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benroyce

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the tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

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Alice, to random
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ATTN: If you plan to attend the Mastodon meetup at the Tampa Marriott this weekend and you are a VIP attendee, please ensure you bring your official VIP lanyard or else you risk being denied access to the VIP soup bar.

benroyce,
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@Alice

oh... i see

you're one of those clandestine soup types

you think you're so clever with your illicit soup

i'm keeping an eye on you alice. your soup is not sanctioned!

SirTapTap, to random
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Fighting type gym leaders will really be buff as hell and then NOT casually punch me in the stomach

What's up with THAT, @nintendo

benroyce,
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@SirTapTap i was about to say... they atted nintendo?! nintendo is on the fediverse!?

oh...

😔

benroyce, to politics
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Online discourse: "You have to convince me to vote for Joe "

Why? I don't like Joe Biden. The idea that anyone has to convince you to fall in love with Joe Biden is as absurd of a assertion as the cult and , that is about

We don't view politics as a love affair. It's . And more importantly, it's your to vote

, , the , etc: issues you care about, or should care about

But ...

benroyce,
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Trump said "finish the problem" about Gaza in March. He would greenlight for to max out on

So you're asserting your single-issue concern as more important than other issues and you're even wrong on that one issue

Biden sucks, but Trump and Biden are the only two who have a chance of winning. Again: , not

is how moves to topple , those are here on

benroyce,
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It's also the height of and , that you don't have to care about your compatriots, you don't have to care about the , that you don't have to care about and their right to control their own body, etc. You're going to assert your single issue, to the exclusion of all other issues, and even go backwards on that one issue

Why?

Because your are . Right here on by farm. are here, working you over

benroyce,
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Use your heart and your mind

Some of you, your heart is in the right place, but your mind is AWOL- you are being controlled via your emotions to move against your own interests

benroyce,
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@MaierAmsden

you can, and should, criticize Biden

"Tactically, that means admitting that you'll hold your nose and vote for Biden in the general is something that should be left unsaid"

thank you

but for those who don't vote, and we get Trump, as a structural function of our fucked up voting system and what an abstention/ 3rd party vote means functionally, then they, in aggregate with other such fools, are responsible for Palestinian suffering. Because they know Trump is worse on that issue

benroyce,
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@MaierAmsden

"well i refuse to participate in such a fucked up system. i won't "

do you (royal you, not you Maier) have a choice? welcome to reality

it should be better, but it isn't, so you do what you can

you don't whine it should be better then drop out and help make things worse

that is entitlement and privilege

that all the fucked up thing will do won't effect you, because you're not , you're not a , you can't be bothered to care about the

benroyce, to TeslaMotors
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Sad, cringe bros: " is a genius!"

in real life:

"#X Confirms Plan to Make 'Likes' Private, Remove Likes Tab From Profiles"

We all knew the was going to destroy , but the carnage is embarrassing

All you can do is grab a tub of popcorn and gawk at the show that is the eviscerating the

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/23/x-twitter-to-make-likes-private/

benroyce, to ai
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this is not #AI

this is not a scene from a movie

this is simply a one in a billion video shot at the right time at the right angle by a teenager in #portugal a few days ago, may 18/ 19

fucking amazing! positively biblical

#space #meteor

experts say it was a #comet fragment, a few feet wide

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/blue-meteor-falls-through-the-sky-over-spain-and-portugal/news-story/7bd39d794d6a5e79feade5723e4d4787

amazing meteor video

benroyce, to uk
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" Prime Minister Rishi set to call for general election"

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/uk-pm-rishi-sunak-calls-for-july-4-general-election-sky-news-reports.html

With the Party running way behind , this could finally mean, uh, escape and independence from the

july 4... independence... tories... uk...

Americans:

july 4... independence... uk...

benroyce,
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@tantramar i didn't know that about nathan fillion, but yes, that makes himn the perfect bridge 😆

noelreports, to random
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In response to the ongoing debate whether the US should lift restrictions on US weapons being used inside Russia, US House Speaker Mike Johnson said that "Ukraine should be allowed to prosecute the war in a way they see fit. They need to be able to fight back and us trying to micro manage that effort is not a good policy."

benroyce,
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@gilesforyou @noelreports

he just goes with the flow. in the past that meant opposing ukraine aid for his position within his political party

he's a creature of creating, maintaining and extending power

there's no principles behind his words, just positioning himself

so the positive news is that he sees the reality of his situation is to go all in on ukraine, probably for no greater reason than he is no longer a backbench GOP hack, but a rep of the wider country

benroyce, to Pharmacy
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today in chronicles:

old heads remember when the local was an independent business. a sphere run by an independent class of professionals is now reduced by leverage into a cookie cutter wage slave existence

not that prices went down, of course

next up for the ghouls: your local and your

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/veterinarians-corporate-consolidation-1.7207186

caseynewton, to random
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A few more words about the OpenAI / Scarlett Johansson situation https://www.platformer.news/platform-sales-tax-california-sb1327-glazer/

benroyce, (edited )
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@caseynewton

they have the ability to take a few clips of anyone's voice, and make us say anything

that's their whole technology. that's their whole reason for being

but instead of using the tech they are so proud of, they hired a voice actress?

