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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Spotted an art shop called #Artmines that does art classes in #Rathmines in #Dublin with gross #AI posters for their classes. Like, wh would you go to learn from them when they demonstrate a total lack of taste, and demonstrate no skill?

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I have complicated feelings about the (presumably) vibe-coded Creative Cloud clones that just popped up. getartcraft.com/apps On the one hand, it's really irresponsible to ship software you don't understand to people who will use that for real work. On the other, absolutely fuck #Adobe.

Kevin from The Office (U.S.) weighing up whether he wants double fudge brownies enough to put up with Angela.

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Found this old time-lapse from a trip to Connemara during Covid lockdown, when we were only allowed travel within our own county.

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

#iPhoneDuo looks cute! That price offends me, though. The luxury thing used to feel...fine. Some people have more disposable cash. Who cares? Blow it on a fancy phone. Enjoy. You can't take it with you etc. But now? Today? When every year feels harder than the […] [Original post on social.ben.ie]

Terrifying graph of home heating oil costs declining with US ceasefire and flaring back up with hostilities.

Fun email from Bord Gais (privately owned electric company) that our unit prices are going up 9.1% and standing charges up 7.2%

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

I present: the grimmest book cover I have ever seen.

White paperback book. Title is The LinkedIn Edge. New sales strategies for unleashing the power of LinkedIn + AI to cold call less and sell more.

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

Huh. Got this as soon as I landed in the US. I guess it wants to punt me onto the much less restrictive non-EU and GDPR privacy policy. No thanks! 🇪🇺

Push notification from Samsung asking me to tap to agree to new legal terms.

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Hitting the road to #Boston! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldf7T6TlV-o Also, must be said, flying out of #ShannonAirport is _the best_. Everything is so quick, parked 30 seconds walk from the front door, no queues for anything, ultramodern security is […] [Original post on social.ben.ie]

An Airbus 320 neo being fuelled and prepped for departure.

A picture of the US Preclearance in Shannon Airport

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

I am absolutely loving having telemetry while cooking. Thank you @nathalie for an amazing #Christmas present!

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Ben @ben.social.ben.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

Oh my God. #Microsoft are willing to burn the whole thing down for this. They are tanking the parts of their business that people use just in case it juices their infrastructure business. And, like, when that doesn't work, and AI becomes radioactive to […] [Original post on social.ben.ie]

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