Ben Royce 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Don't Boo: Vote

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2024-09-25 11:33:03

The Daily Express is a right wing rag
However, I couldn't stop giggling at their headline, so I'm posting an image of their article rather than linking to it, and I'm glad to see even #rightwing publications ridiculing the orange shitstain:
"#Trump says he gave 'biggest tax hike in US history' in blunder and wipes drool from mouth"
#Election2024
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/198/001/946/377/958/original/090d17d4b9f7b4c0.png

2024-08-18 03:09:50

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Once again, satire is dead, because reality is more absurd

2024-08-05 17:26:24

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My feeling is #politics should not be content warned #cw
Gore, nudity, etc: content warn
But avoiding politics is a privilege
The choices before us means possible loss of rights for #trans, #women, anyone defined as an outgroup by bigots
This struggle is real and important
If someone doesn't want to see politics, they can adjust their filters so they don't see it
But they cannot expect us to accommodate their entitlement to not care about our freedoms

2024-07-28 21:00:36

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yes, we agree on ranked choice
but the #dutch parliamentary system means wilders is bound and limited. that's not an opinion that's fact
who is the new dutch prime minister?
it's not #wilders
it's dick #schoof
because in a parliamentary system, superior to our own, all the divided parties have to come together to pick the govt, it's not winner-take-all like our shit american system
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1r0xvn0z5o

2024-07-28 20:54:30

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on the contrary, parliamentary systems are far superior to the shit US system
you have a wider range of choices, and then the parties form coalitions to govern
in the case of the dutch, wilders "won" but only because his racist shithead party formed a cohesive group while the left was divided into many parties
but wilders is completely hamstrung by the coalition that formed
he can't be trump

2024-07-28 20:50:18

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i as well believe that when dear orange shitstain passes, the gop is going into the wilderness. another party could emerge, or the republicans could coalesce on a new direction. but the point is, without voting system reform, we are stuck in a two party system

2024-07-28 20:47:23

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when it happened with the whigs 170 years ago (the last time it happened) it *replaced* one of the other two parties
then it's same shit, different name
so i don't think it will happen again. but even if it did, it would be a replacement, not 3 stable parties

2024-07-28 18:49:17

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the #UK does better than the #US in terms of political structure
but #australia looks at both of us and calls us poor bastards, with their compulsory voting, preferential voting (what we call ranked choice voting), and parliamentary democracy
we're jealous aussies

2024-07-15 17:35:00

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you're not helping
1. we all oppose trump
that's what matters
2. in 2026 we get rid of the centrist dems
but you're using 2 as a cudgel against 1
and thus your own words are doing the bidding of divide and conquer here in the service of MAGA and geopolitical enemies

2024-07-05 21:59:00

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incorrect
we have until nov 2025 to pick solid left candidates. then in 2026 we mob the primaries. there is nothing to "think about until november" except "why the fuck won't the left show the fuck up to get us better candidates"
but you keep on with this stunning narrative of the vastly powerful centrist dems destroying your sense of agency. whatever bs you have the unfortunate need to tell yourself

2024-07-05 21:40:12

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again: if you're trying to sell this false notion that centrist dems are a vast unstoppable omnipotent force I don't have anything to say to this ridiculous notion except you are doing nothing but arguing for meek acceptance, and thus you are trying to make me laugh
fight. or lose
that's it. you never get a better deal

2024-07-05 21:25:03

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all there ever is in this world is a sense of agency and a sense of responsibility
to vote and fight for what you want
that's it. there is no better deal. it will never be any different
anyone lacking in a sense of responsibility and a sense of their own agency is entitled to nothing more than a swift kick in the pants
wherever people don't show up to vote, we don't look to whatever some centrist assholes are doing
we look at those who aren't voting
fucking #VOTE

2024-07-05 21:16:06

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who gives a fuck what centrists think?
why do you push this falsehood they are magic and powerful and control everything?
why would this false depiction stop you from doing what you want with the party?
mob the primaries
own the party
THAT is what you do

2024-07-05 20:51:49

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🤣🤣🤣
you just supported my point: MAGA shows up to vote. so they took over the GOP
you don't vote. so you get shitty centrist dems
do you understand?
if the left showed up to vote we could 50 AOCs. but instead emotionally compromised toxic perfectionists go "I won't vote until get what I want." holy purity is more important than accepting the obvious, apparently
but they live here. it effects them. why do they feel it won't effect them?
i know why:
entitlement and privilege

