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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

1 year

words of wisdom for the day: you're probably grossly over-complicating something that's actually very simple

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

For those of you that have never been to Washington DC, there are three buildings here. - The White House - The US Capitol - and one restaurant called Le Diplomate

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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4 years

If it looks like it was easy, it means it was probably the result of someone’s really really hard work.

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4 years

Parents organizing to help teachers get vaccinated so schools can re-open. What a concept! One of my oldest, dearest friends in #Boston started this smart program. This should go national. cc @WHCOVIDResponse

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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5 years

Spotted at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. @PeteButtigieg 👀

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

For those that are interested, this is the official primary color palette of the Kamala Harris 2020 campaign (with color names). Keep this one for posterity, #KHive . #ForThePeople

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Hot 🔥 take: Digital illiteracy among people in positions of power is an increasingly serious problem for the wellbeing of our modern workplaces and broader society.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

*Designer anxiety is a special anxiety.* #FlattenTheCurve #StayAtHome #SocialDistancing

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

The pandemic has been going on so long this is Paul Rudd now

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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4 years

Acela Force One Credit artist Mark Kelner (IG: @markkelnerstudio )

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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8 years

At the #whitehouse . #NoMuslimBan 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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4 years

@parscale

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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4 years

Still marveling at the serendipity of this color story.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Welcome to the world, Sadie Jay Ostrower. Born 2/2/21 at 2:33pm Weighing 7.1lbs Mom and baby are doing great. Papa is over the moon.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@bessbell @realDonaldTrump Yup

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

One of the Ostrower Family's most valued possessions is a VHS recording of the #StarWars world bcast premiere on CBS from March 1984. No one owned home videos back then so this was a big BIG deal. It was the only way to rewatch a movie. (warning: nerdy 🧵 ahead) 1/?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

BLM Easter egg

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

As a DC resident who is under lockdown because of the pandemic, riots, coups, and violent extremists, and pays a crap ton in taxes but doesn't have any congressional representation.... I'm doing great. Thanks for asking.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

This is the best brand style guide I’ve ever seen.

Meredith Frost

@MeredithFrost

4 years

Chuck Jones' rules for writing the Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Brilliant.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

Bravo #PeteForAmerica

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

@KFILE . Hi @KFILE - @WideEyeCo would be thrilled to help and take this on pro bono. Check us out here

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

So many talented people worked their tails off to get the new brand & website launched last Wednesday. Our express goal was to give the new Biden-Harris Administration a seamless, fresh start (and do our best to make it all look easy). 1/?

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@FastCoDesign

4 years

Under Trump, was a disaster. Biden’s team revamped it in 6 weeks

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

All political campaigns that plan to fundraise over $1M should have a full-time Creative Director

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

@cmclymer If Ridley Scott, Adam Driver, or Matt Damon wants to babysit my 9 month old, I’d love to see this in the theater

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Branding is not just a logo. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

@markets whatever you do, don't retweet this

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

But seriously, DC is actually a pretty damn good food city (I say that as someone who lived in NYC for 13 years) +++ DC has vibrant communities, a rich cultural history, and has a larger population than Wyoming and Vermont - it deserves to be the 51st State.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

My latest for the #viralartproject (in collaboration with friend/artist Mark Kelner) Boxing style posters celebrating the heroic Co-Founders of @getusppe . @meganranney @choo_ek @ShuhanHeMD #getusppe

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@jaketapper @Kevinliptakcnn @kaitlancollins "Donald, I served with Richard Nixon, I knew Richard Nixon, Richard Nixon was a friend of mine. Donald, you are no Richard Nixon."

