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Ben
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Natural fiber enthusiast. Ws in the chat for the ancient pines.
A combination of age and always learning new skills means I feel like this a lot
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March 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The deadline to register for Decolonizing Management is NEXT WEDNESDAY 2/26!

This course is focused entirely on human-centered, anti-capitalist systems and taught by me, an experienced manager and mission-driven leader.

Wednesdays from March 5 to May 21, 2025 on Zoom.

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February 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Never forget this album absolutely slaps
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January 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some photos I took while walking the dog at sunrise this morning
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the type of energy i bring to a function
Someone showed up in the shared office with exciting swag-
January 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I am by no means a vim power user, but I've gotten so accustomed to using the basic movement keybindings in 90% of everything I write that whenever I have to use something that doesn't support them it feels like my hands aren't working correctly.
January 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Do you struggle with being on time for appointments”

No, I’ve constructed a moral framework whereby being late indicates that I am a monstrous being whose disregard for others borders on malice, so any appointment is a threat to my very being. The system is very effective.
December 24, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Just rewatching DS9 and crying, like you do
December 24, 2024 at 5:18 AM
PHP catches a lot of shade but it bugs me on a daily basis is that it

a) uses "arrays" for everything
b) tools for working with arrays are kind of shitty

JS has it right with `arr.filter().map()`. In PHP you have to do `array_map( func, array_filter( arr, func ) )`, which is ugly and painful.
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
#1 is just a weapon from Destiny 2. Looks like probably a fusion rifle. www.instagram.com/p/DDdOMBNuNh6/
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December 12, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely agree, but this reminded me that my partner and I LOVED the audiobook for Ancillary Justice and so got the audiobook for the Ancillary Sword and were immediately horrified that the narrator had changed and all the pronunciations had too. Book was still great, it was just jarring.
Same.

A while ago I did a class visit & one student said they wanted to be a writer and read a lot and then went "well it's not really reading, audiobooks don't count so I guess I'm not really..."

And I had to tell them to shut up cause audiobooks totally count.
Apropos of nothing, anybody who says that audiobooks aren’t “real” reading or that people who use them aren’t “real” readers can kiss both my ass and my royalty statement.
November 24, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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adult themes such as having a favorite kitchen appliance and back pain
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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No one has satisfactorily answered the fundamental question of why I should bother to read something you couldn't be bothered to write
May 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Finally watching The Expanse and it’s pretty good. I like the lady they got for Naomi but it chafes my ass that she’s clearly shorter than the guy they got for Holden. She’s a Belter, she should be tall as hell!
November 19, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Still not sold on the hat, but she's currently my solid favorite character
Admittedly I am not entirely sold on the Detective's hat
November 4, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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Trans rights are human rights
chat what do you think the odds are we can get a senator on bluesky to say trans rights
Hello (again) Bluesky! I’m going to start posting here again, because that other app has become a disaster.

But first, I want to introduce myself. My name is Tina Smith, and I’m a proud United States Senator for Minnesota… ⬇️
November 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM
The three genders
October 31, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Kill la Kill is one of my absolute favorite pieces of media but to any non-weeb it has got to be just unbelievably and uncomfortably horny
October 31, 2024 at 3:07 PM
more or less my experience of life in a nutshell
October 28, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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If you live in one of these 10 states (AZ, TX AR, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, OH), today is THE LAST DAY you can register to vote. Even if you think you're registered already, double check to see if your registration is still active. Please do this, it only takes a few minutes. Pass it on.
October 7, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Article about people adopting "mini-pigs" and ending up with full-grown hogs near about killed me with this quote
October 7, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I realize it's just marketing but it always makes me feel weird when a project is sold as "From the Mind of <Insert Famous Creative>." I only ever want to sell things with the tagline "From the Mind of Some Fucker."
October 4, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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In much of the US, it’s the last week to register to vote in the US election in November. Do not miss your opportunity (and if you are registered, to check your registration to make sure it is still valid). Get registered and encourage everyone you know to register. Here’s where to start: Vote.gov
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September 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM