Ben Klingberg

My views are my own except for those I stole from less boring people.
With Tourette's and Depression I should probably get a blue tick for free.

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Here’s a controversial take; if you have a supermajority, the presidency and a Supreme Court majority, and your party is functionally incapable of passing something as crucial as a federal Budget… maybe Democrats aren’t the problem?

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Well MAGA, you F’ed around and now you’re finding out.
I’m sure you’ll forget the second some billionaire points you at the next dog-whistle instead of fixing your infrastructure or giving you healthcare, but enjoy the brief moment of clarity as the line goes down.

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@adamconover Hobart, Tasmania would be appreciated 😅

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@CandyLiggett @root2omkar @AesPolitics1 It’s only fair when they do it.

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@root2omkar @AesPolitics1 Oh come on, the dude was going to pardon everything under the sun anyway the second he gets in. You’re naive if you didn’t already think he would.

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Whelp, looks like Windows 11 24H2 is out in the wild with the usual bevy of “features” like Windows Recall we’ll need to “deal with”. Time for another visit to the oncologist I guess.

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I’ve been busy over the weekend in Melbourne this year, catching up with friends again and making content creation connections. First convention in absolute years. Feet are killing me but my soul is full.

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@samstein TLDR: "He chicken".
If Trump thought he could win easily he wouldn't care who he's up against and would go in guns blazing.

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@CodySDax Nice list! From best to worst here’s my list:

Strange New Worlds
Picard (largely because of season 3)
Prodigy (season 2 was amazingly written!)
Lower Decks
Discovery (Not a bad show! I enjoyed it! But I’ve personally enjoyed the rest more.)
Short Treks

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@onyxicca Tier 2 Judgement Armor will always be peak-Paladin in my opinion. I'd love to see an uprezzed version with a few extra polygons.

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I don't personally understand the hate for #TheAcolyte, nor the complaints about episode length.
For the last six weeks I have gleefully watched a solid 28 minutes of cringe and then another highly entertaining 3-4 hours of angry YouTube reviews reinforcing my confirmation bias.

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One week to go folks! Come support 40 amazing streamers play some more primo Overwatch. Go Team 6! #ANZFaceOff

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Next Saturday and Sunday, 40 of your favourite Aussie and Kiwi Streamers will battle for glory in the @pny_anz #ANZFaceOff. Viewers can win prizes just by watching! Which is the team to beat?

@Blizzard_ANZ @LogitechG_ANZ @quokkapads @NvidiaANZ

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Spoilers ahead. My take on #TheAcolyte episode 3: The twist is that some or all of the four Jedi colluded to mind-trick Mae into starting the fire “For the greater good” or something. It would explain a few things.

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@jay_carter_we @TaliesinEvitel @crookedworld303 Yes he does, it’s one of his primary revenue sources. He “reacts” to people’s content on his unmonetized Twitch channel, his editor goblins chop up and edit the vods and he makes bank on the YouTube Ad revenue while giving a fairly generous chunk to his editors.

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I’m actually legit annoyed Star Trek Discovery got cancelled unceremoniously this year. It’s had its ups and downs but this season has been excellent.

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@Barnacules To be fair the only amendment his supporters care about is the second, and the only one he cares about is the fifth.

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@ActingMalconian I kind of feel a bit grateful I got to watch this growing up as it came out. Obviously I've binged it since then, but it was good getting to let it percolate over my young mind week to week. Very ahead of its time in terms of long-form storytelling.

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The country with 200-600 mass shootings every year shouldn't be lecturing the country that hasn't had one since 1996.

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To all the American nutjobs saying the #SydneyAttack would have gone down differently if our gun laws were weaker, you're right. He'd have used a gun instead of a knife and more people would have died.

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@woodmally1979 It's up there (they both are), but it's no...