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Ben Walker

@ihatemornings.com

1980-2002: young and foolish 2002-2012: played in bands 2012-2025: worked at bandcamp 2025- : makes synths i guess @audiocomputer.bsky.social

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I'm trapped and under attack in Dubai - while back home in Chichester my daughters are furious, the labradoodles are sick and, worst of all, I left my Mounjaro pen in the fridge

I'm trapped and under attack in Dubai - while back home in Chichester my daughters are furious, the labradoodles are sick and, worst of all, I left my Mounjaro pen in the fridge

new iconic meme format just dropped

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

02.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 2170 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 107

An infinite number of mathematicians enter a bar.

The 1st orders a beer.
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of what he ordered"
The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of that..."

The bartender stops them, pours two beers and says:
"I get it, but you need to know your limits."

01.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 553 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 5
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The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete Jimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.

I’ve been saying @bandcamp.com would outlast the streaming services for years. It’s starting to look less likely that I’ll be proved a crank. joelgouveia.substack.com/p/the-death-...

27.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe

27.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 3435 πŸ” 546 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 14

An alert to my fellow townsfolk: these fucking Nazi clowns are in town

26.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ugh.

26.02.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 

The phrase β€˜Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen β€˜His name’

Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase β€˜Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen β€˜His name’

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

25.02.2026 05:48 πŸ‘ 14996 πŸ” 2987 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 236

High five! That was a fun afternoon of unsanctioned hacking.

25.02.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huge. Thanks for making it happen!

23.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Butterfly, by Daphni 16 track album

v1.117 is live!

We rolled out support for Bandcamp embeds. Now you can play songs right inside posts!

We're big fans of Bandcamp and everything they do to support artists.

Upgrade to the newest app version and give it a try πŸ‘‡

caribouband.bandcamp.com/album/butter...

23.02.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 6185 πŸ” 1152 πŸ’¬ 253 πŸ“Œ 416

we have reached memeception

10.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Facebook reminds me that on this day in 2017 a woman turned to me in the veg section of Sainsbury's and said "hopefully now we've left the EU we can have loose carrots that aren't wet"

21.01.2026 06:56 πŸ‘ 2382 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 46
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Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.

Not all heroes wear capes

18.01.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

@danabra.mov finally tricked me into finding out how atproto works with a tasteful rebrand.

18.01.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve thought about it and I think we should sabotage Spotify low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/let-s-sabo...

16.01.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...

14.01.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 752 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 27
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Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

13.01.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1434 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 181

Bandcamp and Games Workshop have both banned use of generative AI today.

13.01.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Buy physical media, folks.

08.01.2026 04:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Drop your RSS feeds in the replies so people (including me) can find them πŸ‘‡

07.01.2026 08:56 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 160 πŸ“Œ 6

Yes please more rss. ✨

ihatemornings.com/feed.rss

And audio.computer/feed.rss for making synths

07.01.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social (almost) 23 years ago!

06.01.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know that bluesky will be reflexively anti-AI on this one, but think of the number of times you've been playing a game you paid full price for and thought, "I wish someone could have my fun for me so I could get back to work"

06.01.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 443 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3
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Aphex Twin’s β€œFlim” with Beat Friend - audio.computer A live cover with guitar and drum machine

Nick made a video playing his fave Aphex Twin tune. Need to do more of these. They’re fun.

audio.computer/aphex-twins-...

06.01.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I still have to verify some data and double check my sources but I’m starting to suspect that I really like synthesisers.

05.01.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time

17.03.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 6093 πŸ” 1468 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 20

we need to teach the normies rss

05.01.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

β€œi’m always polite to chat gpt so it remembers me later πŸ€ͺ” you are going to die from water-poison-related typhoid in the Great American Megadesert after a particularly nasty heat surge evaporates the rest of the drinkable rations. you will be buried in the sand.

13.10.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha. Thanks. :)

04.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gmail Gmail is email that’s intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access.

Although I think I’ll have to figure out whether I have an @ gmail dot com address hidden behind my custom domain email…

04.01.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0