Posts by ben@werd.social
(DIR) Post #AyduoikgzfA3sRKOy8 by ben@werd.social
2025-09-27T16:45:27Z
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War ravaged Portland
(DIR) Post #Aylcuw8LuTmvCrt9Ie by ben@werd.social
2025-10-01T12:12:48Z
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Real question: how do you cope with the overwhelm of everything that’s happening? Fascism, AI, genocide, war. The psychological overhead is intense, and particularly so for people who have some of those things in their family history. But we all need to function. What are your tactics?
(DIR) Post #Aylcv3yikApxXJRZOi by ben@werd.social
2025-10-01T12:16:22Z
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I slightly misspoke here, of course: it’s obviously the most intense for people who are directly targeted. I’d argue that we should be protecting them with everything we have.
(DIR) Post #AzAjCGfMHUk8UCyLR2 by ben@werd.social
2025-10-13T16:23:28Z
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I don't know what happens next, but on the face of it, the ceasefire and the return of captives from both sides feels really good. May there be peace, may the rebuilding be equitable, and may everyone get to live and co-exist in dignity and prosperity.
(DIR) Post #Azflpg8ZphohiUTGhU by ben@werd.social
2025-10-28T15:52:51Z
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"This bubble is going to pop. Investors will stop setting their money on fire once they realize these models can't replace our labor in the ways they have promised." https://brooklyn.bearblog.dev/ai-futures/
(DIR) Post #B0Ba93GDSgDAICoJNo by ben@werd.social
2025-11-12T23:10:07Z
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Some newsrooms speak truth to power. Some speak truth from power.Some people want to stand up for the vulnerable and work towards a more informed, equitable society. Others want to stand up for the established order and the status quo.It's pretty obvious which are which.
(DIR) Post #B0PIDZrdGQWtqejefQ by ben@werd.social
2025-11-19T14:58:37Z
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Podcast pitch: Last Week Tonight but about the Internet. Same pointed humor, same sense of outrage, same scripted writing, but specifically about the web, the tech industry, underlying power dynamics and egos.
(DIR) Post #B0WsGtUdxtE2iylSka by ben@werd.social
2025-11-22T23:33:25Z
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I actually like this a lot. Don’t hire jerks. (I’ll save you a click: she asks the receptionist whether the candidates treated them well. I agree that it speaks volumes.) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/former-netflix-chief-talent-officer-used-this-test-to-weed-out-disastrous-hires.html
(DIR) Post #B0Xgf9BMHTKI2bVCXw by ben@werd.social
2025-11-23T01:44:34Z
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Just got an email from Boardy Boardman asking me to join the seed round for a startup making an AI dog collar that translates from dog into EnglishThe hell list did I make it onto this time
(DIR) Post #B0abuacFw8TVGQNwnI by ben@werd.social
2025-11-24T15:11:44Z
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"These days people use the term "web" to mean basically something you can view in a web browser. But that does not mean it is *of* the web." #Technology https://werd.io/of-the-web/
(DIR) Post #B14xdZ7MHUXBQa1CEq by ben@werd.social
2025-12-09T13:48:04Z
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For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/
(DIR) Post #B1PnvKjXa4lQo3rzuq by ben@werd.social
2025-12-19T18:42:11Z
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We don't need to educate our audiences to fit our needs. We need to educate ourselves to fit our audiences. #Media https://werd.io/lies-we-tell-ourselves/
(DIR) Post #B1teq2BoIT7FT52mUS by ben@werd.social
2026-01-03T04:21:06Z
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POSSE is on the front page of Hacker News right now, which I think is kind of delightful. Lots of people discovering the more human, independent approach that the #indieweb advocates.
(DIR) Post #B21WfnufxFaUyldTBg by ben@werd.social
2026-01-06T17:56:24Z
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/115848969233248224And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
(DIR) Post #B24zHvPltPXxRK1fwu by ben@werd.social
2026-01-08T14:42:10Z
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"A social media and phone surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block for mobile phones, track the movements of those devices and their owners over time, and follow them from their places of work to home or other locations." https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/
(DIR) Post #B24zuffQNLIHtRp5pQ by ben@werd.social
2026-01-08T15:49:38Z
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@mrsaturday This goes beyond Stingray. I agree that this needs to be understood - but chastising people for not understanding it yet is not going to get us there.
(DIR) Post #B2C99uVZjoXrxaHFqK by ben@werd.social
2026-01-12T02:27:27Z
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Astonishing documentary movie about what power is capable of and what journalism can do to liberate. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes; free to stream on Netflix. More than worth your time. Please watch. https://www.netflix.com/title/82145211
(DIR) Post #B2cKJpRnHZTWV8wtii by ben@werd.social
2026-01-24T16:42:04Z
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Spending the morning at our local library. It’s just a small branch, but it’s fully alive: people browsing and reading, reading to their kids, researching things that are important to them and being in community in a warm space away from the cold. How it should be. Libraries are magic.
(DIR) Post #B2cfKMOsrUXljzgNZA by ben@werd.social
2026-01-24T19:39:28Z
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Seeing lots of variations of we should abolish “Trump’s ICE” or “this kind of ICE” from elected representatives. No, the whole concept is bogus. It was always based on propaganda about immigration. It’s an authoritarian dream based on a fiction. Abolish ICE and fix our foreign policy.
(DIR) Post #B2eYtep1lh3IxqGDcu by ben@werd.social
2026-01-25T14:27:50Z
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Two things I don’t think serve the current moment:1. Downplaying what is happening. If it looks like a goose and steps like a goose, it’s a goose.2. Assuming that assumed American norms and values will prevail.If you didn’t assume that everything would go back to normal, or that we’ll have free and fair elections, or that the courts will stop the killing of observers on the streets, what would you do differently?