Carpe Derpum (S. Ben Price)
@carpederpum.bsky.social
1967 - current
Translator, traveller, eater of good food and drinker of wine, ruiner of otherwise perfectly good parties with acoustic guitar version of Wonderwall.
Responsibilities include: opening the door for the cat, forgetting why I came into rooms
Translator, traveller, eater of good food and drinker of wine, ruiner of otherwise perfectly good parties with acoustic guitar version of Wonderwall.
Responsibilities include: opening the door for the cat, forgetting why I came into rooms
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Why is ICE only focusing on poor immigrants? Can we get rid of some of the Russian oligarchs that live here?
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Why is ICE only focusing on poor immigrants? Can we get rid of some of the Russian oligarchs that live here?
Shut up, Nerdboy!! Your ass is grass after class!!
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Shut up, Nerdboy!! Your ass is grass after class!!
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In an ICE gulag in Pennsylvania, a 32-yr-old Chinese immigrant was found dead.
ICE said he was found dead in the shower with a “cloth ligature around his neck,” implying the same thing said of Black men found hung on trees in Alabama.
But both his hands were tied.
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE said he was found dead in the shower with a “cloth ligature around his neck,” implying the same thing said of Black men found hung on trees in Alabama.
But both his hands were tied.
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In an ICE gulag in Pennsylvania, a 32-yr-old Chinese immigrant was found dead.
ICE said he was found dead in the shower with a “cloth ligature around his neck,” implying the same thing said of Black men found hung on trees in Alabama.
But both his hands were tied.
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
ICE said he was found dead in the shower with a “cloth ligature around his neck,” implying the same thing said of Black men found hung on trees in Alabama.
But both his hands were tied.
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
The enshittification of Bluesky marches forward. Over the last week, one of my favorite pages has disappeared. Yet when I visit their feed, there are tons of new posts. My feed, meanwhile, is full of huge accounts, "influencers", the last people on earth I want to hear from.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The enshittification of Bluesky marches forward. Over the last week, one of my favorite pages has disappeared. Yet when I visit their feed, there are tons of new posts. My feed, meanwhile, is full of huge accounts, "influencers", the last people on earth I want to hear from.
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A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
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Investigadores surcoreanos desarrollan gel electrolito que triplica la vida útil de baterías de los coches eléctricos y multiplica por 2.8 su autonomía.
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
Investigadores surcoreanos desarrollan gel electrolito que triplica la vida útil de baterías de los coches eléctricos y multiplica por 2.8 su autonomía
Nuevo gel electrolito coreano bloquea reacciones de oxígeno y reduce 6 veces la generación de gases en baterías de alto voltaje.
ecoinventos.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Investigadores surcoreanos desarrollan gel electrolito que triplica la vida útil de baterías de los coches eléctricos y multiplica por 2.8 su autonomía.
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
ecoinventos.com/investigador...
This needs to happen everywhere they go.
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This needs to happen everywhere they go.
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
Human Rights Watch and other groups report systematic censorship by Meta. Over 90K posts critical of Israel or supporting Palestine have been removed since October 2023, fulfilling 94% of Israeli requests. Most labeled “terrorism” or “incitement,” targeting users mainly in Arab and Muslim countries.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Human Rights Watch and other groups report systematic censorship by Meta. Over 90K posts critical of Israel or supporting Palestine have been removed since October 2023, fulfilling 94% of Israeli requests. Most labeled “terrorism” or “incitement,” targeting users mainly in Arab and Muslim countries.
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
AI is a circle jerk of confidently wrong AIs repeating other AIs wrongness. It's like pouring gasoline on the fire of collective ignorance. People already struggle with navigating the bozosphere of confidently ignorant human opinions online. Now it is now much worse. We're doomed. Stupidity won.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
AI is a circle jerk of confidently wrong AIs repeating other AIs wrongness. It's like pouring gasoline on the fire of collective ignorance. People already struggle with navigating the bozosphere of confidently ignorant human opinions online. Now it is now much worse. We're doomed. Stupidity won.
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"Cosmos is closed and light cannot escape from it, then it may be perfectly correct to describe the universe as a black hole. If you wish to know what it is like inside a black hole, look around you."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Cosmos is closed and light cannot escape from it, then it may be perfectly correct to describe the universe as a black hole. If you wish to know what it is like inside a black hole, look around you."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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The First Amendment doesn't stop at prison gates.
Prisons and jails don't have the right to infringe on a free press and prevent the public from knowing what goes on behind bars.
Prisons and jails don't have the right to infringe on a free press and prevent the public from knowing what goes on behind bars.
When Reporting Is a Crime - Corinne Shanahan & Andrew Crespo - Inquest
States have restricted, surveilled, and punished prison journalism for decades, with dire consequences—for incarcerated people and for democracy.
inquest.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The First Amendment doesn't stop at prison gates.
Prisons and jails don't have the right to infringe on a free press and prevent the public from knowing what goes on behind bars.
Prisons and jails don't have the right to infringe on a free press and prevent the public from knowing what goes on behind bars.
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🐝💛 Las abejas no son enemigas, ¡son aliadas!
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🐝💛 Las abejas no son enemigas, ¡son aliadas!
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"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
One of the reasons you never hear cats say "that's what I'm talking about" is that theycan't talk.
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the reasons you never hear cats say "that's what I'm talking about" is that theycan't talk.
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It is so fuck8ng insulting that the Dems legit seem to have no desire to oust Schumer and legit see this as a storm to be weathered. I want them to name one time in Trump's reign where he has stepped up and led? I want a single good reason to keep him
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It is so fuck8ng insulting that the Dems legit seem to have no desire to oust Schumer and legit see this as a storm to be weathered. I want them to name one time in Trump's reign where he has stepped up and led? I want a single good reason to keep him
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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
Did I go to dental school? No. Am I a licensed dentist? Also not. But I have cleaned some overripe avacados.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Did I go to dental school? No. Am I a licensed dentist? Also not. But I have cleaned some overripe avacados.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers