Benjamin Wrax
@benjaminwrax.bsky.social
Writer of 'Memorial Bot'
Can you bear to learn about the troubled past and all the secrets of your dead lover by bringing them back to life in the virtual realm?
https://www.waterstones.com/book/memorial-bot/benjamin-wrax/9781915785206
Can you bear to learn about the troubled past and all the secrets of your dead lover by bringing them back to life in the virtual realm?
https://www.waterstones.com/book/memorial-bot/benjamin-wrax/9781915785206
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Deep in coal country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Deep in coal country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
apnews.com/article/blac...
apnews.com/article/blac...
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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What happens when you stick things up pussies too much
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
What happens when you stick things up pussies too much
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ZZ Top – La Grange (Asian Folk Metal Cover) | NiNi Music
YouTube video by Nini Music
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
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I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
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As the orange felon continues his destruction of the White House, the United States and democracy, he is focusing his revenge on the arts and defacing historical structures. His latest move was firing the board overseeing DC construction projects. He won’t stop until it’s all gone.
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As the orange felon continues his destruction of the White House, the United States and democracy, he is focusing his revenge on the arts and defacing historical structures. His latest move was firing the board overseeing DC construction projects. He won’t stop until it’s all gone.
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it's not fair to those kids
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 AM
it's not fair to those kids
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It’s terrible, but punishment by association is a relatively common practice in US law enforcement theintercept.com/2019/04/25/b...
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s terrible, but punishment by association is a relatively common practice in US law enforcement theintercept.com/2019/04/25/b...
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Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
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Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
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Watched The Blackening last night for the first time... it was SO good.
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Watched The Blackening last night for the first time... it was SO good.
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
I'm very much a comedy over horror girlie, so it was right up my alley.
It's not just your typical parody. Incredibly well done 🙂↕️
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"The fundamental security weakness of LLMs is that there is no rigorous way to separate instructions from data, so anything they read is potentially an instruction. [...] the risk that the LLM will read hidden instructions that leak sensitive data to attackers."
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
Agentic AI and Security
The serious security risks involved in using autonomous LLM applications and what we can do to mitigate them
martinfowler.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"The fundamental security weakness of LLMs is that there is no rigorous way to separate instructions from data, so anything they read is potentially an instruction. [...] the risk that the LLM will read hidden instructions that leak sensitive data to attackers."
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
martinfowler.com/articles/age...
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Live footage from the White House Ballroom
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Live footage from the White House Ballroom
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
-- Thomas A. Edison, who died #OTD 1931
-- Thomas A. Edison, who died #OTD 1931
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
-- Thomas A. Edison, who died #OTD 1931
-- Thomas A. Edison, who died #OTD 1931
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Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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As seen at No Kings Atlanta:
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As seen at No Kings Atlanta:
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"I consider Paine our greatest political thinker... Although the present generation knows little of Paine's writings, and although he has almost no influence upon contemporary thought, Americans of the future will justly appraise his work. I am certain of it."
-- Thomas Edison, who died #OTD 1931
-- Thomas Edison, who died #OTD 1931
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"I consider Paine our greatest political thinker... Although the present generation knows little of Paine's writings, and although he has almost no influence upon contemporary thought, Americans of the future will justly appraise his work. I am certain of it."
-- Thomas Edison, who died #OTD 1931
-- Thomas Edison, who died #OTD 1931
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We are not a monarchy. We are a constitutional democracy.
Let the world hear loud and clear today: America will never have a king.
Let the world hear loud and clear today: America will never have a king.
October 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are not a monarchy. We are a constitutional democracy.
Let the world hear loud and clear today: America will never have a king.
Let the world hear loud and clear today: America will never have a king.