Paul Bowsher
@boffbowsh.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Dad. Payments Engineer @ Monzo, running a 🏦. Proud GDS and GOV.UK alumnus. All opinions mine. Part of the ragwort conspiracy.
[bridged from https://mastodon.me.uk/@boffbowsh on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://mastodon.me.uk/@boffbowsh on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Cancelling Kagi then re: last boost.
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Cancelling Kagi then re: last boost.
7 years at the bank today. Past the point now where I can imagine doing anything else. Well, except doing nothing. That’d be pretty nice.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
7 years at the bank today. Past the point now where I can imagine doing anything else. Well, except doing nothing. That’d be pretty nice.
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birb spray ⛫💨
(source unknown, someone sent it to me in a DM)
(source unknown, someone sent it to me in a DM)
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
birb spray ⛫💨
(source unknown, someone sent it to me in a DM)
(source unknown, someone sent it to me in a DM)
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Problem: You have your printer listed twice for some reason, only one of them works, and you can never remember which one
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Problem: You have your printer listed twice for some reason, only one of them works, and you can never remember which one
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
Solution: Delete both and re-add the printer
Results: You have three copies of your printer listed
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Read this about what’s happening in Chicago. Requires a VPN if you’re in the UK. https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/115516503003607540
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
What he wants you to understand is the experience of being under siege by the secret police.
#Chicago #USpol
cosocial.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Read this about what’s happening in Chicago. Requires a VPN if you’re in the UK. https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/115516503003607540
This is a prime example of the “confidently inaccurate about deep technical things” genre of newspaper articles. A classic. How are normies supposed to actually learn anything from this? […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
October 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is a prime example of the “confidently inaccurate about deep technical things” genre of newspaper articles. A classic. How are normies supposed to actually learn anything from this? […]
Reposted by Paul Bowsher
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Following Rishi Sunak and Nick Cleggs' move to advising tech companies, let's all wish Liz Truss well on her first day at Amazon Web Services.
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Following Rishi Sunak and Nick Cleggs' move to advising tech companies, let's all wish Liz Truss well on her first day at Amazon Web Services.
Duolingo has lost the plot
October 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Duolingo has lost the plot
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I’m surprised this car needs to charge and doesn’t just power itself by being pulled back half a block and letting go
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m surprised this car needs to charge and doesn’t just power itself by being pulled back half a block and letting go
Spent the day digesting all the documentation for some new HSMs and planning our architecture around them, including all the different roles and secrets involved in managing them. My brain hurts. I need a beer.
October 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Spent the day digesting all the documentation for some new HSMs and planning our architecture around them, including all the different roles and secrets involved in managing them. My brain hurts. I need a beer.
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It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.
A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.
A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
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Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.
All labour is skilled labour
https://mstdn.social/@stux/113085706125152982
https://mstdn.social/@stux/113085706125152982
Professional at work
mstdn.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
All labour is skilled labour
https://mstdn.social/@stux/113085706125152982
https://mstdn.social/@stux/113085706125152982
Alright I’ll bite. What’s going on over in #bluesky? I keep seeing vague references to drama but not what’s actually happened. Classic Masto I guess.
October 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Alright I’ll bite. What’s going on over in #bluesky? I keep seeing vague references to drama but not what’s actually happened. Classic Masto I guess.
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Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people's doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens & others were […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people's doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens & others were […]
Anyone using @ivory gotissing media for everything this morning? I don’t even see any avatars. My instance (mastodon.me.uk) is healthy on the web app side so I don’t think it’s that. I’ve reset the account cache.
October 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Anyone using @ivory gotissing media for everything this morning? I don’t even see any avatars. My instance (mastodon.me.uk) is healthy on the web app side so I don’t think it’s that. I’ve reset the account cache.
How do Americans put up with their sport looking this godawful on live TV? Sky are having to take the American feed and it looks like it’s 720p coming over 4mbps DSL #rydercup
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
How do Americans put up with their sport looking this godawful on live TV? Sky are having to take the American feed and it looks like it’s 720p coming over 4mbps DSL #rydercup
I really hate how insightful this blog post is about the de-]evolution of OS X over time <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/macOS" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-button-reviews-macos [<a href="/hashtag/macos" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#macos
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS | exotext
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS | exotext
rakhim.exotext.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I really hate how insightful this blog post is about the de-]evolution of OS X over time <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/macOS" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-button-reviews-macos [<a href="/hashtag/macos" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#macos