completely understandable and appropriate
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 03:19:04 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ -
Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 09:52:12 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ this was the opening ceremony of the new building for the Space Command of the Bundeswehr last year
Germany:
yes, we can see the humor
and it's rather, uh, how shall we say... evocative of some themes you maybe, uh, don't want to evoke
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 20:59:44 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ she was disqualified for a "political" display hidden in her clothing that she revealed in competition
an Afghan #breaker on the #IOC #Refugee Team, residing in #Spain
there are things far more important than an #Olympic #medal
and Manizha chose right
story about her from before her display:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9x8dj81r73o
#olympics #olympics2024 #afghanistan #refugees #women #breaking #breakdancing
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 12:54:36 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ @nixCraft Musk has enough money to throw temper tantrums in the form of lawsuits. It won't be successful but he'll be able to generate some whiny twitter posts about woke mind control being out to get him. Then he'll take a nap with his blanket and feel better
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 07:16:30 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ ah yes, advertisers are "colluding" to tank #twitter's ad revenue
i see #elonmusk. uhuh
in another time, i would consider such words to be a method, a lie crafted to advance a narrative
nowadays, i don't think that's the case at all
now, i view #plutocrat manchildren like #musk as merely incapable of moral reasoning skills
when they say "collude," they mean it, honestly
because to a mind devoid of morality, collusion is what simple common revulsion appears to be to such turds
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2024 04:51:26 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ We worry about #Trump winning in November.
But even if he loses, we will have to contend with this bullshit:
"In a first, #Republican majority on a Nevada county commission refuses to certify election"
If it is a close vote, it *will* get violent, spurred on by #socialmedia #psyop campaigns. Domestic #fascist #plutocrat ones, and geopolitical agendas from the usual suspects abroad, to sow enduring division.
It will be Jan 6, multiplied across various hotspots.
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 15:55:21 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ today in #enshittification chronicles:
old heads remember when the local #pharmacy was an independent business. a sphere run by an independent class of #pharmacy professionals is now reduced by #corporate leverage into a cookie cutter wage slave existence
not that prices went down, of course
next up for the ghouls: your local #veterinary #clinic and your #veterinarian #vet
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/veterinarians-corporate-consolidation-1.7207186
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 03:52:43 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ buy gruthub.com gribhub.com and grithub.com
you'll get all the hungry programmers with low blood sugar and slippy shaky fingers
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:44:19 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ people are aware that #h5n1 is in cow's milk
i made a few posts that #rawmilk is popular with #maga, and this is a possible vector for transmission:
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/112339025056616724
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/112301494616847164
it's far worse than that:
"Mark McAfee, founder of Fresnoโs Raw Farm and the Raw Milk Institute, said his phone has been ringing off the hook with 'customers asking for H5N1 milk because they want immunity from it.'"
we live in a world with suicide cults of ignorance
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 06:41:43 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ your social output will be fodder for the machine
submission is compulsory
uggh
all these poor stack overflow users joined in when it was the sheer pleasure of exchanging knowledge
and now they are grist to feed a machine
what a world
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2024 23:56:02 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ The Fermi Paradox says we should have contacted alien life by now
The Great Filter says we haven't because a civilization's capacity for self-destruction increases to certainty over time
I thought for us it would be an exotic technology or scientific discovery that instantly destroys on a large scale
Nope. Far more depressing and mundane
We simply watched ourselves destroy our climate and lacked the will to do anything about it because someone was making money off it
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 01:48:19 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ it's czechia's ๐คญ
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 01:45:48 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ I need the help of #mastodon #philosophers.
Why the f*** would #Putin try to coopt the legacy of Immanuel #Kant?
It's probably not a serious question. Maybe it's just a silly immature dunk on #Germany / #German pride. Or maybe there's something darker in Kant's writings that #Russia thinks supports recent #Russian behavior (I have no reason to believe there is, I'm just openly musing).
Either way it's certainly a bizarre new front in the conflict: #philosophy war.
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 20:58:14 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ i was about to say, this is just an invitation to an arms race
"Excited to introduce the world's first AI interviewee. Give it your parameters and your appearance and let it do the interview slog for you."
enshittification of the world
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 00:39:46 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ you're in luck!
if climate change shuts down Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, you'll have clear skies. yay!
you will also freeze, and walnut brains will go "while large swaths of the Earth regularly see spikes to 45 degrees celsius now, it's colder in the British Isles, so climate change isn't real"
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 17:52:29 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ moss can be monoecious (one plant having both male and female reproductive organs) or dioecious (male and female reproductive organs on separate plants). dioecious plants can switch gender from female to male or male to female
the natural world is complex
we are part of the natural world
harm is done when bigots feel the need to shove everyone into hamfisted mental categories to satisfy their ignorance and indecency
#love always wins :transgender:โค๏ธ
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 05:44:13 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ @Gargron you did good
decentralized is the future, and you've built a foundation
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Mar-2024 01:36:05 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ *this* is how you kill #tiktok
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 18:16:06 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ yeah i'm unfollowing you #EFF
i expect "perfect is the enemy of the good" nonsense from random commenters
but i expect better from you
#tiktok is a vile obscenity of privacy defilement. nevermind the propaganda and disinfo angle
and here you are, saying we should go soft on this sh**ty evil thing
because you want more
why is this "i stand against this good thing because i want better" such a seductive take for otherwise intelligent people?
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Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 17:47:59 JST Ben Royce ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ Weird take #EFF.
Do you think increased tech literacy will result in more people understanding how #Tiktok is a command control tool just like #Facebook?
Ok, good.
Then is there a reason why this isn't the most important point here EFF?
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