benroyce

benroyce, 10 hours ago to ai

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, 20 hours ago to uk

"#UK Prime Minister Rishi #Sunak set to call for #July4 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 #Conservative Party running way behind #Labour, this could finally mean, uh, escape and independence from the #Tories

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

Americans:

#politics

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

benroyce, 22 hours ago to Pharmacy

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

benroyce, 3 days ago to random

'“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, 3 days ago to SpaceX

"#SpaceX 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. #Starlink satellites make it difficult to search for objects at risk of impacting the Earth"

#IAU #ElonMusk #Space

Irony:

#SpaceKaren dreams of "saving" humanity by colonizing #Mars, dooms us to #asteroid impact- his #satellite toys blot our #telescope warning

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

benroyce, 5 days ago to Ukraine

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lekp48n78o

The great irony:

#Putin, in his #imperialist #ethnofascist venom to make #Ukraine a loyal lapdog vassal to #Russia, has succeeded in making Russia a loyal lapdog vassal to #China

China, still bitter over 百年国耻, its century of humiliation, has not forgotten that the imperialist #colonial power that took the most land from it was Russia

And now, with a few desperate, obsequious hugs from the downtrodden mafia ghoul Putin, #Xi takes it all back, and heck of a lot more

benroyce, 5 days ago to random

Jesus Fucking Christ

'Members of the audience laughed when he mocked fresh graduates of Columbia University, which had some of the earliest encampment protests in the country. He said they’d have a hard time on the job market and described their views as a “pagan religion infecting our universities” and “an infection inside of our society”. (He’s made these comments before.)

“The peace activists are war activists,” Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology

benroyce, 5 days ago to ontario

The wages of #Ignorance

"A young child in #Ontario has died of #measles"

#vaccinateyourgoddamnchildren #vaccinateyourchildren #VaccinateYouAssholes #VaccinateYourFuckingKids

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a-young-child-in-ontario-has-died-of-measles/article_3f5e6e14-13d1-11ef-bef6-2b5f14b1ee24.html

benroyce, 6 days ago to HashtagGames

"Red Stapler"

by Milton Waddams

#FictionalCharactersAutobiography
#HashTagGames

benroyce, 8 days ago to H5N1

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:

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-12/raw-milk-enthusiasts-uncowed-by-bird-flu-risk-in-dairy

"Mark McAfee, founder of Fresno’s 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

benroyce, 8 days ago to mastodon

Hello #Mastodon friends

Are you still on #Twitter?

GET THE FUCK OFF IT:

"X now treats the term cisgender as a slur"

https://www.engadget.com/x-now-treats-the-term-cisgender-as-a-slur-211117779.html

benroyce, 12 days ago to politics

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68992293

"#Trump's youngest son #Barron 'declines' to be #RNC delegate, his mother #Melania says"

This was mom's decision I think

Melania seems a little angry. Gee, I wonder why 🤔

Those divorce papers are already typed up and ready to be sent to orange sh**bag, and I think they're coming overnight Fedex on November 6

It's likely Barron will be a #GOP ghoul, but wouldn't it be a gas if via his mother's bile he becomes a critic of #MAGA and #Republicans?

#Politics #USpol

benroyce, 12 days ago to hungary

"Fun" fact about #Hungary:

While most Western countries are concerned with extrajudicial security personnel from #China going after Chinese dissidents and other interference via secret police stations, Hungary just went and signed a deal with China: "lol, police from a totalitarian country officially patrolling our streets? sure thing"

Now #Xi is visiting #Orban

And these "police" are tearing down #Tibet flags

And #EU flags

Hungarians WTF? Your country is a joke

https://dailynewshungary.com/chinese-volunteer-gendarmes-flags/

benroyce, 13 days ago to Starlink

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/9/7455062/

"#Pentagon blocks access to #Starlink for Russians in #Ukraine"

that's nice Pentagon. but couldn't we have done this a little bit sooner before all the #ElonMusk #Putin bootlicking on terminal access? it's an #American company

granted, this is all "fog of war" stuff and it's probably not the whole story. i'm sure there was intelligence gathering and deception going on, "random" errors in terminals used by #Russia.

benroyce, 13 days ago to Russia

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/05/09/Putin-acknowledges-difficulties/7521715249349/

"Vladimir #Putin says #Russia facing 'difficult' period in 'Victory Day' celebration"

Yes, yes, very good observation sir.

This Putin fellow: very stable genius, 5D Chess, galaxy brain

Dear Russia,

You should endeavour to remove the source that is creating your difficulty: Putin

Signed,
The World

benroyce, 14 days ago to random

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

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

benroyce, 14 days ago to politics

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-primary-elections/indiana-president-results

this is great news: long after she dropped out, #nikkihaley gets 22% of the #GOP primary vote in Indiana. the discontent with #trump is real

but it's not good enough

we need EVERYONE to #vote #vote #vote in november. it sounds melodramatic but it's true: it may be the most consequential presidential #election ever

#politics #USA #USpol #biden

everyone #vote in november

benroyce, 15 days ago to coffee

Who wants to hear some good news for a change?

"Sound waves cut cold brew #coffee-making time from 24 hours to 3 mins"

☕️☕️☕️

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/sound-waves-cold-brew-coffee

benroyce, 16 days ago to twitter

I've been pretty tolerant of people still on #Twitter

I'm now going to full intolerant

#ElonMusk recently reinstated the account of an outright #Nazi

GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

It is a Russian #troll farm, #racist, #bigot paradise. Stop feeding this cesspool!

GET. THE. FUCK. OFF. TWITTER.

NOW

benroyce, 16 days ago to random

I was told following a lot of people is a sign of inauthenticity

But I like the firehose of content

I'll wade into it and get swept away to parts unknown. Isn't that the point of social media, discovery?

And you can make a list for posters you don't want to miss

Someone says something funny... I feel like following them

Why not? Who cares? Are there magic rules here?

FUCK IT

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW EVERYONE!

(Unless you're a "both sides the same" troll/ idiot, then I'm blocking your ass)

benroyce, 17 days ago to random

No explanation.

No context.

Picture I took just now.

benroyce, 18 days ago to random

hear me out for a second folks, i have a wild theory:

i think #kendricklamar doesn't like #drake

benroyce, 19 days ago to Ukraine

72-year-old pensioner Yevgeniya Maiboroda

Reacting to her verdict

Sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime colony (prison labor camp)

Her crime?

Reposting 2 videos critical of the war on #Ukraine. Her brother was killed in Dnipro by artillery

What stage in the death of a regime are we at when they sentence babushkas to prison labor?

But don't worry folks!: #TuckerCarlson said Moscow has clean train stations!

https://www.svoboda.org/a/sud-utverdil-prigovor-pensionerke-po-delu-o-feykah-pro-armiyu/32930974.html

#RussiaIsATerroristState #Russia

benroyce, 20 days ago to France

Fellow armchair generals of Mastodon, help me out:

What is #Macron up to?

I don't believe he is going to send #France forces to #Ukraine. But he's said this a couple of times now.

But if he did... outside of #NATO... and only support in the far rear to relieve Ukrainians to fight, not direct confrontation with #Russia...

{ruminating}

No, Macron is just playing a sly game, messing with #Putin. Right?

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010

benroyce, 22 days ago to Japan

What is it with #Japan and #Germany and archaic technology in govt bureaucracy?

"Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day"

https://japantoday.com/category/national/japanese-city-loses-residents%E2%80%99-personal-data-which-was-on-paper-being-transported-on-a-windy-day