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

@CalebCavarretta @NickBeauregard I'll never get off my high horse about it: Design matters Visual branding matters Good creative is worth investing in... almost always.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

2 years

that's a beagle

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@gavinthomas2015

2 years

Apparently, if you can see two people hugging, you're left-brained, and if you can see a dinosaur, you're right-brained. What do you see in the mountain?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

I'm done being silent. As an American Jew, I support Israel - but not blindly. Not like this. Netanyahu is a war criminal. There is no sustainable future for Israel without a pro-actively sought 2 state solution, a respect for Palestinian lives, and for human rights.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

holy. freaking. moly. @WideEyeCo was selected by @FastCompany as a Finalist for Design Company of the Year .... right alongside the underdog designs teams at Ford and Google. Congrats to @localprojects on your incredible work last year.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

we're calling this the Golden Beagle Ratio

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Her use of negative space and composition is already superb

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

7 years

Derp

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

Would you look at that punim As ever, so proud of @jonostrower Catch him in the new #Netflix documentary #DownfallTheCaseAgainstBoeing

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

By request! expanded set of 6 boxing style posters celebrating heroic co-founders of @getusppe @meganranney @choo_ek @ShuhanHeMD @AliRaja_MD @DrValGriffeth @jeremyfaust (in collab with friend/artist Mark Kelner) --> for more posters #HealthcareHeroes

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

Misinformation Engine That’s Awful

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

Our daughter’s daycare keeps sending her home with her hair all done up. First of all: how?! I can barely get her to sit still to get her dressed in the morning

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@MarcelsBeckDC If you have contempt for the community that you operate in, you don’t deserve to stay in business

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

New favorite t-shirt. #TeamBeans forever

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Thank you, vaccines. Thank you, medical science. Mom’s here.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

If you're impressed with this (and you should be), here are some clear lessons: For campaigns: - Invest in design and design thinking - it’s not a commodity that can simply be "purchased" - Trust your designers and give them a key seat at the table

Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

Bravo #PeteForAmerica

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Claiming ignorance, shrugging your shoulders, and acting like digital communications is some 25 year old staffer's problem (or, worse, an unpaid intern) is no longer an excuse. Learn new skills or get outta the way.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

2 years

@NASA the aftermath

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Because there's no other news happening this week, @mkurlandsky and I are thrilled to (finally) announce Baby Girl Ostrower is arriving this February.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

BREAKING: the VEEP will be announced the moment you finally look away from your phone and stop reloading twitter

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@RealChrisSean @Rmmmsy @RealChrisSean I'm so sorry. If you're interested, my creative agency is hiring for a remote Front End Developer position: Definitely take a look. We'd love for you to apply.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

And this was a fave.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

2 years

@politico What a crappy framing

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

… and even more… @WideEyeCo was honored by the @TheWebbyAwards for our critical work for @DemocracyDocket (in collaboration with the amazing folks @10up )

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

Nerdiest t-shirt of all time? Or nerdiest t-shirt of all time? #starwars @hamillhimself @cottonbureau

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

New glasses, new @votevets t-shirt, same me. (As promised, @JoshuaDolin )

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@nycsouthpaw Rhymes with Yahtzee

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

I lost my father to cancer at age 16. What @KenBurns articulates here cuts me to my absolute core. (H/t to my lovely wife for seeing me in this and sharing it)

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Further context & notes (for a peek behind the curtain). The online style guide spanned the equivalent of roughly 15 pages.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

2.2.22. She’s one. 🎂

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Let it be known: multi-tasking digital political professionals who are fighting battles on multiple fronts, maneuvering for bigger budgets, managing totally green jr staff, all the while fundraising, designing, coding, and generally innovating- are the unsung heroes of Democracy.

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@iamsharpe

5 years

so you mean a digital person who does both and probably a shit ton of other stuff?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

team effort

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

7 years

It's even better upside down

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

@jonfavs to share/print

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

"Digital" isn't just a department anymore - it's the whole shebang. Get used to it.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Recommended color combos.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

9 years

Rey from #StarWarsTheForceAwakens is Obi Wan Kenobi's granddaughter. I'm so convinced, I wrote a medium post:

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

8 years

Happy #nationalsiblingday , @mmmkay23

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

ok did I do this right?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

7 years

Happy birthday to @jonostrower . The best brother anyone could ask for...

