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bnq 🌈 Ben
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Ben • he/they • bi | 💕@totalspiffage | floridaboy? | currently OH | GenA/I sucks

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lewmo.bsky.social
55. bootlegs
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
If accessibility disappears after a snowstorm then there was never really accessibility to begin with. Winter reveals so much about who our cities prioritize.
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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jesawyer.bsky.social
Damn you’re telling me the technology that was very obviously intended for unregulated speculation and criminal enterprises was used to do awful things
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
eji.org Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 1d
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Clout-chasing pseudo-journalists really need to knock it off with posting old videos without acknowledging when they're from. When people see posts like this, the assumption is that this happened today/yesterday/this week.

This video is from September. Do better, @onestpress.onestnetwork.com
An old video Olga Nesterova posted as though it was new. She wrote: "The surgeon general of Florida announced that ALL vaccine mandates in Florida will be ended." The video is from September
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
AI is literally a consent manufacturing machine.
A Reddit post that reads: Ohio Conservatives PAC Facebook page posted this image. I think that this is AI because of the size of the people relative to the buildings, the uniformity of the signage, and the size of the table relative to the people. Is this AI?
February 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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lastpositivist.bsky.social
Can't now find it but there's a classic old tweet which said something like "Every time we're on the verge of achieving class consciousness in America a CIA sleeper agent activates and, their eyes glowing red, they just tweet out "John Brown was a white saviour"" and I think about it often.
Over an article saying that Mamdani will be raising minimum wage for grocery delivery apps in NYC someone comments with a facepalm emoji and says "So if you have ADHD and live in a food desert... you should just... starve. Got it."
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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demongrrl.gay
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*breathes*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
Twitter post from @BenjaminDEKR “OpenClaw is interesting, but will also drain your wallet if you aren't careful. Last night around midnight I loaded my Anthropic API account with $20, then went to bed. When I woke up, my Anthropic balance was $O. Opus was checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night." Doing literally nothing, OpenClaw spent the entire balance. How? The "Heartbeat" cron job, even though literally the only thing I had going was one silly reminder, ("remind me tomorrow to get milk")” Continuation of twitter post “1. Sent ~120,000 tokens of context to Opus 4.5 2. Opus read HEARTBEAT md, thought about reminders 3. Replied "HEARTBEAT_OK" 4. Cost: ~$0.75 per heartbeat (cache writes) The damage: - Overnight = ~25+ heartbeats - 25 × $0.75 = ~$18.75 just from heartbeats alone - Plus regular conversation = ~$20 total The absurdity: Opus was essentially checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night." The problem is: 1. Heartbeat uses Opus (most expensive model) for a trivial check 2. Sends the entire conversation context (~120k tokens) each time 3. Runs every 30 minutes regardless of whether anything needs checking That's $750 a month if this runs, to occasionally remind me stuff? Yeah, no. Not great.”
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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vevianart.bsky.social
Why Expedition 33 became so trend but the guillotine didn't when it's obvious which french product we need the most?
February 1, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
“If the wrong words coming from a generalized or fictional character’s conversational chatbot can do such damage, imagine the power of words spoken in the voice of a dead loved one to a user who is desperate enough to turn to such technology in the first place.”
The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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julesboykoff.bsky.social
HERE COMES THE OLYMPICS DISPLACEMENT MACHINE
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 6d
"Efforts to remove unhoused people will focus on the security perimeters of Olympic venues, according to the report."

For many of the major venues, what's been discussed has been a one-mile radius. For the Figueroa/Expo Park cluster, that would encompass huge sections of downtown and South LA
LA County considers plans to remove unhoused people and clear encampments around Olympic venues
L.A. County officials have issued a strategy report advising local governments on how to clear people from encampments near major events.
laist.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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altwatcher.bsky.social
Hi folks! Here's a list of the journalists who have had their work lifted by AltNPS.

This list is VERY much incomplete. A lot of the people affected aren't on Bluesky, and I need to update my master list, but this is a decent way to follow (and credit!) some great journalists.
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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theblackbuffy.bsky.social
i'm back with another wrestling piece. & this time it's about our fave timeless wrestler + her impact as an openly queer (in kayfabe and shoot) wrestler. many of us queer #aew sickos appreciate toni. so i thought i'd write about her for @popheist.com

#wrestlesky

popheist.com/aew-toni-sto...
Toni Storm and the Importance of Sapphic Representation
With Toni Storm, queer wrestling fans are able to feel safe — as well as get a few chuckles in — when she’s onscreen.
popheist.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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cryling.bsky.social
Hi everyone! 💛 Happy Black History Month! 🤎✨️

I'm Karissa, a Black Biracial artist from Philly. I like to work on fantasy related art, character designs, and more.
Digital illustration of a man with a shining golden star coming out of his chest and eyes with a golden frame around him Digital Illustration of a woman (assumed to be a goddess of grape vines) with her back towards us and a grape vine beside her Digital Illustration of a Sun Blessed Mermaid sitting by a golden pond Digital Illustration of a woman with her braids in a bun with her eyes closed while smiling. She has long lashes and is surrounded by patterns
February 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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shanemcpartlin.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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ashlikeadragon.bsky.social
Strong POKEMON. Weak POKEMON. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled YAKUZA should USE A GAMEPAD
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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girlnextvore.bsky.social
I love whenever an angle makes Mei saint-michel look 3 apples tall next to Saki
May 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
bnq1.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.

(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
In case you didn't know: Comic Olive Oyl is MILES more fun than Cartoon Olive Oyl.
January 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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papapishu.bsky.social
Apparently they found a better print of Manos and it’s getting a 4k restoration I’m so happy. That movie still sucks.
Manos Restored New 4K restoration from 35mm blow-up internegative. Unlike the 16mm workprint, 100% accurate to original release. Audio from optical track negative, also restored. Ready in time for 60th anniversary, theatrical exclusive for a while, no fundraising needed.
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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unburntwitch.com
For proof, a friend who sat in on that interaction thought it was so batshit he had this made for me
A golf trophy that says “congratulations Zoe Quinn drove GamerGate from 4chan”
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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kpsinging.bsky.social
This is so well written. 💔
Michael McKean @MJMcKean posted Catherine’s knowledge of humanity was always at the center of her comedy, no matter how absurd the character or loopy the material. She could play heartless because she was warm, brainless because she was brilliant, careless because she truly cared. Everyone loved her and everyone learned from her. This is a deep loss.
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 AM