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Ben Cotton (he/him)
@funnelfiasco.bsky.social
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Author of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" and all-around opinion haver. Always looking for my next tornado. I get too invested in sports.

https://funnelfiasco.com
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November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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A picture of George W. Bush looking like an absolute doofus with the text "rarely is the question asked is our Republicans learning?"
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Me: Why am I so worn out lately?
Todoist:
Bar chart of tasks completed in the past four weeks. It shows 77 for the current week, 118 for last week, and 110 and 84 for the weeks prior.
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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If you've ever wanted to buy a copy of my book but at 60% of the list price, then I have good news for you: my book is one of today's PragPicks titles. Order directly from @pragprog.com and you can save 40% with coupon code "PragPicks"
The cover of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" with text 40% off today at pragprog.com with coupon code PragPicks at checkout.
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Created an Instapaper account today because I saw Kobo now supports it and it seems like a good way to keep articles from accumulating in my Firefox tabs forever. Reading their blog post about the premium service, I saw this comment, which made me laugh because Pocket goes fully dark tomorrow.
Screen shot of a Tumblr comment that says "'The next ten years of Instapaper'. Came for the roadmap, stayed for the post about pricing, left for Pocket."
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The "you guys are getting paid?" meme with the text" you guys are getting sexts?"
October 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The "Push It Somewhere Else" meme that says "We should take the scope and push it to the AI"
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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A confused teenager on an ice rink with the text "you guys are getting royalty checks?
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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What movie do you consider perfect?
Cary Elwes as The Man in Black in "The Princess Bride" emptying his boot
September 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Watch out, @jerdog.dev! @eddieknight.dev is stealing your job! #OSSummit
A photo of the back of my head as I sit in a large theater with a keynote presentation happening on stage.
August 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The king confronting Anna about her map in "The King & I"
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Taylor, please. My bank account can only take so much.
Light yellow text on a sparkly purple background counting down to August 18 at 2:00pm ET
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I think we're all overlooking the most obvious interpretation of MSNBC's new name
A man looking into the camera and tipping his hat with the text "m'snow"
August 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Life comes at you fast
EchoChamber's own post from an hour ago saying that includes "It's almost fetish-like"
August 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I was going to like this, but it's too nice.
Screenshot showing 1 repost and 69 likes. Nice.
August 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Trevor from "The Good Place" pointing into the camera and holding a microphone. He says "there will be a new distro every time you think about how many distros there are. Oops! You just thought about it."
July 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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An astronaut in an EVA suit looking at earth saying "Wait. It's all gender?" Another astronaut is behind the first, pointing a gun at them and saying "Always has been."
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Let me know if you'd be interested in a talk about how to navigate being an open source developer in MegaCorp's supply chain. The idea is not to love it, but to acknowledge the reality and reduce the pain. I don't have much more than that general theme (and an awesome title) at the moment.
Two panel meme. In the top panel, a dimly-lit pirate looks into the camera saying "you'd better start believing in supply chains". In the bottom panel, the pirate is a decaying corpse saying "you're in one." (This is a scene from "The Pirates of the Caribbean")
June 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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GitHub, you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
A screenshot showing a "GitHub Free" subscription listing a price of "$120.00 per year"
June 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Four panels from "M*A*S*H". Panel 1: Major Winchester says "Margaret, on this occasion, allow me to be frank." Panel 2: Major Houlihan says "Frank? I beg your pardon?" Panel 3: Major Winchester says "No, no. No, I didn't...I meant Frank with a little 'F'." Panel 4: Major Winchester says "I didn't mean that other Frank"
May 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"something that is the cause or subject of protest or outcry" but that's not important right now.
Dr. Rumack from "Airplane" standing against a bulkhead and speaking seriously to a person just off camera
May 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Shout out to me for being the @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day today!
Screen shot of the Merriam-Webster word of the day email that says the Word of the Day for May 28, 2025 is "fiasco".
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Live look at the AP:
Disappointed football fan meme. A man dressed in a plaid shirt and a vest is looking at the camera. His hands are on his hips and he has a displeased look on his face.
May 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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@samleecole.bsky.social looks like I picked the perfect time to look at your profile
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May 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM