Ben Holm

Bitshifter, gamer, eater. He/him

[Ben Holm @benbelly]

some dippy phone provider in UK, going by @O2, let someone create an account using my unverified email. But @O2 won't let me close the account without access to the phone number. I think security is not job one there.

[Ben Holm @benbelly]

@KaitlynSchiess Do you follow Meredith Whittaker at all? I was wondering if your political reading brought you across her work. Might be interesting to you

https://t.co/DpyFomgWTL

[Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson]

Taylor Swift: another year another album! Here’s 31 more songs

George R.R. Martin:

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

So, I've been reading a lot of history lately, and this is something I'm noticing.
I think doing a history of cultural narratives and ideals, or a study of theology changing over time, is inherently worth doing. But I think there is a really marked difference between the

[Pins for Pinboard @GetPinsApp]

I manage to squeeze in a new Quality of Life improvement for the next update. It addresses an age-old problem: Link rot.

I add a new “Time Travel” button to the in-app browser in case you run into dead links you previously bookmaked.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

There is a 100% chance that this graph is a core reason for America's surge of anxiety and depression.

Time spent with other people has plummeted—for every age group, ethnicity, gender, geography, and income level.

https://t.co/trjGX8kYKo

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Retweet if you were part of one of those tiny first 4 bars.

[source: https://t.co/HVLzywRjRM]

[Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP) @KSPrior]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “however” is a conjunctive adverb, not a coordinating conjunction.

TLDR; using “however” as a coordinating conjunction leads to a run-on sentence. https://t.co/VFi5LWqW0H

[Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg]

#WolfAwarenessWeek begins today! 🐺
It's a time to open the door to understanding the importance and plight of the wolves and engage the masses to become interested and active in wolf survival.

Wolves are essential, and so are you!

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

Tell all your friends, be persistent and annoying about it! Ken White and I have a new legal podcast that's not just about Trump (although lately, it's a lot about Trump, because come on.) You can find it at: https://t.co/SniOjzAgBE

[Vidmob @VidMob]

Thanks, @Nasdaq, for your recognition on our Series D. We couldn't be more excited for what's next!

[EFF @EFF]

The law around #abortionaccess is shifting: so too should your digital safety plan. Here are a few #digitalsecurity tips for folks in the abortion access movement. For more information, visit: https://t.co/RQxvtfFoTK
#RoeVWade

[awr @awr_hey]

naughty dog wrote their ps2 games primarily in an in-house lisp and some people decompiled jak 1 back to that lisp and developed a compiler + toolchain for it lol

[Kaitlyn Schiess @KaitlynSchiess]

In Ruth 2:12, Boaz prays for God to protect Ruth.

In 3:9, Ruth asks Boaz to spread his garment over her, using the same Hebrew words.

Ruth asks Boaz if he meant his prayer - if he’d be willing to be the answer to it himself.

The same could be asked of our thoughts & prayers.

[Amanda @Pandamoanimum]

The final dance in Dirty Dancing, but they’re dancing to The Muppet Show theme tune.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Everybody is on the "This is Fox News's fault" and, it is. But I want to focus on another community I follow closely: Gamers.
I tend to follow streamers/YouTubers who explicitly *don't* go in for these white supremacist dog whistles (obviously) but a lot of them don't call it out

[Patron Hunt @PatronHunt]

Lizard People @lizardpeoplepod podcast is about the fascinating subject of conspiracy theories. Each week host Katelyn Hempstead and producer Alexis Preston invite a guest to try to convince Katelyn their pet theory is true. And every week it gets silly as heck.

Featured today!