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Lance Icarus @lanceicarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My buddy @c222.bsky.social took this pic of me at PAX West and it makes it look like I'm welcoming you to my dark carnival. "Welcome to my thrillercoaster! The first drop is TO DIE FOR!"

A black and white picture of Lance Icarus aka me.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Why has @caltrain.com wifi enabled a content filter so aggressive it's blocking the website of breweries for being "Alcohol and Tobacco related"?

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a Doll that Feels Things ™ @katsnapz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Flattered that @c222.bsky.social used some of his unobtainium Polaroid peel apart on me...

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3DBeerGoggles @3dbeergoggles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A public service announcement to musicians and vintage audio enthusiasts of Bluesky:

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

More goofing around with a retro/modern #harmanphoenix box!

Two designs for boxes of Harman Phoenix film

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Received my new Pebble Time 2 in the mail yesterday. Solid watch, great feeling buttons, good looking screen. The main letdown so far has been the revamped phone app. Whatever issue it has with my Pixel 7, it cannot maintain a Bluetooth connection with any of my pebbles, old and new.

The Pebble Time 2 product box, in its branded cardboard sleeve.

The Pebble Time 2 showcasing the Weathergraph watchface.

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

not currently in my home (in storage) but I own one of the last surviving artifacts of the USSR’s Glavkosmos from the brief period of perestroika where it looked like it might be viable to use their rockets as a launch vehicle for Western satellites. It’s a 9-foot-tall model of the Energia Buran.

A nine-foot-tall rocketship model of the Soviet Energia Buran, lit dramatically (cat at base, for scale)

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I need to rework the price crawler for @filmpricedropbot.bsky.social . It's fragile and can break if any product page 404's. I may even experiment to see if I can match URLs to product names using some fuzzy logic so I don't have to maintain an exact list of every product URL.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

❤️ back at @jacobrichardson.bsky.social , Dumes, and everyone else in the Science Evaluation Room

Artemis II deputy lunar science lead, Jacob Richardson, left, and Artemis II lunar science team members, Kiarre Dumes, react to the astronauts' verbal observations of the Moon during their flyby on April 6, 2026. Along with other lunar science team members, Richardson and Dumes helped train the crew in geology both in the classroom and in the field. The science team also built the lunar targeting plan that, like an International Space Station spacewalk plan, provides strong, detailed observation guidance, plus flexibility for the crew to make decisions based on what they’re seeing and experiencing in real time. The science team had many moments of celebration during the lunar flyby as the astronauts took images of the Moon and provided verbal descriptions of what they were seeing. This type of information reveals the geologic history of an area and will be critical to collect when future Artemis astronauts explore the Moon's surface. Credits: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yes, I did find one of these at Goodwill back in 2022. Yes, it did come home with me.

Presto HotTopper Automatic Electric Melter/Dispenser, a yellow and white appliance shown disassembled with its original box. The box reads: "PRESTO HotTopper AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC MELTER/DISPENSER — Automatically melts butter or margarine, heats syrup or other delicious toppings, sprays or brushes them onto food." A Goodwill price tag shows $6.99. The unit consists of a yellow base and a separate white dispensing attachment; a brush is placed beside it. For AC power, 80 Watts.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The opening scene of Cool Hand Luke, but it's those stupid flock cameras.

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Jenny R Johnson @jennyrjohnsonart.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

SHE’S FINISHED! My 5-foot-long Enterprise D oil painting is complete after nearly 100 hours of work! I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

They even made it girthier. I can't.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Farther than we can see, there is comfort and hope.

Mission and memorial patches for STS-107, Columbia.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One of the more important videos of 2026

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I honestly thought the thread was an elaborate analogy until the videos were posted.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

@ericmigi.com Will rePebble return to the San Mateo Event Center for @opensaucelive.bsky.social ?

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

AI can and has been used to describe everything from Lt Cmdr Data to the tictactoe player I coded in high school. As with all marketing terms, find out what's being sold and by whom.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It may be cheaper, but don't buy your lab supplies from Sigma-Eldritch.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Here are all the portraits I took at #PAXWest2025 ! Album site here: c222.tv/events/pax-w... Images posted below in 🧵 #filmphotography #Kodak #Portra800 #Ilford #Pentax645 #120Film (no individual alt text, they are all portraits of people at PAX West 2025. Some color, some black and white.)

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In Real Life - PAX West 2025

Photos from Friday, Saturday, and Monday of PAX West 2025.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

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In Real Life - PAX West 2025

Photos from Friday, Saturday, and Monday of PAX West 2025.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

“I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I’m not kidding"

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is one of the better framings of LLM output I've read. No, your AI isn't lying about deleting a database. It has no concept of blame or truth. It's saying it didn't do it because the median sentence would say "I didn't delete the database".

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

New fountain pen day: Schon DSGN Pocket Six in Extragalactic Green Satin-finished cursive Monoc nib.

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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

A few people have reached out wanting to share stories (anonymously) about games they've worked on that got canceled this year I'm thinking this might need to be a video If you or anyone you know worked on a project that deserves to be mourned, even if it never made it to announcement, lets talk

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I need to slow down, pause, and think for a second before I get this wrong.

My insulin vial, hiding amongst bottles of fountain pen ink. Only one of these liquids belongs inside my body.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Esterbrook J with a 2284 broad stub Diamine Pelham Blue Tomoe River 68gsm Copying Ignition! by John D. Clark for fountain pen handwriting practice

Blue Esterbrook J fountain pen on a paragraph of blue cursive writing

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I got myself the set of Diamine fountain pen inks inspired by Gibson Les Paul guitars.

Small Diamine ink bottles laid out on a table. The ink names are: Cherry Sunburst, Tobacco Sunburst, Desert Burst, Honey Burst, and Pelham Blue

Swatches of the Diamine inks: Cherry Sunburst, Desert Burst, Tobacco Sunburst, Honey Burst, and Pelham Blue

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Just some large format #filmphotography preparation.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Goodbye to Lamy's flagship fountain pen store in San Francisco (and NYC)

The blue Lamy AL-star with an orange grip section and a 1.9mm stub nib I bought from The Lamy flagship store their final Saturday.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I would just like to go on record as saying: the fuck

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Newly inked fountain pens, featuring some new-to-me vintage Esterbrook stub nibs.

A red vintage Esterbrook J inked with Kobe Futatabisan Park Tree, a blue one with Anderillium Vampire Squid Red, and a Lamy 2000 inked with Kobe Sumakaihin Blue

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Cataloguing and making sure all my Pentax film cameras in the collection still work.

All 18 of my Pentax cameras laid out on the floor, making quite the for hazard

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

@samreich.bsky.social is Dropout America looking for government contracts?

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Fireball over the SF Bay Area last night

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Just a Sheaffer School #fountainpen, but I finally found one in one of those thrift store pen bags.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Look at these little guys

A box of Fujifilm LT-1 2-inch floppy disks.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Deep-dish pizza is an immersive sim.

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

From the flea market: 15 issues of Space World Magazine from the 60s

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

@hankgreen.bsky.social does a full Chewy Decimal System spreadsheet exist and can we see it?

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Been enjoying @nr.fm playing on my TVs

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Ben @c222.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Oh jeez, getting a YouTuber ™️ senator is a "when, not if" thing.

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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I cannot fix the worlds ills right now, but I can provide this: We did a Hot Pepper Gaming tribute about Rain World, as put together by @deusjz.live. It's been 12 years since I did this and, well, just see for yourself: youtu.be/XsUTxHYBUi4

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Hot Pepper Gaming Tribute: Rain World 2025 (Slugfest)

YouTube video by Viking Blonde

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