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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 30/09/2026

Sending death threats over a discussion about LLMs is not okay. What are we even doing?

Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 30/09/2026

@b0rk @albinanigans Hmm. I thought they had a paid option, but I might be misremembering. Anyway, the main reason I like them is because it can generate SVGs of the QR codes, and it doesn’t route your URLs through some redirect server.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 30/09/2026

@b0rk @albinanigans I’ve been using www.qrcode-monkey.com You can create an account and subscribe for some advanced features, but it provides a lot for free, without needing an account, and it doesn’t have ads all over the place. (I don’t have an account myself, and it’s been great for […]

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 29/09/2026

@paco Such a horrible film. So bad, in fact, that Alan Smithee is listed as the director.

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Wizards of the Coast has really been dropping the ball on a whole new segment of D&D players: Retirement Communities. You got millions of people all hanging out in the same place all the time with nothing to do. Get them into TTRPGs. Make large print versions of key books, oversized high […]

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 28/09/2026

@atax1a @catsalad I thought there were some community-maintained open weights models that weren’t trained on stolen content.

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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

The current CEO of Identity Digital (_formerly Donuts Inc_) named Akram Atallah, used to be the president of ICANN, the folx that “own” and “run” the internet. Under his leadership, ICANN introduced the new generic Top Level Domain program, or new gTLD, giving the creation of a new domain […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Pay attention to Cornell’s complicity in gang rape on its campus. www.wonkette.com/p/is-writing-an-es…

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 26/09/2026

@futurebird It’s a moving van. If faced with this situation, remove all the pieces first and then reload them with the piano on the lower left. 😉

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 22/09/2026

@paninid In 3000 years, scholars will ponder the inexplicable sudden collapse of Western civilization, caused by the enigmatic Maga peoples.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 21/09/2026

Do I know anyone at PyPI or NPM who can help with an account issue?

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Please give me a dollar a month on Patreon. Your support boosts my confidence. www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Screenshot of a social media post by "lowqualityfacts" with handwritten text reading: "That's so sad. Humans laugh less as they age, and lose the ability to laugh entirely at the age of 84." Below it, a reply from user "noah_lfc" reads: "Who the fucks posts these dumb sentences so confidently?"

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Anna Anthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

To celebrate Talk like a Pirate Day on Sept 19, @grammargirl Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty posted a great etymology adventure tracing words like Arr and Shiver Me Timbers! youtube.com/watch?v=E_4I3DxwxQM&si=…

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 17/09/2026

@WeirdWriter “Cool nerds” are “geeks” or “fans.”

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Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦 @kboyd.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@PCMag/117281205658… Installing. The word you are looking for is "installing".

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 16/09/2026

I was out and about and noticed my phone connected to a WiFi network called “Open Roaming.” I’ve never seen this before, and it freaked me out because. It turns out, it’s a thing, and my device supports it automatically […]

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 16/09/2026

So excited this year has brought new music from both Lindsey Jordan and Phoebe Bridgers. (I’ve not been listening to much music lately, and I need to change that.)

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

laravel-activitypub, a batteries included ActivityPub package for laravel. Soon will power @pixelfed and @joinloops Shoutout to @FediverseSymbol github.com/dansup/laravel-activityp… #laravelActivitypub #laravel #activitypub #pixelfed #loops

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 16/09/2026

I maintain that Bo Burnham’s Inside is one of the best pieces of art to come out of the 2020 lockdown.

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Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦 @kboyd.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I don't need farm-fresh outrage, nor even mass-produced outrage. I have perfectly sufficient outrage stockpiles at home.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 16/09/2026

@whitequark I’m no where near your level, but it’s no less terrifying.

