Chris Emerson
@chris.emerson.social
Socialism, software, sailplanes, synths, space, science & sums. Software specialist at CGI & @qi.com
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
http://hachyderm.io/@cemerson
was @chris_emerson on Twitter
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*bangs table* CHAOS WITH ED MILIBAND
Verdict of one Labour grandee I just bumped into: “Ed Miliband is the person most likely to be the most next Prime Minister”.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
*bangs table* CHAOS WITH ED MILIBAND
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Don't forget - we're back a week today for November's edition of Techfast! Come along to Nottingham's early morning meetup and learn about turning emerging tech into new experiences with Jed Ryan, and grab some breakfast to kick-start your day while you're at it :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Techfast November: Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 7:30 AM | Meetup
**Techfast is back for November**
Join us on Wednesday 19th November with an early morning '*before work'* shot of talk and chat. This month, **Jed Ryan** brings us his ta
www.meetup.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Don't forget - we're back a week today for November's edition of Techfast! Come along to Nottingham's early morning meetup and learn about turning emerging tech into new experiences with Jed Ryan, and grab some breakfast to kick-start your day while you're at it :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
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We're back for November!
On Wednesday 19th at 7:30am, Jed Ryan will be presenting "Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences".
As always, breakfast is provided, so come and join us in the heart of Nottingham city centre for chat, tech & coffee :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
On Wednesday 19th at 7:30am, Jed Ryan will be presenting "Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences".
As always, breakfast is provided, so come and join us in the heart of Nottingham city centre for chat, tech & coffee :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Techfast November: Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 7:30 AM | Meetup
**Techfast is back for November**
Join us on Wednesday 19th November with an early morning '*before work'* shot of talk and chat. This month, **Jed Ryan** brings us his ta
www.meetup.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We're back for November!
On Wednesday 19th at 7:30am, Jed Ryan will be presenting "Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences".
As always, breakfast is provided, so come and join us in the heart of Nottingham city centre for chat, tech & coffee :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
On Wednesday 19th at 7:30am, Jed Ryan will be presenting "Turn Emerging Tech Into New Experiences".
As always, breakfast is provided, so come and join us in the heart of Nottingham city centre for chat, tech & coffee :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
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This one seems to have got a lot of people who don't like cars very het up. They're arguing "well fine, fit them with trackers, why should drivers get away with speeding etc". This is a COLLOSAL mistake, and a perfect example of how you really need to think about unintended consequences first. 🧵
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This one seems to have got a lot of people who don't like cars very het up. They're arguing "well fine, fit them with trackers, why should drivers get away with speeding etc". This is a COLLOSAL mistake, and a perfect example of how you really need to think about unintended consequences first. 🧵
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you know a series is going to rock when this is the parental advisory
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
you know a series is going to rock when this is the parental advisory
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Ban X in the UK. It's a misinformation factory.
Grok appears to have started offering this false account about eye-witnesses by generating its view from false rumours on X. It began by saying there wasn't evidence then picked up rumour and misinformation and amplified it
x.com/grok/status/...
x.com/grok/status/...
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ban X in the UK. It's a misinformation factory.
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Yong people are broke bc they buy Starbucks daily ($42)
Became
bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20)
Became
bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6)
Will soon be
You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month
Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating
Became
bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20)
Became
bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6)
Will soon be
You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month
Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yong people are broke bc they buy Starbucks daily ($42)
Became
bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20)
Became
bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6)
Will soon be
You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month
Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating
Became
bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20)
Became
bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6)
Will soon be
You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month
Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating
I'm not really sure what happened here. Twitter was declared dead because it was bought by a billionaire tech bro dickhead and ruined, so everyone decided the next social network to use was... another one owned by a billionaire tech bro dickhead?
Did I miss something along the way here?
Did I miss something along the way here?
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm not really sure what happened here. Twitter was declared dead because it was bought by a billionaire tech bro dickhead and ruined, so everyone decided the next social network to use was... another one owned by a billionaire tech bro dickhead?
Did I miss something along the way here?
Did I miss something along the way here?
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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today we landed a @svelte.dev feature i'm pretty stoked about — we call it 'forking', and it lets you run state changes offscreen and later choose whether to commit them (e.g. user hovers on a link, preload data in case they click)
- docs svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
- demo svelte.dev/playground/a...
