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.
Ben Rush4d ago
Philly Mac Admins4d ago

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
Ben Rush5d ago
Lousy Smarch weather…
Ben RushMar 5
Show threadMistyMar 4
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.
Ben RushMar 5
Show threadMistyMar 4
But it took the rewrite on an AI content farm to make it really start making the rounds, since *that* version was alarmist and specifically structured to get widely shared on social media. The link back to PC World in that article made it *sound* like it was based on an authoritative source, despite being a rewrite of a rewrite of an unsourced article.
Ben RushMar 5
MistyMar 4

Incidentally I do think that Windows 12 situation is interesting as an example of how this stuff gets laundered into social media bait. It was a multi-step process!

The original article in German on PC Welt wouldn't have trended since it was in German. Then it got roughly translated into English for PC World, and *that* version gave it the veneer of respectability despite being conjecture with absolutely no sourcing.

Ben RushMar 3
But they were all of them deceived for another Tron album was made…
Ben RushFeb 20
Philly Mac AdminsFeb 20
February 2026 Meetup Summary http://youtube.com/watch?v=AFpzJ1ncTos&feature=youtu.be https://phillymacadmins.com/2026/02/20/february-2026-meetup-summary/
February 2026 Meetup

YouTube
Ben RushFeb 5
Sophie Labelle Feb 5
No particular reason.
Ben RushFeb 5
Lesley Carhart Feb 5
The billionaire media is laying off great tech journalists in crazy quantities this year - replacing them with AI and sycophants. This would be a great time to throw some dollars, euros, pounds, or dollarydoos to @flipboard.com/@404media, @ProPublica or another independent outlet.
Ben RushFeb 5
It just occurred to me that 19 years ago, last week I had my very last cigarette.