iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I’m sure he can’t guard in the W either. Pick n roll at 00 every time.

020

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

Simply Steph @simplysmay.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Missouri peeps, more to pay attention to here

07034

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The Pels seem perturbed by Maluach’s size. Love to see it.

030

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

Timberwolves Clips @wolvesclips.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts

86137772643

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Trying to root for Denver but my body is rejecting it

010

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/01/2026

DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:

11847293100

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

4342313811147

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

86102142527

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I’m sure Lakers fans aren’t watching but they should be sick that they voided that Mark Williams trade.

130

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A lot of people said I wasn’t going to like watching Jalen Green and one half in they are all wrong.

040

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/01/2025

if the world's richest man can afford to make a nazi salute but a 31 year old meterologist can't afford to criticize him for doing so, it suggests that the price of speech may in fact be slightly higher than "free"

162960721

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Tough afternoon 😫 Current lose in semifinal, Chiefs drop their first game, and Suns lose on that nonsense in MN. Oof!

020

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Sports Bluesky! Quote Post with your favorite sports teams and introduce yourself… NBA: Suns (since 1986) NFL: Chiefs (since 2001) NCAA: Kansas (since 2006, alumnus) MLB: Royals (since 2001) WNBA: Mercury Soccer: Current/Sporting KC NHL: none (feel entitled to Blues if I want)

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Tyus Jones signing my boy’s ball 😎

140

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Got my son tickets to a Suns game for his 9th birthday. We live in Missouri so it’s Indy, Chi, Mem, OKC, or Dallas. Was down to Dallas last Friday (one point win, all of the big 3 played) and OKC… I may have chosen poorly. Wish us a Booker masterpiece!

020

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I mean on the other hand it’s a nice chance to see Okogie get some run.

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A well adjusted person would not stay up till midnight CST to watch the Suns on the second game of a back to back minus KD, Beal, and Allen against a team that just beat them.

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 30/07/2023

Katie Ledecky is like Wilt’s stats with Russell’s rings.

041

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

I’m probably going to keep doing this dumb bit as long as I can but I’m for real excited about Wemby. Is probably the first younger-than-Booker star I don’t root against out of jealous pettiness, which is not a pattern about myself I had identified until I realized I was rooting for Wemby.

110

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Wemby’s career averages in the NBA* are 17% on 3pa and 8% (!!!) from 2. I know we had high hopes, but at some point a player just is who he is. *1 summer league game.

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Jesus Kai Jones I was kidding around. Take it easy on the kid.

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

I’ve seen enough. Wemby is a bust.

120

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not doing threads im not

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Thomas Jefferson is a deeply complicated historical figure. On the one hand, he has some of the best songs in the whole musical. On the other hand, he's not even IN the first act. How to reconcile?

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

We’ve forgotten the true meaning of the 4th of July. Big box stores want you to think about flags and fireworks and bbq. Not me. On this sacred day I will celebrate the satisfaction of a sternly worded letter.

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

I’m now following 100 people on here. Such a nice round number. Gonna slowly collect new accounts on a hand-written list till I get 150 more to follow all at once. Don’t wanna be following 114 or some chaotic number like that.

110

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Is It Cake Too drops just in time for the long weekend and parents across the country owe Mikey Day an enormous debt of gratitude

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Really good Suns talk on KOC’s Beyond the Arc pod. Felt like I’ve been taking crazy pills with all the “Lakers closed the gap, Suns running in place” stuff I’ve been hearing. People seem to think Lakers losing four close games is more impressive than Suns winning two.

030

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Are we skeeting F1 here? How about all these 5-second penalties right?

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

NBA: Suns (since 1986) NFL: Chiefs (since 2002) CMBB: Kansas (alum) MLB: Royals (fair weather only) Soccer: Colombia and US (WC only) Top 5 sports moments: 1) 2021 Suns up 2-0 on Bucks 2) KU championship 2009 3) First Mahomes Super Bowl 4) 2015 Royals World Series 5) Second Mahomes Super Bowl

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 02/07/2023

Dear refugees from Suns Twitter, have we tried getting David the four point play over here?

120

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 27/06/2023

Oh nice I got another invite code. Let's see what doofus blue check I can entice from the bad place. Not nearly enough "this place sucks" posts on here yet.

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 25/06/2023

I am very glad the Suns have decided not to trade Ayton. New coach will fix him. This has always been my position. I have like almost 40 skeets so you will not be able to scroll all the way down my profile and find evidence otherwise.

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 24/06/2023

Just spent some time in the bad place trying to follow the coup and man I had become desensitized to what a nasty space it is now. Even people I like/respect just QT dunking seemingly for the joy being mean. Let’s never get like that, right friends?

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

I’m changing my name to Flex from Missouri but all my sources are just gonna be Suns podcasts. “I’m hearing Sam wants an Ayton trade. Not optimistic about the likely return. Mike a bit higher on the quality of payers coming back.”

010

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Now that the draft is over I won’t know what to skeet about for the next few months. Need to develop more personality I guess.

000

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

If my son ever gets drafted into the NBA you won’t need to remind me to put the mic closer to my mouth. I’ll act like I’ve been there before.

000

Reposted by Ben (no ICE)

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Grady Dick’s jacket rules I’m not just saying that cause I went to KU I’ve always held that opinion

011

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Can confirm they are spoiling #nba picks in the bad place.

110

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

Grady Dick’s jacket rules I’m not just saying that cause I went to KU I’ve always held that opinion

011

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 23/06/2023

My tv says we gotta wait 20 more minutes for the draft?

020

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 22/06/2023

I once had two different grad students totally independent from each other and from completely different schools “compliment” me for tw***** so much about the Suns. The vibe was like, “it’s so cool that you don’t give a fuck how you look.”

110

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 22/06/2023

This CP3 trade is a contract dump, right? Sent draft consideration to Wash to get out of the Poole deal. If they waive him he can resign with Phx for the vet minimum just sayin.

020

Ben (no ICE) @warnerben.bsky.social · 20/06/2023

I shouldn’t be surprised at all but Dunkers Spot was by far the best on the Beal trade. Local fellas not withstanding

010