It's always interesting how "liberal" or "leftwing" spaces (whether perceived or actual) have to "stop being a bubble", but no one asks the same of Truth Social or any of the other rightwing spaces.

1st speaker for our July 30th event is Nathan Richards from @storyblok.com: He'll give an overview of the #DesignThinking framework & walk through processes he personally uses to solve complex problems & deliver complex features at Enterprise level (with #AI help) 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

30th July '26: Design Thinking using AI & communication preferences, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 6:15 PM | Meetup

***New venue alert:*** Room 942, **Owen Building**, Sheffield, S1 1WB *We're back: sorry for the cancellation due to the heat last month.* Head towards the big lifts, ask

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I’ve organised and ran 700 people events. Yet tomorrow’s little nursery summer fair gives me more anxiety than anything before. Unorganised organisers make my mildly panic.

Pro tip: if you forget your charger, make use of your jump car battery to charge your laptop. ( I have a 100W USB C car charger.)

I’m at #AIForTheRestOfUs, in London with @hannahfoxwell.net and see so much inclusivity designed into the event. It’s heart warming to see so much live on from my conference organising days. 🥰

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

We're the Grand Prize Winners at the inaugural #OpenSocialAwards 🥳🍾🥂 @newpublic.org @publicspaces.net

Hey ho. At #WCEU this week. Finally looked at the and there’s some really interesting topics coming up. Hopefully I’ll get to see them.

One of the best jobs in civic tech has just been advertised Head of AI at the mighty @fullfact.org

Head of AI - Full Fact

We’re hiring our next Head of AI. This is a rare and compelling opportunity, at a moment when our information environment is under significant strain.

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Honestly, the rollercoaster of emotions that goes along with development is something I'm not sure I miss. I am glad that my debug detective hunch still works. Had a tooling issue with a rather useless error output and managed to guess where in the config the problem was. 💪

Well it's only taken me.. i don't remember... to reinstall Git and GitHub on my laptop... Think I've been working in the terminal more today than the last 3 years. It's oddly comforting and annoying as previously.

Today I went to @mwug.uk and met two new faces. Their curiosity about the group and working their way into the web industry reminds me of myself when I was starting out. It also reminded me the power that a community has in building relationships and fostering curiosity and communities.

Kind of annoyed the last train home is at 10pm but I have to say after a while away from the open source community, I ducking love the open source community. Thank you to everyone I met at #PfP #ProtocolsForPublishers for the chats and the talks. I needed this. I’m inspired again. Stay in touch

“Hoarding makes everyone poorer.” “We’re in a position of data isolation.” It’s understandable for blocking and defending the data, but it has consequences. The internet is less than 1% of the world’s data. Nick Bennett - MDC #PfP #ProtocolForPlublishers

You can use custom feeds feature on BlueSky to create a feed and set the algorithm @aendra.com #PfP #ProtocolForPlublishers

@aendra.com giving a presentation on the fact we CAN control algorithms. #PfP #ProtocolForPublishers

“Newsrooms are not just delivering news, they are delivering communities.” @saskiakezia.com Protocols for Publishers London

Lovely to be at the #PfP London event.

"I turned #CSS in a SQL database." #webdev were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. dev.to/codypearce/i... #frontend #sql

I turned CSS in a SQL Database

Devs have been trying to avoid CSS for years with inline styles, CSS-in-JS, Tailwind. But they're not...

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The self sabotage is at an all time high. But so is the support of people around me to counter it. Never underestimate how you impact others because so much of the tech community have helped build me into me and I’m grateful everyday.

Iconify is an #opensource library of icons - they also have an API which you can use to get the icon SVG. icon-sets.iconify.design #SVG #API #webdev #frontend #css

Iconify - home of open source icons

Open source vector icons from all popular icon sets

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Join Smashing Meets: Design Systems 2026 on Feb 11 — a free online meetup with three experts sharing tools, workflows, and stories you can use Monday morning. Practical. Inclusive. Zero fluff. 📍 Free • Live • Online 🗓 Wed, Feb 11 • 08:00 PT / 17:00 CET smashingconf.com/meets-design...

Smashing Meets — Friendly, inclusive, practical event for web designers and developers. — Meets Design Systems 2026 — February 11, 2026

Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 8–11am PDT / 5–8pm CET, we are hosting a new edition of our online community event Smashing Meets. In this Meets we're talking about Design Systems in 2026. We'll go…

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Why do I always underestimate how long it takes to write stuff?! Especially since most of my day is spent planning, designing and writing down my thoughts on various things at work. Oh yea, thats going to take me 30 minutes - — days later.

This is too funny. Also not spam. Just some very good satirical posts.

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Ironically #Musk’s #Grok would now make them naked

It's late for 2025 accomplishments, but honestly getting into Fast Company for my stupid chickens is up there. www.fastcompany.com/91311055/chi...

Need a break from doomscrolling the news? Try this addictive chicken rating website

Can you tell a cunning chicken from a sly chicken? This website will help you find out.

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The 2026 season will bring a huge change to every aspect of the F1 car, with new aero and power units, new tyres, shorter wheelbase and the abandonment of the Drag Reduction System. #formula1 #f1 motorsport.tech/formula-1/f1-...

F1 2026 – Motorsport Tech’s Ultimate Guide to the new F1 rules - Motorsport Technology

The 2026 season will bring a huge change to 2026 F1 regulations, including new aero and power units, new tyres and the abandonment of DRS.

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For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome. Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision. And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.

Called a thing rubbish, 🐸 decided to grab it and take it to the bin. 🙈 Having a toddler is a crash course in clear communication.

Scholastic sparks lifelong readers with bestselling kids' books, classroom magazines, and award-winning children's media that inspire learning and growth. They are hiring for a Digital Product Owner, Education Solutions buff.ly/fJQkyhK

📣 Job Alert: NerdWallet is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack Front-end (SEO Engineering)! ➡️ Apply now: buff.ly/ynrwGWF #DiversifyTech #WomenInTech