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carabensonwriter.bsky.social
Writing about love, loss, and commitment during climate crisis. Fun at parties. www.carabensonwriter.com
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One of a kind.

While seeking the new can be the jam of outdoor enthusiasts...developing a relationship with a place through repeat visits nourishes my spirit in a way that the thrill of adventure & the excitement of bagging a peak doesn’t. @sierraclub.org @carabensonwriter.bsky.social tinyurl.com/26xvpmv8

Launching into space letting go of one therapist and booking with a new one.

For every doll you deny me I will push another jet off an aircraft carrier

Rewatching Veep as an act of self care.

My piece from the Spring issue of Sierra Magazine is live on the website. I love this piece, the art, and Sierra. Just saying. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...

I thought about starting a belaborers union, but the bylaws alone...pfew. I'm exhausted before even starting. Which is to say that it would take a lot out of me, this effort to create these articles of organization to describe precisely what I mean by belaboring, or even union, for that matter, and

I'm late to this, but I think expecting social interaction to happen exactly when and where one desires (ie on the plane) isn't exactly, ah, sociable. One can be open to talking with strangers in certain circumstances, and yet not be willing in others. Also, assuming it's easy is ableist.

I switched from Chrome/Google to Duck Duck Go and I feel like a radical.

Piss on carpet ftw

Everyone wants action on climate but thinks no one else does- that's the impact of climate disinfo

I held this post up to the light.

FAFO

Happening now

Good one.

Hear me out - maybe get Murkowski some support to make the votes needed to flip things? I really hope someone's working on that.

Spring beauties! Trout lily leaves! Spring is happening! Save the date: May 1 we take to the streets. #constitutionalcrisis

one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now

NO MO CUOMO

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

I had a beautiful joke, I mean it was a perfect joke, history will remember this joke I had about Narcissus as the greatest ever. Only the best got to hear it. The one best. I am that best. I shared it with myself and I laughed. Oh how I laughed.

Not sure of the paywall status with this but really enjoyed this piece in The New Yorker, assembling a practical guide to remaining fully American, even under Trump, w interviews from global dissident movements. Good stuff. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...