Ben

@ben444@mastodon.online
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Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans (specifically, communists) 80 years ago, 28 April 1945.

After learning of this, Hitler killed himself on 30 April 1945.

They do die, these bastards. We should celebrate that.

@lagedernation Großes Lob, die letzten zwei Folgen waren richtig gut und informativ. Besonders gefallen haben mir die differenzierte Diskussion rund um Gaskraftwerke und das Interview mit Frau Brorhilker vom Verein Finanzwende.
Truth

I’m not trying to go viral.

I’m trying to be useful.

To someone.

Somewhere.

That’s enough.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/notes-from-the-exit-why-i-left-the-attention-economy/

Notes from the Exit: Why I Left the Attention Economy

I didn’t leave the attention economy because I hated it. I left because I understood it, because once you see the system for what it is—a parasitic loop that rewards noise over nuance, metrics over meaning, reaction over reflection—you have two choices. Keep optimizing for reach, or

Westenberg.
What are the consequences of disobeying the Supreme Court in the US? They should be pretty severe, right?
Should the US prioritize settling Mars?
Should we all just read A City on Mars and call the whole thing off?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/should-the-us-prioritize-settling-mars/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?

Should we all just read A City on Mars and call the whole thing off?

Ars Technica
Modern propaganda doesn’t suppress ideas. It creates so many interpretations of the same event that consensus becomes impossible.

Wow..
Two years ago yesterday, I signed up here in protest.

For months, I posted into the void, interacted and followed people and slowly I built, and continue to build, my online family. It's not easy.

I feel like the interactions here are a lot more real. I try my best to keep up and interact and not just have a follower count. That's also not easy.

But for all the difficulties the payoff for me is enormous. This is my online home and you are my online people.

#mastodon
#socialmedia

When Trump was elected, I told my partner that the most annoying thing is having to read about all the stupid things he says and does for the next four years. And that's exactly what gas been happening since then. Every goddamn day.