Ben Torkington
@bentorkington.bsky.social
I want to make software that makes people's lives better, not worse.
Tones to -18dB. All vehicles parked at owners' risk.
Tones to -18dB. All vehicles parked at owners' risk.
this "border: 50px solid white;" could have been an email
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
this "border: 50px solid white;" could have been an email
Duncan Garner may just be some bus stop drunk with a podcast these days, but it's good to see he hasn't lost his journalism skills, particularly the act of just shitting a few numbers and coloured rectangles over a stock image of the beehive.
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Duncan Garner may just be some bus stop drunk with a podcast these days, but it's good to see he hasn't lost his journalism skills, particularly the act of just shitting a few numbers and coloured rectangles over a stock image of the beehive.
one minute you've got a sweet gig driving brand new BMWs with Crown number plates, with sideline hocking off single-use shovels and Red Bands as new on TradeMe, the next you're just doing laps of the precinct so guys can film copium tiktoks in the back 20 times a day
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
one minute you've got a sweet gig driving brand new BMWs with Crown number plates, with sideline hocking off single-use shovels and Red Bands as new on TradeMe, the next you're just doing laps of the precinct so guys can film copium tiktoks in the back 20 times a day
the guy behind him looks like he's having a full blown there-is-a-horse-in-the-Apple-store moment
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
the guy behind him looks like he's having a full blown there-is-a-horse-in-the-Apple-store moment
now listen here, young lady. $50 is my final offer, these are the smallest cows I've ever seen
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
now listen here, young lady. $50 is my final offer, these are the smallest cows I've ever seen
I'm worried Predator Free WLG are creating the evolutionary foundation for a kind of super-rat that loves airports but doesn't know why, and just bores you shitless with plane trivia while you're waiting for boarding.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I'm worried Predator Free WLG are creating the evolutionary foundation for a kind of super-rat that loves airports but doesn't know why, and just bores you shitless with plane trivia while you're waiting for boarding.
and yes, it does
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
and yes, it does
I don't use the eMac a lot these days, but this bit of plywood had a bit of a bow in it needed fixing
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I don't use the eMac a lot these days, but this bit of plywood had a bit of a bow in it needed fixing
that ain't gumboot day that's tool time
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
that ain't gumboot day that's tool time
I’ll be coming for your trade next. Tune in next week to watch me get my bond back
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I’ll be coming for your trade next. Tune in next week to watch me get my bond back
@lyndonhood.bsky.social was just reminded of this banger
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
@lyndonhood.bsky.social was just reminded of this banger
it's quite a sight when 5 tonnes of tightly wound copper wire just… turns into a gas
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
it's quite a sight when 5 tonnes of tightly wound copper wire just… turns into a gas
Haha they used louise-upston-announces-beneficiaries-to-be-fed-into-shredder.jpeg and not louise-upston-happy-times.jpeg
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Haha they used louise-upston-announces-beneficiaries-to-be-fed-into-shredder.jpeg and not louise-upston-happy-times.jpeg
In the interest of balance, I'll leave you with Herald's Thomas Coughlan for the converse.
The trouble with Tom's argument is he's an utter cunt.
The trouble with Tom's argument is he's an utter cunt.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
In the interest of balance, I'll leave you with Herald's Thomas Coughlan for the converse.
The trouble with Tom's argument is he's an utter cunt.
The trouble with Tom's argument is he's an utter cunt.
Mum sent me this from Fiji. On ya, Mum.
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mum sent me this from Fiji. On ya, Mum.
if you can't you don't
handle him deserve him
at his… at his
handle him deserve him
at his… at his
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
if you can't you don't
handle him deserve him
at his… at his
handle him deserve him
at his… at his
grim seeing MS and Apple both announce banger quarters at a time growing numbers of people are sick of their shit. What's the plan here, are we just going to try and get the tapeworm to gorge itself to death?
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
grim seeing MS and Apple both announce banger quarters at a time growing numbers of people are sick of their shit. What's the plan here, are we just going to try and get the tapeworm to gorge itself to death?
The Auckland University chair of macroeconomics, who hasn't left his office since 1975, thinks there are are people "worth a few hundred thousand" who are landlords and that houses are worth $100k.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Auckland University chair of macroeconomics, who hasn't left his office since 1975, thinks there are are people "worth a few hundred thousand" who are landlords and that houses are worth $100k.
you can see why this guy gets the big bucks eh
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
you can see why this guy gets the big bucks eh
Northland's only Muslim chef? We'll let you be the judge, all we ask for is this free sentence fragment.
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Northland's only Muslim chef? We'll let you be the judge, all we ask for is this free sentence fragment.