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benson.bsky.social
Wife, two boys, and a good dog. Cascades peak bagger. If it doesn’t have vi or p|pes, it’s probably not worth having. PNW and Anarres
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The conservative movement is lying about basically every empirical "debate" of our time, from climate change to voter fraud to vaccines. Why is it so impossible for reactionary centrists to contemplate the possibility they're lying about trans healthcare too?

submitted 1 day ago • 85 comments

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎

submitted 4 days ago • 29 comments

Trump: Maybe I should appoint myself at the Fed, can i do that?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This "major address" has honey-I-did-the-dishes energy.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

“Protesters should stay off the streets. That’s what sidewalks are for” Meanwhile, sidewalks…

submitted 4 days ago • 131 comments

After staring at it for a long time, I've just picked up Hopeful Monsters by Nicholas Mosley. The first sentence goes pretty hard.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

New Medal of Honor candidate just dropped

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.

submitted 7 days ago • 238 comments

Defund every one of these specific cops. Remove them from their jobs. Melt down their weapons. Hire social workers and mental health outreach people with the money you save.

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

if a protest begins to get violent you should immediately sit down. you should handcuff yourself to a police horse. cut your own head off with a glaive

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Let’s talk about the concept of PRAXIS. And how it doesn’t always have to be violent. There are many non-violent ways to practice direct action. And direct action is vital.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Police expecting people to police our own judgements about police actions while defending ourselves from a police state: idiots.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 9 days ago • 214 comments

Talia - these aren't cherry bombs. They are fire starters. Specifically, they are Jealous Devil Boom starters. You can't really light a tire on fire with an explosive. . . you would need something to burn for a while to catch the tire.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Damn Breyer, be quotable.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

The likelihood that Teen Vogue is fostering a new generation of radical young women is amazing to me.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

God I feel this post.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

1/ I'm returning to the US after a week of business travel. In that week, the US has gone from peaceful centrist rallies to unrestrained warfare against the people by combined forces of local police, federal LE, and national guard law.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

LFG NYC

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Ryan Sanchez’s buddy and fellow Nationalist Network member Greyson Arnold is threatening to be at the July 14th No Kings march in Seattle. Just like Ryan in LA, I assume Greyson will be trying aggravate and film people and generally make provocative content for their nazi propaganda.

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

a woman just trying to get home gets shot

submitted 11 days ago • 1266 comments