Michael Bench-Capon
@mikebenchcapon.bsky.social
I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him.
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If your post is liked by just one wise person it is as though it had been liked by the whole world
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Around ten years ago Marijn Heule, Oliver Kullmann and Victor Marek proved that if you 2-colour the positive integers from 1 to 7825, then you must be able to find x, y and z all of the same colour with x^2+y^2=z^2 -- that is, a monochromatic Pythagorean triple. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Around ten years ago Marijn Heule, Oliver Kullmann and Victor Marek proved that if you 2-colour the positive integers from 1 to 7825, then you must be able to find x, y and z all of the same colour with x^2+y^2=z^2 -- that is, a monochromatic Pythagorean triple. 1/
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The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.
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Getting one over the hot men performatively reading in public by being an ugly man performatively writing warhammer fanfic. Sorry ladies, I'm taken.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Getting one over the hot men performatively reading in public by being an ugly man performatively writing warhammer fanfic. Sorry ladies, I'm taken.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Go home autumn, you’re drunk.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Go home autumn, you’re drunk.
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Tea drinkers, here’s a little gift for you.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Tea drinkers, here’s a little gift for you.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
Enjoy this perfect teapot from Starbucks.
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Mumbling "short live the king" must go so hard if you're a peasant.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Mumbling "short live the king" must go so hard if you're a peasant.
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...is there a lord marmalade?
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
...is there a lord marmalade?
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This one has both:
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This one has both:
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![GQ: Congratulations on your big follow by Elon Musk, Caity. Were you aware of Elon Musk before he followed you?
Caity: I was aware of him in the sense that I am generally aware of all God's creatures, though whether I can identify their specific jobs is another story. Is he dating Miranda Kerr?
I think that's the Snapchat guy...
[10 minutes pass.]
Is that the end of the interview?
So Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, found himself in the crosshairs of Twitter today for not following any women. A few minutes after the news broke, he followed you. How does it feel to be the only woman he follows?
I've always considered myself one of the top women in the world,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4t2ziwnnescprzorvmrfduey/bafkreigfhaqgo7ugshfbgmdop4tshqqbu3xtj54olkxxvngy3wsgnor7he@jpeg)
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1 beer: What a nice day
2 beers: Love my friends!
3 beers: I could probably drive a forklift
4+ beers: I'm too handsome to work
2 beers: Love my friends!
3 beers: I could probably drive a forklift
4+ beers: I'm too handsome to work
June 8, 2024 at 9:14 PM
1 beer: What a nice day
2 beers: Love my friends!
3 beers: I could probably drive a forklift
4+ beers: I'm too handsome to work
2 beers: Love my friends!
3 beers: I could probably drive a forklift
4+ beers: I'm too handsome to work
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hear me out: joyce carol oates super bowl halftime appearance
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
hear me out: joyce carol oates super bowl halftime appearance
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“The taxes were illegal but it’s just too much money for the government to give back” sounds like something you would have been tarred and feathered for saying in 1773.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“The taxes were illegal but it’s just too much money for the government to give back” sounds like something you would have been tarred and feathered for saying in 1773.
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oasis haters keep it moving you will never hate oasis as much or as elegantly as i, a fan of oasis, hate oasis
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
oasis haters keep it moving you will never hate oasis as much or as elegantly as i, a fan of oasis, hate oasis
Saw a post asking us to name a senior academic we've met who was an utter delight and it's like nice try but I don't really feel like inviting people to milkshake duck someone I met once and thought was cool
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Saw a post asking us to name a senior academic we've met who was an utter delight and it's like nice try but I don't really feel like inviting people to milkshake duck someone I met once and thought was cool
People say the Senate Democrats are politically incompetent but they just did something super unpopular right *after* an election and you can't get much more politically competent than that
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
People say the Senate Democrats are politically incompetent but they just did something super unpopular right *after* an election and you can't get much more politically competent than that
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Convert to metric if you want but then future civilizations won’t bother referencing your units of measure for jokes or trivia
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Convert to metric if you want but then future civilizations won’t bother referencing your units of measure for jokes or trivia
It's very difficult to check how much better or worse the various things I eat, drink and touch are than they used to be, but it's certainly true that I can't get much of an answer just by consulting my memory
even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's very difficult to check how much better or worse the various things I eat, drink and touch are than they used to be, but it's certainly true that I can't get much of an answer just by consulting my memory
The list isn't out yet but they tell you who the judges are and their rules for compiling the list, which is the most interesting part really
Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes
Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes
This week we will be publishing a run-down of our judges’ greatest Ashes cricketers in the buildup to this year’s series opener on 21 November. Here’s how we did it
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The list isn't out yet but they tell you who the judges are and their rules for compiling the list, which is the most interesting part really
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this is what most people miss about fedoras. you need to wear the rest of the ensemble
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
this is what most people miss about fedoras. you need to wear the rest of the ensemble
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So, the bad news:
- made it harder to switch languages on the keyboard
- some app I've never heard of keeps crashing
- can't turn off the wallet functionality
- forgot all my other devices
Good news:
- AI(?)
- made it harder to switch languages on the keyboard
- some app I've never heard of keeps crashing
- can't turn off the wallet functionality
- forgot all my other devices
Good news:
- AI(?)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
So, the bad news:
- made it harder to switch languages on the keyboard
- some app I've never heard of keeps crashing
- can't turn off the wallet functionality
- forgot all my other devices
Good news:
- AI(?)
- made it harder to switch languages on the keyboard
- some app I've never heard of keeps crashing
- can't turn off the wallet functionality
- forgot all my other devices
Good news:
- AI(?)
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Just because you find out that the reason a fence was put up in the first place was somewhere between inane and positively evil doesn't automatically mean it'd be a good idea to tear it down now
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just because you find out that the reason a fence was put up in the first place was somewhere between inane and positively evil doesn't automatically mean it'd be a good idea to tear it down now