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Ryan Benk

@ryanbenk.bsky.social
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Award winning (if you're into that sort of thing) Producer/Reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition. Health, horror, punk, movies, cats and lifting heavy things. DC is a real place. Husband guy. SAGAFTRA www.npr.org/people/942414025/ryan-b…

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every day reminded how lucky I am to be gay and married
TINDER TINDER TINDER TINDER TINDER printed in a red hot font on a Metro ad. Aggressive!""omw is hotter than "wyd?"" On a banner ad for Tinder on Metro
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
seated adj Being in a sitting position or placed in a seat (or to take a seat)
You see how this looks, right?
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A little reminder in red
"Power to the people" in red graffiti on a see-through barrier encompassing a pedestrian walkway in Washington, D.C.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ran into a Great Blue Heron at Rock Creek last weekend. Amazing that this park is in the middle of our nations capital
A great Blue heron stands tall as the creek water reflects its image back.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My new desk phone does not limit themselves to one phone line.
POLY brand office/desk phone
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
New profile pic just dropped
A Mid-Atlantic boar displaying items associated with the Mid-Atlantic
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's pretty freaking cool that I'm sitting at the line producer desk for NPR's Weekend Edition and I get to look up at CNN and see @tiamitchell.com on the tv. Fmr Tally press corps folks everywhere!
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yes
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Newly acquired
Leviticus (2026) Blu ray copy still wrapped in cellophane
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
His Duncan Tr*ssell chapter
"stop he's already dead!" screencap from the Simpsons
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Heisenberg voice: "You're goddamn right"
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A photo of an iPad behind a bar playing Spotify radios Old Man channel. I feel the cold cackle of death at the nape of my neck.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Lol first time on a Cesna and must say, thought I'd feel a lot more scared than I did. Also, hi, New Hampshuh!
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"he's pretending to be country" Meanwhile, Brandon Flowers in 2012
Exceptionally country looking Brandon Flowers in 2012 with a massive belt buckle, leather jacket, bolo tie and slightly frightened look in his eyes
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Seated
Poster for Maddie's Secret (2026), starring John Early
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ahhhh lake life ain't bad
A solitary beam of light off Seneca Lake shines through a green Yuengling beer bottle
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Widow's Bay vibes on Seneca Lake today
Stormy, choppy Seneca Lake Harbor
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He died in bed? Whose bed?
Gene hackman in the Birdcage
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Anyway, good morn
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Just got out of seeing Raiders on the big screen for the first time since I was a kid.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bruh
Screenshot of NW DC temp: 99 degrees F, but feels like 111
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Dem operatives and party loyalists watching the UK like
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Another beautiful day in the newsborhood
A very tired man with unbrushed hair ready to help bring you the news on weekend edition from NPR news
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Look at my boy
A gorgeously goofy black cat with mouth wide open. He's mid yawn but it looks like he's laughing. I love him more than most humans
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm sorry but what
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Be gay all day
My husband and I getting married at our favorite dive bar
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"Surely these hot peppers will taste amazing and not at all upset my GERDy stomach" My stomach:
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Considering that a) you dont always know someone's sexuality, b) we want men to feel more free in their expression and c) corporations and topline social rules are more responsible for current issues than individuals, "queerbaiting" can be over-accused imo.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is an insane way to describe this
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Not Jeremy Atherton Lin absolutely roasting me and my husband
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
What did you say
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
French press Cuban coffee from The Columbia in Tampa!
A French press of delicious coffee next to a mug featuring a caricature of Ryan Benk, a dark haired, bearded man in bed. A caricature of his gray tuxedo cat named Blythe sits atop of him.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
[ROBOTIC VOICE INTENSIFIES] LARGER HARDER MUSCLES
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
One of the most affecting places I've ever visited.
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I've just become acquainted with the Peabody Ducks on Memphis
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My personal favorite. Like why did he even do this lmao
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Everyone, myself included, was like this about everything for a solid 7 years in the 2010s. IPAs everywhere. We must never go back
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New sign, new morning
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"They were very close friends"
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A tale of two cats and one reunion 🐈♥️👬♥️🐈‍⬛
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Not the happiest of reasons to visit the home state but was nice to see this view again
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
You know what? Pedro's bi. BBIII!!!!!
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I'm marrying my favorite person in the world today, y'all!
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I forgot to brag about last weekend but I saw Motion City Soundtrack and it healed something in me
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Hey a lot of things are not good. But we're getting married and that's pretty awesome
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Mount Pleasant snow
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Good morn
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I think it is actually a bad thing that pro-democracy citizens and activists in different countries are fighting each other on social media.
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