Filling in a thing, and I've been asked my favourite software dev books or blogs. It's somewhat stopped me in my tracks, I'm not sure I have any.
Rory Gianni
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Why do I see so many memes on Reddit with the Prime watermark on it? 🤔
As rough as that was it wasn't as bad as watching Scotland-Morocco
"Data centres don't use that much water So why did people think they do?" rowlandmanthorpe.substack.com/p/data-centr...
Data centres don't use that much water
So why did people think they do?
rowlandmanthorpe.substack.com
😱
Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · last mo.Here's the CCC's @elpinchbeck.bsky.social speaking today in front of the Met Office's new "future forecast" for a... ..."plausible 2056 heatwave". Yes, that's showing 45C (113F) in the Bristol area! With exquisite timing, the UK's all-time June temp record is due to be broken this week.
Parents: is YOUR child staying up late at night arguing about the costs of HS2?
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 2mo agoEverything's a conspiracy
wait, what counts as "social media" ?
Luke Tryl@luketryl.bsky.social · 2mo agoUnder 16s social media ban commands significant support from the public. From all of our conversations it’s seen as an area where people think individual parents can’t act alone and an area where they need government to help them take back control.
Changing my career to whatever would necessitate a Fiat tris
On the topic of enshittification, I am basically unable to transfer and pay a tradesman because he has a new monzo business account. My bank simply says "no, too risky", despite the poor sod working his socks off in my garden. Consequently, I need to fanny about with cash for next few days.
www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/ "the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it"
Breaking Free
In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.
forbrukerradet.no
Ha what delight. "CrankGPT is a fully offline and off-the-grid AI box." squeezlabs.github.io/handcrank/
This was a groundbreaking piece of work. A work so good it means a life well spent. Millions of people understand Iran, the diaspora and the weird bittersweet details of the immigrant experience through the work she did.
Seán Costello@seanjcostello.bsky.social · 2mo agoSad to hear Marjane Satrapi, author of this extraordinary memoir, has died
What about a straight line that bends when the circles get closer and stretches when they get farther. It's surely not possible using pure CSS, right? Right!? 👀 css-tip.com/bending-line/ Probably my new favorite demo, powered by the modern features. CSS is awesome! 😍
CSS by T. Afif@css-only.dev · 2mo ago💡 CSS Tip! Connecting two circles with a curved line using only CSS? Yes, it's possible! 🤩 css-tip.com/connected-ci... A demo powered by the future of CSS (border-shape, if(), anchor position, etc). Update your Chrome and play with it! Stay tuned for more complex connections 👀
It's all going a bit Frank Herbert www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________
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Firefox now supports Web Serial on desktop 🦊 This means web apps can connect to compatible hardware devices such as microcontrollers, development boards, 3D printers, power meters, and other serial-connected hardware. Allowing the Web to do even more! 📖Read more: 🧵👇️ (1/11)
Mozilla and Adafruit bring Web Serial workflows to Firefox | The Mozilla Blog
Launching Web Serial in Firefox 151 The web is built by communities, but not all communities use the web the same way. That philosophy shaped part of
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it’s a big ask > think a little bit and don’t be a prick
Ana Rodrigues@ohhelloana.blog · 3mo agoIt's often uneasy for me to share my experiences as a woman in tech, but this job market has me worried for everyone stuck somewhere harmful. I admire everyone who takes on "women in tech" speaking gigs but I am also angry for them and us. ohhelloana.blog/woman-in-tec...
With Mike Berners-Lee et al involved the nebriefing.org should provide a legit view on #climate situation. Can't make this viewing but coming up this week if you're in #Edinburgh www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peoples-em...
People’s Emergency Briefing Film Screening – Edinburgh
Join one of two screenings of the People’s Emergency Briefing film, followed by discussion exploring what action could look like locally.
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Ugh, checking out someone's sideproject repo on gh with a couple of forks and a few stars. The only issue and pr are from two different founders basically shilling their startup.
Facing a deep internal battle not to become a total grump about how things are going
Sarah Friend@isthisa.com · 3mo agoDanger Testing, a fun new team launching an app a week (“dropping apps like songs”) are a perfect example of my software-becomes-content thesis www.dangertesting.com
You're not supposed to use the 2-in-1 shampoo because it violates the Unix philosophy
Does anyone want daily updates? Just let me use my software.
yoikes nearly had a little accident when reading a git diff on my production creds, git knows how to read .yml.enc files
