ben Becalel
@benbecalel.bsky.social
No matter where you go... there you are.
It's the quote that makes it.
February 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
It's the quote that makes it.
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Here's what TikTok has been doing to our work & art without our consent.
Night in the Woods' publisher says TikTok is creating and running racist GenAI ads for its games without permission. https://bit.ly/4kKnB5L
February 20, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Here's what TikTok has been doing to our work & art without our consent.
Widzą i opisują.
En Pologne, Karol Nawrocki, président nationaliste, bloque un texte visant à rétablir l’indépendance de la justice
En Pologne, Karol Nawrocki, président nationaliste, bloque un texte visant à rétablir l’indépendance de la justice
En 2023, le premier ministre, Donald Tusk, de centre droit, avait promis de revenir sur les réformes du parti nationaliste Droit et justice, qui a gouverné la Pologne de 2015 à 2023 – en particulier celle sur le Conseil national de la magistrature, qui avait provoqué des tensions avec l’Union européenne.
www.lemonde.fr
February 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Widzą i opisują.
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Tag yourselves. I'm Dwight Loltugal.
February 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Tag yourselves. I'm Dwight Loltugal.
As distractions go...
February 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
As distractions go...
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If you want a culinary experience that goes beyond sushi and ramen, check out this three-hour tour in Sasahara, Nagano Prefecture. Village grandmas will take visitors to gather ingredients and make seasonal dishes, such as miso in March and frozen tofu in winter.
Check Out These Four Unique Japan Travel Experiences in Early 2026 - Unseen Japan
Get away from the over-crowded tourist areas in Japan's cities this year and enjoy one of these unique cultural experiences.
buff.ly
February 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
If you want a culinary experience that goes beyond sushi and ramen, check out this three-hour tour in Sasahara, Nagano Prefecture. Village grandmas will take visitors to gather ingredients and make seasonal dishes, such as miso in March and frozen tofu in winter.
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Yoon and Windsor-Moubtbatten
Insurrection and pedophilia.
I want this for America.
Insurrection and pedophilia.
I want this for America.
February 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Yoon and Windsor-Moubtbatten
Insurrection and pedophilia.
I want this for America.
Insurrection and pedophilia.
I want this for America.
Good.
Poland’s government has announced that it will boycott the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Paralympic Games in response to Russian and Belarusian athletes being allowed to compete under their national flags.
Polish officials to boycott Paralympics opening ceremony over inclusion of Russian athletes
notesfrompoland.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Good.
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w koncu jest dowod na to ze X troje mozg www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
w koncu jest dowod na to ze X troje mozg www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Right now people are using this trick to change what AI tells you about topics as serious as medial questions and financial advice. The problem is ENORMOUS
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Right now people are using this trick to change what AI tells you about topics as serious as medial questions and financial advice. The problem is ENORMOUS
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
Experts like like @lilyray.nyc say this is a problem the tech industry has know about forever, they just didn’t work on it til it was a crisis
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I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
Yes, yes, you had me at 'they come in a drawstring bag', I know...
February 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Yes, yes, you had me at 'they come in a drawstring bag', I know...
@captainbionic.bsky.social may your lore never cease to folk and your students never cheat!
February 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
@captainbionic.bsky.social may your lore never cease to folk and your students never cheat!
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These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
*one voice altered to disguise identity
February 18, 2026 at 11:36 AM
These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.
*one voice altered to disguise identity
*one voice altered to disguise identity
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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RAM shortage so severe they are now known only as Mstein
February 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
RAM shortage so severe they are now known only as Mstein
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The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
The well matured and concentrated bin juice from the very bottom of the UK political scene.
It's as if all the ulcers, warts, and verrucas gathered up at a haemorrhoid's birthday party.
It's as if all the ulcers, warts, and verrucas gathered up at a haemorrhoid's birthday party.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The well matured and concentrated bin juice from the very bottom of the UK political scene.
It's as if all the ulcers, warts, and verrucas gathered up at a haemorrhoid's birthday party.
It's as if all the ulcers, warts, and verrucas gathered up at a haemorrhoid's birthday party.
Shush, child, and give me the address.
February 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Shush, child, and give me the address.
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
Every food can be an 8p food, if you portion it right.
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Every food can be an 8p food, if you portion it right.