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Ben Bradley

@benbradley.bsky.social
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Coding, electronic design, music. Not sure what other keywords to put here. Neither spiritual nor religious. I "believe in" being fair to people. That's not intended as political, but others seem to think it is.

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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@flyswatter1959.bsky.social this reminds me of you ...
Woman wearing glasses pointing up at text that reads "Believe in yourself like clients who believe their low-res jpeg is a logo I can edit..."
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Here's something I Iearned about Costco recently. @flyswatter1959.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/eries_...
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Costco's Consistent DEI Programs Build Trust | Eric Ries posted on the topic | LinkedIn
What builds real trust in a company? Consistency. Costco kept its DEI programs when they were unpopular, when they became popular, and when they became controversial again. The principle didn't chang...
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
DO NOT EAT the frozen berries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z594...
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FDA upgrades frozen berry recall to highest risk level
YouTube video by NBC News
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A vid I'd like to see: "Applications of Popcount" - it could be the talk of Hacker News!
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Here's not just proof of life, Mitch is making quite the turnaround! @flyswatter1959.bsky.social
Photoshop of Bernie Sanders smiling, visiting a smiling Mitch McConnell in a hospital bed wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt, holding a "Health Care is a Human Right" sign and holding a rainbow flag.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I'm hearing continuous fireworks in the distance. I'm wondering if something went wrong somewhere.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
At least two of them!
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Ultra-political" means money-making operation. I know of an electric guitar manufacturer that would pay real money to get the copyrights on shapes of guitars they've been making for over 70 years. "Pay to play" is already operating for pardons.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@flyswatter1959.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Udg...
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How to recognize COINTELPRO propaganda
YouTube video by Lady Izdihar
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The legal basis seems questionable, and guitarists look to be 10+ to 1 against Fender doing this. I've read "wouldn't you want to defend your creative work?" but the guitar shape played by Buddy Holly and so many since has been undefended for so long, there doesn't appear to be any IP to defend.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
German default ruling for Fender in March, defendant didn't show in court: spotlight.fender.com/newsroom/new... Good summaries since then: yamahamusicians.com/fenders-euro... www.lawcommentary.com/articles/fen... WSJ article: "The Brewing Fight Over the World’s Most Popular Electric Guitar"
spotlight.fender.com
Fender Press Releases & Products Updates | Fender Newsroom
Fender News Releases, Brand Logos, Media Kits, Company History & Media Contacts
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Surely you've heard about Fender sending a Cease-And-Desist letter threatening to sue guitar makers for copying for the last 50+ years its 72-year-old Stratocaster body design. The PR is awful (see youtube) yet Fender is doubling down. Yes, PRS has received the letter.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Not every form of making money is equally good." Eric Ries calls it Corruption (his new book is titled Incorruptible), but many of us know it by the results (and the title of another book): Enshittification. time.com/article/2026...
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Why Corporate Corruption Is so Common
“We've come to accept that the gradual corruption of successful companies is as natural and inevitable as gravity,” writes Eric Ries.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It's just a matter of interpretation. Those two meatballs could either be eyes or testes.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Tim Cook interviewed on the history of Apple, something the company hasn't talked much about before. @flyswatter1959.bsky.social www.wsj.com/video/series...
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Apple Has Archives That Even Tim Cook Didn’t Know About. We Went Inside.
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke with WSJ's Ben Cohen to mark the company's 50th anniversary.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
An amusing variation might be using the G from the Gibson logo. "This Gender has six strings."
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is three months old, how did I not hear about it until now?
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This explains enshittification far better than anything else I've seen, read or heard about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoJ1...
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How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Ries
YouTube video by Lenny's Podcast
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Adam Savage on Rocky Horror @flyswatter1959.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUDH...
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Why Is Adam Savage Like This?
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Holding out for the Eagles to play at the ELT. "I want to sleep with you in the desert night With a billion stars all around"
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I see it has all nine planets! ;)
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Fake Pic! Everyone holds their phones vertically, resulting in portrait photos and videos!
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Something amazing from other social media. x.com/wakannaiyoho...
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
@flyswatter1959.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/1tSCl...
