Rick Benger

ga skyline

hello

most people need more people

🤘🤘yesss

late summer, yeah

lolll Leo dining was “keep shining”

you are, therefore maybe, something like the glue, the ambassador archetype, the invaluable in-between… you’re priceless and we’re all lucky for it!

can feel unsettling in-between, sometimes, belonging everywhere. Leo dining ❤️‍🔥✨

if you see this, drop a pic of you as a kid

beautiful story. There’s a sweet spot for sure, I think, in which you can experience the growthy personal expansion of ‘bigger and better’ even within a seemingly narrow field or purview.

trying to reconcile, or middle-out, disparate notes. Trying to determine the ‘correct’ note for the environment, etc.

imagining emotions as keys on a piano was a watershed insight/shift for me (via IFS).

It’s just fine to play two keys at once. Maybe it’s harmonious or not, momentarily… until another key etc. That’s music.

Previously, I think I spent a lot of bandwidth…

thanks fly. I was 9 I guess? and grateful I didn’t witness it, have the image to carry

Aye, le guin translation slaps

my pet rabbit, a grey fluffball called misty, was taken by an eagle

I’m into literature, civics, urban design, collective wellbeing, games, swing music, community and polemics. 🙏❤️‍🔥

Once upon a Pancake — creative writing activity books These books aren't finished. It's up to you and your kids to imagine what happens next. A fun, screen-free way to help children fall in love with storytelling.

I made these, for kids and parents to write stories together

onceuponapancake.com

here’s our squad bloomcollective.xyz

I care about and work on social fabric stuff — squad life with my collective, third places, and the art of gathering.

Links and more info on all that here: rickbenger.com

👋 I’m Rick, living in Berlin with my 4-yo son.

Australian, born in Sydney. I once play-wrestled Sean Connery. I can throw things very far. I’ve lived in London, Buenos Aires, NYC, Bay Area.

from my bluesky proposal presented to twitter back in 2021.

graphic design is my passion

and part of creation is subversion… which can be prosocial (playful), or chaotic (destructive).

the joyful little rush of last few days has felt to me like a density of conscious pro-social players. Feels good!

posting environment matters, just like being in a homey, beautiful kitchen will help your cooking. cultivating the vibe here will be very important i think. i wonder if federation will make it easier for different vibes to co-exist

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hmm nice. echoes “It’s the notes you don’t play” — Miles Davis

still need ways for cool non-rich to join later, and ways to kick out anyone (whether cashed or not)

haven’t read up on fwb and similar recently, but I wonder how the vibes have gone?

hmm good prompt… how to capture the $ wave of cool, without status side effects, and funnel it to regen/long term ops

also like

waking up to numbers thread

thanks for your work, Paul 🙏