2024-06-30 03:38:21

Me, sitting at my computer in rural Western #NewYork reading headlines...
"Russian forces bomb New York village..."
{snack drops on lap}
"...in #Donetsk oblast, killing 4 civilians and injuring 3"
yes, there's a village in #Ukraine called "New York", and it's on the frontlines of the war. there are a number of theories as to how it got that name
and let us all contemplate the endless toll of civilians #Russia has killed for their #ethnofascist #imperialist madness
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/06/28/russian-forces-bomb-new-york-village-in-donetsk-oblast-killing-4-civilians-and-injuring-3/

2024-06-26 13:58:51

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They won't forget the debate
There will be media stories ignoring Trump's horrifying lapses of mental acuity, but somehow finding the word count to attack Biden on a faux pas utterly tame in comparison, but depicted as a terrible impediment
THEN they will run the stories lauding Trump's VP pick and speculating on how it will be a big boost
Biden could perform spectacularly and Trump's VP pick could be a pair mushroom pattern pajamas: still this is what will happen

2024-06-25 15:40:03

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and you are out of the game, you don't live here
so understand that all of your comments, to me, is an inability to rank your concerns
trump can't win, or things get worse
period
everything else is secondary
end of discussion

2024-06-24 20:48:02

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so on your stated concern, creeping plutocracy, the dems are better than the GOP in their policies
so i still don't understand your point
is the change not fast enough?
ok
and allowing the GOP to win will do what to the pace of change, on *your* issue?

2024-06-24 20:39:41

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pick a random issue
say, abortion
where does the GOP stand
where do the Democrats stand
obviously you know the answer to this question
so even if we accept your lie "both sides the same" on every other issue, here is a substantial difference that matters, on this issue
so what is your purpose here with your lie?

2024-06-24 19:59:07

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Zero argument.
I hate the #ElectoralCollege and most Americans do too. We need to get enough focus on the issue, over a sustained enough period of time, to get it abolished. That's hard to do. Compound that with the perception of a party that thinks it needs the EC to win, and we're screwed.
Some would take this as an argument to detach and vote less.
I take it as an argument to engage harder and #vote more, primaries and general.

2024-06-24 19:41:09

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fair point
and i used to bemoan rfk jr, but it's becoming apparent he's going to steal more qanon voters from trump than whatever oddball antivaxxers still exist in the democratic party. the brain worm vote we'll call it i guess
but none of this changes the fact that we can ask people to be *tactical* instead of *emotional* with their vote. that's all

2024-06-24 19:21:37

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#GreenParty voters vote with their hearts
But zero brains
Our FPTP voting system is a pile of shit. But that doesn't change the fact it is real. And in this crap system a 3rd party vote steals from the Dems and gives the GOP
I don't like that. But it doesn't matter if I don't like it. It's real
So for someone to be so clueless about that, or to simply go "well I don't like reality so I'm going to ignore it..." and then help Trump win?
Da fuq?

2024-06-24 17:38:56

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dude the issue is how the vote on the left is divided, not the vote on the right
we got bush and the invasion of iraq because of nader voters, 100% rock solid truth
we got trump and all the subsequent hell because of stein voters... possibly
i don't like that our system works this way, but this is indeed how our bs FPTP voting system works
we need ranked choice voting, then everyone can vote their conscience
but until then, you *have* to vote tactically

2024-06-24 17:20:58

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that's not the way it works
because of our bs #FPTP system, a 3rd party vote is a vote for #trump
i don't like that, but that's the way it is
we need #rankedchoicevoting, creeping in under democrat acquiescence in maine, nyc, etc (while the GOP suppresses the vote)
with #rcv you can vote 3rd party safely, and i will too
but don't hand the country to trump because you don't understand/ accept the reality of the bs system we currently operate under

2024-06-20 23:50:27

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someone said burrowing owls?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/651/627/196/064/970/original/0bfdd649ae11b0a7.mp4

2024-06-20 20:20:13

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a question though:
Is this feature per post or per user?
If it's per user that's lame
If it's per post I can see everyone, including you and me, occasionally using it, for example, if we want to post something bad happened in our lives and we don't want to deal with any possible griefers

