2026-01-03 18:56:15
I don’t support whatever system you want to call Venezuela’s, but what Trump did was absolutely disgraceful, if you ask me.
#Venezuela #FreeVenezuela #Maduro
I don’t support whatever system you want to call Venezuela’s, but what Trump did was absolutely disgraceful, if you ask me.
#Venezuela #FreeVenezuela #Maduro
Hummm. Wonder if the UK will have to support the USA invading Venezuela because it's a member of Nato?
Or if we'll just support it because we also want western oil companies to have access to those oil fields?
Or maybe we'll sanction the USA like we sanctioned Russia for their illegal invasion?
No? Why is everyone laughing?
Anyway. These days it's cool to invade other countries and kidnap their presidents to steal their oil it seems. Even though the oil needs to stay in the ground.
🙄
#war #venezuela
🇺🇸 US Ambassador to NATO visits Kyiv: support for Ukraine and the path to peace #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/us-ambassador-to-nato-visits.html
Our PM, NotPeterDutton, responds to #Trump’s invasion of #Venezuela. Or maybe he doesn’t. Who knows?
He was hoping for a quiet Sunday. Who are you people, and why won’t you let him roll over and go back to sleep?
This is all terribly inconvenient.
Good Morning #Canada
Overnight news of Trump attacking another country in a blatant attempt to seize their resources should be a wakeup call for Canada. Does anyone here think a strike on Ottawa to remove the current government couldn't happen? Could the U.S. find a stooge willing to become the interim leader? How much oil, aluminum, uranium, hydropower or other resources would be looted before Trump strokes out from too many big macs. Yesterday I would have laughed at this scenario but today it starts to be less of a fantasy.
I glossed over this article when it was first published back in November but now I'm leaning towards support of developing a volunteer force in Canada. Perhaps a 2-year voluntary military service for our youth to provide employment and training. I don't want a volunteer military force to ever be used and hopefully it becomes a deterrent. But unfortunately a serious discussion is needed.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ElbowsUp
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/the-military-plans-for-a-volunteer-force-to-defend-canada/
"Don’t eat meat or drive a car: Are lifestyle-targeted climate policies eroding our green values?"
#Climate #ClimateChange
Tell Congress: NO Funding for Primate Breeding! #AnimalRights
Adding another post. This one is a bit less polished, but I want to get it out. As things get harder for everyone, I'm seeing a greater tendency to want to grasp onto revolutionary fiction such as #Andor. I think there's value in that, but it has to come with an informed critique.
> We are so thirsty for hope that we will drink it up, even when that hope comes from a fiction and the truth behind the hope is poison. In Andor, we see the worst elements sacrifice themselves for some of the best. The revolution goes through a process of purification, the complicated elements weeding themselves out to make room for the simplified good, as the rebellion unifies. In reality, this tends to be the opposite how things actually work.
> [...]
> [The Urban Guerilla movement of the 60's through the 80's] centered militant revolution. In doing so, they omitted or cut themselves off from the logistic support needed to sustain such revolutionary activity. The trauma of carrying out violence further isolated and radicalized them. Lacking infrastructure for trauma healing, their decay escalated and became unrecoverable. Ultimately, their revolutionary movements both emulated and reinforced the status quo they were trying to resist.
> There emerges a strange historical parallel that is difficult to see from within the dominant paradigm. The competitive politics of electoralism derives from heroic competition, where people (typically men) compete (often violently) for control over a territory or people. Thus the insurrectionary enters into the very same competition as a challenger, not against the system of domination but for control over it. The success of the revolution, then, does not abolish the system of violent domination but changes rather replaces its management.
> Many modern anarchists will be quick to point out the disconnect between ends and means. While authoritarian projects often assert that "the ends justify the means," and Andor implies the same, anti-authoritarian projects assert the ends and the means are not only united but are, in fact, the same.
This is still very much something I'm actively editing, but I'd still love feedback to help me refine it to it's final form. Typo catches and clarifying questions welcome.
#USPol
Social Media app check! Have apps taken on support for Mastodon since I posted this two years ago? #mastodon #mastodonMigration #socialmedia
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/111333393655660195
I told you - she's one of dem Good Billionaires!
#AllBillionairesAreEvil
#AI / #LLM propaganda is so insidiously effective even for laypeople.
I’ve had multiple conversations with family members who: don’t speak English, don’t own computers (only mobile phones), and barely spend time online.
