Ben Wright - Queex
@queex.bsky.social
I write stuff. Been doing bioinformatics since they called it statistical genetics. He/him or they/them. https://patreon.com/Queex
https://queex.bandcamp.com
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Ben Wright - Queex
@queex.bsky.social
· May 10
These beauties came in this week and I love them.
You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.
You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.
It's fascinating how the forcing of GenAI into everything and the justified backlash against it has completely killed the "I forced a bot to watch/read..." style of joke.
February 11, 2026 at 12:17 PM
It's fascinating how the forcing of GenAI into everything and the justified backlash against it has completely killed the "I forced a bot to watch/read..." style of joke.
Stay Duned
Duneton Abbey
Watership Dune
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Stay Duned
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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discord betrayed you? lol, I wouldn’t know, I’ve been self-hosting an open source voip server for the past fifteen years. it’s super low-latency and has much better chat tools than whatever your precious “nitro subscription” gets you. and as soon as I make even one friend,
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
discord betrayed you? lol, I wouldn’t know, I’ve been self-hosting an open source voip server for the past fifteen years. it’s super low-latency and has much better chat tools than whatever your precious “nitro subscription” gets you. and as soon as I make even one friend,
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Our product can show you what's outside the window that's right next to you, perform a Google search slower than you can yourself, and misinform your surgeon mid-procedure, causing a catastrophic failure that will injure you for life. The entire economy is propped up on it
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Our product can show you what's outside the window that's right next to you, perform a Google search slower than you can yourself, and misinform your surgeon mid-procedure, causing a catastrophic failure that will injure you for life. The entire economy is propped up on it
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I'm in real danger of becoming a RETVRN guy but for low bit-depth, low-res gaming when I see things like this.
i'm making a #QBasic game using mode 13h, 320x200 8bpp. i'm using VGA line doubling to make it 320x100 then horizontally doubling each pixel for 160x100
i use a palette with 3 bits red/green and 2 blue, and "subpixel dither" in between colors. here's a thread of images showing what that's like
1/5
i use a palette with 3 bits red/green and 2 blue, and "subpixel dither" in between colors. here's a thread of images showing what that's like
1/5
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I'm in real danger of becoming a RETVRN guy but for low bit-depth, low-res gaming when I see things like this.
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The by-line of Doctor Moreau
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The by-line of Doctor Moreau
Absolutely fascinating that private comments Wes Streeting made that actually paint him in a somewhat better light are being "leaked" now, at a time when Starmer seems about to be toppled, and Streeting desperately needs to improve his image to stand a chance of taking the crown.
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Absolutely fascinating that private comments Wes Streeting made that actually paint him in a somewhat better light are being "leaked" now, at a time when Starmer seems about to be toppled, and Streeting desperately needs to improve his image to stand a chance of taking the crown.
Joke's on them - we don't want most of the features they keep adding anyway.
Discord Will Force You To Scan Your Face Or ID To Unlock All Of Its Features
Discord To Require Age Verification By Face Scan Or ID Starting In March
Teen-by-default is coming to all Discord accounts in March
kotaku.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Joke's on them - we don't want most of the features they keep adding anyway.
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Fork Ice February continues with Feng Shui 2, today only!
You know you want a gang of masked government agents in combat cosplay as witless mooks working for some evil villain. Perhaps a screechy eunuch sorcerer kidnapping humans for evil experiments in the Netherworld?
You know you want a gang of masked government agents in combat cosplay as witless mooks working for some evil villain. Perhaps a screechy eunuch sorcerer kidnapping humans for evil experiments in the Netherworld?
Feng Shui 2, 50% Off Today Only! #FengShui2 #GameSale
Feng Shui 2, 50% Off Today Only!
Start the week off with some butt-kicking action! Today's Fork Ice February charity sale is Feng Shui 2, the game of time travel and furious action inspired by Hong Kong cinema.
Until midnight tonight you can get it at 50% off, and the proceeds go
to help Minnesota organizations helping our neighbors from the masked
mooks who have been rampaging across our state for their cartoon villain bosses.
Click here to buy a PRINTED copy of …
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Fork Ice February continues with Feng Shui 2, today only!
You know you want a gang of masked government agents in combat cosplay as witless mooks working for some evil villain. Perhaps a screechy eunuch sorcerer kidnapping humans for evil experiments in the Netherworld?
You know you want a gang of masked government agents in combat cosplay as witless mooks working for some evil villain. Perhaps a screechy eunuch sorcerer kidnapping humans for evil experiments in the Netherworld?
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I never noticed this either.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I never noticed this either.
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this would be many of you when faced with a HELLRAISER-esque scenario
February 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
this would be many of you when faced with a HELLRAISER-esque scenario
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the pronoun labeler was deleted, but @ripperoni.com built a new one @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
the pronoun labeler was deleted, but @ripperoni.com built a new one @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
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Labour people on here complain that nobody knows about all the good things they're doing, blaming the media, but a big part of it is that they, themselves, are standing on the streets with a big megaphone saying how much they hate migrants and foreigners.
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Labour people on here complain that nobody knows about all the good things they're doing, blaming the media, but a big part of it is that they, themselves, are standing on the streets with a big megaphone saying how much they hate migrants and foreigners.
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Australian ambulances be like "yea naur yea naur yea naur yea naur"
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Australian ambulances be like "yea naur yea naur yea naur yea naur"
The by-line of Doctor Moreau
February 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The by-line of Doctor Moreau
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kash patel’s general demeanor reminds me of an animal raised for meat
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
kash patel’s general demeanor reminds me of an animal raised for meat
It's Bandcamp Friday, which means there's never been a better time to get some sick tracker tunes all up in your business.
queex.bandcamp.com
Sorry about the face.
queex.bandcamp.com
Sorry about the face.
Queex
Queex. UK.
queex.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday, which means there's never been a better time to get some sick tracker tunes all up in your business.
queex.bandcamp.com
Sorry about the face.
queex.bandcamp.com
Sorry about the face.
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IT'S FRIDAY! ROLL THE CLIP! #frierenfriday
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
IT'S FRIDAY! ROLL THE CLIP! #frierenfriday
I've written before about the crappy UX of work's webmail interface (powered by Office365), where each morning I re-open the tab, am prompted to enter my 2FA, only to be greeted by a "We're signing you out" page and have to log in again.
They've made it worse.
Now each prompt opens in a new tab.
They've made it worse.
Now each prompt opens in a new tab.
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I've written before about the crappy UX of work's webmail interface (powered by Office365), where each morning I re-open the tab, am prompted to enter my 2FA, only to be greeted by a "We're signing you out" page and have to log in again.
They've made it worse.
Now each prompt opens in a new tab.
They've made it worse.
Now each prompt opens in a new tab.
bore: it's like saw with an estuary
caw: it's like saw with corvids
paw: it's like saw but with puppygirls
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
bore: it's like saw with an estuary
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM