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Bennett Tomlin

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18m

getting the date wrong is a funny touch

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 2h

It is in many sense reminiscent of 19th century aristocratic eugenics

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 2h

Perhaps having people with enough money to force through that kind of thing is untenable and needs to be corrected in future sociopolitical arrangements

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 2h

He tries to frame it as necessary pain and suffering, but it is still unusual for someone to promote ideas that will cause suffering to others, but not themselves, and still be successful politically

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 2h

One weird thing about Elon Musk as a political actor is how often he will openly admit his ideas will cause pain and suffering

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 3h

Like with how cheap sensors got after the smartphone revolution I guess it makes a lot of sense to throw a cheap sensor with a cheap chip in a cheap housing with a cheap screen and cheap buttons; but still a little bit wild they can hit that price point to me

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 3h

Feels like it's targeting kids, but I can imagine high schoolers or college kids taking something like this out to trash, didn't some Canon point and shoot get reissued recently because it went viral on TikTok?

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 3h

I should not be surprised, but I still somewhat am surprised to find out you can buy new point and shoot cameras for $30 electronics.woot.com/offers/ceye-...

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 15h

Also I think most tech companies spend their budget in SF not LA

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 15h

I also don’t believe him, Salesforce or someone has to be doing bigger than $500k campaigns targeting LA

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

If only the Friend guy had someone in his life to tell him not to spend all his money on bus ads for a product no one wants

Largest tech campaign in LA’s history

307 billboards
160 buses
500 bus shelters

$500,000

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 15h

It’s cheaper than cash and worth more (maybe)

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

Zip2

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

He was also replaced as CEO of X (before it was Twitter) at one point too, and forced out at paypal

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

I refuse any solution that involved taking away rights from descendants, that is abhorrent, we do not need a new legalized caste

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

Do they mean his phone book company? Because he was replaced as CEO there because he was bad at it

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

The original X lied about users when they were selling to PayPal, so they mean before that?

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

There was the sus Obama loan, do they mean before that?

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 18h

I wonder what years they pick and whether or not I can find probable fraud in the years anteceding

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 19h

These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 20h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

Or even like the VCs and PE guys who weren’t crypto guys but have that same vibe

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

Yeah, basically any of them.

They’re all hyper online, full access to the info, tons of resources, often highly educated

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

Not to over-emphasize Reconstruction and draw the ire of Ezra Klein but what is the value of a new oath of loyalty or whatever from a traitor?

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

Yeah, but I do think it added some “stickiness” to people making the association.

Not in any concrete way but in like an accretive memetic way

Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

There’s a lot of elites with ivy degrees who cannot realistically claim ignorance in their explanation of why they thought the racist rapist pedophile who had already tried one coup was the man they thought was an appropriate choice; so what can they claim? What would show reform?

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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 19h

Kari Lake emphasized his father’s drug dealing during the campaign too

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