Thanks Frankie. I made it onto the 0802. See you in Birmingham!
January 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Thanks Frankie. I made it onto the 0802. See you in Birmingham!
If you’re travelling from london to GovCamp this seems like the best option. Marylebone route has rail replacement bus. #ukgc26 #ukgovcamp #govcamp
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
PSA for those heading from London to Birmingham for @ukgovcamp.com - all trains from Euston currently cancelled, head to St Pancras and change at Leicester... #govcamp
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 AM
If you’re travelling from london to GovCamp this seems like the best option. Marylebone route has rail replacement bus. #ukgc26 #ukgovcamp #govcamp
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Next departures:
08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15
Thanks Matthew I was looking at the planner from Marylebone and very confused. That explains it!
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Thanks Matthew I was looking at the planner from Marylebone and very confused. That explains it!
Crowded! But managed to get a seat at front of coach B. Nearly got on the Nottingham train at platform 4B. Fun times :-)
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Crowded! But managed to get a seat at front of coach B. Nearly got on the Nottingham train at platform 4B. Fun times :-)
traintimes.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Can’t work out if Marylebone trains are running either
January 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Can’t work out if Marylebone trains are running either
I was told to go to Marylebone. Is Leicester route better?
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I was told to go to Marylebone. Is Leicester route better?
Not sure if I will make it to #ukgc26 today. Trains to Birmingham from london all cancelled this morning. Disruption expected until 9am.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Not sure if I will make it to #ukgc26 today. Trains to Birmingham from london all cancelled this morning. Disruption expected until 9am.
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disr...
“Emergency services at Leighton buzzard”
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The UK is almost as cheap to influence online as Russia.
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms
The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The UK is almost as cheap to influence online as Russia.
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Cambridge researchers have mapped the bot market.
The next move belongs to Parliament.
By Fred Lewsey
Reposted by David Heath
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
Technical design *is* business process design *is* team design *is* service design *is* user centred design. If you insist that one is superior to another or that you don’t need to concern yourself with all aspects, you’re doing your organisation and your users a disservice. This course looks great!
Many Product Owners view software architecture as a technical concern, something strictly for the developers. Yet, the boundaries of a software system are often defined by business decisions and language, not just code.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Technical design *is* business process design *is* team design *is* service design *is* user centred design. If you insist that one is superior to another or that you don’t need to concern yourself with all aspects, you’re doing your organisation and your users a disservice. This course looks great!
Reposted by David Heath
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
Reposted by David Heath
Help us build a solidarity network for Hopeful Technologists ☀️hopeful.technology
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Help us build a solidarity network for Hopeful Technologists ☀️hopeful.technology
Can you say more about ITSM modelling? Do you mean defining services and the interdependencies between services?
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Can you say more about ITSM modelling? Do you mean defining services and the interdependencies between services?
Those are the things on my mind…
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Those are the things on my mind…
You’ll be great! Shout if you’d like coffee/chats
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
You’ll be great! Shout if you’d like coffee/chats
What shall we talk about?
- a what does a modern product oriented organisation look like and what are the obstacles to making that happen?
- the nature of software as a material: it’s counterintuitive properties and how that should shape how leaders approach managing software intensive work
- a what does a modern product oriented organisation look like and what are the obstacles to making that happen?
- the nature of software as a material: it’s counterintuitive properties and how that should shape how leaders approach managing software intensive work
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
What shall we talk about?
- a what does a modern product oriented organisation look like and what are the obstacles to making that happen?
- the nature of software as a material: it’s counterintuitive properties and how that should shape how leaders approach managing software intensive work
- a what does a modern product oriented organisation look like and what are the obstacles to making that happen?
- the nature of software as a material: it’s counterintuitive properties and how that should shape how leaders approach managing software intensive work
Reposted by David Heath
Holy crap cash payments will be huge. Not having credit card companies gatekeeping their version of morality will help so many folks.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Holy crap cash payments will be huge. Not having credit card companies gatekeeping their version of morality will help so many folks.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
I don't know how this works with the regulatory/legal issues, but I look forward to hearing about his team's pulled that off, that's a HELL of a flex.
Reposted by David Heath
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Reposted by David Heath
Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser!
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb.
Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch/browser/
#InternetHistory
Reposted by David Heath
Exciting news! We've confirmed @emilybache.bsky.social as a trainer for the training day at our event in June!
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
SoCraTes UK - Tickets
Join us for another year of SoCraTes UK happening on June 18th - 21st! The event is hosted at Milton Hill House, UK which is surrounded by 22 acres of landscaped grounds and forest, delivering…
socratesuk.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Exciting news! We've confirmed @emilybache.bsky.social as a trainer for the training day at our event in June!
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
Have you made any plans for 2026 yet? Registration is now open for SoCraTes UK 2026!
Register: socratesuk.org/tickets.html
Reposted by David Heath
“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.
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.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“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.
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.
True fact
Modularity is the key to fast feedback cycles, short delivery lead times, reliable products and a sustainable pace of innovation.
Apart from that, it's not very important, really.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/m...
Apart from that, it's not very important, really.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/m...
Modular Design: The Secret Sauce
In pretty much every Codemanship training course, I try to stress the fundamental importance of modular design in software development. When we fail to separate the different concerns in our design…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
True fact