Reposted by Ben LXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2116713285
Reposted by Ben LSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74255539583
Reposted by Ben LThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 336185365066
Reposted by Ben LA. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The explosion of e-bikes, e-trikes and e-scooters is truly revolutionary...The joy and freedom of biking is intoxicating for everyone who has had the opportunity to try out life on two or three wheels with a little e-boost.amny.comOp-Ed | E-bikes mean freedom for low-vision cyclists like me: don’t take that away | amNewYorkSo did a lot of other people who, like me, don’t have valid driver’s licenses. In July, the state’s new e-bike law went into effect. Among other regulations 520763
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The best protest songs I'm hearing right now are a dude singing in the woods with his banjos. It's great. lukenickled.bandcamp.com/album/singin...lukenickled.bandcamp.comSinging in the Woods Vol. I, by Luke Nickle24 track album 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I've been listening to this guy on YouTube and he's great. I don't even like banjo. People are so good at things. youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's ok to stop doing something if you're hurt or you shit yourself. You can stop. 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Gambling reform in Australia deserves better. Hanson is taking the opportunity to collect support for doing nothing again. www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/27/g...crikey.com.auHanson is Napoleonic in her quiet on gambling ad reformNot one to shy away from voicing her opinion, Pauline Hanson has learnt not to get in the way of her enemies making a mistake. And a grave mistake it is. 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Now in a horrible situation that I think the pain relief medication I use to stop my pain might be causing me more pain. 💩 010
Reposted by Ben LJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The original sin of software development 78225
Reposted by Ben LTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/07/2026People get hella mad when you suggest adult drivers should be more responsible than children walking/biking 14520108
Reposted by Ben LGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence. 153096907
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Denshattack is great. It's about being awesome with trains. I know you can't kickflip a train but now I think someone should work out how. 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Wordle 1,852 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 What the hell Wordle? Are you ok? 000
Reposted by Ben LGreg Annandale @gregannandale.com · 13/07/2026I made an animation which shows the effects of air pollution on pedestrians waiting to cross the road, along with what can be done to reduce its harmful effects: stepback.gregdev.com Thank you to @ianwalker.bsky.social for the inspiration for doing so during a conversation a couple of weeks' back!stepback.gregdev.com'Step back' - air pollution at pedestrian crossingsEvery busy road produces a cloud of pollution you can't see. Where you stand in it matters more than most people might realise. 16208102
Reposted by Ben LLane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 11/07/2026One of the things that annoys me about The Discourse surrounding the upcoming release of Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey is the complaint from Chudsville that Nolan should have "cast actual Greek people to play Greek characters."static.klipy.comWearing My Helmet OdysseusALT: Wearing My Helmet Odysseus 510929
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Do you remember when building your own apps with VB and no training was a thing we were doing? And before that, HyperCard? Anyone remember why we stopped? 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The Ramones are clearly the best band, just on productivity metrics their songs played per hour is much higher than other bands. This music review brought to you by DORA metrics. 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My tv used to allow voice entry into app search fields. Thanks to Gemini, this is no longer possible, and instead my tv thinks I want to talk to a chat bot on my tv which I have never in my life wanted to do. So I have to d-pad enter text like it's the 80s. 000
Reposted by Ben LRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.adweek.comPublishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google SearchThe nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators 7843681467
Reposted by Ben LRebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026So what can you do if you enjoy games from Bethesda, ID, Zenimax Online, Obsidian, and other studios under Microsoft? You make your voice heard: “treating developers as line items in an expense sheet and not people is unacceptable. People make the games I love, and they deserve better than this.” 227039
Reposted by Ben LBread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"Better alive than right" from someone who might kill you isn't concern, it's a threat. 1296
