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BirdieMob
@birdiemob.bsky.social
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I talk a lot of about birds. I even have a newsletter -https://birdiemob.substack.com
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Hawk friend! I stopped the video short, but they were gathering nesting materials. #birdsofbluesky
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
birdiemob.bsky.social
I’m reading Hanna Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism and this paragraph stood out.
A paragraph that reads: “A mixture of gullibility and cynicism had been an outstanding characteristic of mob mentality before it became an everyday phenomenon of masses. In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. The mixture in itself was remarkable enough, because it spelled the end of the illusion that gullibility was a weakness of unsuspecting primitive souls and cynicism the vice of superior and refined minds. Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how ab-surd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.”
March 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
birdiemob.bsky.social
Easily one of the most unintentionally hilarious comments I’ve seen in a while. The false confidence is great, but “It’s still watchable” is just perfection.
March 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
birdiemob.bsky.social
living that library debt-free life #humblebrag
screenshot of the library's fines and fees page. all the numbers show zero dollars owed because I'm afraid of librarians.
March 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
birdiemob.bsky.social
I mistakenly read this as Mario and I’m now v disappointed.
Headline reading “Super Micro makes Nasdaq deadline”
February 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
birdiemob.bsky.social
Really excited to be mystery reader at my kid’s school.
January 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
birdiemob.bsky.social
I've been playing around with AI image generation. The prompt was "Captain American but dressed like a kingfisher." I think the machines nailed it. #genai #imagegeneration #captainamerica #birds
January 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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A clapper rail from a recent trip to Jekyll Island! #birds #birdsofbluesky
January 19, 2024 at 3:44 PM