Ben Steele

@bensteele

Gorgeous redhead with peculiar ideas

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Ben Steele@bensteele· 4d

THANK YOU LESBIANS

Ben Steele@bensteele· 16d

I feel like this 2015 textbook by a right-winger has to have changed this page in more recent editions.

An exercise to find the slope of a tangent line at point (2,2) on a curve (4-x)y²=x³, which is apparently called a cissoid.

Ben Steele@bensteele· 20d

Super excited to be enjoying a talk tonight by Don Morgan of the Bank of North Dakota about how he runs the nation's sole public bank.

Don Morgan presents the rough structure of oversight for the Bank of North Dakota, with the legislature and industrial commission overseeing the advisory board over the bank itself.

Ben Steele@bensteele· 21d

This but for keeping cool in a heatwave

A shirt with large text reading
BDSM
Over a janky image of a bus over more text reading
Buses Do So Much
For the environment

Ben Steele@bensteele· 28d

All the glass sculpture in Cal Anderson have etched words in them that are better revealed with water and a little bit of light.

The rear leg of Lambda in the northeast corner of the park, which we threw some water on to see better, and lit up in green. It reads coping, healing, and sharing.

Ben Steele@bensteele· 28d

I like this mailer because it really shows how many twists and turns it takes to get from A to B when all we want is an income tax and to kill the sales tax, which he could have actually pushed on if he didn't want to take us on a garden path of budget cuts next session.

A PAC mailer calling Jamie Pedersen, the sitting senator, our path to progress. The path includes multiple switchbacks and meandering turns.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Jul 11

I made it. It's done. I also made permanent (i.e. cardstock) patterns so I can make it again. I never want to make another one. I'm never forgetting my grocery bag. Thank you, impending return of my roommate from vacation, for forcing me to finish this after midnight.

A tote bag made to look like a paper bag next to a paper bag. It is all at a very 2000s angle. The tote bag reads "CECI N'EST PAS UN PAPER BAG"

Ben Steele@bensteele· Jul 3

The intrusive thoughts are winning tonight

GUINEA PIG written in somewhat similar kerning and font to NASTY PIG

A guinea pig over which I have badly drawn a jockstrap

Ben Steele@bensteele· Jun 29

Is this lesbian erasure?

A sign which originally and now states "Scooter and Bike Share Parking [somewhere to the right]". The S in Scooter and B in Bike have been marked over, and then the marker has been re-covered with another round of markings to correct back to what was there originally.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Jun 16

The facts, unchanged since SCOTUS outlawed the practice before foolishly repermitting it, regardless of how the practice gets modernized:

A millstone, unchanged at a site for centuries

Ben Steele@bensteele· Jun 14

Look how they massacred my boy

The Fremont Lenin sculpture is a soccer ref with a ball head

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 25

Pattern pieces lined up reasonably well! It is giving me the knowledge I might need to starch the fabric.

A bag almost with the shape of a paper bag without handles.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 25

Fun fact: the scary pizza cutter is very good at going faster than scissors.

Beige (muslin) fabric cut to the previous specs. The table is messy around the cutting mat.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 25

Moving forward on this one with the pattern ready for cutting.

Pattern pieces cut out and marked up for the canvas paper bag design.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 25

I'm avoiding going grocery shopping by taking a pattern drafting course. So naturally my first pattern I draft is going to be a canvas paper bag.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 19

It is over now. 2.05:1 for Sabio-Howell amongst party people willing to pay to hang out with candidates.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 19

The straw poll isn't over, but LD43 Dems are having a mixer and fundraiser tonight with an internal poll and these Senate results are certainly something. Congrats to @hannahsabiohowell.bsky.social for the showing so far!

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 18

Living a very modern life and getting invited to process a sheep fleece with a friend.

A pile of picked-through fleece ready for it's first cleaning soak. It's off-white, kind of golden brown

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 11

I needed some planters to finally get my dahlias in soil and got sniped by a prickly pear that wanted a hug.

A prickly pear in a small blue pot with four lobes, three arranged around a central one. One lobe is up top, and two are arranged somewhat to the side as if they were outstretched arms.

