Mike Trinder
@chthonicionic.bsky.social
He/Him. B3ta QOTW person and programmer at http://www.millerhare.com. This is my personal a/c at the moment I don’t have a separate - work a/c. I’m also at @chthonicionic@mastodon.online
You know that Azure outage the other week? It’s still not fully back. Currently takes over half an hour to purge something from the cache.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You know that Azure outage the other week? It’s still not fully back. Currently takes over half an hour to purge something from the cache.
Rewatching the first Poker Face series with youngest on the weekend and how did I miss that Charlie takes the surname of the oil magnate when she goes on the run (and they’ve carefully not said what her real surname is)?
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rewatching the first Poker Face series with youngest on the weekend and how did I miss that Charlie takes the surname of the oil magnate when she goes on the run (and they’ve carefully not said what her real surname is)?
Magazine type-in pages were how I got paid for my first ever bit of “software” aged 12. Thank you @mattround.com for reviving this lost format.
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Magazine type-in pages were how I got paid for my first ever bit of “software” aged 12. Thank you @mattround.com for reviving this lost format.
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🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
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They finally went and did it
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They finally went and did it
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Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
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PSB are excited to announce “Obscure Pet Shop Boys”, a special run of five intimate shows in April
2026 at London’s Electric Ballroom. The concerts will feature a setlist of non-single album tracks, b-sides and fan favourites. Full details to be revealed here this Wednesday, 12th November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
PSB are excited to announce “Obscure Pet Shop Boys”, a special run of five intimate shows in April
2026 at London’s Electric Ballroom. The concerts will feature a setlist of non-single album tracks, b-sides and fan favourites. Full details to be revealed here this Wednesday, 12th November.
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Floella Benjamin for DG.
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Floella Benjamin for DG.
Crikey. I thought it was bad when a fox stole one of my shoes and left it in the middle of the road
Jesus fucken Christ. I ordered some undercrackers, lads. Nothing came. No despatch email, no delivery confirmation, nothing.
So today I check tracking online. Evri "delivered" them to my side garden (just chucked randomly).
AND THEN THE FOXES
THE FOXES
(breathe)
ATE
MY
FUCKEN
PANTS
So today I check tracking online. Evri "delivered" them to my side garden (just chucked randomly).
AND THEN THE FOXES
THE FOXES
(breathe)
ATE
MY
FUCKEN
PANTS
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Crikey. I thought it was bad when a fox stole one of my shoes and left it in the middle of the road
Taking some photos of youngest’s origami earrings for an upcoming makers fair. Super hard to do with crappy lighting.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Taking some photos of youngest’s origami earrings for an upcoming makers fair. Super hard to do with crappy lighting.
Birthday card from my aunt in the us apologising for it being late because she’d had an operation and couldn’t drive for a while. Took me a few seconds to work that one out. Car dependency sucks
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Birthday card from my aunt in the us apologising for it being late because she’d had an operation and couldn’t drive for a while. Took me a few seconds to work that one out. Car dependency sucks
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November 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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men getting credit for women’s scientific achievements is so common there’s actually a term for it: the henry’s wife effect
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
men getting credit for women’s scientific achievements is so common there’s actually a term for it: the henry’s wife effect
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Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Rosalind Franklin
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
Leaving her notes in a pile
That she keeps by the door
Who is it for?
Awful James Watson
Stealing the credit
And snaffling all the awards
Misogynist bore
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inside you are two wolves
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
inside you are two wolves
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One of these is chocolate and the other is real. And I’m not quite sure which is which
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One of these is chocolate and the other is real. And I’m not quite sure which is which
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I love my local Sainsbury’s
Back to school basics:
Nappies
Fire lighters
Wineglasses
Sorted
Back to school basics:
Nappies
Fire lighters
Wineglasses
Sorted
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I love my local Sainsbury’s
Back to school basics:
Nappies
Fire lighters
Wineglasses
Sorted
Back to school basics:
Nappies
Fire lighters
Wineglasses
Sorted
Lovely stuff from Nick there
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lovely stuff from Nick there
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interestingly someone just favourited this and so I went back to have a look at what ChatGPT can do now with a loose-but-directed prompt for an episode of ZR (which my writing team could work with easily)
nope. can't do it. not even close. it can't do eg consistent characterisation.
nope. can't do it. not even close. it can't do eg consistent characterisation.
I never had a problem with fans uploading eg whole seasons worth of scripts (which they meticulously typed up) for Zombies, Run! my game what has 10 million players.
But now, ChatGPT can do an OK impression of my "style" and I think I'm 18 months away from it being able to do full knock-offs.
But now, ChatGPT can do an OK impression of my "style" and I think I'm 18 months away from it being able to do full knock-offs.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
interestingly someone just favourited this and so I went back to have a look at what ChatGPT can do now with a loose-but-directed prompt for an episode of ZR (which my writing team could work with easily)
nope. can't do it. not even close. it can't do eg consistent characterisation.
nope. can't do it. not even close. it can't do eg consistent characterisation.
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Okay, so this year's John Lewis Christmas ad featured beautiful audio description for blind and partially sighted people.
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Okay, so this year's John Lewis Christmas ad featured beautiful audio description for blind and partially sighted people.
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
And we fully believe this masterpiece of an edit from @bagpuss.org deserves the same treatment.
Enjoy?
Any software that has notification bubbles somewhere needs to have a button that resets the count to zero.
Don’t care that I have something unread. I’m not going to track it down. Just zero the frigging count.
(Rant inspired by teams insisting I have 4 unread things that it won’t show me)
Don’t care that I have something unread. I’m not going to track it down. Just zero the frigging count.
(Rant inspired by teams insisting I have 4 unread things that it won’t show me)
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Any software that has notification bubbles somewhere needs to have a button that resets the count to zero.
Don’t care that I have something unread. I’m not going to track it down. Just zero the frigging count.
(Rant inspired by teams insisting I have 4 unread things that it won’t show me)
Don’t care that I have something unread. I’m not going to track it down. Just zero the frigging count.
(Rant inspired by teams insisting I have 4 unread things that it won’t show me)
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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😂
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
😂