Reposted by Ben ShearwaterThe Conversationalist @conversationalist.org · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton 🤍 🎥: @femalequotient.bsky.social 0125
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterHello, it is me, Kira. :) @kirabira.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She also really debunks the common justifications about religion, region, and age. Your grandparents and parents have shitty values because they have shitty values, not because of anything else. They could do better. Anyone can use their eyes to see the world and have the correct read. 839971246
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterEtrigan (unrelated, but also spooky) ✌️🏈 @etrigan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am very glad I ignored my reflex of “79 posts in a thread? Nooo…” and read this. I hope you also do that. 24613
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterKaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 31/07/2026The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, which froze the House of Representatives at 435, using the 1910 census because of racism, sexism, and hatred of cities (which eclipsed rural areas for the first time in US history in the 1920 census). I must see it dead before its hundredth birthday. 524456
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterLet the Right One Ian @ianfortey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Hey, I just met you And I'm a white whale! But here's my number So call me, Ishmael! 14316
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterBrosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 25/07/2026He’s a 10 but he doesn’t use social media That’s right, you heard me. He’s an 11 14812
Ben Shearwater @shearwriter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Go home, Bryan, Haruki Murakami already wrote this book 000
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I know what frogs like. I know what toads want. 17638113
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterbatkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 25/07/2026wearing a full suit of armor, rooting around inside the chest plate for a tissue I shoved in there earlier 410322
Reposted by Ben Shearwater🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 25/07/2026if I said you had a beautiful body would you let me into the morgue 713449
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The purpose of studying anything isn't the subject itself but to learn how to *think* like an expert about it. People outsourcing their thinking to genAI are not learning how to think, at all. Part of the cognitive atrophy that genAI immediately induces is no longer being able to understand this 7744242
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterDerek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 19/07/2026"Odysseus ripped off his rags. Now naked, he leapt upon the threshold with his bow and quiverfull of arrows, which he tipped out in a rush before his feet, and spoke. What’s up, jerks." 0981153
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026It is Rachel Robinson’s 104th birthday. She is an accomplished nurse, decorated professor & is probably most recognizable as the wife of Jackie Robinson. They married before he integrated baseball. She’s a civil rights hero who was there the whole way as a stalwart in global resistance to oppression 5521178
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterEssonnianDragon @essonniandragon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026OH MY FUCK THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT 5346331383
Reposted by Ben Shearwaternico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Robin and Ramy witness Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation, in all its foreboding majesty second illustration for R. F. Kuang's Babel - illustrated edition, out now from Harper Voyager 40x30cm ink on claybord 502981756
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/07/2026For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚 6236811085
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterMorgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/202628 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration. 462158275971
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterMarissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Whisking honey, lemon juice, and ginger (fresh is great, powdered will do) into boiling water and (letting cool to a safe drinking temperature and) drinking will not do anything for your lungs on apocalyptic smoke days, but it's good for your throat. Hang in there, neighbors. 35411
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterMichelle @michelle345.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Canadian wildfire smoke has arrived in Chicago 241074236
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterClayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇 2642422220
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterAlice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"Hegseth says he’s planning on a high-testosterone US army, supplementing soldiers with low T. Made me think of this bit I did." Full shows and tickets at alicefraser.com 111137
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterDr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 15/07/2026When some people's existence is political, their very choice to include them becomes a political issue. When politics enters the narrative, the narrative is corrupted. Serkis' comments make sense if you understand that whiteness views inclusion as a political issue which has no place in narrative. 38415
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterMariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Tolkien was an academic and while limited by what would've been really biased history at the time, not a guy who lived in a tiny house in the middle of nowhere. And our biases of that history factors in, too. Way too many people today think the UK was always white and it never was. 0291
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026i think it would be pretty cool and fun to experience life as the type of writer who is default assumed to know what she's talking about when covering one of her areas of expertise. so i guess a man. the type of writer who is a man 151220120
