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Benjamin T. Awesome

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Sep 30, 2025

The Way Conservatives Use ‘Woke’ is Exactly the Same as the Way the Nazis used ‘Degenerate’

There is no need to expand very much on this. If you encounter instances of conservative politicians and functionaries in the…

The Way Conservatives Use ‘Woke’ is Exactly the Same as the Way the Nazis used ‘Degenerate’

Benjamin T. Awesome

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May 13, 2025

Effective Altruism: Secular Scientology

It’s OK to be rich. Of course greed is not good, but wealth is not bad, either. You’re simply exceptional. You’re more capable than the…

Effective Altruism: Secular Scientology

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Mar 14, 2025

The Real Reason Trump is Interested in Greenland

Some say it’s about mineral rights. Others will tell you it’s about national defense. The cynical will say it’s just because Trump wants to…

an iceberg

Benjamin T. Awesome

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May 7, 2024

Anti-Palestine Sentiment in the US is Just Garden Variety Racism

Let’s be real. This is fundamentally just white people ginning up hatred toward nonwhite people. Yes, whiteness is an ever-changing social…

A cloud from an explosion rises over an image of Gaza’s city scape.

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Mar 18, 2024

How to Stop Wasting Time Online

If you’re here, that means you’re not supposed to be reading this story right now. Stop reading it and go do what you’re supposed to be…

a minimalist clock

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Jan 25, 2024

LLMs Are Robot Arms, Not Brains

It is better to think of LLMs as a form of automation, not a form of intelligence. They are not intelligent. In the same way that a robot…

robot arms performing production tasks in a factory setting

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Sep 25, 2021

Jonathan Haidt is a Koch Stooge and The Heterodox Academy is an Outlet for Koch Propaganda

The Heterodox Academy is purely a right-wing operation. Period. It has no redeeming cultural value and exists strictly to propagate…

Jonathan Haidt is a Koch Stooge and The Heterodox Academy is an Outlet for Koch Propaganda

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Sep 21, 2021

The IDW Was Always a Clown Car of Anti-Intellectualism

The veneer of thoughtfulness and intellectualism is gone. These people are anti-science.

Jordan Peterson, Eric Weinstein, Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan, and Sam Harris sitting at a table together in a dining or drinking establishment.

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Benjamin T. Awesome

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May 3, 2021

Hail Satan Podcast Ticks All the Boxes of Sophomoric Authoritarianism

It’s unfortunate when Satanists adopt authoritarian politics. But is is also common. Many Satanic groups have documented histories of…

transgender flag with satanic pentagram superimposed

Benjamin T. Awesome

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Apr 26, 2021

My Fundamental Problem With Bitcoin

Bitcoin has the appearance of a Libertarian tax avoidance scheme that compounds the myriad problems associated with sequestering wealth…

My Fundamental Problem With Bitcoin

Benjamin T. Awesome

Benjamin T. Awesome

Just the facts: Writer. Gamer. Feminist. Educated in Astrophysics. Professional Gambler. Student of Language. Satanist. Anarchist. He/Him.

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