2024-06-20 20:13:22

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good point about the misinfo. but then a prime vector for misinfo is zero follower reply guys hitching a ride on big accounts
and moderation is good enough here I don't think it will mean much if some zero follower account starts broadcasting crap without an ability to reply. you can't reply but you can still report
and any account that turns it on will suffer in follower count so it wont be popular. I disagree a majority will do so. Who I see doing it are people who are harassed

2024-06-20 19:30:25

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i disagree
i won't use the feature, but plenty of other people don't want to deal with reply guys
and if someone uses the feature and it pisses you off, block/ mute/ unfollow/ ignore/ whatever
what's the big deal?
i agree it makes a mockery of the word "social" in social media, but if someone wants a soapbox without a response, that's their style, i don't like it, but i don't see a problem with allowing them their style. i think they will suffer for it. but again, their choice

2024-06-20 02:07:08

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you live long enough, you turn into the villain

2024-06-20 01:54:52

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explain. it's a band I presume
Edit: I looked them up. German power metal
🤘

2024-06-20 00:46:35

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when a kid raised and home schooled in a far right violent and paranoid household, grows up to be a self-described Democratic socialist, wearing thick eyeliner, black nail polish, and Alice Cooper's wardrobe... that should tell conservatives something

2024-06-19 23:56:40

An endearing story
This 27 yo is running as a #progressive #Democrat in deep red rural #Montana
'Adams says that if he is elected, he wants to actually do things, rather than engage in posturing; he says some state legislatures “have been spending all their time waging performative crusades, especially against #queer people and #environmental causes”'
The twist:
He's the son of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far right #OathKeepers militia, serving 18 yrs for Jan 6
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/19/dakota-adams-oath-keeper-son-montana-elections
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/646/164/002/236/933/original/63fb1a016cef4dd2.png

2024-06-19 20:06:12

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the EC was put in place by the founding fathers because they had a fear the populace would elect a demagogue, and the EC they thought could filter that out
ironically, the EC gave us a demagogue in trump. so the EC didn't even work as intended, and created the problem instead of preventing it
#electoralcollege

2024-06-17 20:13:59

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it all makes sense when you realize tucker carlson is plutocrat sleaze, and his admiration for putin is genuine. because putin is what he believes is "natural" and "right" and he wishes putin-style mafia thugocracy for the USA

2024-06-13 14:30:27

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yeah the power consumption by #AI and #crypto alone is enough to hate it

2024-06-13 14:24:58

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well now you get the #AI grift
i think it's going to be like #crypto
ok, we got nice chatbots: and?
it's not the amazeballs tech people hype it as
but the difference is, this time the grift seems to have sucked in #FAANG. which i find amusing. i think there's a *lot* of money they are going to lose here

2024-06-13 14:16:59

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it's the dream of #decentralization . there is just as many progressive far left reasons for the dream as there are for libertarian dingbat bros
it's why we're on #mastodon as well
unfortunately, when it comes to matters of money, the lack of regulation makes the whole scene just too attractive to con artists and grifters
so the whole #crypto scene is now nothing but a casino of the lowest sort of degenerate gamblers, and some high level financial brains fleecing them all

2024-06-13 14:10:22

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the funny thing is, it's also eminently traceable. there's mixers but i bet they are honeypotted
you can't trace a suitcase full of cash, but everything in bitcoin is clear as day, and the feds are certainly watching

2024-06-13 12:42:34

You have to admire #Trump in this respect: what he says is a perfect fit for the dumbest person in the room.
Take this random quote:
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4717755-trump-says-remaining-bitcoin-must-be-made-in-us/
"Trump says remaining #Bitcoin must be made in US"
Ignore that Bitcoin is an energy wasting grift, ignore the wrongness on technical or legal merits.
The stupidest dingbat's brain lights up like a Christmas tree when hearing it: "That's it! I love it!"
You can't fake this level of perfect stupidity no matter how hard you tried.

2024-06-09 17:47:19

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what lies!
the money was spent on maintenance
those yachts are well maintained 🤭

2024-06-09 17:31:42

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/587/843/143/344/371/original/cbad6e55a2316cf0.jpg

2024-06-09 17:17:54

For those not following the #UkraineWar
#Ukraine just hit an #Su57
with 3 slow loud #drones, 600km from the front on the airfield
where is the #airdefense?
it's the first time in history an a Su-57 was hit
Sukhoi Su-57 is the most advanced fighter jet #Russia has, it's fifth generation. and Russia does not have a lot of them
damaged/ taken out (the photos are blurry) with what amounts to nothing more than cessnas packed with explosives
amazing
#SlavaUkraini
https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/09/su-57-felon-hit-by-ukrainian-drone-strike/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/587/794/156/084/216/original/bccd7b2c286c2fc9.webp

