Erik ❤️
@benoist.dev
internet plumber as @nilcoast.com— ex: startups
Chicago fan, RPCV, and lapsed urban planner
(he/him)
Chicago fan, RPCV, and lapsed urban planner
(he/him)
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We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
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I have a really special episode of @fafo.fm planned for December
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
Fork Around and Find Out | Passionfroot
Let's work together! Visit my Passionfroot page for more info and to book your slot.
fafo.fm
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have a really special episode of @fafo.fm planned for December
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
It would be great to have a sponsor because I think this will be our best episode yet
fafo.fm/sponsor
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There’s a reason boring-wozniak is disallowed
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
There’s a reason boring-wozniak is disallowed
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I get the Pilsen Community Books e-newsletter and they announced they’re moving, luckily to another part of Pilsen.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I get the Pilsen Community Books e-newsletter and they announced they’re moving, luckily to another part of Pilsen.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
But the landlord in their current location on 18th and Carpenter raised their rent by 50%! Not sustainable for small businesses. Happy they are staying alive and expanding elsewhere.
I really hope this typo was intentional and not AI slop. This is page is live.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I really hope this typo was intentional and not AI slop. This is page is live.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
Speed: Must blast the bus at more than 5mph.
I’m pretty sure the robot is going to be able to do my job well enough in a couple years that my skill as a programmer will become obsolete. It’s unsettling, but I’ve had a good 20 year run.
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m pretty sure the robot is going to be able to do my job well enough in a couple years that my skill as a programmer will become obsolete. It’s unsettling, but I’ve had a good 20 year run.
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
What’s chapter 2/3 going to be? Can I dust off my urban planning degree?
You’d think if your name was in your handle, people would spell it right. The bigger tragedy may be that Oswald is trending over Oswalt.
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You’d think if your name was in your handle, people would spell it right. The bigger tragedy may be that Oswald is trending over Oswalt.
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
Then again people always write Eric when responding to any written communication from me.
Is this still the good place?
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Bluesky mods defending the rights of pedophiles by banning Patton fucking Oswald for saying they’re bad, actually
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bluesky mods defending the rights of pedophiles by banning Patton fucking Oswald for saying they’re bad, actually
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
What the actual fucking fuck.
I would be so ashamed to work at this company right now.
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Celebrating the birth of animator and filmmaker Terry Gilliam 83 years after his arrival in a Fetus Frightening Room somewhere in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
November 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Celebrating the birth of animator and filmmaker Terry Gilliam 83 years after his arrival in a Fetus Frightening Room somewhere in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
#TerryGilliam #MontyPython
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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A small example from my career: when we experimented with an advisory board system on LiveJournal back in 2005, the frontrunner for the "user-elected representative" seat was the single most prominent and abusive griefer on the entire site of ~20 million people.
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A small example from my career: when we experimented with an advisory board system on LiveJournal back in 2005, the frontrunner for the "user-elected representative" seat was the single most prominent and abusive griefer on the entire site of ~20 million people.
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Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Panoramic View of the Northern Lights last night over the Chicago Skyline.
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Chicago has everything. Chicago over everything.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Chicago has everything. Chicago over everything.
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Chicago Transit AuthAuroraty
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Chicago Transit AuthAuroraty
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Northern lights in Edgewater.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Northern lights in Edgewater.
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)
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I wrote a very long blog post about all I learned about HNSWs in the last year: "Scaling HNSWs" -> antirez.com/news/156
Scaling HNSWs - <antirez>
antirez.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I wrote a very long blog post about all I learned about HNSWs in the last year: "Scaling HNSWs" -> antirez.com/news/156
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dude what
could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
dude what
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Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
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This one is old enough to order a beer.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This one is old enough to order a beer.