but they folded when pushed the issue

so there is no actress

they modified scarlett's voice

(I'm just speculating)

flexghost, to random
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Tucker Carlson launches his own show on Russian state television

Anyone have this on their bingo card? From, like, a couple years ago?

benroyce,
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@flexghost

shows the bitter end of the and

Sure: the most "" identity is the cutthroat , doesn't matter

But for many it's shocking to see doesn't matter either (plenty knew that all along, this is about average awareness)

Here it is, hell: "fuck my country"

Amazingly, for many dimwitted that's fine

Even, in their rotten skulls, "true American patriotism": to be a

rbreich, to random
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago trial should've started today, but the judge (whom he appointed) delayed it.

The Jan 6 trial should've been in March, but the Supreme Court's MAGA justices delayed that too.

If Trump was innocent, you'd think he'd want to clear his name before the election.

benroyce,
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@rbreich

No.

An honorable man wants to clear his name.

Nobody thinks Trump is an honorable man, not even Trump.

The real problem is nobody cares.

His name is mud and vast swaths of the country are fine with that.

jmsdnns, to random
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AI just doesnt matter next to electric vehicles, healthcare, or education

benroyce,
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@jmsdnns

{heavy breathing AI bros banging on your door}

"change the paradigm bro, utopian society bro, benevolent AI ruler bro"

AI is like crypto. lots of excited fanboys, tons of money flowing in, little to show for all the dreaming untethered from real world needs and concerns

benroyce, to random
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'“Do you think her going after your eyelashes, that that, in itself, is racist?” State of the Union host Jake Tapper asked Crockett on Sunday.

“I think her specifically doing it to me, yes, that was the intent,” Crockett said.'

Agreed. It was a #racist dogwhistle.

#marjorietaylorgreene #jasminecrockett #uspol

"Rep. Crockett Says MTG Was ‘Absolutely’ Racist During Confrontation in House Hearing"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jasmine-crockett-mtg-absolutely-racist-1235023649/

benroyce,
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@seachanger

the worst part is how empty greene does her bullying, crockett claps back, and suddenly it's "WHOA WHOA HEY HEY"

allow the bully to bully but if you defend yourself that's a problem

fucking bullshit

shoq, to random
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It honestly drives me to the brink of depression that half the American electorate barely knows where Russia is, let alone has the capacity to understand what a president beholden to them (a second time) would be like. I feel like I live in a bad horror movie.

benroyce,
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@shoq ignorance and apathy

benroyce, to SpaceX
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" satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity

The International Astronomical Union demands that urgent action be taken against the uncontrolled proliferation of these devices. satellites make it difficult to search for objects at risk of impacting the Earth"

Irony:

dreams of "saving" humanity by colonizing , dooms us to impact- his toys blot our warning

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-18/spacex-satellites-threaten-to-hide-asteroids-that-pose-danger-to-humanity.html

QasimRashid, to random
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Senators Rubio, Vance, & Scott, among others, refuse to say they'll accept election results
SCOTUS Justices Alito & Thomas are actively in support of insurrectionists
Speaker Johnson wants the Bible to supersede the Constitution

Fascism isn't headed to America—it's already here.

benroyce,
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@rticks @QasimRashid

there's hundreds of things #Biden does wrong, some of those things especially glaring, like the #USA's support for #Israel while it commits #genocide on #Gaza

but focusing on 1 issue to the exclusion of the other 100s of issues is simply a failure in tactics

like Gaza: #Trump said "finish the problem" and he would give #Netanyahu a green light for great suffering for #Palestinians

#transrights

#abortion

etc

act strategically. voting is not a love letter

#vote!

benroyce,
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@rticks @QasimRashid

so Neville Chamberlain was a flawed man, but he was no Hitler

same as: Biden is a flawed man, but he is no Trump

but apparently you want magic perfect candidate

which will never exist

so the sum total of your reasoning is you are helping us on our way to fascism by crossing your arms and pouting and refusing to do something very simple to save us from Trump

which ironically makes you something worse than Neville Chamberlain

benroyce,
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@conflicts @rticks @QasimRashid

i think that "lesser of two evils" quote by Hannah Arendt is abused and twisted for the context of our present day predicaments

i think if Hannah were alive today she'd be saying "yeah, uh, I know what I said, but vote against Trump you dingbats, too much is on the line here"

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