Ben Gardner
@nebman.bsky.social
If you follow me and you are following 10k+/are doing follow for follow I will just block you.
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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Do I have any friends playing Portland with room for one more (arrive Thursday, leave Monday)? 🥺
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Do I have any friends playing Portland with room for one more (arrive Thursday, leave Monday)? 🥺
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It's particularly galling to call for ICE to wear body cams when Renee Good's murder literally recorded the whole thing on his phone. He was so confident in his impunity as part of that organization that he recorded and allowed for the release of footage of him shooting a woman at point blank.
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It's particularly galling to call for ICE to wear body cams when Renee Good's murder literally recorded the whole thing on his phone. He was so confident in his impunity as part of that organization that he recorded and allowed for the release of footage of him shooting a woman at point blank.
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Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
Sure. AI companies have ALWAYS been training their models on Wikipedia content, which under the free and open access model is available to anyone — including AI companies. Agreements like these require AI companies to limit and offset the strain they place on Wikimedia infrastructure.
Hoping that @molly.wiki can help explain.
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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"illegal immigrant" is a fascist dogwhistle made up in the reagan era to bring racism back to politics and if you use the phrase uncritically you're a racist nazi
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"illegal immigrant" is a fascist dogwhistle made up in the reagan era to bring racism back to politics and if you use the phrase uncritically you're a racist nazi
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I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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if you want to give wikipedia a birthday present, edit an article! volunteer labor is wikipedia’s most valuable resource and always has been!!!!
Operating imperfectly in an imperfect world, Wikipedia still deserves support. I do that by being a Wikipedian, correcting clear errors that I can document and fix, and occasionally translating pieces from Portuguese into English. It's a civic duty, like voting.
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 AM
if you want to give wikipedia a birthday present, edit an article! volunteer labor is wikipedia’s most valuable resource and always has been!!!!
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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Wow this poster from 1941 was strangely prescient, as it's from 1941 and belongs to the commons feel free to have this, do with it what you want
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Wow this poster from 1941 was strangely prescient, as it's from 1941 and belongs to the commons feel free to have this, do with it what you want
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There are 600 Minneapolis police officers. There are 3000 federal thugs in the Twin Cities.
There are probably 5000 people plugged into one of the nested rapid response networks FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE. Across the region, the number is probably 50,000.
THAT'S how you beat them. Build that.
There are probably 5000 people plugged into one of the nested rapid response networks FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE. Across the region, the number is probably 50,000.
THAT'S how you beat them. Build that.
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
There are 600 Minneapolis police officers. There are 3000 federal thugs in the Twin Cities.
There are probably 5000 people plugged into one of the nested rapid response networks FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE. Across the region, the number is probably 50,000.
THAT'S how you beat them. Build that.
There are probably 5000 people plugged into one of the nested rapid response networks FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONE. Across the region, the number is probably 50,000.
THAT'S how you beat them. Build that.
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It’s insane how all of our history classes were like “appeasement did not work for Hitler and the Nazis it only encouraged them to go further” and literally every power structure in the US is like “but maybe appeasement will work for us”
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
It’s insane how all of our history classes were like “appeasement did not work for Hitler and the Nazis it only encouraged them to go further” and literally every power structure in the US is like “but maybe appeasement will work for us”
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Imagine ICE kidnapping someone from their home, abusing them for hours, and then dropping them off in the middle of nowhere in -40 wind-chill.
With whatever they were wearing. And their phone in a vending machine for used electronics across the street from an ICE staging place.
With whatever they were wearing. And their phone in a vending machine for used electronics across the street from an ICE staging place.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Imagine ICE kidnapping someone from their home, abusing them for hours, and then dropping them off in the middle of nowhere in -40 wind-chill.
With whatever they were wearing. And their phone in a vending machine for used electronics across the street from an ICE staging place.
With whatever they were wearing. And their phone in a vending machine for used electronics across the street from an ICE staging place.
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
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it's wild that nazis can beat, kidnap, rob, and kill people on camera for fun and suffer no consequences, but a regular person who isn't a murderous scumbag would get banned from this website for saying those nazis deserve to be executed for their crimes against humanity
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
it's wild that nazis can beat, kidnap, rob, and kill people on camera for fun and suffer no consequences, but a regular person who isn't a murderous scumbag would get banned from this website for saying those nazis deserve to be executed for their crimes against humanity
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To divert from the main subject a little about ICE factually giving people SS Totenkopf medals in secret (the fact that they were giving them to people in secret tells you immediately that they knew what they were doing, or it would be common knowledge!) this is why, to an extent,
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
To divert from the main subject a little about ICE factually giving people SS Totenkopf medals in secret (the fact that they were giving them to people in secret tells you immediately that they knew what they were doing, or it would be common knowledge!) this is why, to an extent,
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
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Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
September 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
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I think that people don’t comprehend that the state has been unapologetically beating young people’s asses basically nonstop & charging us with massive crimes for protesting since at least Occupy Wall Street & growing up like that has a chilling effect on the way people engage with democracy
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I think that people don’t comprehend that the state has been unapologetically beating young people’s asses basically nonstop & charging us with massive crimes for protesting since at least Occupy Wall Street & growing up like that has a chilling effect on the way people engage with democracy
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Piggy-backing off of this that after the Battle for Seattle demonstrators had come up with a number of tactics to resist police justifying unchecked violence and every major protest since then the police have actually gotten more and more violent.
I think that people don’t comprehend that the state has been unapologetically beating young people’s asses basically nonstop & charging us with massive crimes for protesting since at least Occupy Wall Street & growing up like that has a chilling effect on the way people engage with democracy
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Piggy-backing off of this that after the Battle for Seattle demonstrators had come up with a number of tactics to resist police justifying unchecked violence and every major protest since then the police have actually gotten more and more violent.
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Deescalation is great before things get out of hand, but once they're out of hand, you switch to damage control. You cannot deescalate a crisis after it has happened.
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Deescalation is great before things get out of hand, but once they're out of hand, you switch to damage control. You cannot deescalate a crisis after it has happened.
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Here's the Standard metagame and winrate matrix from the Magic Spotlight: The Avatar, combining both the events in Lyon and Atlanta!
January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Here's the Standard metagame and winrate matrix from the Magic Spotlight: The Avatar, combining both the events in Lyon and Atlanta!