Charles Beynon (he/him)
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I turn latté into code. #ElixirLang #Ruby #OpenSource software developer with 24 years using #Linux as my daily driver. Former K-8 computer educator and MacOS sysadmin. Hobbyist #pathfinder2e #ttrpg #tabletop #jrpg gamer and avid #sff reader. NYC
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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you will never be amenable enough to the demands of a fascist tantrum to make it stop without selling your soul and becoming a fascist yourself.
there is no amount of compliance that is acceptable short of absolute indoctrination.
the more you bend, the more they push you down.
stop helping them!
there is no amount of compliance that is acceptable short of absolute indoctrination.
the more you bend, the more they push you down.
stop helping them!
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
you will never be amenable enough to the demands of a fascist tantrum to make it stop without selling your soul and becoming a fascist yourself.
there is no amount of compliance that is acceptable short of absolute indoctrination.
the more you bend, the more they push you down.
stop helping them!
there is no amount of compliance that is acceptable short of absolute indoctrination.
the more you bend, the more they push you down.
stop helping them!
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People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.
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Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
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We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
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Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
OMG the Mamdani campaign is utterly brilliant. Chef's kiss. Art.
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
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!!! yes!!!
reading "Why We Fear AI"
reading "Why We Fear AI"
April 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
!!! yes!!!
reading "Why We Fear AI"
reading "Why We Fear AI"
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i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
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Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Everyone who thinks that voters are responding to their own lived experience needs to explain this graph.
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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This is how Nazis did it. Normalize death camps.
There is no due process. No hearing. No sentence. No parole.
In a few weeks, the Nazis will not be able to cover up the cost and will make them slave labor camps - just like El Salvador.
Death camps.
There is no due process. No hearing. No sentence. No parole.
In a few weeks, the Nazis will not be able to cover up the cost and will make them slave labor camps - just like El Salvador.
Death camps.
Epstein matters, but there's a much greater story of American moral depravity that ought to be leading the news
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...
This column on U.S. concentration camps is the one I hoped I’d never write | Will Bunch
Andrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America.
www.inquirer.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is how Nazis did it. Normalize death camps.
There is no due process. No hearing. No sentence. No parole.
In a few weeks, the Nazis will not be able to cover up the cost and will make them slave labor camps - just like El Salvador.
Death camps.
There is no due process. No hearing. No sentence. No parole.
In a few weeks, the Nazis will not be able to cover up the cost and will make them slave labor camps - just like El Salvador.
Death camps.
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you see this all the time with HRT. people know what hormones do! any semi-decent sex-ed program covers the topic! *doctors* sure as fuck know, but if a trans person looks at the effects and says “i want that,” suddenly the human body is an unknowable mystery, a frontier beyond our understanding
July 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
you see this all the time with HRT. people know what hormones do! any semi-decent sex-ed program covers the topic! *doctors* sure as fuck know, but if a trans person looks at the effects and says “i want that,” suddenly the human body is an unknowable mystery, a frontier beyond our understanding
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Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
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WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
July 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.
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If you think the white Union busting billionaire from apartheid South Africa is for working people but the working class assemblyman from Uganda is an elitist then its not economic justice you’re protecting its white supremacy.
July 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you think the white Union busting billionaire from apartheid South Africa is for working people but the working class assemblyman from Uganda is an elitist then its not economic justice you’re protecting its white supremacy.
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MEDIA: Are you a communist?
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
June 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
MEDIA: Are you a communist?
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
MAMDANI: I am not ... I call myself a democratic socialist in many ways inspired by the words of Dr. King from decades ago, who said: 'Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism, there has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of God's children'
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
June 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.
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george lakoff says adopt the evil GOP’s framing only if you want to support it
words matter
words matter
Stop. Calling. It. A. Medicaid. Work. Requirement.
![Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Support for Medicaid Shifts When Framing Work Requirements as a Job Loss Penalty.
Description: Some lawmakers are considering changes to Medicaid that would require certain Medicaid recipients work, volunteer, or train for a job to maintain their healthcare coverage.
[Split A:] Do you support or oppose a Medicaid Work Requirement? [Split B:] Do you support or oppose a Medicaid Job Loss Penalty?
Work Requirement — Support: 50%, Oppose: 44%
Job Loss — Support: 38%, Oppose: 53%
April 18–21, 2025 survey of 595 U.S. likely voters.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rtsa65yj6j6azdkmatuckxec/bafkreicgk7mruu2wjwgwzf3tcxsanojrdnu7u5f25ifyvtpjqqv5z4vqki@jpeg)
May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
george lakoff says adopt the evil GOP’s framing only if you want to support it
words matter
words matter
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
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RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
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This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so