I told them that I am no longer working with most tech company clients because I don’t like AI and don’t want to support it (“AI” here = gen AI, LLMs).
And yet these people all reacted the same way: concern, shock, and comments like “but this is inevitable”, “this is the future”, “you’ll have to accept it eventually”, “won’t refusing it ruin your career prospects?”
These are people who know nothing about technology. They usually wouldn’t even know what “AI” meant. And yet here they are, utterly convinced of AI company talking points.
🎉 Social identification with a team boosts fans' social well-being
#sports…
When you need a vote to decide whether to support and protect one of the the most marginalised group of people in the country, how can you expect anyone to take you seriously??
#trans #ukpolitics
So the #MacOS convention is to only sometimes use ~/Library/Application and sometimes ~/config
Yes perfectly normal to have 2 competing standards for configuration files
https://www.
Neither #Affinity nor #Darktable seemingly support 1D LUTs, which would have been too easy and useful for my #DigitalNegative preparation tool... Instead they both insist on using only 3D LUT…
Good job now peertube looks shit on mobile devices.
I need to call ublock origin to make it usable. Make these element go away if I don't click them after sometime or make them smaller.
Open in app ? Seriously?
@… #peertube
A summit has begun in Brussels to decide the fate of aid to Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/a-summit-has-begun-in.html
🌐 #Tailscale VPN integration with pre-auth key support & custom server options
💾 Automated #rsync backups over SSH with cron scheduling & ntfy/Discord notifications
🔧 Kernel hardening via sysctl, swap file setup & Lynis/debsecan security audits
📋 Idempotent, produ…
RE: #belarus
Maybe I'm in my own little info bubble but I find it hard to believe that 60% of Canadians would support a new pipeline from Alberta to the west coast. I was disappointed with Carney's negotiation/capitulation to Smith, and I think longterm it's a misstep by the Liberals. Indigenous People will fight it tooth and nail, and we should support them in that effort. B.C. doesn't want a new terminal on their coast. Demand for oil continues to drop and there's a real risk the pipeline is severely underused upon completion. Most of the money made from oil moving through this pipe will leave Canada. Canada's reputation is polluted with this announcement while the majority of countries continue to develop alternative energy solutions. I can understand the support from Alberta as the province doesn't appear to have a strategy for transitioning from an oil dependent economy. But who are the other Canadians that Angus Reid surveyed?
#CanPoli #Pipeline
https://youtu.be/3VISu7l6FhY?si=kgpadeUAXu8DC5uP
Tomorrow is #BandcampFriday 🎶
That means every cent you spend goes *directly* to the artists, Bandcamp takes 0%.
Support artists, not corporations 💿❤️
🔗 https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/ba<…
The Planet Crafter is currently on sale on #Steam for about $12 and I've already put 13 hours into it and it's a *fantastic* survival crafter where you terraform an entire planet from Mars-like conditions all the way to Earth-like
I'm probably 10%? of the way into the content so far and it's still super engaging. Watching the atmosphere change color, clouds and rainfall appear, seeing life start to spread - it's so so rewarding
Plays well on CrossOver on macOS, *but* whatever they did for mouse logic on the game makes it fail to register clicks in CrossOver. Fortunately gaming controller support is present and excellent, so I've been using that.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/
Embracing the journey of graceful aging requires empowering seniors to live with vitality and elegance. 🌟 What small changes have made a big impact on your daily life or the life of a senior you know? Share your insights as we support each other in growing older with dignity and strength. 💪🏼💬 #AgingWell #SeniorSupport #GoldenYears
Thanks, Trump!
#ThanksTrump
"the [Chinese] plan removes #ElectricVehicles from the list of strategic emerging industries. That move has been misread by some commentators as a retreat. It is better seen as a milestone of maturity. When an industry no longer needs preferential support or policy protection, it has crossed from experiment to normalcy"
Please consider #socialBC on your #givingtuesday rounds. Any amount will help sustain us!
Thank you so much for all of your support in the past year!
https://socialbc.ca/@chris/115650919157021128
#PhantastikPrompts 01.11.:
Benutzt du spezielle Software, die dich beim Schreiben unterstützt, wenn ja, welche?
Ich habe 2015 oder so Patchwork gekauft, weil es damals ungefähr so viel kostete wie Scrivener, aber mehr Funktionen und einen deutschsprachigen Support hatte.
