Ben

Ben

@bendon82.bsky.social

He/Him ACE Unapologetic communist. Unrepentant atheist. No masters. No gods. Just community.

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Well, several months ago I deleted all of my social media accounts because my mental health couldn't tolerate the constant hate. However, I forgot this one. Then, I was extremely isolated, so I'm back, but curating a different online experience. To my followers: goddamn, I've missed you all. ❤️

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Not a joke. This literal toddler is too good at a *competitive game* (he's amazing) so the fragile AF league (?) thought something at the intersection of criminalization + calling the people known to endanger Black lives was the appropriate response to this must be white + cis to play sports now

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

I just made a Dr.Pepper glaze for a pork loin and holy shit I'm gonna have to change my handle to Chef Ben soon...

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repost if you will never vote for a democrat willing to harm trans kids puberty blockers are medicine hormones are medicine nobody is carving your kids up children know who they feel like

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The bigotry and transphobia coming from the Democratic Party, coupled with all these weirdos jumping in to defend and excuse it, really underscores just how correct Malcom X was about the white liberal back in the 60s. They haven't changed, even today. Turek, Talarico, Acton...

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I know we don't really have media that cares about things like human rights, but the question this douche should be asked constantly is "After trans people what other minority group are you willing to sacrifice? And why should any member of any minority group trust you?"

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Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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Me: So what's the strategy until the next election? Democrats: We're going to zoom in on pictures of Trump's bruised hand and post it on social media every day. Me: Uhh okay cool, what else? Universal Healthcare? Investigating corruption? Democrats: We're gonna zoom in real close on that hand.

Today in culinary school. Fried chicken (wing, leg, thigh, breast) and mashed potatoes with a cream gravy.

Made coq au vin with mashed potatoes and carrots vichy-style tonight for dinner (and culinary school credit)

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ceding on trans rights means a ceding on immigrant rights means ceding on medical autonomy means ceding on. tenets rights means ceding on Black rights and i DARE YOU to show me otherwise

My brother is convinced the game he's building entirely with AI is going to be a big hit... Like, no. Someone else will just use AI to clone it and you'll have no legal recourse. You own none of it. It's like building a car from stolen parts, and claiming your car will revolutionize automobiles.

Today in culinary school I made a delicious butternut squash soup and cut the shit out of my finger. Good times.

Anyway tomorrow is my final test for this block. We're making minestrone and I'll probably lose a pinky.

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Black gymgoer Samrawit Hailu stood up to a MAGA man threatening her with ICE at Onelife Fitness in West Virginia. “You can’t stare me down,” she told him. He claimed America belonged to him. She asserted her own right to belong. Watch her response and repost.

Just found out my culinary instructor was a contestant on "Chopped" like 10 years ago lmao that's amazing

Between work and culinary school I'm working 64 hours a week, not including homework. 😑 6 months... I can do this.

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To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?

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On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

"Resistance Roots" Here's the story of a colonizer who spread an invasive species across lands that didn't belong to him, at the expense of the environment and for the benefit of the colonizers. The fuck?

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You can't claim Johnny Appleseed "respected indigenous tribes" when he took advantage of their gradual displacement to grow a bunch of trees that aren't native to North America.

He was an active participant in the effort to expand and colonize the frontier. What the fuck are we doing here?

Starting culinary school on Monday. A midlife career change is fucking exciting and terrifying in equal measure. But my history degree has done fuck-all for me, and I can't be a delivery driver forever. Just for once in my life, I need a decision I make to work out for me. Wish me luck.

Whole bunch of people claiming to be against capitalism and imperialism still swallowing imperialist lies. Fucking sad and frustrating, man.