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benroyce

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the tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

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dgar, to random
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The existence of Norway implies...

benroyce,
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@dgar

these are logic gates

also known as fjords

rameshgupta, to random
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#KnowNothing #CardiB is too stupid to realize that NOT voting for #Biden is a vote FOR #Trump, and that her boycott of #Election2024 could be her last — She might not get another opportunity to vote EVER.

Via @SteveThompson

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cardi-b-wont-vote-joe-biden-or-donald-trump_uk_66477644e4b0cba40889b45b?utm_source=press.coop

benroyce,
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@nicholas_saunders @rameshgupta

It's important to have a moral center. But morality has to imply action. If your supposed morality moves you to inaction when you know and don't care that the world will get worse due to your inaction, you're not moral at all. You're privileged and entitled

Alternatively you're a plutocrat/ geopolitical agenda troll/ agent provocateur and you're pushing inaction because you're malicious, acting on fools because you understand the real world effect

benroyce,
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@escarpment @nicholas_saunders @rameshgupta

😆

thanks for your hilariously unaware zealous comment

if we get Trump as president, make sure to tell the fascists taking away our rights that you appreciate their alternative "moral" realities

benroyce,
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@nicholas_saunders @escarpment @rameshgupta

yes. Trump can become president and you're personally f***ed

then all the entitled fools who imagine they have the privilege to not vote can Pikachu face

i'm sure they will find some way to blame others for what they did

it's always someone else's fault. our rights are on the line and they are asked to but they can't sully themselves to matter in social responsibility and solidarity

what's important is maintaining the lie of their innocence

benroyce,
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@nicholas_saunders @escarpment @rameshgupta

i believe, correct me if i am wrong, that ramesh and i are saying voting is important. extremely important in november of this year, considering what is on the line

and i believe that mr. heavy breathing reply guy escarpment finds us to be "moral zealots" for that. which i find hilarious

benroyce,
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@escarpment @nicholas_saunders @rameshgupta

then i have nothing but love and respect for you and i embrace you

i would add though, that, considering what trump represents, morality itself is on the line. of course, morality never goes away, but anyone with half a brain understands trump has no moral center, and that absolutely has an effect on society and the world in terrible ways if such a malignant narcissist gains control of the white house again

benroyce,
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@Vonskinnback @nicholas_saunders @rameshgupta

It's also a false argument

Some people romanticize #revolution

They falsely believe the only winners of violent revolution are the righteous

More often the winners of revolution are more vicious and society is worse

Nevermind they discount all the suffering and injustice during the armed struggle that is often worse than the injustice that moved them to fight

It's so much easier to just get off your fat ass and #VOTE

benroyce,
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@Vonskinnback @nicholas_saunders @rameshgupta

Also while we debate the notion of / not voting we need to consider two other forms of players here:

They dont care about anything except watching the world burn. For lulz

Whether of the or / variety, their point is to play , cosplaying , and advance their / agendas by suppressing the vote

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QasimRashid, (edited ) to random
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I’m so glad public libraries already exist. Could you I magine trying to sell the idea of libraries to politicians in 2024?

“You want to build a large public complex on prime real estate that gives away free books & education & community events—paid for by our tax dollars? Are you crazy??”

benroyce,
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@QasimRashid

give them time

they will go after libraries full bore

they already have to limited effect: libraries are "woke"

benroyce, to Ukraine
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lekp48n78o

The great irony:

, in his venom to make a loyal lapdog vassal to , has succeeded in making Russia a loyal lapdog vassal to

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

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

benroyce,
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@Dutchinvestor

won't happen, and doesn't matter

all you need is a large population there, which China has, a little coordination, complete economic dominance, and corrupt local officials- which, being Russia, is not exactly difficult

then you de facto run the place, pesky national borders be damned

If some Russian Nationalist yells "China owns the Far East!" you pat him on the head, point at the border and say "clearly this is Russia" and smile

then continue on running the whole thing

benroyce,
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@Dutchinvestor alternatively, Russia descends into chaos, and, in friendly cooperation with the West, China moves into Sakha to "secure nuclear weapons and provide for the people" or whatever pleasant bs (while Japan takes Sakhalin, usa kamchatka, Finland karelia, norway kola, poland belarus, turkey circassia, Ukraine to the Volga, etc)

The West may then move out later when democracy takes hold

But China simply says "we're still concerned with security" or whatever bs

benroyce,
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@brie @Dutchinvestor

YOU WILL LEARN TO SPEAK OF LUKASHENKO WITH HIGH PRAISE!

🤭

benroyce,
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@WhiteCatTamer @brie @Dutchinvestor he had to become a despot before he could achieve that rank. these are exacting standards. the Russian military is near supernatural in potency!

benroyce,
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@WhiteCatTamer @brie @Dutchinvestor

Such an army did change the tide in the Lord of the Rings. Problem is it changed the tide for those fighting the orcs, not the orcs

benroyce,
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@thepoliticalcat or Russia's imperialist brutality during the Boxer Rebellion

br00t4c, to random
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Raw Milk Sales Soar as Misguided Notions of Bird Flu Immunity Spread

https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-soar-as-misguided-notions-of-bird-flu-im-1851484879

benroyce,
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@br00t4c

see, if they only killed themselves with their stupidity it would be one thing. But they're providing a vector for h5n1 to possibly make the jump, and then spread and kill us as well

what a world

benroyce, to random
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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,
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#Palantir scares the shit out of me

Fuck #Thiel

And especially fuck this raging douchebag #Karp

'As the moderator asked general questions about the panelists’ views on the future of war, Schmidt and Cohen answered cautiously. But Karp, who’s known as a provocateur, aggressively condoned violence, often peering into the audience with hungry eyes, palpably desperate for claps, boos or shock.'

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you “get it,” yet you do nothing, then you don’t fucking get it.

benroyce,
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@StillIRise1963

At the very least, fucking #vote

benroyce, to ontario
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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

mekkaokereke, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about US notions of decorum, is that people are expected to be silent when Black women are attacked.🤷🏿‍♂️

If a Black woman is attacked and no one says anything, it's allowed to slide. But if a Black woman is attacked and people say anything in response, either calmly and politely like AOC did, or with an in-kind response like Crockett did, then all the "neutral" parties come pouring out of the woodwork, worried about "decorum."

Deeply unserious.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greene-called-bleach-blonde-bad-174434071.html

benroyce,
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@mekkaokereke

We've all seen those videos where a bully is physically abusing their victim, and a bunch of people are standing around watching.

Then just as soon as the victim fights back, those same passive witnesses are suddenly "HEY HEY WHOA WHOA."

Same thing.

billyjoebowers, to random
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Man, you guys were really into Winamp.

benroyce,
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@billyjoebowers @ampersine @peterbutler

It's making something of a comeback

https://english.jagran.com/technology/remember-1990s-winamp-music-player-its-now-making-a-comeback-with-new-streaming-platform-10161188

metin, to Meme
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#meme #cartoon #philosophy #history #painting #fun #funny #humor #humour #LOL

benroyce,
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@BonehouseWasps @metin

amazing. i don't want to be intrusive and ask a million personal probing questions. it's just that her inner life is so different from many

sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

benroyce,
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@sundogplanets

what a great thread

not only because it's an awesome read

but because it's impactful, no pun intended

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