If Troy was in Turkey, and Ithika is where I think it is, odyssus really fucked it

Tedious week of playing "who hasnt bothered looking up cueta on a map" vs "who has and is just a lying grifter"

Rereading Deep Work lately It's been a while since I read it The idea that creative work needs a Read-Think-Write cycle hits so much harder this time I realise I have no Think time any more Hours of the day with no screens or stimulation, bored, letting the cogs turn It's critical

I resonate so much with this person. I've always struggled to focus. Recently I made a big sideways career move into a technical role The last time I had so much to learn at work, I didn't have a smart phone It's so much harder just to chill and read and think now glyphack.com/attention/

My strategy for learning new tech was always read the best book I can then build something with it There's a cutoff around 2024 when every tech book just became ai slop Trying to find learning strategies that work in the age of llms and distraction machines is absolutely desperate I'm tired boss

Not nearly enough people read propublica www.propublica.org/article/the-...

The Secret IRS Files Short Form: A Quick Guide to What We Uncovered

10 important takeaways from ProPublica’s first report on a vast collection of tax records for America’s wealthiest.

propublica.org

2 factor auth is a psyop to make it impossible to turn your phone off at work

Im so bored of right wingers talking about air-conditioning Yes install them, yes with solar power

Britain's next prime minister

today I learned... www.fieggen.com/shoelace/sec...

Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot

Tutorial for tying the Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot, in which the laces are formed into two loops, both of which are passed through the “hole” in the middle.

fieggen.com

Don't look up e360.yale.edu/digest/trump...

U.S. to Dismantle System Tracking Atlantic Currents That Are at Risk of Collapse

e360.yale.edu

These are amazing spectrum.ieee.org/trinity-nucl...

Restored Images Show the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test In Vivid Detail

Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project

spectrum.ieee.org

The fact that im absolutely shocked anyone from labour has anything that almost looks like an idea shows just how bad the starmer project has been. Zero expectations he would actually do anything if he gets in though www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Andy Burnham says Labour must put energy and water under public control

Greater Manchester mayor says programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM

theguardian.com

Makerfield has the opportunity for absolute comedy

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: The Makerfield by-election will take place on Thursday 18 June

Streeting as Labour leader is the clown car of the apocalypse lol

Literally the only advantage Wes Streeting has over Farage in a general election is the fact that he is considerably cheaper to bribe

250+ reform seats is not a green victory, people

It's funny how all these tech billionaires hate each other but tell us that the future is safe, as long as we put it in their hands, specifically

The fact that people search with chatgpt shows just how bad Google fucked it. Enshitification is the defining market perogative of late stage capitalism

Everytime someone says "just ask chatgpt" a question that's easily searchable I shiver in icecaps

Global Witness are hiring two data investigators globalwitness.org/en/careers/c...

Data Investigator

Global Witness is hiring a Data Investigator to support the delivery of a major new project

globalwitness.org

Claude is finally better than me at CSS it still can't centre a div

I hate to say it but after a month of coding with Mistral, switching back to Claude feels like a dramatic improvement. I tried mistral for the sake of giving "European" tech a chance, but it just isn't good enough. Claude became "good enough" some time last year. I hope Mistral catches up.

Social media doesn't randomly stop being harmful at 16, and bans won't prevent under 16s from accessing it. Meaningful change means banning harmful practices that affect everyone such as infinite scroll and "for you" feeds. Feeds should be only accounts you follow by default.

I'm not worried about AI coming for my job I'm worried about it making my job as annoying, shit, stupid and expensive as possible then not coming for it

Been using Mistral Vibe for a while for the sake of using European tech I was trying BDD with cucumber which is pretty cool Unfortunately, to "pass the tests" instead of implementing features in the app, it just inserted stuff directly in the db in the tests then checked if they were there. Lol

While Wes Streeting is signing contracts with Palantir, France is ditching Windows for Linux in order to sever from US tech reliance techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/f...

was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands

I am astounded every time this man expresses an opinion. Meanwhile Pedro Sanchez is calling for Netanyahu to be arrested for genocide www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon should not be happening, says Keir Starmer

In article for Guardian, PM also calls for Iran conflict to become watershed moment for future UK security

theguardian.com

It's worth remembering that on October 6th, 2023, Netanyahu was facing mass protests over his anti-democratic judicial reforms en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Is... 3 years later, he's still in power. "victory" over Hamas, or Hezbollah would mean a return to the normal that would likely see him deposed