David Benfell, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
@benfell.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Ph.D. Human Science (Saybrook University, 2016), vegetarian ecofeminist (#vegan and #libertariansocialist) scholar, #anticapitalist. Disgusted by Republicans […]
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell
Don’t get me wrong. I like Star Trek a lot.
But I don’t think its portrayal of humanity is particularly accurate. In Star Trek, they almost never knowingly leave people behind. And when they do, there are consequences. That description has been increasingly less applicable […]
Don’t get me wrong. I like Star Trek a lot.
But I don’t think its portrayal of humanity is particularly accurate. In Star Trek, they almost never knowingly leave people behind. And when they do, there are consequences. That description has been increasingly less applicable […]
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February 17, 2026 at 7:39 AM
@GhostOnTheHalfShell
Don’t get me wrong. I like Star Trek a lot.
But I don’t think its portrayal of humanity is particularly accurate. In Star Trek, they almost never knowingly leave people behind. And when they do, there are consequences. That description has been increasingly less applicable […]
Don’t get me wrong. I like Star Trek a lot.
But I don’t think its portrayal of humanity is particularly accurate. In Star Trek, they almost never knowingly leave people behind. And when they do, there are consequences. That description has been increasingly less applicable […]
@grumpybozo
I know what the Overton Window used to mean. I didn’t fall within it even then.
But as mainstream media capitulate to fascism, I’m skeptical about its meaning—even its applicability as a social theory—today.
I know what the Overton Window used to mean. I didn’t fall within it even then.
But as mainstream media capitulate to fascism, I’m skeptical about its meaning—even its applicability as a social theory—today.
February 17, 2026 at 7:16 AM
@grumpybozo
I know what the Overton Window used to mean. I didn’t fall within it even then.
But as mainstream media capitulate to fascism, I’m skeptical about its meaning—even its applicability as a social theory—today.
I know what the Overton Window used to mean. I didn’t fall within it even then.
But as mainstream media capitulate to fascism, I’m skeptical about its meaning—even its applicability as a social theory—today.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @histodons
When you speak of “a world ruled by the #epsteinClass,” we should remember that in addition to the rapes, Jeffrey Epstein likely gathered compromising information on elite figures in order to blackmail them,[1] introducing nuance into the question of who rules […]
When you speak of “a world ruled by the #epsteinClass,” we should remember that in addition to the rapes, Jeffrey Epstein likely gathered compromising information on elite figures in order to blackmail them,[1] introducing nuance into the question of who rules […]
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February 11, 2026 at 4:16 AM
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @histodons
When you speak of “a world ruled by the #epsteinClass,” we should remember that in addition to the rapes, Jeffrey Epstein likely gathered compromising information on elite figures in order to blackmail them,[1] introducing nuance into the question of who rules […]
When you speak of “a world ruled by the #epsteinClass,” we should remember that in addition to the rapes, Jeffrey Epstein likely gathered compromising information on elite figures in order to blackmail them,[1] introducing nuance into the question of who rules […]