Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If the iPhone had been invented in the 60s, it would have included a built-in cigarette lighter. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hmm, let me walk back slightly/explain myself - I haven't paid much attention to the current "super intelligence" branding that has everyone bothered. My response was more aimed at your ongoing series of posts, in which you use Google results as the gold standard for whether LLMs still suck. 100
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I have had my car for nine years and just discovered that the steering wheel position can be adjusted in the z-direction 100
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Don’t tell Big Spice Rack, but there’s something literally called “all spice” that you can buy and skip all the rest of them. 001
Reposted by BenTube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026All I see is Mondrian when I'm waiting for a train at Green Park! 866698
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 17/09/2026They need to stop filming podcasts. Podcast hosts were never meant to be seen. 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Um actually, shifting airport maintenance costs from taxpayers to passengers will disincentivize air travel, making it Carney’s first good climate policy. 110
Reposted by BenShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It is, actually, patriotic to to critique your government. 722549
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 14/09/2026#waffle1697 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 6 ⭐ #wafflerookie wafflegame.netwafflegame.netWaffleThe waffle-shaped daily word game. 000
Reposted by BenAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Allow me to make the case for why calcite should not only earn your vote but win the tournament. Calcite is the mineral with the most forms, is highly fluorescent & phosphorescent, helped explain the wave nature of light, laid the foundation for optics/polarizers, and even calms an upset tummy. A 🧵: 1526578
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🛰Satle #232 1/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ satle.casatle.caSatle - A daily geography puzzleSatle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Saw a high school kid standing at a traffic light not even sharing her umbrella with her friend. Are this generation cooked? 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In retrospect, it’s kind of crazy how many of us 90s kids lived through the absolute peak of human civilization while being slightly depressed because “the suburbs are boring, man.” 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 27/07/2026When you buy a bbq brush to clean your grill, it's important to choose a bamboo one. That way, when a bristle falls off and lodges in your throat and kills you, at least you die an organic death. 001
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I like when the AI praises me. It makes me feel like a good software developer 🙂 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 05/07/2026What's nice about AI is that it finally separates the art from the artist - no longer do you have to be concerned that some nice piece of art, music or literature was made by problematic people, now you can rest assured that it was conjured out of thin air with no baggage attached! 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Hayley Williams as a 14th century archer complaining to customer service: All I wanted was yewwwwwwww-AAAAHHHHHHH! 011
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It's hilarious that Richard Dawkins - a man best known for arguing against "intelligent design" in biology - now believes that consciousness is necessary to generate plausible-sounding English sentences. 120
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This isn't a sovereign wealth fund though? Do words even have meanings anymore? 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Presumably, "corgi" is short for like Corgestershire, the region where the breed originated. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I like cake. I like having cake. I like eating cake. I don't see what the big deal is here. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Imagine what you could do with your life if you didn't have to scroll social media all the time. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Ice dance judges once again making a strong case for inclusion of pro wrestling in the next summer Olympics. 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 16/09/2025“Sire, sire! Your car is on fire!” “I bought my brakes At Canadian Tire.” 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Bizarrely, I listen to the exact same podcast to fall asleep when I have insomnia and to stay awake when I’m driving. Somehow, it works both ways! 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 26/08/2025As a Torontonian, I firmly believe that there’s nothing wrong with deploying the military to major cities. My only question is: where’s all the snow they’re supposed to be clearing? It’s still August! 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 07/08/2025I’ve always found the word “grok” and the people who use it deeply annoying. 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 22/07/2025You can write pretty much anything in this box and nobody will ever read it. It’s quite freeing, in a way. 110
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Has anyone ever made any art/literature/music about the transience of existence and the excruciating burden of our own mortality? Because it could be a good topic if nobody’s done it yet. Food for thought. 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 16/06/2025What I love about LinkedIn is that it’s so full of absolute drivel that if you post anything even slightly original on it you can immediately get thousands of impressions on it. 100
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 11/06/2025“Bow and arrow” and “bone marrow” are homophones to a four-year-old. 000
Reposted by BenEthan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 15/05/2025Stop calling A.I. slop “art” and real human-created works “content” 14102853513
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Switching back and forth between LinkedIn and Bluesky is enough to give one cognitive whiplash. Is AI a revolutionary game changer that’s already radically transforming the entire economy? Or is it unreliable, plagiarizing malware that serves no purpose other than to waste energy and time? 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 08/05/2025What did the other kids call the cyclops when he got glasses? Two eyes! 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Trail etiquette: Walking in the countryside: nod and say hello so they don’t think you’re a psychopath. Walking on a city trail: avoid eye contact, so they don’t think you’re a psychopath. 000
Reposted by BenEvan Boyce @evanboyce.ca · 29/04/2025“Look at the sheer girth of this thing” (actual quote) 914942
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Bach’s Prelude in C is just Moonlight Sonata but bad. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 19/04/2025It’s so nice that Merlin has automated birding. Now you don’t need to waste your time learning about birds, you just open your phone and let it do all the work. 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Never mind, I'll find someone like you I wish nothing but the best of you Has someone taken your faith It's real, the pain you feel Your trust, you must confess Is someone getting the best, the best, the best The best of you? 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Got on the bus and asked the driver “is this the bus?” 010
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Neal Stephenson was really onto something with the whole “freelance food delivery will be a huge deal in our dystopian future” thing in Snow Crash. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 30/03/2025It’s hard to take seriously any modern political theory that fails to address the tragedy of the comments section. 000
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 25/03/2025For some reason, Beethoven is widely regarded as a musical genius, yet he didn’t even think to put a snare on two and four? That’s like day one lesson one stuff. Come on! 110
Reposted by BenCBC Pitchbot @cbcpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2025BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election 281686612
Ben @ben-not-a-number.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Butterflies in your stomach? Go see a gastroentomologist. 000
