Ben Lamb
@bennyfactor.bsky.social
sandwich analyst
You can call posts here "tweets" now. Other guy isn't using it, no point in letting a good thing go to waste.
You can call posts here "tweets" now. Other guy isn't using it, no point in letting a good thing go to waste.
jeffy benzos fail phone www.theverge.com/podcast/8167...
The tale of the Fire Phone, Amazon’s very strange smartphone
In this episode of Version History: Amazon’s big, mostly very bad ideas about phones.
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
jeffy benzos fail phone www.theverge.com/podcast/8167...
from bad to ... bad, but in a different way
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
from bad to ... bad, but in a different way
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Today is the Marine Corps birthday as well as the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. Either way it's a day to honor your favorite shipwreck
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Today is the Marine Corps birthday as well as the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. Either way it's a day to honor your favorite shipwreck
I have this idea, and it's like, the only show / podcast / whatever you actually want to see / listen to that is just four beardy white guys with glasses, because it's THESE four beardy white guys with glasses
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have this idea, and it's like, the only show / podcast / whatever you actually want to see / listen to that is just four beardy white guys with glasses, because it's THESE four beardy white guys with glasses
Center Stage is a gamechanger. It centers my big dumb head and lets me use my west elm April 2020 free covid zoom background universally instead of having to re-add it per app every time an app forgets that I had added it
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Center Stage is a gamechanger. It centers my big dumb head and lets me use my west elm April 2020 free covid zoom background universally instead of having to re-add it per app every time an app forgets that I had added it
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GOLF: 1 BRIAR RD, GOLF IL 60029-9998
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
GOLF: 1 BRIAR RD, GOLF IL 60029-9998
Part of why I hated spotify when I used it is that I am an old curmudgeon that listens to an album, and then would like to listen to another album (or a playlist I 1st made 15-20 years ago). When it would 'helpfully' start autoplaying Things It Thought I'd Keep Listening to, they absolutely Weren't
The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Part of why I hated spotify when I used it is that I am an old curmudgeon that listens to an album, and then would like to listen to another album (or a playlist I 1st made 15-20 years ago). When it would 'helpfully' start autoplaying Things It Thought I'd Keep Listening to, they absolutely Weren't
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a joy to read.
It feels inelegant to say you should read my latest review because it’s very negative. You should read my latest review because it’s insane. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire
The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
a joy to read.
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NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
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Autumn Afternoon. The magic of season on display at Fullerton Avenue along the lake in Chicago. Image captured on this day in 2013.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Autumn Afternoon. The magic of season on display at Fullerton Avenue along the lake in Chicago. Image captured on this day in 2013.
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Shining Time Station!
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Shining Time Station!
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Japanese admiral simultaneously annoyed the Americans refuse to commit to Decisive Battle and also that if/whenever the Japanese try to create said Decisive Battle the entire Kido Butai gets their butts kicked by a detachment of the 69th Naval Auxillary Task Force, 420th Division
December 10, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Japanese admiral simultaneously annoyed the Americans refuse to commit to Decisive Battle and also that if/whenever the Japanese try to create said Decisive Battle the entire Kido Butai gets their butts kicked by a detachment of the 69th Naval Auxillary Task Force, 420th Division
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every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale
a chilling display of soft power
a chilling display of soft power
December 8, 2023 at 2:46 PM
every Pacific naval encounter from late 1943 onward is like the IJN Golden Kirin, Glorious Harbinger of Eternal Imperial Dawn versus six identical copies of the USS We Built This Yesterday supplied by a ship that does nothing but make birthday cakes for the other ships
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All the people that would call for these hearings are also busy banging their laptops
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
All the people that would call for these hearings are also busy banging their laptops
"big noon" is a very insonorous phrase
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"big noon" is a very insonorous phrase
Christmas ornaments for Linux families of any size
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Christmas ornaments for Linux families of any size
I do not know the source of this video, but I approve its message
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I do not know the source of this video, but I approve its message
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Bairdstown, Ohio
Pop: 134
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairdstown,_Ohio
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9701663
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49298832
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26198522
Pop: 134
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairdstown,_Ohio
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9701663
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49298832
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26198522
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the upper table in our lazy susan cabinet has fallen down and the single set screw is just probably too weak to keep it up even after I fixed it. So I got a clamping shaft collar from McMaster and the only thing the data sheet lacks is the hex head size. And of course my hex keys are all packed up
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the upper table in our lazy susan cabinet has fallen down and the single set screw is just probably too weak to keep it up even after I fixed it. So I got a clamping shaft collar from McMaster and the only thing the data sheet lacks is the hex head size. And of course my hex keys are all packed up
I have a feeling all the remaining MD-11s in the US will either end up in service with KLM cargo or in a bone yard within a few years, regardless of the outcome of the investigation
BREAKING: Boeing confirms recommendation to ground MD-11 fleet “while additional engineering analysis is performed” (via @theaircurrent.com)
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have a feeling all the remaining MD-11s in the US will either end up in service with KLM cargo or in a bone yard within a few years, regardless of the outcome of the investigation
“will a Fosse neck do it?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVvx...
Liza Minnelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“will a Fosse neck do it?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVvx...
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How far in advance will we know if our flight is cancelled?
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How far in advance will we know if our flight is cancelled?
After seeing this break down of the Giminez bullshit I am 100% satisfied with the Dodgers winning www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pqf...
Benches clear between the Dodgers and Blue Jays in Game 7, a breakdown
YouTube video by Jomboy Media
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November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After seeing this break down of the Giminez bullshit I am 100% satisfied with the Dodgers winning www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pqf...