Inzwischen ist der Entwickler gestorben und Patchwork ist Abandonware - niewesen hat die Rechte dar…
Doctors are seeing more aggressive breast cancer in younger women than expected #women
NATO's new plan: tanks will cross European borders without stopping! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/natos-new-plan-tanks-will.html
Friends, I'm seeing many appeals from people in desperate need in #Gaza. If you can help, and are not yet helping, please look at Gaza Verified and choose people to support.
There may be other, better ways to get help to people on the ground in Gaza, but if so I don't know of them.
There are families who have lost parents who I think are especially vulnerable.
❗️ZELENSKYY visited POKROVSK DIRECTION #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/zelenskyy-visited-pokrovsk-direction-shorts.html
"Australian State Secures Federal Support to Achieve 100% Net Renewables Goal by 2027"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables
My mission for 2026: drag local organisations and businesses into the #Fediverse by approaching them actively. Explaining the benefits, offering free hosting of accounts, free consultation and support.
Need another reason to move to @… ?
"Cellebrite does support, for example, Pixel 9 devices BFU. Meanwhile the screenshot indicates #Cellebrite cannot unlock #Pixel
We have another #data job at the City of #capetown, this time for a Senior #DataEngineer
We build & support data-intensive systems, not just digital plumbing! We're looking for strong softwar…
The annual fundraiser support for Wikimedia from the richest man in the world is a dystopian right-wing infused parody site of #Wikipedia.
So if you‘d rather support free access to the sum of all human knowledge instead of billionaire tech bros, you get a chance to donate out of spite.
Kingston Community Energy (2012) - Creating non-for-profit community (solar PV) energy schemes was undermined by whiplash changes in government support. #community #microgen -
Moody Urbanity - Old & New III 🔆
情绪化城市 - 新与旧 III 🔆
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Erfahrung mit @…
Ich teste App und Browserversion für meinen Pixelfed-Account und finde es ist ein ganz angenehmer Support, über #Fedica Posts planen zu können. Mit den Fotos will ich nicht Tagesaktuell posten, dafür regelmäßiger und da hilft so ein Plaungstool.…
A potential actually-useful use-case for chatbots: Back in The Good Old Days when programmers did not fear being swamped by bug reports, especially the not-so-great reports, software would carry a global-scoped 'gripe' button, when clicked, a redacted snapshot of the machine state was bundled with whatever they wished to put into the text box, and no reply was expected beyond 'received'. Given the ease of recognizing pure noise in the input, an LLM might coallate a bunch and produce a useful report? False positives happen in support all the time 😅
That kinda puts the #LLM in the 'triangle' position on a #StaffordBeer #VSM diagram, what which measures expected vs actual like a steam-engine governor, reducing Variety to useful patterns and all. 🤔
💣 Putin threatens with nuclear weapons again – "Burevestnik" and "Poseidon" #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/putin-threatens-with-nuclear-weapons.html…
Imagine thinking it was in any way appropriate to hold a fucking vote on whether to support a marginalised group or not. Imagine. 🤦♀️
#ukpolitics https://flipboard.co…
👣 Investigation shows large support for core ideas of degrowth—but not the label
#degrowth
❗️ZELENSKYY: "The Russians would like to win, but that will never happen!" #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/04/zelenskyy-ampquotthe-russians-would-like.html
🎯 E-commerce order processing example with inventory management and payment processing
💰 Banking transfer service example with balance validation and automatic rollback on errors
👤 User registration example with profile and settings creation in single transaction
🧪 TransactionException error handling for comprehensive failure management
🔁 Nested transaction support using #Laravel
Canadian useful idiot @… is offering his full throated support for Trump’s illegal action… “down with Socialism” he says.
Predictable and disgusting.
NDP interim leader Davies condemns the action.
Stunned silence from the Prime Minister so far. I expect the mealy mouthed fence sitting to reach extreme levels.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #venezuela
"More than 100,000 applications for UK heat pump subsidy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #HeatPumps #Energy
Thanks, customer support #AI chatbot. So f**king helpful.
Bot: “Contact our support team”
Me: “How do I do that?”
Bot: “I can’t help you.”
