith
Bree Boyd is Legend by Leah Johnson 
Newest Finlay Donovan novel by Elle Cosimano
The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi
Newest Danielle Steel novel
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
The Folly of Realism by Alexander Vindman
The Showman by Simon Shuster
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I'm writing a book that exposes the classist, racist structures in place in suburban and urban lawns as well as code enforcement to maintain those lawns as monocultures. The book will help you take on those systems through legal and practical examples to unlawn with purpose.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
RFK Jr wants you dead. They all want you dead or sick. You'll be too weak to organize against the fascist oligarchy, plus your anger can be harnessed / twisted to support the fascist oligarchy.
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Benjamin Vogt @prairieup.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I'm told Musk is a genius and folks toss around the word "Nazi" too casually, that if you used to say it that it actually meant something REALLY bad. This from a Musk lover with stock. So yeah, he IS a genius if can salute and there are no repercussions I guess?
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