Bentley
@getbentley.bsky.social
Average Geek.
Hobbies: Fixing Computers, Reading, Gaming (High and Low Tech).
Currently working Food Retail
(Don't speak for my employer, they have a whole PR Department.)
He/Him
Hobbies: Fixing Computers, Reading, Gaming (High and Low Tech).
Currently working Food Retail
(Don't speak for my employer, they have a whole PR Department.)
He/Him
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Bentley
@getbentley.bsky.social
· Jun 8
I occasionally get to alternate with explaining supply chains and where ingredients actually come from (FYI, Vanilla is tropical/equatorial) and how national/foreign events have caused a disruption.
Shout-out to the lady who wanted potato farming brought back to the US....from the Pacific Northwestern Region (Idaho and Oregon).
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dolly could have been a golden girl: thread
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
dolly could have been a golden girl: thread
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
This is an incredibly important step, and delaying the necessary paperwork is deeply negligent.
I got shipped a recalled product once (after the immediate watch period). It had a newer Expiration and a different Lot Code, so it slipped through. The register stop is the only reason we caught it.
I got shipped a recalled product once (after the immediate watch period). It had a newer Expiration and a different Lot Code, so it slipped through. The register stop is the only reason we caught it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is an incredibly important step, and delaying the necessary paperwork is deeply negligent.
I got shipped a recalled product once (after the immediate watch period). It had a newer Expiration and a different Lot Code, so it slipped through. The register stop is the only reason we caught it.
I got shipped a recalled product once (after the immediate watch period). It had a newer Expiration and a different Lot Code, so it slipped through. The register stop is the only reason we caught it.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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A curlew sandpiper at Bald Hill Beach from last year.
These migratory birds returned recently from Siberia.
Listed as critically endangered, though we seem to have good numbers here in South Australia.
There is concern about food supply given the current toxic algal bloom but so far, so good.
These migratory birds returned recently from Siberia.
Listed as critically endangered, though we seem to have good numbers here in South Australia.
There is concern about food supply given the current toxic algal bloom but so far, so good.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A curlew sandpiper at Bald Hill Beach from last year.
These migratory birds returned recently from Siberia.
Listed as critically endangered, though we seem to have good numbers here in South Australia.
There is concern about food supply given the current toxic algal bloom but so far, so good.
These migratory birds returned recently from Siberia.
Listed as critically endangered, though we seem to have good numbers here in South Australia.
There is concern about food supply given the current toxic algal bloom but so far, so good.
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This is a really shitty contract Scott rightfully refused to sign!
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is a really shitty contract Scott rightfully refused to sign!
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Thread but also just don't tell Paypal anything. No "what is this for" you both know what it's for. If you send a friend some money for dinner or something and you say "for friday night", even odds they get banned as a sex worker.
PayPal has rolled out a new "feature" that prompts you to leave feedback about an artist that you've commissioned via invoice.
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thread but also just don't tell Paypal anything. No "what is this for" you both know what it's for. If you send a friend some money for dinner or something and you say "for friday night", even odds they get banned as a sex worker.
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I can’t believe you made me do this
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I can’t believe you made me do this
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This person predicted ai "girlfriends" beautifully and brutally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This person predicted ai "girlfriends" beautifully and brutally.
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Friendly reminder to anyone who is gonna be around babies this holiday season to please make sure your TDAP is up to date!
“The U.S. recorded 6,600 pertussis cases in early 2025
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Texas has already passed 3,500 cases this year” www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Whooping Cough Surges Nationwide as Vaccinations Fall
THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Whooping cough is making a major comeback in the United States, with sharp increases now seen in Texas, Florida, Cali
www.healthday.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Friendly reminder to anyone who is gonna be around babies this holiday season to please make sure your TDAP is up to date!
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sorry for leaving this one out
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
sorry for leaving this one out
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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This is why mechanical computers like the fire control computers in submarines had “fuse gears” made of softer metal that would break first if something bound up and were located in easy-to-access locations for repair.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.—Douglas Adams
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is why mechanical computers like the fire control computers in submarines had “fuse gears” made of softer metal that would break first if something bound up and were located in easy-to-access locations for repair.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![On October 1, 2025, after successfully completing 16 weeks of the FBI Academy's
19-week training program, Maltinsky was handed a letter terminating his employment with the
FBI. The letter was signed by Defendant Patel ("Patel"). In the letter, Patel wrote that he had
"determined that [Maltinsky] exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in [his] work area during [his] previous assignment at the Los Angeles Field Office." In short, Patel fired Maltinsky for displaying a pride flag at his workstation that had been flown by the FBI at the LAFO and then given by the FBI to Maltinsky.
The Defendants' discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech
was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5rog4gjpv3qeneunmoyqxoesnuxac2srp3u6ppnjdxphfv7jcoe@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pretty sure we've banned more for less.
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Pretty sure we've banned more for less.
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*Naomi Wolf voice but srs* No! No!!
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
*Naomi Wolf voice but srs* No! No!!
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This is an amazing game. It's ESPECIALLY amazing if you like tinkering with design.
(If you're not art inclined, you can pull from others who are, and focus on the other parts of the business.)
I'm almost at 100 hours of playtime 😅.
(If you're not art inclined, you can pull from others who are, and focus on the other parts of the business.)
I'm almost at 100 hours of playtime 😅.
hey, we just released a new Steam update! 👀 Find out more about our next patch by the end of the year and beyond! 🍻 store.steampowered.com/news/app/436...
Tavern Keeper 🍻 - The Journey Begins - Steam News
I'm happy to say that, thanks to all of you who have bought the game and left positive reviews, the Early Access launch has been a success! Right now, we are sitting at over 2,200 reviews, just around the 95% "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating - a great vote of confidence for an Early Access release. Nothing motivates us more than seeing that you enjoy the game! So thanks to everyone who left us a positive review: it really means the world to us.
store.steampowered.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is an amazing game. It's ESPECIALLY amazing if you like tinkering with design.
(If you're not art inclined, you can pull from others who are, and focus on the other parts of the business.)
I'm almost at 100 hours of playtime 😅.
(If you're not art inclined, you can pull from others who are, and focus on the other parts of the business.)
I'm almost at 100 hours of playtime 😅.
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Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
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Ew. Off the wishlist.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ew. Off the wishlist.