A graph rising dramatically from left (2015) to right (2026), showing 641.8K average downloads per day for September 2026.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 15/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@benroyce/117272757… Sooner or later, politics comes for us all, even Ed Sheeran.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 14/09/2026

The W3C Test Suite License is interesting. You use it if you want to make claims about your software like “passes all 𝑛 W3C tests.” It allows you to copy the tests, but you are not allowed to make any changes to them; they must remain byte-for-byte identical to the original. Totally makes sense […]

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 13/09/2026

Amodei asking everyone to “slow down” the pace of AI

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 13/09/2026

Amodei asking everyone to “slow down” the pace of AI

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Alex Plaum @lxplm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Earlier today, @_elena spoke about success stories on the #Fediverse – a network created "by the people and for the people". Btw, don't forget to check out her excellent blog: blog.elenarossini.com #Fediday #Berlin

Elena Rossini speaking at Berlin FediDay 2026.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No one seems to be explaining to younger generations what happened. (I'd think this would be covered in a high school history class or something but my Massachusetts students claim it's not.) Their understanding of what happened has just kind of been pieced together by random cultural references.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 10/09/2026

@sean I’ve actually had it in mind for look for something like this, so thanks!

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 10/09/2026

“Sandbox is blocking [some command]. This is a genuine sandbox restriction, so I’ll retry outside it.” What even is the sandbox for?

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 10/09/2026

I’m not really all that excited about a foldable screen, but I was willing to visit a store and check it out, until I saw the price tag, and that priced it right out of consideration for me.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 10/09/2026

@mconley @grmpyprogrammer For those about to rock…well, you can’t anymore because you failed to protect the planet.

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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Information about the aftermath of September 11th has not been provided to the public. For years, families, city workers, and survivors have been crying out for more transparency from their government. That is why the Mamdani administration has made a significant investment to give the public […]

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 09/09/2026

I didn’t know I needed medieval “Teenage Dirtbag,” but it turns out I did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfZBqH1NgM…

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 09/09/2026

I didn’t know I needed medieval “Teenage Dirtbag,” but it turns out I did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfZBqH1NgM…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NASHVILLE — Thursday 7pm a town hall will be held for Marsha (who hasn’t had one since 2017)… and when she doesn’t show 🐔 the Holler’s Kanew @MichaelEDyson @KiranSreepada & Jorge Zetina will field Q’s she won’t answer. From Nashville Indivisible: www.instagram.com/p/DdBjsiYxMy...

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 08/09/2026

What’s really weird is that she’d let a film crew into her home days before going to prison. What did she hope to accomplish?

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 08/09/2026

I’ve seen several comments that assume this is AI-generated. I don’t think that’s the case. I have no background in psychology, but I think this is who Holmes is—she’s a psychopath. phpc.social/@ramsey/117232395614247…

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This looks pretty messed up. I can’t wait to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJSRFWALTI&feature;=youtu.be

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 08/09/2026

This looks pretty messed up. I can’t wait to see it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJSRFWALTI…

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 06/09/2026

@seldo.com I wish that were the case in the southeastern US.

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Jimothy cosplay at DragonCon taken by @lordcommandertomsnow@threads.net #Jimothy #cosplay #DragonCon

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 05/09/2026

I really don’t understand why #DragonCon doesn’t have more activity on the Fediverse. It seems like this is exactly where Dragon Con folks would most likely congregate.

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 05/09/2026

Found in the vendor hall. A pennant featuring Kermit dressed like David Byrne of Talking Heads. #DragonCon

Several pennants in a vendor booth. The one that is the focus shows Kermit the Frog wearing a suit with rather large shoulder pads and the phrase “Same as it ever was.”

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 04/09/2026

Hello, #DragonCon! (Photos from last night.)

Cosplayers at Dragon Con. Both are Green Lanterns, but one is a Rocketeer/Green Lantern mash-up.

Cosplayers at Dragon Con, dressed as characters from Pixar’s Inside Out. Each holds a glowing orb, glowing with the color for their character.

Cosplayers at Dragon Con, dressed as characters from Spaceballs. One is a pregnant woman with a sticker on her belly that reads: “Spaceballs: The Baby.”

Cosplayers at Dragon Con, dressed as employees from The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta. They are handing out hats and badge ribbons to anyone who approaches them and says “What’ll y’all have?”

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey.dev · 01/09/2026

How long has Omarchy been around, and why are companies throwing so much money at it? I’ve only just heard about it in the last week, and that’s only because of folks calling out companies for donating money to it. Are people actually using it?

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