Jean 🏳️🌈
@stringlytyped.bsky.social
Researcher interested in identity, cryptography and formal methods. Expert in crisis mismanagement. ADHD, exvangelical, 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧
Life story: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsnyman
Life story: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsnyman
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Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
Well, this is shocking—apparently in the US many kids are being taught to “read” by guessing words based on things like the picture. I wonder if this bonkers theory has made it to other countries, or if it remains a largely US phenomenon
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Well, this is shocking—apparently in the US many kids are being taught to “read” by guessing words based on things like the picture. I wonder if this bonkers theory has made it to other countries, or if it remains a largely US phenomenon
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Jesus Christ.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
September 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Jesus Christ.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
A standing ovation — from Liberals too — for Charlie Kirk in the Canadian House of Commons.
You can (and should) oppose political violence without doing all this, you know.
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Does every Computer Scientist need to know Formal Methods?
Our post on why and how Formal Methods should be represented in Computer Science curricula from a special issue of Formal Aspects of Computing organised by the FME Teaching Committee
#FormalMethods #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering
Our post on why and how Formal Methods should be represented in Computer Science curricula from a special issue of Formal Aspects of Computing organised by the FME Teaching Committee
#FormalMethods #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering
Does every Computer Scientist need to know Formal Methods? · Formal Methods Europe
www.fmeurope.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Does every Computer Scientist need to know Formal Methods?
Our post on why and how Formal Methods should be represented in Computer Science curricula from a special issue of Formal Aspects of Computing organised by the FME Teaching Committee
#FormalMethods #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering
Our post on why and how Formal Methods should be represented in Computer Science curricula from a special issue of Formal Aspects of Computing organised by the FME Teaching Committee
#FormalMethods #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
How sure are we that James Dobson is actually dead? Anyone check the secret compound where they are keeping Queen Lizzie?
August 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
How sure are we that James Dobson is actually dead? Anyone check the secret compound where they are keeping Queen Lizzie?
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Your inner child?
August 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Your inner child?
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Smaug dies though
Peter Thiel is founding yet another company named after something from Middle Earth.
This time it’s a bank named Erebor, a reference to the mountain which holds Smaug’s piles of gold and treasure.
This time it’s a bank named Erebor, a reference to the mountain which holds Smaug’s piles of gold and treasure.
Peter Thiel joins tech billionaires backing new lender Erebor to rival Silicon Valley Bank
Start-up named after the dragon’s mountain in ‘Lord of the Rings’
www.ft.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Smaug dies though
Wait. Two congressmen died and now their districts just have no representation?? Every time I learn something new about US democracy, it’s never good
Won by a two vote margin. Interestingly, two democratic seats are currently empty because their members died in office.
After getting "assurances" from Republican leaders that there would be enormous cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, House Republican holdouts flipped to back the Senate budget resolution, which just passed. Republican nays are Massie and Spartz.
April 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wait. Two congressmen died and now their districts just have no representation?? Every time I learn something new about US democracy, it’s never good
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They put her in the AI machine to improve the machine, it's never the other way round
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
They put her in the AI machine to improve the machine, it's never the other way round
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Please stop putting Taylor Swift into the AI machine you can not improve her
March 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please stop putting Taylor Swift into the AI machine you can not improve her
Our health secretary, people
CW: ableism, transphobia
CW: ableism, transphobia
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Our health secretary, people
CW: ableism, transphobia
CW: ableism, transphobia
I’d suggest not looking at comments on HN about the Apple board’s DEI recommendation if you care about your blood pressure
January 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I’d suggest not looking at comments on HN about the Apple board’s DEI recommendation if you care about your blood pressure
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IMO, pretending that such language doesn't exist, or that rules aren't there to facilitate communication, actually hurts more than it helps. It leads people to believe that style is only for the chosen few. In fact, style—like any language—can be learned.
January 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
IMO, pretending that such language doesn't exist, or that rules aren't there to facilitate communication, actually hurts more than it helps. It leads people to believe that style is only for the chosen few. In fact, style—like any language—can be learned.
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I recently saw someone on here say that such fashion "rules" are pretentious. But when I looked at their photos, they were dressed in a very clear subcultural language that communicated their identity—young, hip, countercultural. They, too, were using language governed by "rules."
January 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I recently saw someone on here say that such fashion "rules" are pretentious. But when I looked at their photos, they were dressed in a very clear subcultural language that communicated their identity—young, hip, countercultural. They, too, were using language governed by "rules."
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Did you know that you should end your alt text with a period?
"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."
This was a new tip for me. Glad to learn something new!
www.nngroup.com/articles/wri...
"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."
