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I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
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“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
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10
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60”
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
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10
12
60”
The @latenightlinux.bsky.social team at @ubuntu-ls.bsky.social Summit 25.10. It was a privilege to have been invited. No doubt we’ll have a round up in the next few weeks, suffice to say lots of genuinely exciting things happening with Ubuntu. #ubuntusummit2510
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The @latenightlinux.bsky.social team at @ubuntu-ls.bsky.social Summit 25.10. It was a privilege to have been invited. No doubt we’ll have a round up in the next few weeks, suffice to say lots of genuinely exciting things happening with Ubuntu. #ubuntusummit2510
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.
GitHub - zugaldia/speedofsound: Voice typing for the Linux desktop.
Voice typing for the Linux desktop. Contribute to zugaldia/speedofsound development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.
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The #Xubuntu 25.10 Beta release is imminent. There are a few new issues to be aware of this time around.
wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/25....
- The restart button at the end of the install does nothing
- GNOME apps don't have a close button icon
- MenuLibre crashes at startup
We'd love your help!
wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/25....
- The restart button at the end of the install does nothing
- GNOME apps don't have a close button icon
- MenuLibre crashes at startup
We'd love your help!
Xubuntu 25.10 Release Notes ‹ Xubuntu Wiki
wiki.xubuntu.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The #Xubuntu 25.10 Beta release is imminent. There are a few new issues to be aware of this time around.
wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/25....
- The restart button at the end of the install does nothing
- GNOME apps don't have a close button icon
- MenuLibre crashes at startup
We'd love your help!
wiki.xubuntu.org/releases/25....
- The restart button at the end of the install does nothing
- GNOME apps don't have a close button icon
- MenuLibre crashes at startup
We'd love your help!
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A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com
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Have you deployed Privacy Badger on your organization's managed devices? We'd love to hear your feedback. DM us or email extension-devs@eff.org.
August 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Have you deployed Privacy Badger on your organization's managed devices? We'd love to hear your feedback. DM us or email extension-devs@eff.org.
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“We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth.”
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, has died aged 97. His bravery was second-to-none but I loved him for his sense of wonder, and his willingness to let that show. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, has died aged 97. His bravery was second-to-none but I loved him for his sense of wonder, and his willingness to let that show. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, dies aged 97
Commander of Apollo 13, who rescued his men from a near certain death in space, has died aged 97.
www.bbc.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“We learned a lot about the Moon, but what we really learned was about the Earth.”
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, has died aged 97. His bravery was second-to-none but I loved him for his sense of wonder, and his willingness to let that show. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jim Lovell, who guided Apollo 13 safely back to Earth, has died aged 97. His bravery was second-to-none but I loved him for his sense of wonder, and his willingness to let that show. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Just went for a walk and listened to A Life Well Wasted ep 9. Now to viciously carve 15 minutes out of it….
June 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just went for a walk and listened to A Life Well Wasted ep 9. Now to viciously carve 15 minutes out of it….
I got a Ring doorbell. The internet would have you believe it’s great. Hardware seems ok. The management app and web app are fucking atrocious. Anyone who says different is a liar.
May 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I got a Ring doorbell. The internet would have you believe it’s great. Hardware seems ok. The management app and web app are fucking atrocious. Anyone who says different is a liar.
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3
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Devs: draw your line remysharp.com/2025/03/08/d... "Facebook and TikTok had been given access to read what medication I'm on by the development team responsible for the Pharmacy2U web site."
Devs: draw your line
This post is for my developers out there, web and otherwise. We have super powers. We can make something functional from practically nothing. And you know what…
remysharp.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Devs: draw your line remysharp.com/2025/03/08/d... "Facebook and TikTok had been given access to read what medication I'm on by the development team responsible for the Pharmacy2U web site."
This feels a bit seedy from @firstdirect.bsky.social. Encouraging me to take on debt, to spend money that isn’t mine. Sadly very cash money of them.
February 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This feels a bit seedy from @firstdirect.bsky.social. Encouraging me to take on debt, to spend money that isn’t mine. Sadly very cash money of them.
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Mr Pie nails it.
The Corporate Con.
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
With corporate greed out of control, it's time for Labour to start governing.
youtu.be/qj-gAUaUF-4?...
The Corporate Con.
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Mr Pie nails it.
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📻 Amateur radio shaped modern tech, from satellites to the internet. Yet, much of its history is at risk of being lost forever. 🕳️ #VanishingCulture
Why does this matter? ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/14/vanishing-culture-digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications/
Why does this matter? ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/14/vanishing-culture-digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications/
January 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📻 Amateur radio shaped modern tech, from satellites to the internet. Yet, much of its history is at risk of being lost forever. 🕳️ #VanishingCulture
Why does this matter? ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/14/vanishing-culture-digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications/
Why does this matter? ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/14/vanishing-culture-digital-library-of-amateur-radio-and-communications/
Spending the evening playing cards with the family. We’re currently playing a cross between Hoover and Eight Men Down.
December 31, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Spending the evening playing cards with the family. We’re currently playing a cross between Hoover and Eight Men Down.
IKEA have stopped selling non-rechargeable batteries for ecological reasons. This means no more Platboj. These CR2032 coin cells were, I think, about 10 pence each. All the ones on Amazon are around FIVE times the price! What are people using?
December 31, 2024 at 4:47 PM
IKEA have stopped selling non-rechargeable batteries for ecological reasons. This means no more Platboj. These CR2032 coin cells were, I think, about 10 pence each. All the ones on Amazon are around FIVE times the price! What are people using?
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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
This is a very accurate very long very good description of how I feel about what’s happened to the web/apps which endeavour to replace the web.
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This is a very accurate very long very good description of how I feel about what’s happened to the web/apps which endeavour to replace the web.
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The internet was supposed to have been the champion of mankind's achievements, wise protector of human knowledge, but instead it became the greatest unreliable narrator in all of fiction.
December 20, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The internet was supposed to have been the champion of mankind's achievements, wise protector of human knowledge, but instead it became the greatest unreliable narrator in all of fiction.
Paying for the Dartford crossing. Who wrote this?? I admit, I left home early this morning and my brain isn’t really working properly but this is just gibberish.
“Late payments will be used for future crossings” - fucking WHAT?
“Late payments will be used for future crossings” - fucking WHAT?
December 20, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Paying for the Dartford crossing. Who wrote this?? I admit, I left home early this morning and my brain isn’t really working properly but this is just gibberish.
“Late payments will be used for future crossings” - fucking WHAT?
“Late payments will be used for future crossings” - fucking WHAT?
A nice write up on the new xfce release (via @cmccullough.bsky.social)
alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14....
alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14....
Alexxcon's Software Development Blog
alexxcons.github.io
December 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
A nice write up on the new xfce release (via @cmccullough.bsky.social)
alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14....
alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_14....
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"The Labour Party"
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 17, 2024 at 11:18 PM
"The Labour Party"
9 lessons and carols for curious people was brilliant. Could have spent all day listening to the talks, songs, comedy, science, maths and poems. Remaining shows are sold out but sign up to the list today for nxt yr. cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons/ and @cosmicshambles.com and @robinince.bsky.social
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People | The Cosmic Shambles Network
cosmicshambles.com
December 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM
9 lessons and carols for curious people was brilliant. Could have spent all day listening to the talks, songs, comedy, science, maths and poems. Remaining shows are sold out but sign up to the list today for nxt yr. cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons/ and @cosmicshambles.com and @robinince.bsky.social