Colin Rafferty
@colin.rafferty.net
Early Gen X. Retired senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp.
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
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https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
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Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
he/him
https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
@[email protected] on mastodon
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Bezos humiliates himself. What is vast wealth good for if you have to keep licking boots every day?
BAIER: The president says 'SI.' Are you into SI or AI?
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
October 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bezos humiliates himself. What is vast wealth good for if you have to keep licking boots every day?
I was in Arizona last week driving around, and I forgot just how many people will tailgate you for driving the speed limit. And the speed limit is always too high! 35mph in a residential neighborhood is too slow?
Here's an absolute manbaby crashing out in his car (and filming while driving) because a scooter is going the speed limit in front of him
October 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I was in Arizona last week driving around, and I forgot just how many people will tailgate you for driving the speed limit. And the speed limit is always too high! 35mph in a residential neighborhood is too slow?
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deliberately misunderstanding people’s objections to the pervert glasses as an objection to the glasses part is so fucking funny man
“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”
‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness
The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
deliberately misunderstanding people’s objections to the pervert glasses as an objection to the glasses part is so fucking funny man
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“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern”
Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
September 27, 2026 at 6:59 AM
“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern”
Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
In all seriousness, this explains Nextdoor.
Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level.
You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
2024-2025 Literacy Statistics | National Literacy Institute
Literacy Statisitics
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com
September 26, 2026 at 1:26 AM
In all seriousness, this explains Nextdoor.
Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter!?!
Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today.
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
September 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter!?!
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Trump said that if I didn’t vote for him, gas prices would double. It looks like he was right.
September 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Trump said that if I didn’t vote for him, gas prices would double. It looks like he was right.
Six minutes until the store opened up, and my saved phone wasn't even there.
But still made it under the wire for 9/18 delivery.
But still made it under the wire for 9/18 delivery.
September 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Six minutes until the store opened up, and my saved phone wasn't even there.
But still made it under the wire for 9/18 delivery.
But still made it under the wire for 9/18 delivery.
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I don't care what your abstract thoughts are about abortion, what you think you're accomplishing or who you think you're saving.
If you're against it, on demand and as a choice between provider and patient, you wish me dead and you wish that my daughter was never born. Fuck you.
If you're against it, on demand and as a choice between provider and patient, you wish me dead and you wish that my daughter was never born. Fuck you.
September 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I don't care what your abstract thoughts are about abortion, what you think you're accomplishing or who you think you're saving.
If you're against it, on demand and as a choice between provider and patient, you wish me dead and you wish that my daughter was never born. Fuck you.
If you're against it, on demand and as a choice between provider and patient, you wish me dead and you wish that my daughter was never born. Fuck you.
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Reminder #2: Please do not use a cable lock for anything important!
September 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Reminder #2: Please do not use a cable lock for anything important!
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I don't want iphone duo I want iphone halfo. Make another mini you cowards.
September 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I don't want iphone duo I want iphone halfo. Make another mini you cowards.
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Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
September 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
This is literally what bond traders did with Mortgages when they resecuritized the securitized loans.
A finance bro literally does not perceive it as a bad thing to do to feed an AI its own vomit, it just doesn't make any sense.
He *also* doesn't think it is bad to make up financial data, and this isn't a coincidence.
He *also* doesn't think it is bad to make up financial data, and this isn't a coincidence.
September 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
This is literally what bond traders did with Mortgages when they resecuritized the securitized loans.
We’re only looking for singing Hitlers.
Sep 6th 1967 - Casting begins for the role of Hitler, in the Bialystock & Bloom production of "Springtime for Hitler".
📽️📅 The Producers (1968)
📽️📅 The Producers (1968)
September 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
We’re only looking for singing Hitlers.
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The only difference between football and other youth sports is the amount of brain damage it causes.
September 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The only difference between football and other youth sports is the amount of brain damage it causes.
The best thing about working the polls is how many happy voters there are. Everyone voting is having a good time.
If you're worried about the elections-
There's actually a lot we can do keep them on track?
One of the best things you can do is sign up to be a poll worker!
They train you, AND it's paid work!
powerthepolls.org/creator-sarahtaber
There's actually a lot we can do keep them on track?
One of the best things you can do is sign up to be a poll worker!