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Leprechauns of software engineering is excellent and still worth your time. I'm sure we will have new myths about code generation to drop in soon enough. Finding out that some of the stuff I've parroted since my uni days is bunk was very fun!leanpub.com 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Rediscovering how great CDs are. Make whatever argument about streaming but the double CD was $3 from a thrift shop, it sounds amazing, and it's just cool watching it spin while getting shot with a laser. Let's not talk about what the player cost though. 😂 020
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Found out the digital radio I bought 15 years ago is still the exact same model as is made and sold today. DAB+ is great but internet radio and podcasts really took over. But it still works! 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The future of enterprise computing is "insert coin to continue". 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 30/05/2026In the last year of listening to a streaming service, I realised part of what I like about experiencing music is picking what's in my library. Being able to go straight to some earworm doesn't improve my intentional enjoyment. Anyway, I'm buying CDs again. They're pretty cheap. 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Made a teacake in my rice cooker and it's not bad, but I broke it getting it out. Very easy though! 000
Reposted by Ben LProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We don't view motor violence like all the other violence, Exhibit 746 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘We’re not out to get anyone – we just want to slow you down’: why do lollipop people face so much road rage?They just want to help children safely across the road on their way to and from school. Yet lollipop people are having to wear body cameras after an increase in abusive and dangerous drivers. How did ... 23594163
Reposted by Ben LJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...404media.coYour AI Use Is Breaking My BrainAI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy. 531776512
Reposted by Ben LJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/05/2026I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years. 833817808
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Do not blow snot in a group run it is not cool. It goes everywhere including the person's face who is behind you. Same for riding a bike, unless you're miles from anywhere on your own it is just not appropriate. Do people not remember COVID already? 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I've realised what I don't like about music streaming isn't just paying for music that you don't get to keep, you also constantly land on the same stuff. You'd think it'd fan out your musical interest but I think you end up listening in a more shallow way. You don't really develop an interest. 010
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 08/05/2026That's what it is now. I'm an Australian we can make up words and no-one will even question them, I'm going to start dropping "absolute horses" and I'm 90% people will know what I mean. No way to be sure without giving it a squigerydoo. 020
Reposted by Ben LEthan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A limerick. Based on a true story. 44124303056
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I learned about equal loudness contours yesterday. Similar curves exist for how people experience music in headphones. I wonder a lot about how people enjoy music more or less just based on where the volume dial is that day. And how much it's about your ears and brain.en.wikipedia.orgEqual-loudness contour - Wikipedia 010
Reposted by Ben LFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America. 8004112311465
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Wild that we are now calling software we run on our own computers "self-hosted". When exactly did the default become on someone else's computer? 000
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 21/04/2026So I've determined that surgeons output surgery, which is basically just cutting holes in people. I've invented a new AI turbo surgeon which can cut holes in people faster than ever before, I think it can replace surgeons now. Anyone who complains is a Luddite scared of their job. 000
Reposted by Ben LMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 15/04/2026babe, wake up, new form of mansplaining just dropped 26602158
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 is a great game in 2026. Just go download OpenRCT2, build some rides, sell tickets, clean spew. This is a game originally made by one person in x86 assembler. Works on any computer you have. 010
Reposted by Ben LVictoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Everytime I hear a One Nation voter saying “we need change”, I think of this cartoon. 21992149
Ben L @bnej80.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Without platforms like sora how will we waste resources making garbage content that no-one wants to see and no-one would ever pay for? Do you know how long it will take me to make my own utter trash without AI to help? 010
![Comic. [Person 1 with short hair on stage behind podium reading off paper while addressing audience. People are shown sitting in chairs while Person 2 with ponytail and Person 3 waving are walking toward stage.] PERSON 1: This year’s Nobel Prize in “calibrating your equipment carefully and not embarrassing yourself by publishing spurious results” goes to Dr. Adams and Dr. Smith, who did *not* announce the discovery of microbes on Titan. PERSON 3: Thank you, thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihztdrvxjeyzmz6dmz3xb4vi6wiwwtge6fwdoxjcum5aptndv3kfm)
