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Ben Booth
@benbooth.dev
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Aussie | dad of 3 | software eng (mostly frontend)

Unduplicitous, unmalicious, unconniving, unnasty
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A screenshot of a cancel subscription offer from HBO Max. It starts with the header "We'd love for you to stick around..." The offer compares my current plan of Premium for $17.99/month for 12 months, with a special "One-time Offer" of Premium for $17.99 for 3 months, then $21.99/month.
September 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Here we go
A TV seconds before the kickoff of the Women's Euro 2025 final between England and Spain
July 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Merry Christmas from the possum in my garage roller door 🎄
A possum laying upside down inside the inner barrel of a garage roller door
December 25, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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👀
A screenshot from Advent of Code 2024 showing the current countdown to day 5 It reads 5 04:22:34
December 5, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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I still have them @playtonicgames.com 🧦 maybe I shouldn't, but I do.
A pair of bright green socks with Yooka and Laylee faces being worn on a pair of feet.
November 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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The perfect image does not exi...

We bought a new family car/van!
Me wearing a white hoodie and a cap leaning on a second hand VW Multivan. A large sign on the building behind reads "Perfect Image".
November 6, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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My most recent was the Dune Ornithopter (which I'm realising now I took no photos of), but my fav is the Tree House
A photo of the completed LEGO Tree House set on a table A close up photo of the completed LEGO Tree House set. The parent minifigs are sitting at a table with the tree in the background A close up photo of the completed LEGO Tree House set. The daughter minifig is holding a compass piece and standing next to a creek.
October 21, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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Looove this one 😍 @poorlydrawnarsenal.bsky.social
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An illustration by @poorlydrawnarsenal.bsky.social. It shows Arsenal's Saka standing by the corner flag in front of the crowd. The background & crowd are all in red shades, and shows a lot of details & faces in the crowd.
October 8, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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I took kiddo to indoor bouldering this morning, and this place is such a fun playground 🤩
A large selection of indoor bouldering walls, of varying difficulty A large selection of indoor bouldering walls, of varying difficulty A large selection of indoor bouldering walls, of varying difficulty 6 auto-belay indoor climbing walls
October 5, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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One of my favourite JS niceties is using underscore (_) as a numeric separator to make number literals more readable. It's so aesthetic.
A screenshot of 2 lines of JavaScript code: const ONE_MILLION = 1_000_000; const YO = 0b_01011001_01001111;
September 22, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #123,144!
A white card with a Bluesky logo in the top left. It says: Celebrating 10M users 🎉 #123,144 Blue text is stamped across the number which reads: First 10% Certified Bluesky Elder
September 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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For me it came so close. It misspelled both the animal and the plant, and failed to reverse the letters correctly. But it somehow still produced a correct answer 🤷‍♂️😅
A screenshot of a ChatGPT transcript: You What is a four-letter name of an animal, that when the letters are reversed becomes the name of a plant? ChatGPT The answer is "dear" (animal) and "read" (plant) when the letters are reversed.
January 10, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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Just dropping in to say that password rotation policies suck.
A photo of the Mac OS "Reset Password" dialog. The "New password" and "Verify password" inputs have been completed. A popup to the right shows a number of "Password requirements", each item has a green circle to indicate that the requirement had been met by the entered password. Another popup to the left says "Your password does not meet the requirements of the server."
November 3, 2023 at 1:40 PM
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Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, missed that one.
A notification from The Guardian that reads: Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82
September 28, 2023 at 12:11 PM
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I feel you bro
A photo of a white dishwasher in a kitchen. The dishwasher is running a cleaning cycle and has a pink post-it note stuck to the front that has "WORK IN PROGRESS" handwritten on it.
September 27, 2023 at 10:44 PM
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I think I did it! I might have found the most depressing fortune cookie message ever?
A photo of a fortune cookie message paper, it reads: 🙂 Be rich, you'll make friends with others. 🙂
September 13, 2023 at 10:55 AM
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Childhood memory unlocked! Finished LEGO Technic Test Car (8865)
LEGO Technic Test Car (8865) complete from a front/side angle. The front steering & suspension assembly is in focus. LEGO Technic Test Car (8865) complete from a rear/side angle. The engine bay and rear suspension are in focus.
September 13, 2023 at 6:08 AM
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These guys?
A photo of the Backstreet Boys in all pink outfits
September 7, 2023 at 9:57 PM
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My Switch gallery is full of screenshots like this, I kept trying to get the perfect "Link bathing in the blood moon" shot
A screenshot from Breath of the Wild. It shows Link with all clothing items removed looking at the moon. The moon and sky are red from a "blood moon" event.
September 4, 2023 at 10:08 PM
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Happy Tillie's Day! 🇦🇺
The front of The Matilda's Nike jersey. The Australia badge and Nike logos are visible
August 12, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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Nice
A screenshot of a 2FA SMS message from myGov, with the security code "696420" Full text: myGov Security: Your security code is 696420. If this was not you, contact the myGov help desk on 132 307. Do not reply by SMS. Message reference: SV001
July 28, 2023 at 6:18 AM
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The Vince McMahon meme format. Status Update -> Interested Tweet -> Excited Skeet -> Very excited Xeet -> Losing his mind
July 25, 2023 at 2:57 AM
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LEGO Technic in the 80's, there are 144 pieces required for this 1 step. In total there are 24 steps to build this whole set 😅
Partially constructed LEGO Technic set 8865 "Test Car" from 1988. The instruction booklet is open at step 18, and 144 pieces have been gathered for this step.
July 9, 2023 at 3:14 AM
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Wait, how long has @github.com has this tree view? I'm just noticing it today. Previously I'd been using Octotree, but I hate to say there's no use for it (for me) anymore.
A sidebar with a tree view listing of files and folders in a project repo hosted on github.com
July 4, 2023 at 11:14 PM
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These are my favourite lego.com model shots. This is definitely how my wife sees me when I'm playing with my LEGO sets 😅
A well-presented man investigating the LEGO Eldorado Fortress (10320) set on a table with a designer lamp
July 4, 2023 at 12:56 AM