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Ben, PhB
@mywebpage.cool
· Nov 22
Fact: if you laid 1,000,000 bananas end-to-end (tip-to-tail), you would have done something no one has ever done before #bananafacts
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The only correct way to eat pizza is with a spoon
March 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The only correct way to eat pizza is with a spoon
No one thinks I'm funnier than I do
March 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
No one thinks I'm funnier than I do
Only poseurs spell it "poser"
March 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Only poseurs spell it "poser"
As a software engineer, I can say with confidence that everything I have ever seen Elon Musk do or say related to software development is tied for the stupidest thing I have ever seen anyone do or say related to software development.
March 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As a software engineer, I can say with confidence that everything I have ever seen Elon Musk do or say related to software development is tied for the stupidest thing I have ever seen anyone do or say related to software development.
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Fact: bananas significantly outnumber people, thus enabling the predator/prey relationship we see today #bananafacts
January 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fact: bananas significantly outnumber people, thus enabling the predator/prey relationship we see today #bananafacts
Fact: unlike yellow snow, yellow bananas are perfectly safe to eat. #bananafacts
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fact: unlike yellow snow, yellow bananas are perfectly safe to eat. #bananafacts
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Don't even dream about crossing the creamed corn gang.
January 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Don't even dream about crossing the creamed corn gang.
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This is pretty incredible. If you want Twitter out of your skyline entirely, this’ll do it.
for anyone who hasn't heard the Good News: @xblock.aendra.dev
December 3, 2024 at 1:03 PM
This is pretty incredible. If you want Twitter out of your skyline entirely, this’ll do it.
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saying "semantic satiation" to myself over and over till it loses all meaning
December 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM
saying "semantic satiation" to myself over and over till it loses all meaning
"The incidence of teaspoon loss over the period of observation was 360.62 per 100 teaspoon years. At this rate, an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a practical institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons." (quoted by @tspiresjones.bsky.social in a reply)
In case anyone on BlueSky hasn't seen it, this may be the funniest scientific study ever published. Bringing it up now as the amazing @scotsfriction.bsky.social has just issued a "teaspoon amnesty" for our common room www.bmj.com/content/331/...
November 28, 2024 at 4:15 PM
"The incidence of teaspoon loss over the period of observation was 360.62 per 100 teaspoon years. At this rate, an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a practical institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons." (quoted by @tspiresjones.bsky.social in a reply)
Working on a prototype AI-powered smart Dixie cup dispenser. AI will use facial recognition to track your bathroom habits to determine when to dispense a cup for you. Look for the iCup to launch in 2025.
November 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Working on a prototype AI-powered smart Dixie cup dispenser. AI will use facial recognition to track your bathroom habits to determine when to dispense a cup for you. Look for the iCup to launch in 2025.
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I was fucking joking!
November 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
I was fucking joking!
I prefer to refer to my jokes as "surrealist" instead of "not funny"
November 24, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I prefer to refer to my jokes as "surrealist" instead of "not funny"
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Banana: 🍌
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Banana: 🍌
November 24, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Banana: 🍌
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Banana: 🍌
Fact: if you laid 1,000,000 bananas end-to-end (tip-to-tail), you would have done something no one has ever done before #bananafacts
November 22, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Fact: if you laid 1,000,000 bananas end-to-end (tip-to-tail), you would have done something no one has ever done before #bananafacts
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Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
September 2, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
Fact: the inside of a banana is also a banana #bananafacts
November 13, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Fact: the inside of a banana is also a banana #bananafacts