Nic
@nicferrier.bsky.social
I’m an English hacker from a long time ago.
I am trying to help rewild the Internet.
https://weblog.ferrier.me.uk
Emacs help and advice if you ask.
I am trying to help rewild the Internet.
https://weblog.ferrier.me.uk
Emacs help and advice if you ask.
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Nic
@nicferrier.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Statement: We don’t need billionaires anymore and should stop engaging with them.
Nice. Done. All sorted.
February 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Nice. Done. All sorted.
What a fantastic painting.
"Sleeping Couple" (2018) by Finnish artist, RIIKKA LENKKERI (born 1971; based in Mänttä).
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
220 x 150 cm
Tampere Art Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
220 x 150 cm
Tampere Art Museum
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
What a fantastic painting.
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This was due to it being state policy at the time to punish unmarried young mothers with the same drug which was used to chemically castrate Alan Turing. It is scary how few people know about this. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/02/t...
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
This was due to it being state policy at the time to punish unmarried young mothers with the same drug which was used to chemically castrate Alan Turing. It is scary how few people know about this. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/02/t...
Hi a friend is having a Signal problem where when she tries to join it just hangs like this.
She used to have a signal account a while ago but lost it, is this why it doesn’t work? Is there anything she can do to recover?
Does anyone know? Please help!
She used to have a signal account a while ago but lost it, is this why it doesn’t work? Is there anything she can do to recover?
Does anyone know? Please help!
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Hi a friend is having a Signal problem where when she tries to join it just hangs like this.
She used to have a signal account a while ago but lost it, is this why it doesn’t work? Is there anything she can do to recover?
Does anyone know? Please help!
She used to have a signal account a while ago but lost it, is this why it doesn’t work? Is there anything she can do to recover?
Does anyone know? Please help!
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Iconic photo
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Iconic photo
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
Yes. I’ve been thinking this.
I still think it needs good foundations tho or we end up with unreliable stuff.
So I’ve been writing a much more open web platform in C.
Hoping my timing is good.
I still think it needs good foundations tho or we end up with unreliable stuff.
So I’ve been writing a much more open web platform in C.
Hoping my timing is good.
February 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Yes. I’ve been thinking this.
I still think it needs good foundations tho or we end up with unreliable stuff.
So I’ve been writing a much more open web platform in C.
Hoping my timing is good.
I still think it needs good foundations tho or we end up with unreliable stuff.
So I’ve been writing a much more open web platform in C.
Hoping my timing is good.
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RTFT
‼️ New publication: Taming the Hyperscalers ‼️
In our latest policy brief, @georgecolville.bsky.social and I lay out a blueprint for how Europe can rein in the “hyperscalers” that dominate its cloud market using existing competition and digital laws.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
In our latest policy brief, @georgecolville.bsky.social and I lay out a blueprint for how Europe can rein in the “hyperscalers” that dominate its cloud market using existing competition and digital laws.
www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Report - Taming the Hyperscalers — Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute published a blueprint for Europe’s transition towards an open, competitive, and sovereign cloud market, co-authored by Europe director Max von Thun and EU tech policy fell...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
RTFT
I have a lot of fear for younger folks but that’s a sustainability crisis that businesses will learn to address or die.
But I think there is just wilfull ignoring of the fact that many white collar workers have rode their privilege for such a long time and it’s unfair.
But I think there is just wilfull ignoring of the fact that many white collar workers have rode their privilege for such a long time and it’s unfair.
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I have a lot of fear for younger folks but that’s a sustainability crisis that businesses will learn to address or die.
But I think there is just wilfull ignoring of the fact that many white collar workers have rode their privilege for such a long time and it’s unfair.
But I think there is just wilfull ignoring of the fact that many white collar workers have rode their privilege for such a long time and it’s unfair.
I can’t seem to get anyone to take me seriously on this but I am generally left wing yet have seen that the folks losing their jobs are mostly people who have not engaged in work in years. They have not tried to deliver value. They have not learned new things.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I can’t seem to get anyone to take me seriously on this but I am generally left wing yet have seen that the folks losing their jobs are mostly people who have not engaged in work in years. They have not tried to deliver value. They have not learned new things.
To clarify: people have got more “fuck you” since Covid because they are being manipulated to be that both positively and negatively.
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM
To clarify: people have got more “fuck you” since Covid because they are being manipulated to be that both positively and negatively.
Not so much Covid per se but the increase in wealth imbalance. It seems to me a natural side effect and the capitalists encourage it.
February 11, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Not so much Covid per se but the increase in wealth imbalance. It seems to me a natural side effect and the capitalists encourage it.