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

The Team @WideEyeCo is heartbroken bout the news of @KamalaHarris withdrawing from the 2020 field. Were very proud of the work we did & even more proud of who we worked WITH & FOR. Make no mistake, there are exceptionally talented folks who toiled on this campaign. Hire them.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

this got me.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Can we talk about the fact that the #SuperBowl logo is for super bowl 54 when it’s actually super bowl 55?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

. @WideEyeCo is 11 years young today.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

. @jonostrower I plan on framing this for my niece so she understands how strange a time 2018 was

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

Ah yes, the snow-capped peaks of Chevy Chase and Tenleytown

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3 years

Very cool to see DC’s elevation like this

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

My MacBook Pro when I open Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, + After Effects

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Anybody else finding out the Gen X/Y/Elder Millennials are more mature than the Boomers in their lives?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@MuseumModernArt After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

The Viral Art Project Shop is now officially no longer active. For posterity, the gallery will stay live. What a remarkable archive of crowd-sourced art from a very specific time in this horrible pandemic (Mar-May 2020) & in world history.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

I just watched this exact moment and it gave me chills. Every creative person knows what this. It’s called the zone. When you’re there it’s bliss. And when it’s elusive it’s torture.

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Look, the new Beatles documentary is amazing, but if nothing else, just watch from 1:02:00 and on for the whole sequence when "Get Back" goes from a riff Paul is absentmindedly playing to a fleshed-out song. It's absolutely mesmerizing.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

is it just me or is everything and everyone just a little "off" right now

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

2 years

More vintage Sesame Street (1984) with my daughter. “What can we do with a computer?” “Make designs. … you press some buttons and then you can make a design.” (This is my origin story)

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Evergreen reminder that you should be hiring creative professionals as experts who you trust, not as a factory for your bad ideas

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4 years

It's weird trying to convince a client to let me do my job. Like... at this point, I'm very good at a specific thing. You should let me do it. That's why you're paying me, no?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

one more for the road

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

@BeauWillimon Cheers

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Personal news: I’m gonna run for Congress entirely on the platform of abolishing the Electoral College AND Daylight Savings Time

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

She's incredibly modest, but allow me to publicly celebrate @WideEyeCo 's Assoc CD @idawidaw . Her brand work on the @NAACP 's upcoming Virtual March on Washington is 🔥🔥. The March is August 27-28, 2020. Signup for updates on how to participate virtually:

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

6 years

I've said it before, I'll said it again: @PeteButtigieg is an extremely impressive candidate. Don't underestimate him.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

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2 years

I'm speechless. Any country that doesn't value the lives of small children above all, doesn't deserve to be a country.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Today's my 40th birthday. 😬🎂 To all of you who never selected me for one of those "40 Under 40" things, I know who you are... But, seriously, all I want for my birthday is for us all to save democracy and reverse climate change, k?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

He better pick a competent woman. #SuperTuesday #JoeMentum

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

2 years

Growth of the London Tube 1880-2022. H/t ⁦ @mkurlandsky ⁩ ⁦ @ltmuseum ⁩. So satisfying

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Daylight savings time is bad ux

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

I have atoned and reflected. The only nugget of truth that I can come up with is this: be kind to one another. Most people are doing their best.

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

3 years

Going up now at @CultureHouseDC — the #ViralArtProject 🦠 retrospective One year later...

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

This is #WashingtonDC #gogo

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Spotted in DC. Nice work @WeDemandJustice and @brianefallon . That was fast

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Gotta say, the archive of #COVID design & art building up at the is starting to blow my mind. Inspiring. We're up to nearly 250 total submissions from designers and artists from all around the world. ✨

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

Our friends @helenhousandi and @jeffpaul of @10up worked with us to build literally the best #Gutenberg #WordPress backend I've ever seen, making things intuitive and easy to manage. 9/?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

4 years

We would watch the VHS nearly every weekend (commercials & all) Over time we realized we had what amounted to a time capsule from the Reagan-era. Here is an incredible TWA ad from early in the bcast w awk 80s gender politics. Note the young #PaulaZahn pop on a the end. 2/?

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Ben Ostrower 🇺🇦

@benostrower

5 years

Happy birthday to the little #creativeagency that could.

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