2024-06-05 12:26:58

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right but if you don't #vote, the signal sent is "i don't care" not "give me better" so the choices get even worse. you have to vote for crap and then prefer those better policies and candidates in the party you voted for going forward. "give me something perfect to vote for first, then i'll vote" doesn't exist in reality

2024-06-05 11:49:14

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/4/7459168/
"#German officials regret not lifting ban on #Ukraine striking targets in #Russia sooner"
#Germany #Deutschland #Habeck #Scholz #Pistorius "#Eskalation"
There is no such thing as the victim "escalating" to prevent the violence upon them.
*All* escalation has already come: Russia invaded Ukraine and is committing mass murdering #imperialism.
Whatever Ukraine does to *defend* itself is not "#escalation."
We need better language and terminology to define this scenario.

2024-06-01 00:55:06

The people taking down Donald #Trump for his crimes
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/538/600/698/868/283/original/f5c7b646289dc568.jpg

2024-05-31 13:40:27

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a downside to decentralized: since no one "owns" anything, anyone can be anyone, like the "anonymous" hackers can put out all sorts of announcements because anyone can pretend to be anonymous
if there is major scandalous misinfo from that account, it needs to be made an example of though, socially

2024-05-31 13:37:02

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just remember a follow is not an endorsement. the engineer could be following the fake just to collect intel

2024-05-31 13:29:43

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holy shit! 🤣 🤣 🤣
couple things:
1. don't get discouraged, this whole topic is just beginning to heat up. roll up your sleeves and jump in, many many more twists and turns to come
2. turn to reporting. sorry if you already reported on the fake fediverse account and i missed it, but just spreading news on this issue is a big deal, thank you
3. enjoy the popcorn! drama wave forecast is high
4. let's kill centralized social media. tiktok, instagram, twitter: we need to KILL IT

2024-05-31 13:18:37

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I know there's some backlash against Eugen on a number of issues but that's to be expected with any cutting edge community of misfits and anarchists. As long as we kill centralized social media I frankly don't give a fuck what Eugen does. If however he gives into the dark plutocrat empire that is meta, well...

2024-05-31 13:07:06

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embrace, extend, extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
like #facebook did to #myspace
why can't @npub1vl7…f6g0 see that this is all that #meta is doing here with #threads?
maybe he does and has some tricks up his sleeve
god i hope so
i feel like #mastodon and the #fediverse are facing down a galactic armada in an old honda
if we bend meta to our will instead of the reverse, it will be a story for the ages

2024-05-31 13:01:22

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he can't read it? 🤣 🤣 🤣
apologies
i didn't know threads control over content was so one-way
what a world

2024-05-30 21:08:11

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#trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
guilty up to 32 counts i can't keep up
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/079/576/069/528/original/14db1585fe261062.png

2024-05-30 21:07:14

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GUILTY
YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
#trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/076/147/441/931/original/cde51b6594b18c93.png

2024-05-30 21:05:54

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#trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
#cbsnews is in a holding pattern, revisiting the issues as we wait for the jury...
i'll live toot the verdict...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/068/721/558/949/original/0de3d99bd22724ba.png

2024-05-30 21:04:31

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#trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
"does it mean he is going to jail?"
major garrett: "trump attorney got reprimanded by the judge when he said 'you can't send a former president to jail'"
ooh, go judge
SEND HIS ASS TO JAIL
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/063/611/042/149/original/6170110b7a0ad918.png

2024-05-30 21:00:00

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#cbsnews now doing the talking heads routine, waiting for the jurors
please hold for the fate of the world...
#Trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/043/482/765/998/original/5140c36b8e1d960b.png

2024-05-30 20:56:01

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#trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
i turned my OTA tv tuner box on (i don't have cable)
i'll live toot
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/029/617/057/701/original/b9a81b8fcdc2afc2.png

2024-05-30 20:49:50

#Trump #verdict #trumptrial #uspol
that was quick
so i tend to think a quick verdict means guilty (i could be wrong)
jury delivers it soon, in minutes...
edit: they asked for an extra 30 minutes to fill out verdict forms...
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-30-24/index.html
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/007/849/652/032/original/68456766d0440bd0.mp4

