Notices by Ben :bc: (thebreadmonkey@beige.party)

Hi everyone! Quick reminder that Jeff Bezos is actually evil and that Amazon is one of the biggest contributors to the destruction of the planet! 😊

What would you like for Christmas?

@HG @adhdeanasl

I TAKE IT BACK!

Only joking. Hope you are marvellous. 😊

Roast breakfast

@purplepadma

That's just flapjacks, surely?

@theplaguedoc

Very good. Ron Perlman comes up a lot. He just has one of those faces (that looks like a cat/dog/llama).

@Kierkegaanks @theplaguedoc

Oh my god that was him?!

@Kierkegaanks @theplaguedoc

I think she looks alright

Happy International Mens Day, everyone!

I am (as always) tempted to be extremely silly and make a load of jokes, but it is a rare opportunity to actually be a positive force for change. Particularly considering that I am a man and I don't know if you're aware of this but men are not always like totally 100% cool, y'know?

So. I am asking you today to think about positive male role models. For every Andrew Tate (who is no longer part of International Mens Day - we all got together and voted him out), there is a Gareth from my running club, who dedicates his time to nurturing young men who are struggling, or a Ken who took me in and housed me when I was homeless and hopeless.

These heroes are almost always unsung, and if you search online for positive male role models, you are unlikely to find examples; only examples of toxic ones. Which is obviously quite sad. We need more positive role models.

I'm not talking about someone who grows a moustache for a month or does a charity walk - I'm talking about men who effect consistent positive change in their community or as an example to the young men of tomorrow. Obviously to other children aswell, but I am interested in men who serve as a positive example, growing future positive change from the roots, which is the only way we are going to move forwards.

Challenging the precept that being good or kind or vulnerable compromises our masculinity.

So I just want to beam all of you Kings out there all the best. Together, men strong (like apes, only I said men, and I meant emotionally, not like in a tug of war or anything).

Remember to support each other and yourselves. We all struggle sometimes and IT IS OK TO ASK FOR HELP. x

... And on this theme, I would like to nominate some international mans here who *I* think are positive male role models on Fedi - @adhdeanasl and @HG. Both of whom you should follow immediately if you're not already. Aswell as being terrifically funny and interesting, they both exude compassion and empathy and have talked openly about things that I've found not only very moving but also personally helpful.

Perhaps you know of someone on Fedi that is a positive male role model in some way that you might want to highlight today? The chaps I mentioned are just my lived experience (that felt immediately relevant to me) here but it would be good to see some other men from across the spectrum.

Time for sleep

Brain: remember Street Hawk... when it went into hyper thrust that was way too fast. Not only could the vehicle not realistically achieve those speeds, it would be impossible to control. Let's just have a quick look.... ok so it says 300 but in this clip we clearly see the speed exceeding 320mph but at that rate of acceleration, it would continue to rise beyond 400mph, maybe even 500mph. We should find out how many mach that is... interesting, so mach 1 is actually 767mph. What's the fastest jet - mach 9.3 or 7366mph. Ok maybe Street Hawk could be real then. Fine. I still don't think it's practical on a motorbike though. What do you mean, 'sleep'? Surely we now have to check out the various boost speeds of Knight Rider and Airwolf!....

Monday tomorrow, everyone! 👍

My wife is next to me learning to speak another language whilst I'm laughing at animals that look like celebrities

https://www.boredpanda.com/celebrity-look-alikes-animals/

Welcome all newcomers to Fedi!

When the bathroom's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'

Yesterday-me committed (in writing) to making a full roast dinner today. Sadly I am now today-me. And I don't wanna.

This is genuinely incredible. Well worth watching the video. My thoughts.... 1)It is clearly not from this planet 2)Imagine having the mind of a human but being a squid. It would be so fucked up.

Deep-sea scientists just filmed something enormous swimming over the seafloor in Chile
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/black-eyed-squid-chile

Here's the video of the squid if you can't be bothered to open the article. The squid video.

The

Squideo

Terrifying children's adaptation of the film se7en

Nice story. A rare American bird (Scarlet Tanager) has flown somewhat off course and landed in Yorkshire where a load of bird watchers have descended on someone's back garden to get a glimpse...