Fran
@frandango.bsky.social
Might not be on here much. She/her 🏳️🌈
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Why do people want 'more access'?
Yes, it's another THREAD! 🧵
This time about ancient monuments and how and why to get our grubby hands on them.
Yes, it's another THREAD! 🧵
This time about ancient monuments and how and why to get our grubby hands on them.
January 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Why do people want 'more access'?
Yes, it's another THREAD! 🧵
This time about ancient monuments and how and why to get our grubby hands on them.
Yes, it's another THREAD! 🧵
This time about ancient monuments and how and why to get our grubby hands on them.
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So this queer bookshop has a 'Pay it Forward' scheme where you can buy someone else a book they might need but can't afford. A nice thing to do for Christmas.
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
Sorry to say we're closed today (Tuesday) 😔
Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶
All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open
Merry bloody Christmas 😥
Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶
All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open
Merry bloody Christmas 😥
December 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM
So this queer bookshop has a 'Pay it Forward' scheme where you can buy someone else a book they might need but can't afford. A nice thing to do for Christmas.
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
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Hey look! A list of shops to avoid.
Large retail brands inc Urban Outfitters, Lush, Gymshark & Uniqlo are recruiting “freelance” shop assistants through gig apps, lacking most employment protections & sometimes having to apply for new shifts each day, to staff their stores during the festive period www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK retailers accused of recruiting young shop workers without rights over Christmas
Lush and Gymshark among chains using apps promoted by TikTok influencers to take on gig economy assistants lacking basic protections, say unions
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Hey look! A list of shops to avoid.
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adult themes such as having a favorite kitchen appliance and back pain
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
adult themes such as having a favorite kitchen appliance and back pain
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A brief thread on alt-text.
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
November 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
A brief thread on alt-text.
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7
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The fact that 'Worcester' is pronounced 'Wooster' is wild.
But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from?
'Weogornaċeaster'.
It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)".
Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:
But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from?
'Weogornaċeaster'.
It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)".
Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:
October 18, 2024 at 11:16 AM
The fact that 'Worcester' is pronounced 'Wooster' is wild.
But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from?
'Weogornaċeaster'.
It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)".
Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:
But have you ever seen the five-syllable Old English name it stems from?
'Weogornaċeaster'.
It meant "fortified settlement of the Weogoran (a Saxon tribe)".
Click to hear a reconstruction of its pronunciation:
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we're living through a fast-paced technological revolution around green energy and it's getting about 1% of the attention it should. In a month, no one's gonna be burning coal in the UK for the first time since the steam engine was invented.
What a journey!
10 years ago almost 40% of UK electricity was from coal.
Today the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station is Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, England, which is scheduled to close on September 30, 2024.
10 years ago almost 40% of UK electricity was from coal.
Today the UK's last remaining coal-fired power station is Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, England, which is scheduled to close on September 30, 2024.
September 2, 2024 at 8:42 PM
we're living through a fast-paced technological revolution around green energy and it's getting about 1% of the attention it should. In a month, no one's gonna be burning coal in the UK for the first time since the steam engine was invented.
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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My favourite line on reviews ever is GK Chesterton:
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
My absolute pet peeve as a critic is how fucking often critics do this instead of, you know, reviewing the book the author actually wrote.
Basically the reviewer complaining "Why didn't the author write about a different subject to the one they did?"
April 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
My favourite line on reviews ever is GK Chesterton:
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
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Google apparently had to release a "verbatim" setting so that you can get decent search results. I tested it and it does seem to help
lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...
lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...
How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix...
lifehacker.com
March 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Google apparently had to release a "verbatim" setting so that you can get decent search results. I tested it and it does seem to help
lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...
lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...
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I think before we get too caught up in what Bluesky should or shouldn’t be we should soberly acknowledge what it is: a retirement home for 2000s forum millennials
February 8, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I think before we get too caught up in what Bluesky should or shouldn’t be we should soberly acknowledge what it is: a retirement home for 2000s forum millennials
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this letter from a person who has male clients hitting on her (female-named) scheduling bot is just killing me: www.askamanager.org/2024/01/men-...
men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name
A reader writes: I have sort of a strange situation. I provide consulting services for (mostly) small business owners. This generally involves scheduling
www.askamanager.org
January 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
this letter from a person who has male clients hitting on her (female-named) scheduling bot is just killing me: www.askamanager.org/2024/01/men-...
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Nothing helps me sleep better than dead people whispering to me from the grave
December 5, 2023 at 4:10 AM
Nothing helps me sleep better than dead people whispering to me from the grave
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i don't know why people have been saying google is broken. it's working completely fine actually
November 27, 2023 at 12:34 PM
i don't know why people have been saying google is broken. it's working completely fine actually
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"Still punk rock," I whisper as I lower myself gingerly into a hot bath full of epsom salts.
November 19, 2023 at 4:52 AM
"Still punk rock," I whisper as I lower myself gingerly into a hot bath full of epsom salts.
Gutted to be missing Light Night this year. Leeds folks, please have an extra good time on my behalf 🙏
October 13, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Gutted to be missing Light Night this year. Leeds folks, please have an extra good time on my behalf 🙏
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I think Bluesky should bring back away messages and the ability to use obnoxious text colors and fonts.
October 10, 2023 at 3:16 PM
I think Bluesky should bring back away messages and the ability to use obnoxious text colors and fonts.
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About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
October 10, 2023 at 4:42 PM
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
Had a fab time seeing The National in Leeds tonight - first time I've seen them after 15+ years of listening to their music. They had loads of energy even after playing for 2 ½ hours!
September 23, 2023 at 11:46 PM
Had a fab time seeing The National in Leeds tonight - first time I've seen them after 15+ years of listening to their music. They had loads of energy even after playing for 2 ½ hours!
Spiritfarer is such a delightful game #videogames #ttrpg
September 20, 2023 at 11:24 AM
Spiritfarer is such a delightful game #videogames #ttrpg