2024-05-27 20:46:38

Everyone lucid in the world is freaking out about the rise of #fascist thinking, well, everywhere.
Why? Didn't we defeat this obscenity 80 years ago after much suffering? Why is it resurging?
The problem is not that people don't learn from history (they don't but that's another issue), the problem is that #fascism is always with us. Since the dawn of time and forever more.
All fascism requires is:
1. ignorance
2. indecency
3. a demagogue to yoke the walnut brains and ride them to power
1/x
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/515/291/779/680/365/original/f008c419c1df8723.webp

2024-05-25 16:35:49

the #MAGA #GOP folks:
ignorant, petty, cruel
it's not even some grand political strategy. this is simply who they are and what they do. this is all they know of existence. what calls to them. what fills them with purpose and meaning: weak schoolyard bullying
so fucking pathetic:
"Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in #SouthDakota public university employee emails"
did anyone tell these geniuses what "dakota" means?
https://apnews.com/article/pronouns-tribal-affiliation-south-dakota-66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f
#nativeamerican

2024-05-23 18:46:39

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don't
because then i need to get the same in 72 point comic sans color gradient wrap around with a dancing bear holding a birthday cake on my arm

2024-05-20 03:27:30

"#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

2024-05-20 02:36:04

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there are many paths to apathy yes but I disagree and say learned helplessness is a major one, not just something of a few
plutocrat media channels and social media disinfo farms purposefully aim to create learned helplessness with various psyop methods
after ignorance, indecency, and outright bigotry, mindless cynicism is the greatest ally of the fascist
and we're drowning in all of them, and a few other failures of intellect and character

2024-05-20 01:57:54

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so my point here is that voting is nothing but cold strategy. it's not an emotional thing
the problem is that it gets so emotional
getting emotional about this topic only clouds, and is in fact used as a method to imprint learned helplessness and suppress the vote/ warp the vote
i don't believe we'll ever be in a society where it is completely unemotional
but i can say that the less emotional we make voting, the better off society will be

2024-05-20 00:50:56

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I've engaged with a number of people on the #vote.
It ranges from not recognizing the threat, not caring, and openly excited about the USA descending into hell (coming from a left leaning account, probably because they are one of those fools who romanticize revolution... oh to be such a sheltered historically illiterate: bliss).
So apathy, ignorance, and gleeful self-destruction.
Everyone needs to read this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
If you shrug after that, we are doomed

2024-05-20 00:30:24

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"You have what you want from your candidate. "
i stopped reading here
now i'm pissed off
you haven't read a single thing i said
my last comment here. what's the point. you're not even listening, you're on autopilot with some lame assumptions

2024-05-20 00:25:19

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No, I can't
The stakes are too high
I don't understand a rationale that says "somebody was annoying on social media so that affects my vote"
You do whatever the hell you want to do for your own reasons. The idea I can't speak to your reasons, if you engage in open discussion about them, is bizarre
If you don't want randos on social media harping on this, don't engage. Nobody is forcing you to reply, read, or least of all, how you vote

2024-05-19 23:43:11

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if you are killed in a rockslide it doesn't matter what you were planning on doing after the rockslide
and the guy pushing you down the slope to save you from the rockslide also ruins your plans
but you're still alive to be heard about everything you care about, because you're still alive, another day
that is my reasoning here. do you see?

2024-05-19 23:30:15

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"my demand for a candidate to speak to them should NEVER be shut down because I am using what little power I'm afforded to *my* best interests."
but i'm not doing that
you are
if you don't vote
look man, you do whatever the heck you want to do. don't vote, vote 3rd party, vote trump, vote biden. whatever. i have zero control over you
i see this as just us engaging on a topic. none of our interaction here is about me controlling you

2024-05-19 23:22:41

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And what i am saying is that your vote is your voice. Not voting is not speaking.
No one hears someone who doesn't speak.

