Sam Deane
@bornsleepy.com
A microscopic cog in your catastrophic plan.
He/him.
I mostly post personal stuff here, and technical stuff over at @samdeane@mastodon.org.uk.
He/him.
I mostly post personal stuff here, and technical stuff over at @samdeane@mastodon.org.uk.
Saw Hamilton at the Kings Theatre in Glasgow tonight. It was pretty good.
Sustaining two and a half hours of songs about the accies is an impressive feat...
Sustaining two and a half hours of songs about the accies is an impressive feat...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Saw Hamilton at the Kings Theatre in Glasgow tonight. It was pretty good.
Sustaining two and a half hours of songs about the accies is an impressive feat...
Sustaining two and a half hours of songs about the accies is an impressive feat...
Another Imperial Day by New Model Army on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 4:51
music.apple.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sit rep: pinned down. Send reinforcements.
October 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sit rep: pinned down. Send reinforcements.
Another great OH!CON has been and gone.
Congrats to the organisers and volunteers for an excellent event.
Looking forward to next year…
ohcon.info
Congrats to the organisers and volunteers for an excellent event.
Looking forward to next year…
ohcon.info
Home - OH!CON
OH!CON Outer Hebrides ComicCon: Sci fi, fantasy, comics, games and stuff!
ohcon.info
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another great OH!CON has been and gone.
Congrats to the organisers and volunteers for an excellent event.
Looking forward to next year…
ohcon.info
Congrats to the organisers and volunteers for an excellent event.
Looking forward to next year…
ohcon.info
Labour seem to be engaged in an appalling race-to-the-bottom on immigration issues.
Instead, this is the line they should be taking:
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
Instead, this is the line they should be taking:
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) (@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange)
If you are a progressive talking about immigration, please try to frame your messaging as follows:
Immigration is, according to a load of studies, an overall benefit to the economy. But we all know f...
infosec.exchange
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Labour seem to be engaged in an appalling race-to-the-bottom on immigration issues.
Instead, this is the line they should be taking:
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
Instead, this is the line they should be taking:
infosec.exchange/@david_chisn...
Just thinking…
Hegseth’s new fitness standard presumably applies to the commander-in-chief, right?
I’d hate to be that personal trainer.
Hegseth’s new fitness standard presumably applies to the commander-in-chief, right?
I’d hate to be that personal trainer.
October 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just thinking…
Hegseth’s new fitness standard presumably applies to the commander-in-chief, right?
I’d hate to be that personal trainer.
Hegseth’s new fitness standard presumably applies to the commander-in-chief, right?
I’d hate to be that personal trainer.
Oh An Lanntair. With your devil may care attitude - showing the closed caption version of a film, just for the hell of it, like the rebel you are.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oh An Lanntair. With your devil may care attitude - showing the closed caption version of a film, just for the hell of it, like the rebel you are.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
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There is not GE tomorrow, but this poll serves as yet another reminder that Reform, on 27% of the vote, could be the largest party. Labour is insane if it doesn’t seriously pursue proportional representation.
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
Nigel Farage on course to be next prime minister, mega poll projects
The projection suggests 306 Reform gains, up from their current seat tally of five.
news.sky.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
There is not GE tomorrow, but this poll serves as yet another reminder that Reform, on 27% of the vote, could be the largest party. Labour is insane if it doesn’t seriously pursue proportional representation.
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
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Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
God I hate booking travel. Always feels like you’re being shafted… (because you are).
September 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
God I hate booking travel. Always feels like you’re being shafted… (because you are).
Apple’s behaviour around Trump has been pretty nauseating.
I fear that it is entirely consistent with the company they have become.
www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
I fear that it is entirely consistent with the company they have become.
www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Apple’s behaviour around Trump has been pretty nauseating.
I fear that it is entirely consistent with the company they have become.
www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
I fear that it is entirely consistent with the company they have become.
www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
Meanwhile back in England…
August 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Meanwhile back in England…
Making Software
A reference manual for people who design and build software.
www.makingsoftware.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Really wish it was practical and affordable to travel down from the Hebrides to London by train rather than flying :(
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
3 Reasons why flights are far cheaper than trains and why that has to change - Greenpeace International
Ever tried planning a trip across Europe and wondered: why are flights so cheap while trains cost a fortune? How does that make any sense?
www.greenpeace.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Really wish it was practical and affordable to travel down from the Hebrides to London by train rather than flying :(
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Contemporary politics be like
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Contemporary politics be like
Back on the rock - hurrah.
Morven can barely contain her excitement.
Morven can barely contain her excitement.
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Back on the rock - hurrah.
Morven can barely contain her excitement.
Morven can barely contain her excitement.
In other news, I have discovered crack, in crisp form.
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In other news, I have discovered crack, in crisp form.
Sometimes I worry about the Guardian’s priorities…
August 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sometimes I worry about the Guardian’s priorities…
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