Robert Benda
@robertbenda.bsky.social
Videographer, happily telling other peoples' stories. Former runner, now Long COVID sufferer.
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
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Over the last 12 months the Walton Family’s wealth has increased by $328,577 EVERY MINUTE
World’s Richest Families Add $1.5 Trillion in Wealth
The soaring value of the vaunted house of Hermès and deep pools of royal Gulf wealth boosted the richest dynasties by 43% over last year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Over the last 12 months the Walton Family’s wealth has increased by $328,577 EVERY MINUTE
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Have whatever kind of day you want. I’m not demanding merry if you feel differently
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Have whatever kind of day you want. I’m not demanding merry if you feel differently
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Santa Confirms Everyone Getting Bag Of Glitter Labeled ‘Fairy Dust’ His Sister-In-Law Sells On Etsy
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December 23, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Santa Confirms Everyone Getting Bag Of Glitter Labeled ‘Fairy Dust’ His Sister-In-Law Sells On Etsy
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1. Retailers didn't like what their data was saying about shoplifting trends. So, after three decades, the National Retail Federation just stopped collecting data about shoplifting and invented a dubious new metric
It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics
For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited...
popular.info
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
1. Retailers didn't like what their data was saying about shoplifting trends. So, after three decades, the National Retail Federation just stopped collecting data about shoplifting and invented a dubious new metric
It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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Hi. I'm Andrew. I own New England's oldest map store because last year I moved across the country after an old guy retired and gave it to me Willy Wonka-style. Visit my store in Rhode Island. www.mapcenter.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Hi. I'm Andrew. I own New England's oldest map store because last year I moved across the country after an old guy retired and gave it to me Willy Wonka-style. Visit my store in Rhode Island. www.mapcenter.com
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
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1. Disney conspired with government officials to STEAL OVER $100 MILLION IN WAGES from Disneyland workers
After 5+ years, the scheme has finally fallen apart and the workers will be paid what they are owed
Follow this thread for details
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After 5+ years, the scheme has finally fallen apart and the workers will be paid what they are owed
Follow this thread for details
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How Disney conspired with government officials to steal over $100 million from theme park workers
Working at the "Happiest Place on Earth" can be a nightmare.
popular.info
December 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
1. Disney conspired with government officials to STEAL OVER $100 MILLION IN WAGES from Disneyland workers
After 5+ years, the scheme has finally fallen apart and the workers will be paid what they are owed
Follow this thread for details
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After 5+ years, the scheme has finally fallen apart and the workers will be paid what they are owed
Follow this thread for details
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“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine
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the year is 2034. there are thousands of specialty accounts on twitter. stair guy. smell doctor. cutlery gal. sports them. liquor baby. chef raccoon. finally, men can no longer post any photo without being criticized.
December 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM
the year is 2034. there are thousands of specialty accounts on twitter. stair guy. smell doctor. cutlery gal. sports them. liquor baby. chef raccoon. finally, men can no longer post any photo without being criticized.
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
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it's Jane Austen's 249th birthday and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, developing a passion for dead leaves, inadvertently falling in love with the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
December 16, 2024 at 8:04 PM
it's Jane Austen's 249th birthday and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, developing a passion for dead leaves, inadvertently falling in love with the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
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There's no "controversy" over The Witcher 4, it's just gotten picked up in what is now a cottage industry of YouTube-based outrage content farming by people who have zero actual investment in or understanding of the things they cover multiple times a day, every day
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
There's no "controversy" over The Witcher 4, it's just gotten picked up in what is now a cottage industry of YouTube-based outrage content farming by people who have zero actual investment in or understanding of the things they cover multiple times a day, every day
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Problematic director list:
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
December 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Problematic director list:
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
– Spielberg (abused dinosaurs)
– Aster (won’t return my emails about muppet midsommar)
– Villeneuve (French Canadian)
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I spent the morning readinga deeply reported and revealing article in ProPublica about a cancer doctor in my state’s capital who had a few superlatives to his name…longest-lived stage 4 lung cancer patient in the world, most hours billed of any doctor, most morphine prescribed in 2017.
December 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM
I spent the morning readinga deeply reported and revealing article in ProPublica about a cancer doctor in my state’s capital who had a few superlatives to his name…longest-lived stage 4 lung cancer patient in the world, most hours billed of any doctor, most morphine prescribed in 2017.
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Trump frightens me but I don't want to criticize him because that could hurt my net worth. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 15, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Trump frightens me but I don't want to criticize him because that could hurt my net worth. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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People want to come up with all of these complex reasons why the election went the way it did, when in reality, America has never voted for a female president in 248 years and Democrats have not taken the majority of the white vote since the Civil Rights Movement was enshrined into law.
December 15, 2024 at 10:33 PM
People want to come up with all of these complex reasons why the election went the way it did, when in reality, America has never voted for a female president in 248 years and Democrats have not taken the majority of the white vote since the Civil Rights Movement was enshrined into law.
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Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
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🧪 #IDsky
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Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is their goal. Privatize everything.
And by “privatize” we mean steer billions to themselves and their friends, ending programs that serve those with the least under the guise of “efficiency”.
Rural areas will suffer. Prices will rise.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
And by “privatize” we mean steer billions to themselves and their friends, ending programs that serve those with the least under the guise of “efficiency”.
Rural areas will suffer. Prices will rise.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
This is their goal. Privatize everything.
And by “privatize” we mean steer billions to themselves and their friends, ending programs that serve those with the least under the guise of “efficiency”.
Rural areas will suffer. Prices will rise.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
And by “privatize” we mean steer billions to themselves and their friends, ending programs that serve those with the least under the guise of “efficiency”.
Rural areas will suffer. Prices will rise.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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When I had a violent stalker who would graphically describe how he would have me gang raped, puncture my organs and and break all my bones, I was told the police "couldn't do anything".
Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something.
They just don't care about YOU.
Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something.
They just don't care about YOU.
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
When I had a violent stalker who would graphically describe how he would have me gang raped, puncture my organs and and break all my bones, I was told the police "couldn't do anything".
Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something.
They just don't care about YOU.
Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something.
They just don't care about YOU.
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People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
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Probably the worst thing that can happen to a parent is when there's a balloon in your house
December 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Probably the worst thing that can happen to a parent is when there's a balloon in your house