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@benny.myatproto.social
pronouns: he or they.
lover of science and democracy.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
lover of science and democracy.
career in data analytics.
not neurotypical.
polyamorous. anti-natalist. atheist.
obv anti-fascist.
I might like your skeet, but won't reskeet it without alt-text.
formerly @bennybluesky.bsky.social
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@benny.myatproto.social
· Oct 25
a friend gave me this.
the source contains more locations/numbers: www.ccijustice.org/defend-the-bay
the source contains more locations/numbers: www.ccijustice.org/defend-the-bay
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About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
X’s About This Account reveals the scale of its foreign troll problem, confirming that many MAGA accounts aren’t actually American.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
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Or this.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Or this.
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
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A year ago, flyers promoting vaccines were prevalent across the Navajo Nation.
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A year ago, flyers promoting vaccines were prevalent across the Navajo Nation.
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
But as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put his stamp on federal immunization policy, the Indian Health Service’s messaging on immunizations has taken a stark turn.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
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New "How to Report ICE" zines up today:
#SantaClara County en español
#NewHaven
#SouthCentralPA (Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster & York counties)
#Ulster County, NY
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
#SantaClara County en español
#NewHaven
#SouthCentralPA (Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster & York counties)
#Ulster County, NY
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
drive.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today:
#SantaClara County en español
#NewHaven
#SouthCentralPA (Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster & York counties)
#Ulster County, NY
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
#SantaClara County en español
#NewHaven
#SouthCentralPA (Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster & York counties)
#Ulster County, NY
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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Pulp is a bit hard to contain in a Tiny Desk, but the songs and performance are magnificent.
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Pulp is a bit hard to contain in a Tiny Desk, but the songs and performance are magnificent.
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um i don’t want to go to prison for having a book
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
um i don’t want to go to prison for having a book
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Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions waning? A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp
steady.page
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Into the Twilight of the Trump Era
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
What becomes of MAGA as Trump’s hold over the movement is weakening, his ability to integrate its different factions is waning?
A deep dive into the state of the fever swamp.
New piece:
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satan take the wheel
A Waymo robot's phantom braking & evasive maneuver alarmed LA passengers.
It may've mispredicted imminent path of an oncoming vehicle. Headlight glare off wet roads reduces camera SNR, so fusion magnifies radar+lidar. If radar detects oncoming slight lane drift, then overreact.
OP: tiktok.tamela_3
It may've mispredicted imminent path of an oncoming vehicle. Headlight glare off wet roads reduces camera SNR, so fusion magnifies radar+lidar. If radar detects oncoming slight lane drift, then overreact.
OP: tiktok.tamela_3
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
satan take the wheel
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Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.
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Trump lets Big Tech run wild—as long as its chatbots accept his lies.
The Trumpification of AI: What could go wrong?
Trump lets Big Tech run wild—as long as its chatbots accept his lies.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump lets Big Tech run wild—as long as its chatbots accept his lies.
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Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, EFF discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, EFF discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Journalist Saleh Aljafarawi survived & documented 2 years of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. On Oct. 12, 2025, just 48 hours after the ceasefire, he was shot & killed in Gaza City. His father told the Committee to Protect Journalists that armed men “cooperating with the Israeli occupation...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Journalist Saleh Aljafarawi survived & documented 2 years of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. On Oct. 12, 2025, just 48 hours after the ceasefire, he was shot & killed in Gaza City. His father told the Committee to Protect Journalists that armed men “cooperating with the Israeli occupation...
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Phil is always on point.
this is about a Neo Nazi livestreaming abuse to children.
this is about a Neo Nazi livestreaming abuse to children.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Phil is always on point.
this is about a Neo Nazi livestreaming abuse to children.
this is about a Neo Nazi livestreaming abuse to children.
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FOLKS: I'M INSANELY FAR BEHIND ON THE NOVEMBER FUNDRAISER AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT RAPIDLY, SO IF YOU *CAN* MISS ANY AMOUNT: PAYPAL IN BIO. HELP.
I am acutely aware of the effects of the GOP starvation campaign and I want to make it crystal clear that if you are in any financial dire straits I want you to always prioritize yourself, your loved ones and your community!
Only give if you can miss it without any worries!
Only give if you can miss it without any worries!
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
FOLKS: I'M INSANELY FAR BEHIND ON THE NOVEMBER FUNDRAISER AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT RAPIDLY, SO IF YOU *CAN* MISS ANY AMOUNT: PAYPAL IN BIO. HELP.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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this will kill people
so rich people can get richer.
so rich people can get richer.
12 million Floridians are about to see their electricity prices spike in one of the largest utility rate increases in state history | Fortune
The Florida Public Service Commission approved the rate increase for Florida Power & Light, affecting roughly half the state's population.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
this will kill people
so rich people can get richer.
so rich people can get richer.
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One dad before I shuffle off an die
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One dad before I shuffle off an die
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
Everyone in tech will realize that if people respond when the racism and fascism starts
That protects kids because surprise surprise
Black kids, Latine kids etc are also kids
www.wired.com/story/roblox...
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A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.
DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound
A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.
wrd.cm
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.
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Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts