Hey, Edinburgh: paint is not protection.

Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · 3d ago

Research undertaken here in the UK (see below) found that unprotected 'paint-only' cycle lanes are actually worse than nothing at all, so their only purpose is for a local authority to be seen to be delivering some cycle provision. road.cc/content/news...

Here's a free suggestion for the #BBC: instead of this nonsense about "YouTube-style user-generated content", simply open iPlayer up for (paying) access from overseas. It is literally free money! www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

BBC chief proposes ‘public service algorithm’ with YouTube-style user-generated content

Speaking at Edinburgh TV festival, Matt Brittin says BBC platform would be free from interests of US tech giants

theguardian.com

In what looks suspiciously like a rerun of Keir Stamer's time as Labour leader & PM ... Andy Burnham supports excellent policies Gets elected Ditches excellent promises "Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

theguardian.com

I don't normally feel affected by celebrity deaths, but Dolly Parton feels different, somehow. She was the best of us all. RIP Dolly, you absolute legend ❤️

this is one of my all time favorite tweets and if you'll forgive me being a serious tennis nerd about it for a second, tennis is one of those sports where it's really difficult to overstate how many levels there are between you and the pros (mini thread)

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 6mo ago

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

xAI shipped Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 yesterday. 82.9% on the AA speech-to-speech index, 0.70s to first audio, top agentic score on the board. The interesting part is at the bottom of the announcement, and it costs you money.

Thought for the day: It never ceases to amaze me how today's techbros' vision of the future they want defaults to fully automated leopard-face-chomping neo-feudalism rather than fully automated luxury gay space communism.

Super excited to be at #EuroPython2026 but a bit alarmed by the Programme flames 🔥🔥

So! Who do I know who's at #EuroPython2026?

When I was a kid, my Gran bought a toaster. On the packaging, it said "With 8-bit microchip!" I've been using a clockwork toaster for the past 22 years with no complaints. Seriously, if AI doesn't improve your product, don't add AI to it.

To whoever at Coca-Cola who decided their FIFA sponsorship meant no espresso in the whole Vancouver Fanzone: Fuck you, and all of your descendants.

I now have to put on reading glasses to play on my Nintendo Switch. This is not the future I was expecting.

The thing that isn't being reported is that the survey was written in such a biased way it was actually VERY DIFFICULT to object. If the survey had been well-written, the results would be even worse.

Paris consistently racks as number one for attractiveness to tourists globally in the Euromonitor study (I’ll share a link in the the next post), but in volume terms it’s no slouch either - it’s in the top ten for international visitors too. It’s awesome to have such a visible city as this example.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

🦀🐍 The Rust Summit is coming to #EuroPython2026! July 13th, Kraków. A full day of deep-dive technical discussions on Rust × Python, native extensions, production performance, and real-world best practices. Hands-on experience sharing with developers who've been there, organized by @cheuk.dev

Rust Summit at EuroPython

Rust in Python: Deep Dive and Experience Sharing. This full-day summit is dedicated to exploring the intersection of Rust and the Python ecosystem.

ep2026.europython.eu

Or, get this ... a notification when you try to approve/commit code you haven't bothered to read: "Are you sure you don't want to read this code first, Dave?"

Judy2k@judy.co.uk · 3mo ago

A known problem of agentic coding tools is decision exhaustion – where the user is constantly hitting 'yes' to decisions, and gets sloppy. (There's a better term for this, but I forget)

A known problem of agentic coding tools is decision exhaustion – where the user is constantly hitting 'yes' to decisions, and gets sloppy. (There's a better term for this, but I forget)

Labour seems to have internalised the Supreme Court judgment as though it was a damning referendum loss that saw the public reject its position, rather than a plainly incorrect reading of a single point of law

Crowsa Luxemburg@quendergeer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hope you enjoyed the equality act 2010 while it lasted folks

I'm not sure I understand this meme.

Chris is elsewhere.@offby1.net · 3mo ago

Working on a new talk/video and I have harnessed the power of impossibly large neural networks to reliably always output one thing: cheese or onion?

Trey always manages to take a topic you think you know and make you think about it a different way. His articles always make me a slightly better programmer.

Trey Hunner@trey.io · 3mo ago

Tuple unpacking allows us to give names to values that would otherwise only be referenced by an index. Read more 👉 https://trey.io/nb3z3t #Python

Since @anthonypjshaw.bsky.social abandoned us 💔, it took us much longer to plan but thanks to David Lord it’s happening: The annual #PyConUS 5K will take place tomorrow (5/16) 7am in front of the Hyatt Regency. us.pycon.org/2026/schedul...

Sold!

Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 4mo ago

I love that Valve’s Steam controller does the Wilhelm scream if you drop it 😂 what a fun little Easter egg

Traveling to your first #PyConUS today? I have a blog post for you (that's also available in audio form at the top of the page): trey.io/first-pycon The audio version is ~35 minutes long, but if you're in a hurry, it's quite understandable at 1.5x speed. You can also download the audio file.

How to have a great first PyCon (updated for 2026)

🎧 Prefer to listen? Press play or download the MP3 for offline listening. You’ve decided to invest energy, money, and time away from your home …

trey.io

This year's PyCon UK has been cancelled, but we're looking for a Conference Director to make PyCon UK 2027 happen - could it be you? Full details of what the role involves and how to apply here: buff.ly/j4cVItY #PyCon #Python #PyConUK #Community

Hilariously, both "trump" and "blow off" are British slang for farting.

It’s Terry Pratchett Day! My favourite author, who gave me an escape when I needed it, inspired me to be a better person, and taught me the value of truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hard boiled egg. “When in doubt, choose to live.” 📚💙 #TerryPratchettDay

Hello if you are in the bay area over the weekend and are interested in technology and how it affects actual people, may I recommend popping up to Petaluma for @NorthBayPython.org? It's this weekend! Talks and tickets: northbaypython.org (We'll waive ticket costs on request too, if you need it!)

Please do not ask bookworm if they are going to finish the books they have before buying more. It is very offensive in our culture.

The gh CLI now has telemetry: "As agentic adoption of GitHub CLI grows, our team needs visibility..." Opt out with any of: export GH_TELEMETRY=false # any falsy value: 0, false, disabled export DO_NOT_TRACK=true gh config set telemetry disabled cli.github.com/telemetry #GitHub #CLI #telemetry

Telemetry

Take GitHub to the command line

cli.github.com