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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ol' Pete would have been a perfect fit for "Hot Shots"

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don't want to talk to the CEO of Duck Alignment Academy. That guy sucks!

Email in the inbox with a subject of "duckalignment" and body preview of "Please kindly send this email to your CEO because this is urgent"

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

TFW the dictionary uses "stationary" when they meant "stationery" 😬😬😬

A screenshot of the Twofer Goofer clue that reads "A device to keep people from stealing stationary."

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?

A sad, young cartoon rabbit sits at a table coloring. Text above it reads "why won't God blow up the sun? ...do my prayers mean nothing to him?"

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My 53 day streak of no unscheduled electrical outages comes to an end.

Outage map showing 35 customers without power.

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Well this is about the worst possible time for me to have to go pick up a kid for an appointment. #INwx

A radar image showing a line of severe thunderstorms minutes away from the dot labeled "home"

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I'm thrilled to announce that I am the @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day today.

Screenshot of the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day email for April 6, 2026 showing that "cotton" is the Word of the Day.

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I looked it up and immediately my brain recognized that the title fit neatly into this.

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Y'all prepare to be inspired by me in 2026!

A post from Merriam-Webster that says "take a screenshot of this Gif, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026." The screenshot says "inspiring".

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Post a random picture or else everything will go bad in 2026. It's Batman!

A street sign in Amsterdam pointing left to "A'Dam-West", which reminded me of Adam West who played Batman

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Give the gift of knowledge this year. You can save 50% off of my book ("Program Management for Open Source Projects") or most other titles at @pragprog.com when you use offer code save50 through December 1. pragprog.com/titles/bcosp...

Save 50% at pragprog.com with code save50
Applies to all ebooks except The Pragmatic Programmer
Offer ends December 1

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Everyone is forgetting he's Chicago Pope. Clearly the correct caption is 🎶Staring blindly into space Getting up to splash my face Wanting just to stay awake Wondering how much I can take Should I try to do some more? 25 or six to four🎶

Pope Leo speaking (singing, perhaps?) into a microphone surrounded by various clergy

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Me: Why am I so worn out lately? Todoist:

Bar chart of tasks completed in the past four weeks. It shows 77 for the current week, 118 for last week, and 110 and 84 for the weeks prior.

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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The cover of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" with text 40% off today at pragprog.com with coupon code PragPicks at checkout.

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Ben Cotton (he/him) @funnelfiasco.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Created an Instapaper account today because I saw Kobo now supports it and it seems like a good way to keep articles from accumulating in my Firefox tabs forever. Reading their blog post about the premium service, I saw this comment, which made me laugh because Pocket goes fully dark tomorrow.