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Ben Bleything

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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 3d

this is why I call them “small cat” and “large cat”

Two black cats laying next to each other on a green blanket. The one on the right is slightly curled but still approximately 30% longer than the one on the left.

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André Arko @indirect.io · 7h

the former maintainers of Bundler and RubyGems have a proposal: we want to move Ruby forward andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/w...

We want to move Ruby forward

On September 9, without warning, Ruby Central kicked out the maintainers who have cared for Bundler and RubyGems for over a decade. Ruby Central made these changes against the established project poli...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 7h

To capture an oaf, you have to be able to think like an oaf. Doug Ford was born for this

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Nosferatu RBMK 🦇 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 14h

abominable, incredibly cursed artifact. very fitting that it is black as chernobyl graphite.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 15h

Oh but I eat 500 billion Chuck E Cheese tokens and pass most of them and what do I get from McKinsey? Mayor Pete!

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.

Here's the video of it running.

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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 15h

...would

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18h

green beans?!!
god is dead

Digiorno frozen pizza, "Thanksgiving flavor". Has turkey, cranberries, and green beans on top

Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 20h

still laughing at this hours later

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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 14d

thinking about creating a labeler for the Joke Understanders

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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 22h

just realized that in less than two weeks we can all go back to not hearing about nyc politics all the time

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- ̗̀ 🏳️‍⚧️Tuddy🏳️‍⚧️ ̖́- @tudsworthington.bsky.social · 23h

"Do you think he's, ya knoooow..."
*mimicks holding a controller*

Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 1d

we need a word for people who actually like video games

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Chris Chapman @retrohistories.bsky.social · 1d

Three options in two paragraphs.

An excerpt from Arcade Alley (March 1984) which calls gamers 'arcaders', 'videophiles' and 'fellow members of the blast brigade'.

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Ben Bleything @bleything.net · 23h