If the media actually explained the implications of Reform’s policies, would anyone support them? thedailybritain.co.uk/peter-stefan...

‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’: Streeting vows to make rejoining EU key goal if he becomes PM The former health secretary condemns Brexit as a ‘catastrophic mistake’ that needs to be reversed in a scathing attack on Keir Starmer’s leadership observer.co.uk/news/politic...

‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’: Streeting vows to ma...

The former health secretary condemns Brexit as a ‘catastrophic mistake’ that needs to be reversed in a scathing attack on Keir Starmer’s leadership

observer.co.uk

Under a mechanism known as the Dublin Convention, the British government could previously ask fellow EU nations to take people back if they had passed through safe countries en route to the UK -that ended with Brexit & no alternative was agreed making it far more difficult to return any new arrivals

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

Nigel Farage is posting “We now have 200,000 reasons Reform should be in government” The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...

If AWS Route 53 feels like overkill 😵‍💫 and Cloudflare is too intrusive 🤔, DNSimple is the developer-first alternative. Built by developers, for developers who just want DNS done right. 👉 blog.dnsimple.com/2026/03/why-... And if you live in the terminal, our new #CLI is almost here. Stay tuned. ⚡

Rubyists! I am reviving Ruby Inside after 12 years of hiatus. I have too many Ruby things I want to blog about :-) So far I've got the archive up and running at rubyinside.com/archives/ - it's a bit of a Ruby time capsule..

Ad-based "free" search is costing you way more than your privacy. Here's how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJd...

"Free" search is costing you more than you think

YouTube video by Kagi

youtube.com

This why there should be a complete ban on MPs having second (and 3rd, 4th....) jobs. If being an MP is a part time job, why the huge salary and benefits?

here's your weekly reminder that Git is not Github, you can leave the circus any time notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edit...

Three hours later, and I've managed to deploy my first Rails application using Kamal. I'm not completely sold on it yet, but I can see the appeal. Now that I have something working and can refer to, over the next few weeks, I'll aim to deploy a more complex Rails application.

I am having a go at deploying a Rails application with Kamal tonight. I'm at the point where I am wondering why it doesn't work the first time as it does in the demo video on the Kamal website.

I’m slightly divided on who to support in the curling tonight. The all-Scottish GBR team or the Canada team? Either way, it’s going to be a great final for the gold medal.

It’s great to see a player like Sam Darnold win a Super Bowl. A real testament to not only his physical ability, but also his mental resistance. Also, it pays to be patient. The NFL is a tough league to crack, but players need time to develop their skills. Sam Darnold played the long game and won.

Armed forces minister Al Carns says comments about NATO troops not serving in Afghanistan are ‘utterly ridiculous’ ‘I served tours... many alongside my American colleagues, we shed blood sweat and tears together’

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Sister-in-law has the house in an uproar with her question, "What song are you playing to ride into battle with?" After much deliberation I went with Ace of Spades by Motörhead. Everyone else still to make up their mind.

If you are doing some planning this week, consider adding checkpoints for upgrading your #Rails app Specifically, if you are still running Rails 7.2T.x Security fixes end: August 9, 2026 Maybe it sounds like there is enough time but time flies.

A re-designed Writeabout: https://www.matthewlang.me/2026/01/03/a-redesigned-writeabout.html

I’m prepared to give Mozilla the benefit of the doubt and see what the next three years bring to Firefox. Yes, they are planning to evolve Firefox into an AI browser, but I’m okay with waiting and seeing how this pans out before I start looking for another browser.

Looking forward to the new features coming to Bonjourr. A refreshed look and a Pomodoro timer are a couple of the handful of changes coming to the customisable start page.

We watched Superman tonight. It’s been a while since we really enjoyed a superhero movie. I hope there are more movies to come from DC.🍿

Superman

Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

themoviedb.org

I caved and bought Marked 2 to preview my Markdown files as I write them in my text editor. It feels like 2015 again.

Using the daily plan bar again: https://www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/20/using-the-daily-plan-bar.html

Making do with plain text files: https://www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/19/making-do-with-plain-text.html

You probably don't need GitHub: https://www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/18/you-probably-dont-need-github.html

Where I am with AI tools: https://www.matthewlang.me/2025/11/17/where-i-am-with-ai.html

I up two of the new Archaeology notebooks from Atoms to Astronauts and they arrived in the post today. Nice to have a different colour from my usual collection of blue and green notebooks.

I improved the summary preview on the Bothy theme last night. I’m not sure there’s much else that needs to be added to my theme, but I can park it for a few weeks now until something else comes up.

The Discovery page on the Bear blogging platform is a great way to discover new and popular content. I would love to see a similar feature on Micro.blog. I’m not big on measuring posts by likes or whatever you want to call it, but it is one of the few ways to measure popular content.

Discovery feed

Discover articles and blogs on Bear

bearblog.dev

Giving the Zen browser a try instead of managing two different profiles on Firefox. The new profile tool on Firefox is nice, but I don’t find it exactly smooth.