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Ben Zero

@benzero.bsky.social
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Drums, design, building stuff, cartoons and UX.

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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If we must have articles about tradwives finding that patriarchal white men don't make good allies, I wish they'd highlight (preferably in the headline) that these same women are viciously racist and homophobic and for the most part do not renounce those views, let alone try to make amends for them.
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KK @kk-maker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The undercurrent of "I am the correct sort of person to feel sorry for," is vile.
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If Talarico wins there's going to be GOP cope about how it was only because their party had a generationally bad candidate. But Ken Paxton is a product of their party and their party will continue producing and nominating repellent freaks like Ken Paxton
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blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
the more unfinished projects you have the better. the bigger your graveyard the more strange zombies you can sew together from the body parts. do not feel self-conscious about it. just keep making.
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undugdirt @intergint-systems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Me: I think AI is going to make us dumber. People I work with: 5000 REASONS YOU ARE WRONG Jensen Huang: It's going to make us dumber. It already made me dumber.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
A key element in cyberpunk fiction is digital archeology. The Internet has collapsed at least once under a tide of scams and spam, corporations have crusted over every archive with DRM, etc. People have to dig through mountains of shit to find useful things, basically.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The polls are so bad that a pro-ICE Kansas Republican is now preemptively begging ICE to not shoot one of his constituents now that they're active in his state
When ICE operates in Kansas, it needs to coordinate with our local law enforcement. Our sheriffs and police know these communities better than anyone, and working together keeps officers and residents safe.
I'm closely following what's happening in SW Kansas and have been in direct contact with Secretary Mullin and local law enforcement as ICE executes warrants in order to keep Kansans safe.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
for example consider all the lettuce diarrhea
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Ben Zero @benzero.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Everything tastes like Sysco now.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So much of what's happening is due to Republican confidence that Trump could fix the election for them. Now that confidence is fading and the panic is everywhere.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 18/09/2026
OPINION: "[R]eading for pleasure also helps children learn more effectively and broadens how they view, interpret and interact with the world. It gives them a form of expression that fuels their imagination and empathy for themselves and others," William Dee Nichols and Michelle Kearney write.
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Opinion | Reading for Pleasure Builds Empathy in Children, But Fewer Kids Read for Fun
William Dee Nichols and Michelle Kearney write about the benefits of children reading for leisure and how it builds empathy.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Q: Why does Ed Sheeran open his cans with a knife? A: Because all his openers quit on him
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Shark behavior scientist here. Can confirm.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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What to do if i have theories?
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Ben Zero @benzero.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh great. I’m sitting in a booth in a small local restaurant with my back to the door and Journey’s ‘Dont Stop Believin’” just came on.
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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
*giant screen in cars* Drivers: we hate this. Theyre hard to use and distracting Pedestrians: we're afraid of this bc distracted drivers will kill us senior editors of car review websites: silence you fucking insolent hogs you will like what the automakers pay me to tell you to like. You worms
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey quick question how does Medusa feed all those snakes? Does she dip her head in a tank of mice every few days? Or do the snakes share her digestive system and she just eats the mice herself?
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Never miss a chance to remind people that Twain went to Angels Camp (& wrote Jim Smiley & His Jumping Frog about it) because he was hiding out from the SFPD, who he had been "after with a sharp stick" for vigilantism & racialized policing, & his friends were afraid they might murder him.
Advice.
Go home early, "Mark"-at any rate,
don't travel late, partieularly in dark
streets. Don't walk around alone o
nights. Above all things, "Mark," don't
under any circumstances take a drop too
much when there is a policeman around,
because you know they're a laying for you.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trying to imagine the current editors of the SF Chronicle sending a cryptic message via their pages to a houseless police abolitionist.
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Ben Zero @benzero.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
AI executives and users should be held responsible for what their ‘rogue agents’ do for the same reason that Charles Manson was prosecuted for the Tate La Bianca murders.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
my genuine take on most AI is, use it if you want, but you should use it in such a way that if it suddenly went away tomorrow, your personal and professional life would be almost totally unaffected
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Here, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What bothers me the most is how much these sorts of articles actually disparage and degrade the concept of being alive. Not even the most savage, purest materialist treats being alive with such disrespect.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A bit worrying that the NY Times doesn't recognize democracy when confronted with it directly
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Therapist: would you date you? Me: i put out, so probably
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BOO!👻 LAO GATE! @cheflubu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
an old friend on Facebook yesterday posted "how did anyone plan trips to disney land before AI" and I had to just close the tab, man I don't know how to tell you that it ain't that hard and you're struggling with some basic ass shit.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’m telling you, if you can, please make plans to vote in person. Don’t let them steal the voice you’ll use to tell them to fuck off.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
im really and truly not the kind of person to shame people for the media they consume but if you watch the new harry potter you can get fucked
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
AI created a problem that had already been solved by google
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Hannah @venneh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So, if you’re keeping track, this is the punishment/retribution phase of narcissistic abuse, which you get when you don’t comply with what they want.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When there are multiple stories about data centers simply building gas turbines without permits, PROVING they can’t be trusted, you’d be a fool to trust them. This is not paranoia, it’s pragmatism.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JD Vance spread the lie that Haitians in Ohio ate dogs and cats and then said "If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A woman was rude to me on the train today, so I Googled the book she was reading and told her who the murderer was.
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 01/09/2026
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
they've seized onto the absolute dumbest talking point possible on an issue their own base hates
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alxknowlton.bsky.social @alxknowlton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In my humble town ten years ago you would be paying 500 rent on a house that they now ask 1500 for - but all local businesses are only willing to offer to pay you the same wages, for the same job today, as i did it ten years ago. Godspeed indeed.
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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"maybe Scrooge was right" Scrooge wasn't real! He was invented specifically for the purpose of being wrong!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#Furious and #WidowsBay are the best shows of the year.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/12/2025
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What a difference a year makes
CBS News
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
By Alexander Tin
Updated on: April 18, 2025 / 11:55 AM EDTNew York Times 
Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce?
Federal health officials have linked a large cyclosporiasis outbreak to shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell. Is lettuce from grocery stores and restaurants OK?
July 2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yall started southern shit but its a very all gender inclusive greeting and has thus propagated People honestly aren’t putting on airs
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Tripp Nasty ☸️ @trippnasty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Because they are sad, scared humans who believe that acquiring more power will finally make them happy.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Like Zuck didn’t even predict Facebook Facebook exists because he didn’t predict how sloppy people would be with their privacy, because they didn’t predict something like Facebook Its incorrect predictions all the way down
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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 26/08/2026
If we really want to honor Tim Curry's memory, then we have to publish like 8 different obituaries, each with a different and entirely plausible cause of death.
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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dog with caterpillar
Drawing of a puppy and a caterpillar with the caption; "You can't hate yourself into a better version"
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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What an unbelievably beautiful human. 🖤
Tim Curry exhaling smoke in Rocky horror with smudged eyeliner and dark lipstick
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The extremely simple fact is that Jeff Epstein was the most notorious child sex trafficker in history, and the President of the US was his close personal friend for decades Acting like this is complicated is absurd. The man knew what Epstein did, didn't care, and participated
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Ben Zero @benzero.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Stay in place, chaps. Time for ‘Don’t Dream It, Be It.’”
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