They train you, AND it's paid work!
powerthepolls.org/creator-sarahtaber
Power the Polls
Poll workers power democracy. We help recruit them! Sign up now to make sure we have safe, fair, efficient elections for all!
powerthepolls.org
September 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The best thing about working the polls is how many happy voters there are. Everyone voting is having a good time.
🤯
If you put Sweden and Denmark's abbreviations together, they spell SWEDEN. The letters left over spell DENMARK.
September 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
🤯
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Hazel's 20th anniversary is in a couple of days so to celebrate, everything is 35% off this weekend (until end of Monday). If you've been on thinking of buying or upgrading, now's the time! store.noodlesoft.com
September 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Hazel's 20th anniversary is in a couple of days so to celebrate, everything is 35% off this weekend (until end of Monday). If you've been on thinking of buying or upgrading, now's the time! store.noodlesoft.com
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The nature of politics is talking to people and having relationships with them. If you don’t want to do that, find another career. If you don’t want to do that with the real-world humans you represent… well, you’ll have a lot of company at the Capitol I fear, but you fundamentally suck at your job.
September 4, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The nature of politics is talking to people and having relationships with them. If you don’t want to do that, find another career. If you don’t want to do that with the real-world humans you represent… well, you’ll have a lot of company at the Capitol I fear, but you fundamentally suck at your job.
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live, and one has to match something in the quote tweet.
Queen
Pat Benatar
Cheap Trick
The Police
The Go Gos
Billy Joel
Midnight Oil (outside Exxon headquarters)
Violent Femmes
Lisa Loeb
Amy Mann
Queen
Pat Benatar
Cheap Trick
The Police
The Go Gos
Billy Joel
Midnight Oil (outside Exxon headquarters)
Violent Femmes
Lisa Loeb
Amy Mann
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen Live
David Bowie
REM
Guns n Roses
Prince
Faith No More
The Pixies
L7
Soundgarden
Midnight Oil
Babes in Toyland
David Bowie
REM
Guns n Roses
Prince
Faith No More
The Pixies
L7
Soundgarden
Midnight Oil
Babes in Toyland
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live.
Metallica
Ozzy Osbourne
KISS
Jars of Clay
Extreme
Megadeth
Dream Theater
Alice Cooper
Hootie & the Blowfish
Poison
Metallica
Ozzy Osbourne
KISS
Jars of Clay
Extreme
Megadeth
Dream Theater
Alice Cooper
Hootie & the Blowfish
Poison
September 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live, and one has to match something in the quote tweet.
Queen
Pat Benatar
Cheap Trick
The Police
The Go Gos
Billy Joel
Midnight Oil (outside Exxon headquarters)
Violent Femmes
Lisa Loeb
Amy Mann
Queen
Pat Benatar
Cheap Trick
The Police
The Go Gos
Billy Joel
Midnight Oil (outside Exxon headquarters)
Violent Femmes
Lisa Loeb
Amy Mann
The banquet scene is haunting.
I don’t know who needs this but here’s the entire 1980 PBS movie version of The Lathe of Heaven which goes far harder than it has any right to
The Lathe of Heaven
YouTube video by kliljedahl
youtu.be
August 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The banquet scene is haunting.
While I kind of disagree with this, I never understood subtitled animation. I mean, it’s already dubbed.
I have an unpopular opinion that has never not felt justified. Subtitles for foreign language films are bad. If I wanted to read, I would read. I watch a movie to Observe the Image.
Purists claim dubs ruin the intended effect as if it's preferable to spend 2 hours looking at 10% of the screen.
Purists claim dubs ruin the intended effect as if it's preferable to spend 2 hours looking at 10% of the screen.
August 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
While I kind of disagree with this, I never understood subtitled animation. I mean, it’s already dubbed.
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Pascal's wager but instead of Hell, I'm going to pinch you
August 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Pascal's wager but instead of Hell, I'm going to pinch you
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As a native New Yorker, I refuse to believe in Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge. Clearly his wikipedia entry is fake.
Nominative determinism came up during breakfast, and I will never not think of the very best case, the guy who was absolutely going to wind up working for an agency whose mandate spanned waterways and whose job was to connect goods and services to people.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugeniu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugeniu...
Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
As a native New Yorker, I refuse to believe in Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge. Clearly his wikipedia entry is fake.