Ben Carlson
@uncola.bsky.social
Librarian, information alarmist, photographer, non profit husband
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I am making a direct appeal to Cobra Commander:
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I am making a direct appeal to Cobra Commander:
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The person who checks their notifications is, afterward, exactly the same person who wanted to check their notifications five minutes ago.
The thin desire reproduces itself without remainder.
The thick desire transforms its host.
www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desire...
The thin desire reproduces itself without remainder.
The thick desire transforms its host.
www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desire...
Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life
The defining experience of our age seems to be hunger.
We're hungry for more, but we have more than we need.
We're hungry for less, while more accumulates and multiplies.
We're hungry and we don't have words to articulate why.
We're hungry, and we're lacking and we're wanting.
We are
www.joanwestenberg.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The person who checks their notifications is, afterward, exactly the same person who wanted to check their notifications five minutes ago.
The thin desire reproduces itself without remainder.
The thick desire transforms its host.
www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desire...
The thin desire reproduces itself without remainder.
The thick desire transforms its host.
www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desire...
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We used to do real science
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
We used to do real science
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Just watching my football team, the Philadelphia Eagles
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Just watching my football team, the Philadelphia Eagles
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I'M BORED--I THINK I'LL BECOME
A BEATNIK
A BEATNIK
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I'M BORED--I THINK I'LL BECOME
A BEATNIK
A BEATNIK
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it’s a sign of good mental health that i want to be in bed all of the time these days right
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
it’s a sign of good mental health that i want to be in bed all of the time these days right
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"All participants agreed on one thing: whatever you are currently doing does not count as getting your life together."
The Best Time to Get Your Life Together Was Five Years Ago, According to Everyone Who Knows You
A comprehensive new survey has concluded that the ideal moment for you to have gotten your life together was roughly five years ago. Not now, not n...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"All participants agreed on one thing: whatever you are currently doing does not count as getting your life together."
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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3:30 P.M. Back to work. Locate The Official Old Maid Handbook and re-read section on over-the-top high-pitched scream to be used should a madman yell at you claiming to be your husband.
A Day in the Life of Mary Hatch in the Alternate Bedford Falls
7:00-8:30 A.M. Wake up whenever I want—no kids! 9 A.M. Open library, feeling refreshed and ready for the day. 10:30 A.M. Send another overdue notic...
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December 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
3:30 P.M. Back to work. Locate The Official Old Maid Handbook and re-read section on over-the-top high-pitched scream to be used should a madman yell at you claiming to be your husband.
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
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have to pay me money to see that movie im not watching that little butthole play ping pong
December 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
have to pay me money to see that movie im not watching that little butthole play ping pong
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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i hope everyone gets the gift of ipad this day. ipad: the perfect device for mild computing
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
i hope everyone gets the gift of ipad this day. ipad: the perfect device for mild computing
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If the Grinch tried to pull any of that shit around me I would shoot him in the fucking face
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If the Grinch tried to pull any of that shit around me I would shoot him in the fucking face
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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Rick Steves rules. Good dude!
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Rick Steves rules. Good dude!
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the reason you can tell "Artificial Intelligence" is fraudulent is that if you tried to tell an average adult that you believed a statistical average of reddit posts and pirated books from libgen could combine to make a brain, they would laugh at you
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the reason you can tell "Artificial Intelligence" is fraudulent is that if you tried to tell an average adult that you believed a statistical average of reddit posts and pirated books from libgen could combine to make a brain, they would laugh at you
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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This piece gets at one of the underlying reasons students turn to LLMs - because they think it makes them sound like they belong in a university setting. It's the same motive that had students overusing the thesaurus pre-ChatGPT. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/chatgpt-an...
ChatGPT and "Inventing the University"
What we can learn from the em dash debate
theimportantwork.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This piece gets at one of the underlying reasons students turn to LLMs - because they think it makes them sound like they belong in a university setting. It's the same motive that had students overusing the thesaurus pre-ChatGPT. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/chatgpt-an...
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It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️