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Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©Mount Olympus is a massif while Mount Kilimanjaro is a stratovolcano
so:
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The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
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Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
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Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Fuji above the Serengeti
#ContradictASongLyric
#HashTagGames
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©So much progress is lost in this world holding ground against malice
For #Ukraine the cost is measured in human lives instead of wasted time
Not a full accounting yet, but we can see who is passing from us in this world for the vital struggle against the ego, narcissism, and greed of monsters
#RIP Ihor Klymovych, cultural activist
"#Artist, #historian Ihor Klymovych was killed fighting for #Kharkiv Oblast"
Many lost
Many more will be lost
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https://gwaramedia.com/en/artist-historian-ihor-klymovych-was-killed-fighting-for-kharkiv-oblast/
#UkraineWar
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©#Australia:
What the fuck are you doing?
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(and i am highly dubious of the viral social media claim they are, uh, "testing," seems fake)
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©Not to do one of those "Americans make everything about themselves" type comments, but bear with me for a moment here:
The "mature #democracy" is dying because it's so lazy defending something it never thought it had to defend
While the emerging democracy vibrantly defends its institutions because it's painfully aware of what it can lose and how much it suffered to get the chance to have one
"#Moldova Just Jailed Its #Putin-Aligned Governor. Hereβs What She Did"
https://united24media.com/world/moldova-just-jailed-its-putin-aligned-governor-heres-what-she-did-10484
#USA
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©age comes for us all π
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©attention #librarians #librarian #libraries
engagement with the #community is your mission
emulate the #TheSummerGame of #AnnArbor, which succeeded in creating #library mania:
"How a #publiclibrary's summer game took over a #Michigan city"
'"This summer, we have 16,000 active players..." Not bad for a library that serves about 150,000 people. It's such a local sensation that one couple even got married while playing what's known in town as "The Summer Game."'
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5477533/public-library-summer-game-ann-arbor-michigan
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©"#NewYork opens first-in-nation #homeless #shelter for #transgender people"
#Trans people face heavy #housing and #job #discrimination, this is a huge help
Sometimes I'm angry at my state, "New York you fucking suck!" (if you're not swearing every other word you're not a real knickerbocker- a New Yorker)
But sometimes I'm quite fond of #NY β€
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My country, well we're not going to talk about that right now π 
https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-opens-first-in-nation-homeless-shelter-for-transgender-people
#NewYorkCity #NYC #TransRights #LGBT #LGBTQIA #unhoused
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©who doesn't love a good #statistics joke?
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credit: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/number-one
#dadjoke
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©"#India calls for full ceasefire in #Gaza, says temporary pauses 'not enough' to end #humanitarian #crisis"
#Israel. must. stop.
Mass #starvation is #genocide
Period
https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/india-calls-for-full-ceasefire-in-gaza-says-temporary-pauses-in-hostilities-not-enough-to-end-humanitarian-crisis-2025-07-24-1000323
Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ©"#NewZealand MPs who performed #haka in parliament given unprecedented punishment
#TePΔtiMΔori co-leaders and youngest member to be temporarily suspended from #parliament after performance protesting controversial bill"
The bill in question (the #TreatyPrinciplesBill) wanted to reinterpret the #TreatyOfWaitangi (1840), which upholds #MΔori rights
The bill was defeated
I think the proper response to a bullshit punishment for protecting #MΔoriRights is a lot more hakas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/15/new-zealand-mps-haka-parliament-suspended