Ben R
@helloben42.bsky.social
Makes software (sorry). Bought a camera in lockdown, still taking bad photos
Literally the first quote I saw lol
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Literally the first quote I saw lol
Everyone saw the frosted tips of the 90s and noped the fuck out
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Everyone saw the frosted tips of the 90s and noped the fuck out
Literally the Lockjaw character from One Battle After Another
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Literally the Lockjaw character from One Battle After Another
Lol at this incredibly convenient feedback loop
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Lol at this incredibly convenient feedback loop
guess where the azure status page links to lol
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
guess where the azure status page links to lol
I just want to be a famous britsh actor who can call up the costume designer for Withnail and I and ask them to make a coat for me
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I just want to be a famous britsh actor who can call up the costume designer for Withnail and I and ask them to make a coat for me
Zoë's editor, you can't just put sections in like this without warning.
I almost choked on my drink!
I almost choked on my drink!
![People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:etkrfxlgilivi77xthdc3o2m/bafkreies5buzuul7vkuwilhx4xv7m2ny5wguff62warcyu6efjvj4ozr7y@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Zoë's editor, you can't just put sections in like this without warning.
I almost choked on my drink!
I almost choked on my drink!
I'm gonna read this as "let's bring back the New Romantics movement" which im all for
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I'm gonna read this as "let's bring back the New Romantics movement" which im all for
Average british person watching an american microwave a cup of tea
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Average british person watching an american microwave a cup of tea
Theres this old but good video where it uses grains of rice, 1 grain of rice is $10k, this huge pile $1b
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Theres this old but good video where it uses grains of rice, 1 grain of rice is $10k, this huge pile $1b
So this is where we're at now? Takes from normally reasonable people going
"Not a bio weapon but the lab leak conspiracy theory is a viable option"
"Not a bio weapon but the lab leak conspiracy theory is a viable option"
May 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
So this is where we're at now? Takes from normally reasonable people going
"Not a bio weapon but the lab leak conspiracy theory is a viable option"
"Not a bio weapon but the lab leak conspiracy theory is a viable option"
Was once recommended this book
Basically "how to win friends and influence people" if written by a professional animal trainer
Basically "how to win friends and influence people" if written by a professional animal trainer
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Was once recommended this book
Basically "how to win friends and influence people" if written by a professional animal trainer
Basically "how to win friends and influence people" if written by a professional animal trainer
You can go to the top, must have spent a good 10min just watching it going up and down
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You can go to the top, must have spent a good 10min just watching it going up and down
Once went to a water pump museum near Darlington. Which sounds naff until you find out one of the pumps is a 10m tall steam engine that still runs
April 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Once went to a water pump museum near Darlington. Which sounds naff until you find out one of the pumps is a 10m tall steam engine that still runs
This just gave me a flashback to something else awesome
February 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This just gave me a flashback to something else awesome
Moved house recently and found this cd binder and had a similar hit of nostalgia...though lacking in a PlayStation to make use of it
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Moved house recently and found this cd binder and had a similar hit of nostalgia...though lacking in a PlayStation to make use of it
vscode using 2.8 gb to store every patch version of dotnet 🙃
December 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM
vscode using 2.8 gb to store every patch version of dotnet 🙃
There's abbydale Industrial Hamlet near(ish) me, which is a steel works turned museum. This is one one note from their history.
Labourers used to not fuck about
Labourers used to not fuck about
November 25, 2024 at 11:04 AM
There's abbydale Industrial Hamlet near(ish) me, which is a steel works turned museum. This is one one note from their history.
Labourers used to not fuck about
Labourers used to not fuck about
It's a human rights violation that I can't send my child to private school (VAT free)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 1, 2024 at 5:12 PM
It's a human rights violation that I can't send my child to private school (VAT free)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Me 🤝my computer
go away
go away
October 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Me 🤝my computer
go away
go away
Not early enough to be an elder. Not late enough to be one of the trendy Brazilians. Oh no I'm a blue-sky millennial
September 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Not early enough to be an elder. Not late enough to be one of the trendy Brazilians. Oh no I'm a blue-sky millennial
Been one of those kind of afternoons
March 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Been one of those kind of afternoons
Time to break in some shoes
February 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Time to break in some shoes