Protecting medical staff was a major reason for doing stuff like lockdowns - that seems the major trade off to me. Where there’s a state health system can meds be asked to risk their lives in that way. The fact that people have become more obstinate and less caring of each other is …
February 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Protecting medical staff was a major reason for doing stuff like lockdowns - that seems the major trade off to me. Where there’s a state health system can meds be asked to risk their lives in that way. The fact that people have become more obstinate and less caring of each other is …
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A UK student in the US went to a protest for five minutes. ICE subpoenaed Google for his private details. Google complied.
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
A UK student in the US went to a protest for five minutes. ICE subpoenaed Google for his private details. Google complied.
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Sheesh. Why?? You’re great!
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Sheesh. Why?? You’re great!
And maybe OF is just the inheritor of that but a lot more people are doing it I think and that’s interesting in itself?
I think a general sex positivity in society rather than this Puritanism that the powerful seem to pretend to like.
Of course, always no coercion. The Puritanism allows that tho.
I think a general sex positivity in society rather than this Puritanism that the powerful seem to pretend to like.
Of course, always no coercion. The Puritanism allows that tho.
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 AM
And maybe OF is just the inheritor of that but a lot more people are doing it I think and that’s interesting in itself?
I think a general sex positivity in society rather than this Puritanism that the powerful seem to pretend to like.
Of course, always no coercion. The Puritanism allows that tho.
I think a general sex positivity in society rather than this Puritanism that the powerful seem to pretend to like.
Of course, always no coercion. The Puritanism allows that tho.
There is a massive change in the way people do sex that not many people really talk about.
Although it’s difficult still some Individuals are able to scale intimacy and it sells.
Although it’s difficult still some Individuals are able to scale intimacy and it sells.
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
There is a massive change in the way people do sex that not many people really talk about.
Although it’s difficult still some Individuals are able to scale intimacy and it sells.
Although it’s difficult still some Individuals are able to scale intimacy and it sells.
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Sounds about correct
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Sounds about correct
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The dystopia we live in is very much a libertarian dystopia. It was designed as such, built as such, enforced as such.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The dystopia we live in is very much a libertarian dystopia. It was designed as such, built as such, enforced as such.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
I wish I were surprised to see @nytimes.com sanewashing this with nary a fact check in sight.
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Nobody voted for Tim Allan. Or McSweeney. Or Cummings.
Why is the functioning of our democracy so dependent upon people that literally nobody voted for?
Who are these goons? Who empowered them? And why? What's their agenda? Who pays them?
The way it is is not the way it should be.
Why is the functioning of our democracy so dependent upon people that literally nobody voted for?
Who are these goons? Who empowered them? And why? What's their agenda? Who pays them?
The way it is is not the way it should be.
Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
Investigation demanded into Keir Starmer's comms chief's lobbying links
Tim Allan's minority ownership of a lobbying firm has led to accusations of a perception of a conflict of interest.
news.sky.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Nobody voted for Tim Allan. Or McSweeney. Or Cummings.
Why is the functioning of our democracy so dependent upon people that literally nobody voted for?
Who are these goons? Who empowered them? And why? What's their agenda? Who pays them?
The way it is is not the way it should be.
Why is the functioning of our democracy so dependent upon people that literally nobody voted for?
Who are these goons? Who empowered them? And why? What's their agenda? Who pays them?
The way it is is not the way it should be.
It obviously is more optimal to do this but I do agree they’re harder.
I went to a building recently that had NO guidance and no help. I was a bit confused for a moment. The lift selector was 20 feet away from the lift.
I went to a building recently that had NO guidance and no help. I was a bit confused for a moment. The lift selector was 20 feet away from the lift.
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It obviously is more optimal to do this but I do agree they’re harder.
I went to a building recently that had NO guidance and no help. I was a bit confused for a moment. The lift selector was 20 feet away from the lift.
I went to a building recently that had NO guidance and no help. I was a bit confused for a moment. The lift selector was 20 feet away from the lift.
I meant to be more effusive. Genuinely, thank you!
February 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I meant to be more effusive. Genuinely, thank you!
Right, so it’s doable. Thanks.
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Right, so it’s doable. Thanks.
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Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
Investigation demanded into Keir Starmer's comms chief's lobbying links
Tim Allan's minority ownership of a lobbying firm has led to accusations of a perception of a conflict of interest.
news.sky.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
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been using qwen-coder-next q5kxl on lcpp master with the latest versions of the delta net, blue noise, and autoparser PRs merged in. blue noise with adaptive sampling at .55 and temp .5 seems to work very well so far
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
been using qwen-coder-next q5kxl on lcpp master with the latest versions of the delta net, blue noise, and autoparser PRs merged in. blue noise with adaptive sampling at .55 and temp .5 seems to work very well so far