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026my new idea for time zones. whenever you wake up, that's 9 am. and whenever you go to sleep that's 9 pm. time is no longer a fixed point. you can follow the sun or you can follow your heart. the choice is yours 242127396
Reposted by Ben Shearwaternormal sara @sarasocial.bsky.social · 30/05/2026you are responsible for your own emotional regulation 28995226
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterg.c. @lscrapl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026coming over to borrow one of your beans for this 3 bean salad 311740
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026*clears throat* *taps mic* welcome to Schism Watch 2026 I am here to report a new crashoutfsspx.newsGeneral House Communiqué: The Society Files a Recourse Against the Decree of 2 July 2026Communiqué de la Maison générale : La Fraternité dépose un recours contre le décret du 2 juillet 2026 432908546
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterOri-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Finally a good use for writer's block 010727
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterJonathan Hansen, but scary @jonathanhansen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"Living a life, being in community, and creating from those experiences of love, friendship, and conflict are not optimizable for profit because they are not meant to be." @theflytrapmedia.com #FuckAItheflytrapmedia.comScreenwriters Hate AI, and Who Can Blame Them?The creative process is challenging for a reason—it makes stories better, and more human. 0206
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterDak @dak.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Restaurants need to stop with the QR code menus. I came here for a meal, not to day trade crypto. 3316148711
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterJessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This thread is a really helpful reminder that seemingly unrelated foodborne illness outbreaks may be... less unrelated than you think 133296
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterKathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Actually want to amplify this further--95% haven't been digitized and even beyond that, archival CATALOGUING is its own patchy horrorshow of varying strategies, standards, and funding levels. To DIGITIZE something you have to FIND IT first! 6405167
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterFrovo @frovo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025exclamation point! at the wrong part of the sentence 11481103
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterskeeter devilpenis @guypussy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026thanks everyone for participating on nap on the couch after work monday 2262
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterCole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Netflix’s biggest shows have been losing 30-70% of their audience between seasons 1 and 2. Executives are in a panic because they can’t figure out why, but the answer is probably pretty damn obvious to anyone who’s paying attention.colehaddon.substack.comThe (Not So) Curious Case of Netflix's Shrinking AudienceWhy the streaming giant loses up to 70% of its viewers between seasons - and the obvious reason why executives refuse to believe it 36525143
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs. 65107543681
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I think the problem with the Rock is that the Rock still thinks he’s really cool while John Cena realized that he’s a ridiculous human being and did interesting things with that and Batista realized he was a ridiculous human being and decided to become Daniel Day Louis 14698161437
Reposted by Ben Shearwatervideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026creative computing, cover, excerpt (1980) archive.org/details/Crea... 216960
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterTrevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 10/07/2026What are 5 to 10 horror novels that you feel are monumental or essential. The best and most important to you, personally. 5518011
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Chicago folks... blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/10/b...blockclubchicago.orgBooks4Cause, A Free Bookstore, Is Coming To UptownThe business has given away more than 200,000 books at its Avondale storefront. The grand opening of the new location is Saturday. 08330
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterOdd Future Wolfgang Pauli @ofwp.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Every tech bro has a minor in Misunderstanding Tolkien 110017
Ben Shearwater @shearwriter.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I walked by a truck the other day with this ‘Hill House’ name and branding style on it. Did a triple take, then stood there, baffled. Now I am…slightly less baffled. 010
Reposted by Ben Shearwateral-boo @captainacabairbud.myatproto.social · 12/07/2026correct you if you’re wrong?? bitch this is the internet i’ll correct you even if youre right 153006504
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Steadily declining literacy is a really big issue. 16857153
Reposted by Ben Shearwaterslacey AKA Ted Slaines @shortking.boston · 12/07/2026i’m in the business of misery [next slide] let’s take it from the top [next slide] her bodies like an hour glass [next slide] it’s ticking like a clock 091
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterSarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 20/01/2026And so we reach the end: “To be as full of mitzvot as a pomegranate is to look at our world and say, No, it does not stay as it is, No, the future is not yet written, Yes, we can repair the world, Yes, I will be there for you and for the children of our children's children's children.“ 5/6 181
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterTrickortreat Petunia @sweetpetunia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026(Trailrunning to my playlist) Kate Bush: Be running up that road Me: YEAH Kate: Be running up that hill Me: YESS Kate: Be running up that building Me: WHAT NO 0122
Reposted by Ben ShearwaterPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I’m looking to speak with people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. 🧵 23611257
