Ben Emerson

Here are things I like if you want to connect about them: *In no particular order 🦅Birding / Bird watching 🎼Choral Music 🐉Dungeons & Dragons 🌈Parenting queer kids 🌅Post-evangelical life 🌳Cool nature stuff Stop by and say hi!

perfect, no notes

God, look at that stupid FACE.

I don't have anything to sell, but I'm glad for all my follows here who do. Hopefully this brings more well-deserved business their way.

That iceberg ain't gonna hit itself!

Just putting out into the universe that I want @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to interview @dlmayfield.bsky.social about parental estrangement in conservative religious communities.

I've failed to complete 3 Connections puzzles in a row so . . . feelin' great about things.

Hook this directly into every one of my veins.

Shouldn't need to be said but . . . trying and failing at these things is STILL FASCISM!!!!

Americans, please don’t worry about your child coming home from school a different sex. Worry about your child not coming home from school because they were shot to death.

Tonight I get to run a #DnD Session 0 for a bunch of middle schoolers at a local community center. Intros, expectations, choosing the adventure, and making characters. If there's time, we'll get started playing. Very excited and just a tad nervous!

What happens to that fancy upside-down Tesla if it, say, slams into another car at 60mph?

Because I work at a library, I am now a sworn elections officer. Pretty cool.

If you’re looking for proof that magical places still exist, I ask you to simply walk into your local library.

Kind of amazing.

Someone watched the Ossoff debate.

Or you can go read "Live, Laugh, Love" but @kkdumez.bsky.social to understand how people have been pushing for this for nearly 2 centuries.

For Portland parents following the extraordinary plan to close 14 schools, the district doesn't seem to have done some very basic homework. A lot of this is being done in the name of cost savings, but the district hasn't released any projections on that front.

No AI for kids. Full stop.

logically then, the next democratic administration can do whatever they want to these freaks as well, right? Is that how it works?

We are now under contract to publish a physical book on this same subject, but I wanted to remind people that you can read 20+ chapters and listen to our podcast episodes for freeeeeeeee right now. Just google strongwilled project and find our website and our podcast :)

I'm very tired of so much of the world going to shit because of people who couldn't cut it in show biz.

Bow to your Queen.

DUUUUUUUUDE. Get'em Anand. And as the thread says later on, cities should understand this and invest in housing/infrastructure so the people who need it can find a safe place to exist.

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

I got my very own Julie!

For the first time ever, I made a comment on Youtube that has over 1,000 likes. Please clap.

In the last 24 hours, I've seen two #birds in my backyard that I've never seen there before. I've seen them other places, but not in my backyard. Yellow-Rumped Warbler and a Red-Breasted Sapsucker. Very fun!

This El-Sayed dude seems alright.

As a person who straddles the Gen X/millennial line, “this is your brain on drugs” is the winner.

I'm about to tell my 13yo that he can't get a certain video game for the Nintendo because it's too violent and, wow, I feel like such a square.

This is what I think of every time I see Ken Paxton.

Anyone remotely curious about what the hell is going in with this country absolutely needs to check out D.L. and Krispin’s work.

"why would I deceive you?"

Anyone in #PDX who has or knows teens who like D&D, I'm leading a 7-week session at Mt. Scott Community center. 7:30-9:30pm on Fridays starting 10/16. It's free! There are still some spots available! anc.apm.activecommunities.com/portlandpark...

Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.

This seems like a helpful perspective.

I didn't know who @sarahjeong.bsky.social was before this morning and now I absolutely need to know when she lands at PDX.

I will likely be flying from the PNW to Edinburgh next spring so I'm paying CLOSE attention to this story. Also, as much as it sucks to go through this, it has been a very entertaining read.

Just finished a rewatch of Loki s1+2 and man oh man that is a good show. Even better the second time through.

Supreme Intelligence? All hail our new Kree overlords.

I think our mainstream media is drawn to shame. GOP has none so media just moves on. Dems have shame to spare so the coverage is extremely lopsided.

Based entirely off only what I’ve seen online, this guy rules.

I would love to see one of these guys but also feel they should be left tf alone.

Avengers: Doomsday Marketing could use some work.

I just bought 2 packs!