2024-05-19 23:14:41

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don't say this. Rape and murder are a regular thing too. Nobody goes "oh someone was raped? Oh well" that's not the way it works

2024-05-19 23:05:07

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People who don't vote do send a message
That message is "we don't care"
And the elected hear the message
And the elected say "ok, then f*** them"
The only way you send a message that any one hears in a democracy is by voting

2024-05-19 23:02:25

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even if we magically fixed every bad thing in our voting system tomorrow, what you said will always be true
Every candidate sucks in some way, now and forever. Every democracy that ever existed and ever will exist, will only ever be exactly as you describe
But if enough just give up on it, we just lose democracy, and then we get far far worse

2024-05-19 22:55:57

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Death is coming someday no matter what. But death is coming tomorrow if we just throw up our hands

2024-05-19 22:37:05

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come on dude
biden sucks
but don't dare tell me it's no different than a trump presidency
trump is pretty much a cliff for our rights and freedoms
please read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

2024-05-19 22:07:10

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i agree, if we had ranked choice voting
that is: everything is a positive affirmation, or not
but in our f***ed up bullsh** FPTP voting system, voting *against* someone is valid, again, only in the narrow context of how f***ed up our system is

2024-05-19 22:00:59

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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"

2024-05-19 21:25:42

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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!

2024-05-19 21:11:11

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This is why I cannot stand people who say they won't vote
If they are in a group or an area that voter suppression is pointed at I understand and I forgive
But you have many #Americans, many right here on #Mastodon, loudly proclaiming they won't vote
It is melodramatic to say for most elections that it is a crisis that requires you to vote
But there is zero melodrama in saying that Nov 2024 is absolutely crucial for everyone to vote, no excuses
Do not be entitled!
#Vote!

2024-05-19 19:53:21

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even then, it's surprised pikachu face: "what do you mean i'm not invited to the clubhouse? i towed the line on all of your racist, plutocrat bullshit, you mean you're not overlooking that i'm gay? but i'm a rich white racist asshole, i'm one of you! you have to like me even though i'm gay... right? right?"
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/24/texas-log-cabin-republicans/

2024-05-19 10:57:30

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I think I know what i want to engage in. And then I'm down a rabbit hole of a humor thread. I've decided that the best policy is to make sure you have no idea who or what you want to follow. For this is the only way to discover topics you know nothing about, which, for me, seeks to be the whole point of social media.

2024-05-19 10:38:16

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respect 💪 😤

2024-05-19 10:07:19

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is this academia?
the politics of academia makes national politics look tame

2024-05-19 09:45:03

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exactly
if they weren't before, they are now

2024-05-18 07:33:19

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"by hackery"
oh i see
so if you have to engage in subterfuge to express your true thoughts, this is exactly the same as the free ability to address your true thoughts
amazing. wow. mmm
maybe have some more sourdough

2024-05-18 07:30:18

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i am currently on a social media speaking my mind freely with no stasi coming to take me away if i say something verboten
are you drunk?

2024-05-18 07:28:23

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in terms of the fact it is all around us percolating in the minds of douchebags everywhere, yes
in terms of "the current structure of the united states is you have no rights," no
"everything the same" is bs

2024-05-17 22:56:41

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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

2024-05-16 23:23:35

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/453/340/563/546/114/original/936dbd124c4c9377.mp4

2024-05-16 11:54:32

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no this is not a joke. this is by design: starlink has deorbited hundreds of satellites already
starlink regularly deorbits satellites, they have a lifespan of 5 years
they are in low orbit so wispy atmospheric drag will pull them down then they get more drag and get eaten up

2024-05-14 20:10:10

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🎵 whistling 🎶

2024-05-14 20:03:50

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EQ0FlVks4

2024-05-14 19:41:22

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is it just me or did we used to laugh at that tiny social fringe or strange far off hinterland where people in weird cults put all faith in dear leader
oh we laughed and we laughed
and now they seem to be everywhere, threatening democracy and civilization itself

2024-05-14 19:08:49

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"but elon said telegram is better than signal... drool... *snort*"

2024-05-14 15:17:32

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russia started a war, but if the west ever fought back, certain voices would blame the west. such voices are ignorant fools or outright apologists for russian mass murdering imperialism
i'm reminded of those videos you see online where a bully pummels and abuses a victim, while other people just stand around and watch
then the moment the victim fights back, those quiet witnesses are suddenly shouting "hey! hey! stop!"
a facet of human psychology that is very broken

2024-05-10 12:50:58

"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 government is a joke
https://dailynewshungary.com/chinese-volunteer-gendarmes-flags/

2024-05-09 15:58:55

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Ben Royce's pattern recognition score for May 9, 2024: 0/10

2024-05-09 15:31:52

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he could have shown some consideration and left the window open so we could get some
The BIRD attacks the dirty dishes

2024-05-08 14:10:32

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

2024-05-06 12:58:32

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)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/394/278/632/522/101/original/82dd51d8c45b2085.mp4