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 5

Also they noticed our vibe from across the bar and came closer

Ben Steele@bensteele· May 4

Nude beach duck pic

A male and female mallard rest on the grass amongst a smattering of daisies

Ben Steele@bensteele· Apr 27

Panic beard trim after someone suggested one of the gravest insults I've ever taken

Ben gives a peace sign while wearing a hat and having a first-pass trimmed beard after letting it get too long. He is putting out his tongue so you cannot allege he is posting bear face and his crop is strange but provides all the details he determined were essential while also admitting this is a mirror selfie because he keeps putting off going back to the phone repair guy that fixed his screen but in the process made his front camera very blurry. His phone case is very loud and distracts from him. This might be to his benefit.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Apr 22

Karp's manifesto is Saruman, cooked beyond all saving by none other than the namesake of his company.

Saruman's pitch to Gandalf to switch sides:
‘ ‘‘And listen, Gandalf, my old friend and helper!’’ he said,
coming near and speaking now in a softer voice. ‘‘I said we,
for we it may be, if you will join with me. A new Power is
rising. Against it the old allies and policies will not avail us at
all. There is no hope left in Elves or dying Nu´menor. This
then is one choice before you, before us. We may join with 338 the fellowship of the ring
that Power. It would be wise, Gandalf. There is hope that
way. Its victory is at hand; and there will be rich reward for
those that aided it. As the Power grows, its proved friends
will also grow; and the Wise, such as you and I, may with
patience come at last to direct its courses, to control it. We
can bide our time, we can keep our thoughts in our hearts,
deploring maybe evils done by the way, but approving the
high and ultimate purpose: Knowledge, Rule, Order; all the
things that we have so far striven in vain to accomplish,
hindered rather than helped by our weak or idle friends.
There need not be, there would not be, any real change in
our designs, only in our means.’’
‘ ‘‘Saruman,’’ I said, ‘‘I have heard speeches of this kind
before, but only in the mouths of emissaries sent from
Mordor to deceive the ignorant. I cannot think that you
brought me so far only to weary my ears.’’
‘He looked at me sidelong, and paused a while considering.
‘‘Well, I see that this wise course does not commend itself
to you,’’ he said. ‘‘Not yet? Not if some better way can be
contrived?’’
‘He came and laid his long hand on my arm. ‘‘And why
not, Gandalf ?’’ he whispered. ‘‘Why not? The Ruling Ring?
If we could command that, then the Power would pass to us.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Mar 28

Happy Holi!

Ben Steele@bensteele· Mar 28

All these fucking nerds cheering as we drop onto the floating bridge today. Seattle (and Bellevue), I love you.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Mar 24

I love the FTC's honesty when you report fraud. "We can't resolve your individual report," or «The form you filled out will be ignored because we are pro-scam.»

A web page reading: "What Happens Next

Thank you for reporting!

We can't resolve your individual report, but we use reports to investigate and bring cases against fraud, scams, and bad business practices.
Your report goes into the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database, which is available to federal, state, and local law enforcement across the country.
We use reports to spot trends, educate the public, and share data about what is happening in your community. You can learn what other people in your state or metro area are reporting by visiting ftc.gov/exploredata.
When the FTC brings cases, we try to get money back for people. At ftc.gov/refunds you can see recent FTC cases that resulted in refunds."

Ben Steele@bensteele· Mar 19

Action shot.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Mar 19

Okay, watching a machine do this while I just push a button and don't even pretend to care about all the other things I need to do to make it nice was insane. My boyfriend did immediately call it a line of buttholes when I showed him, though.

A very wrinkled piece of undyed cloth (Ben really wanted to run something through this machine to prove it worked). To the right is a straight seam and what is probably an edging stitch. In the middle, highlighted under harsh LED light is a red embroidery pattern machined on. On a red through line are asterisks and smaller baubles.

It's a little bit... Messy, but Ben is blaming this on the fact that he shoved unpressed fabric in.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Feb 24

I am going to cut so much fabric this week.

A set of shears and snips along with a shear holster from LDH Scissors.

Ben Steele@bensteele· Feb 18

Every once in a while I have an important thought ("Was Harvey Milk a NIMBY?") and get lost down a rabbit hole going "No, but this dogshit line of his getting called socialism is the most painfully American thing I've ever read."