Ben Deckard
@bendeckard.bsky.social
A man apart, or a part of a man
It's sad to me when photographers amplify AI images trained on stolen photographs and videos made by their colleagues. Killing their own industry one "harmless joke" at a time.
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's sad to me when photographers amplify AI images trained on stolen photographs and videos made by their colleagues. Killing their own industry one "harmless joke" at a time.
Watching Michael Flatley's vanity project Blackbird in an empty cinema with my partner and I shittalking it loudly the whole time. Also, seeing Cats multiple times, each generating fresh and amazing audience reactions.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Watching Michael Flatley's vanity project Blackbird in an empty cinema with my partner and I shittalking it loudly the whole time. Also, seeing Cats multiple times, each generating fresh and amazing audience reactions.
It's always interesting to note that AI is never advertised as making anything new, it's just the old stuff, but faster. It sells productivity increases, because that's all AI hypers see humans as: machines to make value. AI hypers want you to make more value and fill the saved time with more value
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's always interesting to note that AI is never advertised as making anything new, it's just the old stuff, but faster. It sells productivity increases, because that's all AI hypers see humans as: machines to make value. AI hypers want you to make more value and fill the saved time with more value
The problem with getting into coffee is that I don't know whether I'm excited cos I finally got the grind right and have the timings all sorted for my favourite bean, or I'm just so full of caffeine I can barely think.
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The problem with getting into coffee is that I don't know whether I'm excited cos I finally got the grind right and have the timings all sorted for my favourite bean, or I'm just so full of caffeine I can barely think.
Never underestimate the power of writing to complain about a small UI issue in an app. No-one ever feeds back on these things, and a single message gets a ridiculous amount of visibility because one piece of data is better than none. I've totally rebuilt enterprise UI based on a single complaint.
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Never underestimate the power of writing to complain about a small UI issue in an app. No-one ever feeds back on these things, and a single message gets a ridiculous amount of visibility because one piece of data is better than none. I've totally rebuilt enterprise UI based on a single complaint.
Fish and a rice cake
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fish and a rice cake
Bring back the early internet. E-vite me to your birthday! I will attend and sign your guestbook!
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bring back the early internet. E-vite me to your birthday! I will attend and sign your guestbook!
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At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
I'm gonna do an ai art and then get ai to make a video of me doing the ai art and that's how I'll win my kids back
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm gonna do an ai art and then get ai to make a video of me doing the ai art and that's how I'll win my kids back
Landlords: we're not vampires!
Us: so you can just walk into our houses?
Landlords: no, you have to invite us
Us: so you can just walk into our houses?
Landlords: no, you have to invite us
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Landlords: we're not vampires!
Us: so you can just walk into our houses?
Landlords: no, you have to invite us
Us: so you can just walk into our houses?
Landlords: no, you have to invite us
Bucket list getting shorter tonight #adamant www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkw...
Car Trouble (Parts 1 & 2)
YouTube video by Adam Ant - Topic
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October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bucket list getting shorter tonight #adamant www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkw...
RIP William Hootkins. Never better than in Hardware
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAo...
IN DEFENCE OF: Hardware (1990)
YouTube video by IN DEFENCE OF:
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October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
RIP William Hootkins. Never better than in Hardware
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAo...
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I just voted no. 1 for Catherine Connolly. And you should too.
#CatherineConnolly #ConnollyForPresident
#CatherineConnolly #ConnollyForPresident
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I just voted no. 1 for Catherine Connolly. And you should too.
#CatherineConnolly #ConnollyForPresident
#CatherineConnolly #ConnollyForPresident
@danaroach.bsky.social i've been spending the last few days building Golbez as pure artifacts, inspired by your Callaphe deck, and using nothing but scryfall searches. This is easily the most fun I've had in deckbuilding. The cardpool is so big that restrictions aren't jank now, they're focus.
October 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
@danaroach.bsky.social i've been spending the last few days building Golbez as pure artifacts, inspired by your Callaphe deck, and using nothing but scryfall searches. This is easily the most fun I've had in deckbuilding. The cardpool is so big that restrictions aren't jank now, they're focus.
It's funny how no-one has any ideas for AI applications other than: what we already do, only worse, and somehow more expensive.
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It's funny how no-one has any ideas for AI applications other than: what we already do, only worse, and somehow more expensive.
Reposted by Ben Deckard
The madman did it. He really did it
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXVI Opening
YouTube video by Lorcan the Hedgehog
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October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The madman did it. He really did it
It's a day like today when you realise you follow too many Americans
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It's a day like today when you realise you follow too many Americans
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Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔
Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.
Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.
www.businessinsider.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔
the #eurovision delaying action is appalling. palestinians are still starving and dying and israel gets an extra month of propaganda and bribery. sickening stuff and proof that it was all just desperate ebu lies. ireland, spain, netherlands, and all the rest who are boycotting should stay boycotting
October 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the #eurovision delaying action is appalling. palestinians are still starving and dying and israel gets an extra month of propaganda and bribery. sickening stuff and proof that it was all just desperate ebu lies. ireland, spain, netherlands, and all the rest who are boycotting should stay boycotting
absolutely never watching #eurovision again
Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union said
Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision
Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition, following Middle East "developments", the European Broadcasting Union sa...
www.rte.ie
October 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
absolutely never watching #eurovision again
The synth solos in When Doves Cry are just so bad lol
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The synth solos in When Doves Cry are just so bad lol
get into in-person ttrpgs. they let you pretend to be cool while your aging says otherwise. most of it happens in bars too, but not loud ones that you'll begin to resent anyway
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
get into in-person ttrpgs. they let you pretend to be cool while your aging says otherwise. most of it happens in bars too, but not loud ones that you'll begin to resent anyway
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