- docs svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
- demo svelte.dev/playground/a...
forking monkeys • Playground • Svelte
Web development for the rest of us
svelte.dev
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
today we landed a @svelte.dev feature i'm pretty stoked about — we call it 'forking', and it lets you run state changes offscreen and later choose whether to commit them (e.g. user hovers on a link, preload data in case they click)
- docs svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
- demo svelte.dev/playground/a...
- docs svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
- demo svelte.dev/playground/a...
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Not now, opening scenes for a horror movie
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Not now, opening scenes for a horror movie
Come on Cardiff, get out and support this!
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Come on Cardiff, get out and support this!
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It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
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Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
🧵
🧵
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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A lesson for the Labour Party - even if you deported a hundred thousand migrants, or five hundred thousand, Nigel Farage would just tell people you hadn't, and they'd believe him.
Yeah this makes me annoyed not because I am a grand defender of Biden's record on the border (I am not), but there is this utterly false perception that the Biden admin did nothing. That could not be further from the truth. The Biden admin carried out over 3 million repatriations in 4 years.
The plural of anecdote is not data, but I had a recent conversation with a left leaning, Trump disliking, reasonably well informed adult in Houston during which he spat blood about Biden’s complete failure to do anything at all about the border (”they didn’t do a damned thing!”)
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A lesson for the Labour Party - even if you deported a hundred thousand migrants, or five hundred thousand, Nigel Farage would just tell people you hadn't, and they'd believe him.
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Unnecessary Detail: Here Comes The Sun!
We're back with a special one-off night of "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail" at Winchester Cathedral on Thursday 5th February 2026.
We'll be performing under an enormous, hyper-realistic art installation depicting our sun: Helios!
🔗 fotsn.com/tickets
We're back with a special one-off night of "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail" at Winchester Cathedral on Thursday 5th February 2026.
We'll be performing under an enormous, hyper-realistic art installation depicting our sun: Helios!
🔗 fotsn.com/tickets
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Unnecessary Detail: Here Comes The Sun!
We're back with a special one-off night of "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail" at Winchester Cathedral on Thursday 5th February 2026.
We'll be performing under an enormous, hyper-realistic art installation depicting our sun: Helios!
🔗 fotsn.com/tickets
We're back with a special one-off night of "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail" at Winchester Cathedral on Thursday 5th February 2026.
We'll be performing under an enormous, hyper-realistic art installation depicting our sun: Helios!
🔗 fotsn.com/tickets
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She should offer to remove her titles. In fact this is how I'm going to respond to any fine from now on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
She should offer to remove her titles. In fact this is how I'm going to respond to any fine from now on.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Don't forget to join us on Wednesday morning for some wisdom from @rizwanakhan.com, some chat, networking and free breakfast! Come kickstart your day with us :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
making my debut speaking at an early morning meetup ☕️ i'm very much looking forward to meeting more folks in the nottingham tech community 💛
1 week today, Techfast returns with a talk from @rizwanakhan.com, who comes to talk about The Ripples From Pebbles
Join us at 7:30am for a before-work talk, chat and breakfast event right in the heart of Nottingham at the CGI offices.
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
Join us at 7:30am for a before-work talk, chat and breakfast event right in the heart of Nottingham at the CGI offices.
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
October 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Don't forget to join us on Wednesday morning for some wisdom from @rizwanakhan.com, some chat, networking and free breakfast! Come kickstart your day with us :)
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
www.meetup.com/notts-techfa...
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The new episode of Map Men is coming in the next few minutes….
Which is how long it takes to preorder the MAP MEN BOOK! 🗺️ 📕
lnk.to/mapmen
(Go on! If not for yourself, then for Uncle Colin’s Christmas present. One less thing to worry about.)
Which is how long it takes to preorder the MAP MEN BOOK! 🗺️ 📕
lnk.to/mapmen
(Go on! If not for yourself, then for Uncle Colin’s Christmas present. One less thing to worry about.)
THIS WAY UP
Go to THIS WAY UP.
lnk.to
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The new episode of Map Men is coming in the next few minutes….
Which is how long it takes to preorder the MAP MEN BOOK! 🗺️ 📕
lnk.to/mapmen
(Go on! If not for yourself, then for Uncle Colin’s Christmas present. One less thing to worry about.)
Which is how long it takes to preorder the MAP MEN BOOK! 🗺️ 📕
lnk.to/mapmen
(Go on! If not for yourself, then for Uncle Colin’s Christmas present. One less thing to worry about.)
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
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Probably best to chase it indefinitely
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Probably best to chase it indefinitely