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Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@miguelpergamon

oh it's certainly falling:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/30/riyadh-comedy-festival-saudi-arabia

"#USA comedians defend decision to play in #SaudiArabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’"

#comedy #freeSpeech #humanRights

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
Pete Davidson and Dave Chappelle are among the many comedians on the lineup of Riyadh Comedy festival. Composite: AFP, Getty Images
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’ Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses Pete Davidson and Dave Chappelle are among the many comedians on the lineup of Riyadh Comedy festival. Composite: AFP, Getty Images
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’ Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses Pete Davidson and Dave Chappelle are among the many comedians on the lineup of Riyadh Comedy festival. Composite: AFP, Getty Images
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tom jennings
@tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 1 hour ago

@benroyce

Chapelle is not desperate for money.

Fuck him. I don't know the other shit. Don't want to know.

@miguelpergamon

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Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов
@vnikolov@ieji.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

So calling Trump a clown is not unfair to clowns, after all...

@benroyce @miguelpergamon

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quangobaud
@miguelpergamon@kolektiva.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@vnikolov @benroyce
I've strongly disliked Trump since the mid-80's. Never liked his sense of humor or his politics (which were always transactional and mercenary in service to his fragile ego).
In the last two or three years, I learnt the term "murder-hobo" and I instantly pictured Trump.

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Enema Cowboy
@Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@benroyce @miguelpergamon

In a different world: https://youtu.be/aopKk56jM-I?list=RDaopKk56jM-I

Polar geoengineering: risks and realities | Frontiers in Science
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Mastodon Migration
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@benroyce @miguelpergamon

This is a really clear "thresher" issue, separating the wheat from the chaff.

Anyone who takes part in this should be forever branded as a sell out and boycotted.

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Astrius
@DarthAstrius@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@benroyce Lol, I live particularly close to one of these comedians who is transphobic. He deserves to be heckled at.

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