This was a new tip for me. Glad to learn something new!
www.nngroup.com/articles/wri...
Alt Text: What to Write
Images are decorative, functional, or informative. Skip alt text for decorative. Describe the action for functional. Convey the message for informative.
www.nngroup.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Did you know that you should end your alt text with a period?
"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."
This was a new tip for me. Glad to learn something new!
www.nngroup.com/articles/wri...
"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."
This was a new tip for me. Glad to learn something new!
www.nngroup.com/articles/wri...
There’s this app called ‘The Fabulous’ that specifically targets people with #ADHD and tries to trick them into a paid subscription. They aren’t the only ones doing this, but they are the most predatory that I’ve seen
The IG ad I was served makes it seem like they are running a clinical trial (1/7)
The IG ad I was served makes it seem like they are running a clinical trial (1/7)
December 15, 2024 at 3:32 PM
There’s this app called ‘The Fabulous’ that specifically targets people with #ADHD and tries to trick them into a paid subscription. They aren’t the only ones doing this, but they are the most predatory that I’ve seen
The IG ad I was served makes it seem like they are running a clinical trial (1/7)
The IG ad I was served makes it seem like they are running a clinical trial (1/7)
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It seems that Wes Streeting is going to make the Puberty Blockers ban for trans children permanent.
Consider writing to your MPs about it. This is what our chair has sent his.
Consider writing to your MPs about it. This is what our chair has sent his.
I do not know if this will have any impact, but I have got to put my anger towards something practical so this is what I have written to my MP
Feel free to copy (check alt text) and improve.
The list of critiques comes from the @transactualuk.bsky.social
transactual.org.uk/advocacy/cri...
Feel free to copy (check alt text) and improve.
The list of critiques comes from the @transactualuk.bsky.social
transactual.org.uk/advocacy/cri...
December 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM
It seems that Wes Streeting is going to make the Puberty Blockers ban for trans children permanent.
Consider writing to your MPs about it. This is what our chair has sent his.
Consider writing to your MPs about it. This is what our chair has sent his.
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"How we stand here is important, how we breathe."
Canadian writer Madeleine Thien donated the entirety of her $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada prize to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Lebanese Red Cross and the Woodcock Fund.
Canadian writer Madeleine Thien donated the entirety of her $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada prize to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Lebanese Red Cross and the Woodcock Fund.
November 23, 2024 at 11:17 AM
"How we stand here is important, how we breathe."
Canadian writer Madeleine Thien donated the entirety of her $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada prize to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Lebanese Red Cross and the Woodcock Fund.
Canadian writer Madeleine Thien donated the entirety of her $25,000 Writers' Trust of Canada prize to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Lebanese Red Cross and the Woodcock Fund.
Can’t help but wonder what the point of this “security verification” was
December 3, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Can’t help but wonder what the point of this “security verification” was
Today I take solace in the fact that no matter how badly I fuck up, it will never be as bad as the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons
Canadian parliament accidentally honours Nazi - with Zelensky and Trudeau applauding
Speaker Anthony Rota has apologised for calling Nazi SS soldier a ‘Ukrainian hero’
www.independent.co.uk
September 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Today I take solace in the fact that no matter how badly I fuck up, it will never be as bad as the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons
So, this is a joke but I am South African by birth and I’ve always said that Afrikaans parents are the absolute WORST at naming their kids. I don’t think people get it when I tell them this though, so this post makes me feel so seen
People making fun of Elon Musk’s baby names are showing their ignorance of white South African culture. It’s normal to name your kid Scumbo Fuckus over there
September 16, 2023 at 8:06 PM
So, this is a joke but I am South African by birth and I’ve always said that Afrikaans parents are the absolute WORST at naming their kids. I don’t think people get it when I tell them this though, so this post makes me feel so seen
I’m not even sure how I stumbled upon this post, but as someone who has been feeling despair a lot lately, the linked article is incredibly powerful
For more of my thoughts in this vein, you can read an essay I wrote for Slate about the Book of Job and the apocalypse:
September 16, 2023 at 8:42 AM
I’m not even sure how I stumbled upon this post, but as someone who has been feeling despair a lot lately, the linked article is incredibly powerful
I commented on a tweet shortly after it was posted which ended up doing numbers and holy hell my notifications. Not sure what the situation is here but there has got to be a better way to collate and display conversation activity to the user in a way that’s not utterly overwhelming
September 13, 2023 at 8:40 AM
I commented on a tweet shortly after it was posted which ended up doing numbers and holy hell my notifications. Not sure what the situation is here but there has got to be a better way to collate and display conversation activity to the user in a way that’s not utterly overwhelming