Paul Watson 🌍
@paulmwatson.com
Web developer born in the last millennia. CTO @sociolocal.io and @openup.org.za, vice-chair @somersetstrikers.co.za. South Africa 🌍
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“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
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‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent.
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
JustGiving faces investigation over claims donors are misled
The fundraising platform is accused of prompting supporters to add costly ‘tips’, helping deliver multimillion-pound returns to its US owner at donors’ expense
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent.
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...
Visa systems are a joke whether they are hand written, a carnival stub you buy on entry, or official holographic stickers made by billion dollar for profit companies working for governments. www.news24.com/politics/han...
Handwritten visas: SA’s embassies hamstrung by obsolete tech, says Lamola | News24
The visa system currently in use at most of South Africa’s diplomatic missions worldwide is obsolete, forcing officials to issue handwritten visas for applicants from the country’s largest trading par...
www.news24.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Visa systems are a joke whether they are hand written, a carnival stub you buy on entry, or official holographic stickers made by billion dollar for profit companies working for governments. www.news24.com/politics/han...
These are the AI feature ideas @discord.com want to prioritise. Go tell thanks but no thanks.
January 10, 2026 at 6:37 AM
These are the AI feature ideas @discord.com want to prioritise. Go tell thanks but no thanks.
Syndicate would be up there for me.
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Syndicate would be up there for me.
Fernkloof towards Hemel en Aarde.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Fernkloof towards Hemel en Aarde.
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Son starting high school orientation tomorrow. They have to make and look after a brakkie for a month. Wild West theme so he made a (cute) coyote. It has a brick inside it! We used a door mat for the fur. Mom putting finishing touches to it.
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Son starting high school orientation tomorrow. They have to make and look after a brakkie for a month. Wild West theme so he made a (cute) coyote. It has a brick inside it! We used a door mat for the fur. Mom putting finishing touches to it.
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I saw @bell.bz say 2026 is the year of websites and I've committed to getting paulmwatson.com back up after years of Twitter, Mastodon, and now @bsky.app. I mostly build SaaS web-apps not content websites though. So what is a good system for a web-developer making a website in 2026?
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I saw @bell.bz say 2026 is the year of websites and I've committed to getting paulmwatson.com back up after years of Twitter, Mastodon, and now @bsky.app. I mostly build SaaS web-apps not content websites though. So what is a good system for a web-developer making a website in 2026?
The best time to replace Date would’ve been back in 1995 but the second best time is Temporal.Now.
@piccalil.li writing at its best.
piccalil.li/blog/date-is...
@piccalil.li writing at its best.
piccalil.li/blog/date-is...
Date is out, Temporal is in
Temporal is the Date system we always wanted in JavaScript. It's extremely close to being available so Mat Marquis thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what is better about this new Java...
piccalil.li
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The best time to replace Date would’ve been back in 1995 but the second best time is Temporal.Now.
@piccalil.li writing at its best.
piccalil.li/blog/date-is...
@piccalil.li writing at its best.
piccalil.li/blog/date-is...
Good point by @polypane.app that web standards may have consistent APIs across browsers but the implementation, the internals, can be quite different. polypane.app/blog/not-all...
Not All Browser APIs Are "Web" APIs | Polypane
When we talk about "the web platform", we often treat it as a unified, standards-based system: browsers implement features from the same specifications, even if…
polypane.app
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Good point by @polypane.app that web standards may have consistent APIs across browsers but the implementation, the internals, can be quite different. polypane.app/blog/not-all...
Fernkloof towards Hermanus
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Fernkloof towards Hermanus
These Grok AI LLM instructions remind me of men who argue for lowering the age of consent. It’s clearly not about good intent.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
These Grok AI LLM instructions remind me of men who argue for lowering the age of consent. It’s clearly not about good intent.
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Rape Crisis Ireland is no longer active on X.
Stay connected with us on these platforms:
Bluesky >> @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social
LinkedIn >> @Rape Crisis Ireland
Facebook >> @RapeCrisisIreland
Instagram >> @rape_crisis_ireland
Thank you for your support!
#FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors
Stay connected with us on these platforms:
Bluesky >> @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social
LinkedIn >> @Rape Crisis Ireland
Facebook >> @RapeCrisisIreland
Instagram >> @rape_crisis_ireland
Thank you for your support!
#FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Rape Crisis Ireland is no longer active on X.
Stay connected with us on these platforms:
Bluesky >> @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social
LinkedIn >> @Rape Crisis Ireland
Facebook >> @RapeCrisisIreland
Instagram >> @rape_crisis_ireland
Thank you for your support!
#FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors
Stay connected with us on these platforms:
Bluesky >> @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social
LinkedIn >> @Rape Crisis Ireland
Facebook >> @RapeCrisisIreland
Instagram >> @rape_crisis_ireland
Thank you for your support!
#FactsNotMyths #SupportingSurvivors
So @bsky.app search has 3h old results for Renee Nicole Good but day old results for Jonathan Ross, pre identification of the ICE agent who killed Renee. There are lots of recent posts about Jonathan Ross.
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
So @bsky.app search has 3h old results for Renee Nicole Good but day old results for Jonathan Ross, pre identification of the ICE agent who killed Renee. There are lots of recent posts about Jonathan Ross.
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#Internet traffc in #Iran has dropped to effectively zero as of 18:45 UTC (22:15 PM local time), signaling a complete shutdown in the country, and disconnection from the global Internet.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
#Internet traffc in #Iran has dropped to effectively zero as of 18:45 UTC (22:15 PM local time), signaling a complete shutdown in the country, and disconnection from the global Internet.
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...
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Fernkloof towards Walker Bay.
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Fernkloof towards Walker Bay.
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“The Child Sex Abuse Material Machine might have some good uses too” is a lamentable policy position.
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“The Child Sex Abuse Material Machine might have some good uses too” is a lamentable policy position.
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The thing people (and apparently the Taoiseach) somehow refuse to accept about Grok and X is that it isn’t a platform being misused or abused, it is a platform working exactly as intended by its owner. It is meant to be a racist, misogynistic, far right propaganda tool and it is
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The thing people (and apparently the Taoiseach) somehow refuse to accept about Grok and X is that it isn’t a platform being misused or abused, it is a platform working exactly as intended by its owner. It is meant to be a racist, misogynistic, far right propaganda tool and it is
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Women's Aid said that it will no longer maintain a presence on X.
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Minister wants X meeting over 'disturbing' Grok concerns
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Niamh Smyth has requested a meeting with X over concerns that the AI tool Grok is being used to create sexually explicit images of adults and children.
www.rte.ie
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Women's Aid said that it will no longer maintain a presence on X.
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
"This online violence against women and children - especially girls - has often devastating real-life impacts and we no longer view it as appropriate to use such a platform to share our work.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...