Ben Rush

@continuity0
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Husband, father, Mac Admin, science enthusiast, friend to animals, part-time tokusatsu dinosaur, raging feminist. Fuck fascists, mysogynists, transphobes, racists, nazis and their ilk. Opinions are my own. Purveyor of fine dad jokes, and old enough to be narrator for tours of “what used to be here”. Flying buttress of justice. FuturePast signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Living on Lenape lands. Not as inflexible as I might appear. It’s ok to punch Nazis. He/Him.
"I believe in a future in which trans people aren't forced to live in fear, shame and secrecy." My strip for TDOV.

I haven't done this in a while, but I think a brief survey of followers is in order.

Dental Plan!

The IOC made the decision to re-introduce gender policing for the 2028 Olympics. Here are the facts.

This is too good not to share.

After ten years of silence on YouTube, Bette Midler has released an absolute banger of a protest song, just in time for #NoKingsDay.

A rewrite of a Woody Guthrie song, and it hops!

https://youtu.be/U5VXwncNvTo

#USPol
#BetteMidler #NoKingsDay3

AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026

YouTube

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewrepublic/politics-i3rjs6d5z/-/a-s0uAPGekT5OZR-PmFqNYJw%3Aa%3A436232176-%2F0

❝ The closest historical parallel to what is happening to transgender people in the military is, surprise surprise, Adolf Hitler’s removal of Jewish troops from the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. The difference is that Hegseth’s policies on transgender people are even more draconian… the only time a country excludes a group of people from the military… is when they do not even see those people as being valuable as slaves, cannon fodder, or bullet sponges… ❞

#fascism #Iran #USpol

Seriously: "We hates this place. This zoo, this prison, this reality, whatever it wants to call it. We can't stands it anymore. It's the smells, if there is such things." Just a little editing and Gollum appears
Has anyone else ever conflated Gollum and Agent Smith? The longer the time from when I've seen The Matrix, the more I hear Agent Smith's monologue to Morpheus in Gollum's voice. Not necessarily Andy Serkis's Gollum, but something in between him and theodore Gottlieb's Gollum from the Rankin Bass The Hobbit.

March 2026 Meetup Announcement

Hey everyone, we're going to be at Yards next week - come join us! We'd appreciate RSVPs by Friday so we can give Yards an accurate headcount. See you there!

https://phillymacadmins.com/2026/03/17/march-2026-meetup-announcement/

March 2026 Meetup Announcement

Hey everyone, we’re going to be at Yards next week – come join us! We’d appreciate RSVPs by Friday so we can give Yards an accurate headcount. See you there!

Greater Philadelphia Mac Admins
Lousy Smarch weather…
Which btw I think leads into the other bit of advice: if you see a post on "Tech4gamers" or whatever, some site with a nothing name you've never heard of, maybe you shouldn't share that as evidence that something's really happening.