Ben

@jianmin@defcon.social
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Be anti-fascist.

he/him.

My views are not anyone else's. Retweets are not endorsements, etc

No kings.

Ben3d ago
Hmmm..... 🧐
Ben3d ago
the #nokings tag is a great follow
Ben4d ago
https://youtu.be/wnvCPQqQWds
Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen - This Land is Your Land - Obama Inauguration

YouTube
Ben4d ago

Fuck that.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/13/donald-trump-national-guard-los-angeles-ice-protests-military-parade-us-politics-live-news-updates

US marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.

the Guardian
BenJun 8
On Tyranny, Lesson 7.
BenJun 3
OH: "[talking to an LLM is] like talking to someone who is really smart and also high. And who will not remember the discussion the next day."
BenMay 30
Nobody is surprised.
BenMay 28
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/may/22/hypernormalization-dysfunction-status-quo
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

The Guardian
BenMay 11
Spending the day in the city always raises my spirits. #nyc ♥️
BenMay 8

--“What kind of truth will you uphold?” he asked them, according to a video of his speech that was recently removed from the internet. “Will you interrogate the narratives this country tells itself, or will you allow lies to persist?”--

A couple of blockbusters in the NYT today.