Colin Rafferty
@colin.rafferty.net
Early Gen X. Senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp.
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
he/him
https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
@colin@rafferty.net on mastodon
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
he/him
https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
@colin@rafferty.net on mastodon
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Fetch the calipers!
Personality trait psychology has a lot to effing answer for imho
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fetch the calipers!
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
I designed and bought a Pop! of myself to give my wife for her birthday.
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I designed and bought a Pop! of myself to give my wife for her birthday.
Zero, but I put the boombox on my shoulder ironically.
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Zero, but I put the boombox on my shoulder ironically.
Wife wakes from a brief nap: “wait, wasn’t that play at home a replay?”
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wife wakes from a brief nap: “wait, wasn’t that play at home a replay?”
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This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
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just want the programmers who had to deal with this to know that I see them
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
just want the programmers who had to deal with this to know that I see them
“Fuck you, motherfucker.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Fuck you, motherfucker.”
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November 1, 1918 – Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 1, 1918 – Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
One of my favorite perks of being a poll worker is calmly asking a teen with a parent if it’s their first time, and then shouting, and everyone cheers the happy and embarrassed kid.
Did I announce “WE GOT A FIRST TIME VOTER HERE!” as I walked into the polling place with my 18yo daughter, prompting a roomful of election workers to clap and cheer?
a man with glasses and a beard is making a face .
ALT: a man with glasses and a beard is making a face .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of my favorite perks of being a poll worker is calmly asking a teen with a parent if it’s their first time, and then shouting, and everyone cheers the happy and embarrassed kid.
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I am not mutilated.
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am not mutilated.
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![[Verse 1] You look like A perfect fit For a girl in need Of a tourniquet
[Chorus] But can you save me? Come on and save me If you could save me From the ranks of the freaks Who suspect They could never love anyone
[Verse 2] Cause I can tell You know what it's like The long farewell Of the hunger strike
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it's easy to get bogged down in the arguments transphobes pretend to be making but in the end they are just people who spend more time thinking about kid genitals than pediatric urologists
September 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
it's easy to get bogged down in the arguments transphobes pretend to be making but in the end they are just people who spend more time thinking about kid genitals than pediatric urologists
Voted today: Mamdani, Williams, Reynoso, Hudson, and Yes on all Propositions.
I'll admit it: I'm a progressive YIMBY
I'll admit it: I'm a progressive YIMBY
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Voted today: Mamdani, Williams, Reynoso, Hudson, and Yes on all Propositions.
I'll admit it: I'm a progressive YIMBY
I'll admit it: I'm a progressive YIMBY
The pimp in I’m Gonna Get You Sucka is less problematic than this one.
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The pimp in I’m Gonna Get You Sucka is less problematic than this one.
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free line for democrats to use on the white house shit: donald trump has done what the flight 93 hijackers couldn’t
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
free line for democrats to use on the white house shit: donald trump has done what the flight 93 hijackers couldn’t
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❤️ let’s fix it.
I'm still so mad that you're not my congressperson.
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
❤️ let’s fix it.
He’s currently my rep. I just called his office and told the guy who answered my address, and that I’m going to personally make sure that he’s primaried next year.
He really does not need to be my congressman.
We can do better, like @yuhline.bsky.social for instance.
We can do better, like @yuhline.bsky.social for instance.
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
He’s currently my rep. I just called his office and told the guy who answered my address, and that I’m going to personally make sure that he’s primaried next year.
It turns out that prisoners still make license plates.
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It turns out that prisoners still make license plates.
He can't answer the final question because he wasn't prepped for it. So takes the middle of the road.
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
He can't answer the final question because he wasn't prepped for it. So takes the middle of the road.
I'm a progressive Democrat who fully supports Zohran, but if there were ranked choice, I'd rank Sliwa #2, because unlike Cuomo, he clearly loves NYC.
And unlike Cuomo, Sliwa is authentic. He really is the guy with the beret and a million cats. He might as well be on Zohran’s campaign because he keeps exposing Cuomo in a totally different way.
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'm a progressive Democrat who fully supports Zohran, but if there were ranked choice, I'd rank Sliwa #2, because unlike Cuomo, he clearly loves NYC.
To Cuomo, "so you didn't answer the question, Mr. Mamdani now's your chance."
I love the moderators.
I love the moderators.
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
To Cuomo, "so you didn't answer the question, Mr. Mamdani now's your chance."
I love the moderators.
I love the moderators.
Mamdani is going to beat Cuomo because he's a human being.
When asked for his lessons learned, Cuomo talked about the campaign. No Mr. Cuomo, your personal growth. Yes, it's about the social media.
When asked for his lessons learned, Cuomo talked about the campaign. No Mr. Cuomo, your personal growth. Yes, it's about the social media.
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mamdani is going to beat Cuomo because he's a human being.
When asked for his lessons learned, Cuomo talked about the campaign. No Mr. Cuomo, your personal growth. Yes, it's about the social media.
When asked for his lessons learned, Cuomo talked about the campaign. No Mr. Cuomo, your personal growth. Yes, it's about the social media.