Ben Pounds
Reporter for Courier News. Co-author of Wildly Strolling Along
- Focusing on the 2028 presidential race at this point shows a real lack of creativity or thought about what to do in the meantime.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsAnother tiger sketch, in ballpoints and Microns -3317 🎨🐡 #art
- Reposted by Ben Pounds“Light of Day”, coloured pencil and oil pastel on cotton paper. I used a photo from last year as a reference, but yesterday I saw a different raccoon in the same tree — looking out at a very wintry landscape. #SciArt #WildlifeArt
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsMother deer and her fawn take a stroll in the park. #Deer #Wildlife #AnimalArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #WildlifeWallArt #ArtPrints #AnimalGiftIdea
- So, Constantine is actually pretty good at hosting the Muppet Show (I kid because I love. So far anyway. I'm not all the way through yet).
- Reposted by Ben PoundsCan’t stop thinking about the gargantuan gulf between the kid glove, caveat-laden, “having your name all over the Epstein files doesn’t mean you did anything wrong”-treatment of the men in Epstein’s inbox… and the brutalize first, ask questions later policing in Minneapolis.
- Wait, Westboro Baptist Church is still a thing?
- Reposted by Ben PoundsPensive Pteranodon. #SciArt
- Reposted by Ben Poundswhoever figures out a way to bundle independent journalism subscriptions will be a hero
- Reposted by Ben PoundsRowling: i know there'ss rumorss i invited epssstein to the world premiere of harry potter and the magical bean King: it was deathly hallows Rowling: Rowling: wass it? Rowling: ssorry i can't keep all thiss potter sshit sstraight Rowling: i'm really more of a cormorant sstrike gal these dayss
- The city of Burrville in Tennessee changed its name after Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton. Since then it’s been Clinton, a name with no negative associations at all.
- At least it’s better off though than the town of Trump. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump,_...
- Reposted by Ben PoundsEverybody has it backwards. Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies. They’re creating a world they control completely
- Reposted by Ben Poundsi suppose it’s fitting that the model the billionaires have in mind when they want to destroy a journalistic institution and make it a reactionary slop machine is The Free Press
- Reposted by Ben PoundsPlus, I still want to see her video about Cabaret she said she wanted to do. Hope she still does that even if it’s paywalled.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsI’ve noticed Lindsay when she’s in a bad mood seems to think the world is out to get her when even at the height of Rayagate she still had lots of people supporting her. If she sees this I want to reassure her things aren’t as bad as she thinks…
- Reposted by Ben PoundsI wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing. www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...
- Reposted by Ben PoundsYeah I will say I spent a a lot of my life thinking I was being a sophisticated Marxist by condemning vulgar tendencies which saw particular capitalists and members of the ruling class as evil and the problem. No no, I would say, it is the system! Well, ok, maybe: but also they are evil turns out.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsThis is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
- I’m so happy Will Stancil blocked me. Not because I have anything against him. I can’t even remember what it was over, but because I have an excuse to ignore whatever it is people are going on about now.
- And I should add ignore both sides of the argument. I’ve dipped into it too much already.
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsMy handmade lepidoptera collection of hair clips, pins and magnets. I've been working so hard on the designs, so I am really happy to finally show them. 🦋😭 They are available in my Ko-fi shop as made to order items! #hairaccessories #butterflies #moths #lepidoptera #polymerclay #crafts #hairclips
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsWood Duck family (Aix sponsa). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ducks #LongIslandSound
- Reposted by Ben PoundsNew luna moth painting available on my website: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com #moths #paintings #oddities #bugs #insects #moth #art #mothart #sciart #entomology #lepidoptera #saturniidae
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsRemind me what percentage of Walmart employees are on public benefits and why?
- I‘ll admit this is facetious question in the context of Gavin Newsom, which is when I made it, but it’s noteworthy that Reactionary Centrists keep acting like The Groups/The Woke Mob are the only pressures of note within the Democratic Party.
- “We need to do better at standing up to the powerful establishment of … trans people online and instead boldly do … exactly what Walmart, sorry, Welcome Pac wants us to do“ is somehow a narrative that makes sense to someone.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsI mean, it isn’t but it kinda is
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsMore sparrow sketches. These ones will be use in a mobile app about sparrows behaviour. More coming soon! #sciart #birds
- Reposted by Ben PoundsLong-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale Univ. Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #ducks
- Reposted by Ben PoundsBrown Pelican. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #pelicans
- Reposted by Ben PoundsBrown Pelican (detail). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #pelicans
- Reposted by Ben PoundsUnpopular opinion: Chappell Roan's Grammy attire ATE. Like yes, its revealing af and people are giving her shit over it... but to me it's giving goddess vibes. Maybe even demoness? Either way, it's captivating to behold. Disclaimer: This is an unbiased take bc I don't even listen to Chapell Roan.
- Reposted by Ben Poundsご飯の最中に何かにビックリしたのか逃げるオロちゃんを追いかけて撮ったら躍動感ある写真になった #レオパ
- Reposted by Ben Poundsな、何か驚かせたようでごめん…(この後美味しくご飯を頂きました) #レオパ
- Reposted by Ben Poundsキンちゃん、おはよう…ございませんw 昨日はかなり疲れてたのか、帰って鉄腕ダッシュ見ながらクロマグロ釣りにリール手巻きは無茶すぎだろ…と思ったとこから記憶バーストして今に至りますw 俺もおはよう拒否るけど、入試はがんばれー！ #レオパードゲッコーゴジラジャイアント
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- Reposted by Ben PoundsIt’s no longer Chilla time.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsThings I know to be true: - All our struggles & our freedoms are interconnected - We owe each other everything - There is no "right time" to resist, come as you are - Endless catastrophes = many opportunities to find your place - We need a diversity of tactics & many sites of struggle to win
- I should probably clear this up for all 5 people following all of my recent posts: 1. Yes, Leftists are often annoying, impractical, counterproductive, etc. etc. 2. The last thing I want to do is become one of those boring Bluesky accounts that does nothing but complain about Leftists. 1/2
- 3. Among those accounts there's this narrative they like to tell themselves I call "the conversion of the Leftists." In brief: Every last Leftist (usually not precisely defined) account must grovel, apologize and accept its Lord and Savior Kamala Harris before we make any progress on anything. 2/?
- 4. I get the frustration. But honestly, I wish the people doing this would just admit that they like arguing with people online, kinda like the "Leftists" they hate do, rather than pretending these tedious, repetitive posts are at all important work. 3/
- There are people doing important work, many of them yes, self-identified Democrats and Liberals. So much so that I'm still inspired by them and want to do my part to keep up with them. But the people who keep spinning around in circles about the 2024 election don't inspire me at all. 4/
- Reposted by Ben PoundsWe have the entirety of Spongebob and The Simpsons screen caps at our disposal for memes. We should use them.
- Reposted by Ben PoundsOmg I’m just learning this is a thing www.harvardmagazine.com/health-medic...
- Reposted by Ben PoundsOld Man Whistling While Slapping Knee Once Again Sweeps Grammys theonion.com/old-man-whistling-w…