(I want to scream so badly)
#chatbot #tech #CustomerSupportNightmare #CustomerSupport
"Michael Bloomberg steps up to fund UN climate body after U.S. withdrawal"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate #ClimateChange
🤑 Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution, study finds
#inequality
"Revealed: Only a third of national climate pledges support ‘transition away from fossil fuels’"
#Climate #ClimateChange
⚡ POWs from North Korea ask KYIV not to send them back home #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/pows-from-north-korea-ask.html
American TOLERANCE to PUTIN's tricks: truth or myth? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/american-tolerance-to-putins-tricks.html
Witkoff is going to Moscow for NEGOTIATIONS! What are the chances of ending the WAR? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/witkoff-is-going-to-moscow.html
"Will Trump’s climate criticism backfire? New poll shows most US voters support Paris Agreement"
#US #USA #America #ParisAgreement
⚡ SSU night operations – RUSSIAN logistics and warehouses hit #shors: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ssu-night-operations-russian-logistics.html
Ukraine’s air defense: aircraft, drone swarms, and innovation, – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/ukraines-air-defense-aircraft-drone.html
Ukrainian DRONES ATTACK! Military bases of the FSS and “Akhmat” under attack #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/02/ukrainian-drones-attack-military-bases.html
"How Batteries, Not Natural Gas, Can Power the Data Center Boom"
#Batteries #Energy #Technology
Umerov thanked the US for help and support for Ukraine in the peace talks process #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/umerov-thanked-the-us-for.html
Orbšn slows down support for Ukraine again, – history repeats itself #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/28/orbn-slows-down-support-for.html
⚡ Why hasn't Russia won this war? Jake Broe explains #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/why-hasnt-russia-won-this.html
ZELENSKYY: These are SPECIAL days when a lot can really CHANGE! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/zelenskyy-these-are-special-days.html
TRUMP behind PUTIN'S back talks to XI! The meeting gets a 12 out of 10! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-behind-putins-back-talks.html
⚡ We are striking Russia with drone responses for what it does, — Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/we-are-striking-russia-with.html
❗ MOSCOW'S mayor is truly terrified! UAVs surrounded the KREMLIN #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/moscows-mayor-is-truly-terrified.html
💥 STRIKE on an oil pipeline in the Moscow region – Ukrainian intelligence operation #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/strike-on-an-oil-pipeline.html
The negotiation process is not standing still! Trump gave a positive assessment #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/the-negotiation-process-is-not.html
🚀 Controlled exports: Ukraine sells its weapons #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/controlled-exports-ukraine-sells-itsweaponsshorts.html
Putin's new FAILURE: Russian intercontinental missile EXPLODED right next to the base #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/putins-new-failure-russian-intercontinen…
🔴 What WILL happen to POKROVSK? Frontline OVERVIEW #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/what-will-happen-to-pokrovsk.html
💥 LUKOIL is FINISHED! The giant bids farewell to PROFITS #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/lukoil-is-finished-the-giant.html
Propaganda in Russia is passed down from parents to children #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/propaganda-in-russia-is-passed.html
Victims of Russian shelling in Donetsk region: two dead in Lyman #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/victims-of-russian-shelling-in.html
RUSSIA shells Ukraine with EXTREMELY DANGEROUS missiles! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/russia-shells-ukraine-with-extremely.html
Made to DESTROY RUSSIANS! Swedish GRIPEN – perfect for Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/made-to-destroy-russians-swedish.html
⚡ Radius of threat from Russia’s "Oreshnik": Zelenskyy shows the maps #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/radius-of-threat-from-russias.html
❗️🇺🇦This meeting was productive and successful, - Rustem Umerov #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/this-meeting-was-productive-and.html
⚡ Putin is dead, arrested, or Russia collapses – only then will the war end, – Jake Broe #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/putin-is-dead-arrested-or.html
"Red lines" as justification for terrorizing civilians – Russia's new tactic #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/quotred-linesquot-as-justification-for.html<…
😱 Old IDEAS in a NEW wrapper: PUTIN threatens with NUCLEAR WEAPONS #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/old-ideas-in-a-new.html
Russian FLAG in POKROVSK lasted LESS THAN AN HOUR #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/russian-flag-in-pokrovsk-lasted.html
⚡ Urgent! A few hours ago, Russia destroyed another thermal power plant in Donbas! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/urgent-a-few-hours-ago.html
🇺🇸🇨🇳 TRUMP-XI APEC MEETING: Ukraine WAR on the AGENDA #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/trumpxi-apec-meeting-ukraine-war.html
HORROR in Zaporizhzhia: consequences of the RUSSIAN attack #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/horror-in-zaporizhzhia-consequences-of.html
🇺🇸 American WITHDRAWAL from Europe – NATO is concerned! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/american-withdrawal-from-europe-nato.html