Notices by Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 (benroyce@mastodon.social)

@lillyfinch

*poor girls

if an underage rich girl were sexually abused they would scream outrage

they see no hypocrisy in this

essential to their worldview is that if you have money you can do any abuse you want, and if you are poor your job is to be abused

How does one quantify a declining country's level of rot?

I don't know, but here's one datapoint:

'She implied, in conversation with NewsNation host Batya Ungar-Sargon, that it wasn’t quite fair to call Jeffrey #Epstein a pedophile because he was “into the barely legal type” of minors—which Kelly appallingly defines as “like, 15-year-olds”'

I think in a healthy country this person would not able to command a widely available media channel

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/megyn-kelly-epstein-pedophilia-russell-brand/

#EpsteinFiles

"#Iceland deems possible #Atlantic current collapse a security risk"

If the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC collapses, all of Northern #Europe is screwed. It won't happen soon, but it is a real possibility

All we have to do is take #ClimateChange seriously... oh, yeah. Fuck.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-2025-11-12/

Dear Internet

The freedom fighter's name is Gandhi

not "Ghandi"

The South American country is called Colombia

not "Columbia"

The usual manner is conventional for all intents and purposes

Not "for all intensive purposes"

That is all

Thank you for your attention

"#Mamdani is a just a New York City thing, it doesn't mean anything for the rest of the countr-"

"A progressive activist appears to be on the cusp of winning her bid for mayor of #Seattle in a narrow victory that has echoes of the race to lead New York City...

#KatieWilson, who like New York’s Zohran Mamdani is a self-described socialist, focused her campaign on affordability"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/progressive-edge-win-seattle-mayor-022536277.html

@AnnieBuddy @rozeboosje @CStamp @Pineywoozle

i always phrased it as:

freedumb: "i can do whatever i want, who cares who i harm, in fact, that's my whole point: harming others, that's my 'freedom'"

actual freedom: "i can do whatever i want, as long as i don't harm the freedom of others"

and out of people's inability or unwillingness to differentiate between these two attitudes, much much suffering ensues

@CStamp @Pineywoozle

it used to be more isolated

but, as part of the story with bigotry in all its forms and social media, it has metastasized into a potent toxic stew of creepy abusive entitled shitbags

they enjoy it

they get off on it

power and control

@Pineywoozle

lately the abuse by #trolls is fucking insane

example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_pinching_conspiracy_theory

"men's rights" "activists" become outraged by #4chan style manufactured bullshit on #socialMedia

trolls comb through video and photos to find a woman #kpop idol who, while simply moving their hands, it sort-of seems she is making this gesture:

🤏

(denoting a small penis)

of course, this is never the idol's intention

it's for feeding the insecurities of toxic assholes who think they "own" the idol

@CStamp @Pineywoozle

we need social media with *strong* moderation

it's why we're both here on mastodon

not saying mastodon doesn't have problems, but people have to admit the kind of straight up vicious bigotry that is legion elsewhere, and accepted, and promoted, is severely tampered here

@rozeboosje @CStamp @Pineywoozle

"Ultimately even those with the vilest possible opinions should be able to express them"

nope

if someone is a bigot, nuke their fucking account, period, end of story

there is nothing, absolutely nothing, gained by allowing bigotry a voice anywhere, at any time

bigotry is not free speech: when it is spoken, it destroys freedom. censor the ever loving fucking shit out of it. this is the only way. that is my sincere belief

I have a teenage daughter so via social osmosis I have far more knowledge of #KPop than I should

I also hear stories of abusive, toxic fans and management in the K-Pop #music machine

It's alarming

So this is good to see:

"Former Teen Top member #BangMinsu, better known by his stage name C.A.P, has been appointed head of the preparatory committee for #Korea’s first-ever idol #labor #union- a move that could reshape how the K-pop industry addresses #artists’ #rights"

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/others/20251108/k-pop-idols-to-form-koreas-first-labor-union-could-launch-by-end-of-year

Zohran #Mamdani's support of #TransRights is well known

Here's a bizarre anecdote on that topic:

You may know that Zohran's mother is the director #MiraNair. Mira was offered the chance to direct "#HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix"

She turned it down because Zohran said no

A *14 year old* Zohran Mamdani kept his mother away from #JKRowling

(I'm not implying he knew of Rowling's #bigotry in 2006, I just find this trivia extraordinary)

https://variety.com/lists/zohran-mamdani-mom-mira-nair-turn-down-harry-potter/mamdani-also-convinced-nair-to-cast-kal-penn-in-the-namesake/

#LGBT #LGBTQIA #Trans

For those in #Germany #Deutschland who don't want #USA troops in your country, well... these troops are currently being starved out by their own government

The #US #Army Garrison #Bavaria, Home of 7th Army Training Command, is instructing its personnel on the official website to, get this, *get their food at German food banks*

🥴

What an amazing, modern, powerful, military

https://home.army.mil/bavaria/about/shutdown-guidance

#Virginia #Governor :

#Democrat #AbigailSpanberger wins

https://election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11-04/states/Virginia

#elections

@the5thColumnist @nikatjef @paneerakbari @ShredderFeeder @CStamp @A_Minion @brad @phloggen @dnkboston

we elect coroners 🥴

On the crux of greatness

Tomorrow:

#Mamdani

Brought to you by

PEOPLE WHO FUCKING #VOTE

vote, you lazy motherfuckers

your cynicism is nothing but acceptance

#USA #Politics #NYC #NewYorkCity #NewYork

"Blood spilled in #Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on"

"The #massacres carried out by the #RSF in #ElFasher, #Darfur, with the support of its #UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts"

And we must act

#Sudan

A year ago on Nov 1 was the #NoviSad train station collapse that ignited #protests in #Serbia that continued for a long time

How long?

To today

Thousands of Serbian students are marching 100 km on foot to commemorate 16 people who died in the collapse due to #corruption

They demand #accountability. Those in power responsible escape accountability when people get distracted. The protesters aren't allowing anyone to forget

There is a lesson for us, world

Perseverance

Tenacity

#србија

@AeonCypher @admin @john @ShredderFeeder

you see it with AOC too

"oh no, look at {X}, oh no, she's not perfect"

and then they endlessly whine about left elected officials... and utterly ignore MAGA

da fuq?

navel gazing self-destruction

some of them might be genuinely this fragile and impotent

but they might as well be MAGA or geopolitical troll farm trying to hurt the left with this weak psyop, because that's the only real world effect

@ShredderFeeder

my country is going rapidly down the toilet

partly because of #MAGA #fascist #bigots

and partly because of these cringe weak "but i want perfect" #nonvoters

yes, the #USA sucked before: that's a silly observation when you realize how much worse it can suck

you get better or worse in this life. that's all you will ever, ever, EVER get

perfect isn't on the menu. never will be

#vote you dumb motherfuckers

#politics