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JetBlue is getting SUED 😭
YouTube video by John Casterline
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I drink so much Diet Coke, I'll NEVER get cancer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMiZ...
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Trump GETS NASTY SURPRISE As AI Doctor Jesus Videos Go MEGA VIRAL!
YouTube video by Really American
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Man does not live by bread alone. We need meat patties, cheese, ketchup and fries for a balanced diet.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It's actually an antiwading pool.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Ms. Leavitt, do you expect these pardons to apply in Nuremberg?"
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Holy Smoke! www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentag...
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The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy
The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I recall when Clark Howard on his radio show was telling how to opt out of Doubleclick banner ad tracking in 1997. That's how long this has been going on. prospect.org/2026/04/06/w...
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Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect
Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I just commented on that in another reply ...
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm not biased, I just love these fallacies!
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Oh, the planet? For a moment I thought 'it' was the Artemis toilet.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Sure sounds like it, starts off sound like a mellow ballad-singing high-pitched Michael Jackson. Found the commercial by googling "Redfin TV comm... <I'll get you finish it>"
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Geez, I remember when Apple was Apple Computer, and they were the Good Guys. Now they [or it] are just another walled garden like AOL, Facebook, ...
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I haven't kept up lately, but I don't suppose the Mars Sample Return Mission is ever gonna happen? Samples are collected, documented and waiting to be brought back to eager scientists on Earth, but noooooo ... www.science.org/content/arti...
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead
Congress backs Trump administration’s efforts to kill project that would ferry martian rocks to Earth
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I recall an eminent domain case in Alabama. The city said the area was blighted and houses needed to be bulldozed. "Coincidentally" a shopping mall would pay a lot more in taxes: sprawl-busters.com/uncategorize... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...
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City Sued for Using Eminent Domain to Help Wal-Mart Superstore.
City Officials in Alabaster, Alabama have slammed into a “Wal” of opposition to a Wal-Mart supercenter — especially over the potential use of eminent domain to force homeowners to sell out to the…
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Only done a little editing, but I've seen several articles come and go. Anyone can create and write an article on anything. If something is not "notable," someone will eventually say so and have it marked for deletion, but I think it can take a while, like months for it to be deleted.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Does Mexico really want those Mexican-Iranians back?
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Hank Greene and teh big science story this month about the dog: "Why Aren't We Curing Human Cancers like This??" www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUqI... @flyswatter1959.bsky.social
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Why Aren't We Curing Human Cancers like This??
YouTube video by Hank Green
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Hiring devs one-at-a-time would be admitting they were wrong to lay off so many, also, buying a company for its devs may be cheaper. It's certainly faster.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Man cures his dog's cancer, the non-techie national news version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Sg...
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Australian tech entrepreneur uses AI to create cancer treatment for his dog
YouTube video by NBC News
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
How long ago was it this existed? Well over a decade ago! The Legend Marches On, or people march on the legend, something like that. #dragoncon
[Round image of a dragon blowing a horn over a colorful carpet] Mariott Carpet Marching Band
Do you have some musical ability? Or can you twirl a light saber or a battle flag? Do you like carpet? ... Then the Mariott Carpet Marching Band wants YOU Come join us for the Dragon Con parade!
Click here for information and how to join:
https://tinyurl.com/MCMB-2026
mariottcarpetmarchingband@gmail.com
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Welcome to March, where Monday is thunderstorms then really cold, so just maybe ...
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy Pi Day to those who celebrate it.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I read through the thread, apparently the "moral" of the story is don't use your credit card, but use cash to buy gift cards (maybe wear an inconspicuous disguise or get someone you don't know to buy em for you) and pay Proton with that.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Stylish.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Fortunately, these didn't get stuck in the Apple "Crush" commercial.
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It's Official and Scientifically Proven!!1! Ping @flyswatter1959.bsky.social
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Ben Bradley @benbradley.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Who is John Barron, why is he trashing the Supreme Court, and geez that voice sounds familiar ... fxtwitter.com/AdameMedia/s...
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ADAM (@AdameMedia)
🚨 This is INSANE A man named “John Barron” just called into CSPAN to show support for Trump’s tariff war. “John Barron” is the fake identity Trump has used for decades to compliment himself in the m...
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