Ben Cotton (he/him)

@funnelfiasco.bsky.social

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Author of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" and all-around opinion haver. "both precise and a little overdesigned" — some bot account https://funnelfiasco.com https://duckalignment.academy

A screenshot of a game picturing a man in a suit saying "and I'm tired of hearing you say shit"
You are the skeptic. Patron saint: Ed Zitron. It's oversold, it's losing staggering amounts of money, and the harms are arriving faster than the value. You've done the math on the unity economics and it doesn't close. You are loud about this, prolific about this, and you suspect history will vindicate you.
A mock cereal box for Oops! All Bad Apples. It shows a police officer in combat gear and many semi-rotten apple haves in a cereal bowl.
The phrase "sternly-worded letter writer" styled like the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" logo
An elderly woman on a mobile phone saying "hello, Jesus, put on your sandals and come down. It's an emergency."
Jack Sparrow "but you have heard of me" meme from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" with the text "but you did read it"
Screenshot of the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day email for April 6, 2026 showing that "cotton" is the Word of the Day.
A sketch of a girl with curly hair and glasses being pierced by many arrows coming out of the mouth of a man wearing a tie. The arrows are accompanied by the text "arrowed!!!" and the girl says "Ow! My 401k" The girl in question is The Ugly One from "Teen Girl Squad".
A white mug with the yellow and red logo of Druther's restaurant. It has black coffee in it...for now.
The words "Jimmy Stewart: Bomber" and "Pilot" formatted in the style of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" logo.
Michael from "The Good Place" looking dejected and saying "Ammon Bundy figured it out? Ammon Bundy? This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."
A post from Merriam-Webster that says "take a screenshot of this Gif, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026." The screenshot says "inspiring".
A street sign in Amsterdam pointing left to "A'Dam-West", which reminded me of Adam West who played Batman
Beaker the Muppet expressing shock. The text reads "fuck I don't even have a meme for this"
Bob the Tomato from "Veggie Tales" with the text "you're not going to Heaven, Larry"
Anakin, in panel 1: I hope the Dems realize that if they extend the ACA subsidies, and take no other steps, they are giving carte blanche to the biggest insurance companies and major hospital systems to find new ways to game the system and increase costs. Padme, in panel 2: So you're using your $6 billion net worth to lobby for single-payer healthcare, right? Padme, in panel 4: Right?
The "is this a pigeon?" meme with text "is this MAHA?"
Ted Danson in a light blue shirt and a white jacket holding a drink and wearing sunglasses. He is on a stage in a party-like setting. Text reads "birth is a curse and existence is a prison."
My listening age: 69 Since I was into music from the early 70s.
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Pope Leo speaking (singing, perhaps?) into a microphone surrounded by various clergy
A picture of George W. Bush looking like an absolute doofus with the text "rarely is the question asked is our Republicans learning?"
Bar chart of tasks completed in the past four weeks. It shows 77 for the current week, 118 for last week, and 110 and 84 for the weeks prior.
The cover of "Program Management for Open Source Projects" with text 40% off today at pragprog.com with coupon code PragPicks at checkout.
Screen shot of a Tumblr comment that says "'The next ten years of Instapaper'. Came for the roadmap, stayed for the post about pricing, left for Pocket."
The "you guys are getting paid?" meme with the text" you guys are getting sexts?"
The "Push It Somewhere Else" meme that says "We should take the scope and push it to the AI"
A confused teenager on an ice rink with the text "you guys are getting royalty checks?
Cary Elwes as The Man in Black in "The Princess Bride" emptying his boot
A photo of the back of my head as I sit in a large theater with a keynote presentation happening on stage.
The king confronting Anna about her map in "The King & I"
Light yellow text on a sparkly purple background counting down to August 18 at 2:00pm ET
A man looking into the camera and tipping his hat with the text "m'snow"
EchoChamber's own post from an hour ago saying that includes "It's almost fetish-like"
Screenshot showing 1 repost and 69 likes. Nice.
Trevor from "The Good Place" pointing into the camera and holding a microphone. He says "there will be a new distro every time you think about how many distros there are. Oops! You just thought about it."
An astronaut in an EVA suit looking at earth saying "Wait. It's all gender?" Another astronaut is behind the first, pointing a gun at them and saying "Always has been."
Two panel meme. In the top panel, a dimly-lit pirate looks into the camera saying "you'd better start believing in supply chains". In the bottom panel, the pirate is a decaying corpse saying "you're in one." (This is a scene from "The Pirates of the Caribbean")
A screenshot showing a "GitHub Free" subscription listing a price of "$120.00 per year"
Four panels from "M*A*S*H". Panel 1: Major Winchester says "Margaret, on this occasion, allow me to be frank." Panel 2: Major Houlihan says "Frank? I beg your pardon?" Panel 3: Major Winchester says "No, no. No, I didn't...I meant Frank with a little 'F'." Panel 4: Major Winchester says "I didn't mean that other Frank"
Dr. Rumack from "Airplane" standing against a bulkhead and speaking seriously to a person just off camera
Screen shot of the Merriam-Webster word of the day email that says the Word of the Day for May 28, 2025 is "fiasco".
Disappointed football fan meme. A man dressed in a plaid shirt and a vest is looking at the camera. His hands are on his hips and he has a displeased look on his face.
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Two panel meme of Chidi from "The Good Place." In the first panel, he says "Okay. But that's worse." In the second panel, he says "You do get how that's worse, right?"
Screen shot showing 19 reposts and 69 likes
Master Shake standing on a tennis court talking to Meatwad. He says "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this."
A panel of a Peanuts comic with Lucy sitting in front of a TV. Looking at the reader, she says "Christ, what an asshole."
The Jeffrey Pelt character from "The Hunt for Red October" looking incredulously across his desk. The overlaid text says "Harry, you've lost another hornet?"
Roger Rabbit hitting himself with a plate